Donald Edward Wise Jr.
also known as D. Edward Wise, Jr., Ed Wise
About Donald
Licenses
Licensed in Tennessee for 32 years
State: Tennessee
Acquired: 1994
No misconduct found
Licensed in Virginia for 32 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 1993
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2017
Best Lawyers in America - Workers' Compensation - Claimant, Best Lawyers in America
2017
Certified Mediator, Virginia Supreme Court
2016
Best Lawyers in America - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimant's, Best Lawyers in America
2015
Best Lawyers in America - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants, Best Lawyers in America
2015
Inducted as a Fellow, College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
2015
Appointed Colonel Aid de Camp by Governor Bill Haslam, State of Tennessee
2014
The Best Lawyers in America, Workers' Compensation Law-Claimants, Best Lawyers in America
2014
Top 100 Injured Workers' Attorneys, Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
2014
Master of the Bench, Virginia Workers' Compensation American Inn of Court
2013
The Best Lawyers in America, Workers' Compensation Law-Claimants, Best Lawyers in America
2013
Award of Merit, Virginia State Bar Conference of Local Bar Associations
2012
Member, Who's Who Executives and Professionals
2006
Member, Who's Who in American Law -Marquis
Work Experience
1993 - Present
Attorney, Arrington, Schelin & Munsey, P.C.
2016 - 2016
Deputy Commissioner / Administrative Law Judge, Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission
1991 - 1993
Law Clerk, Arrington, Schelin & Herrell, P.C.
Associations
2003 - Present
Southwest Virginia Workers’ Compensation Bar AssociationCo-chair
1997 - Present
Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy GroupMember
1996 - Present
American Association for JusticeMember
1994 - Present
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Workers' Compensation SectionMember
1994 - Present
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law SectionMember
Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Benefits awarded for lost wages secondary to a furlouh from work for a pre-defined and limited duration were reversed on the grounds there was no causal relationship between the employee's restrictions and the wage loss.
Affirmed Award of Compensation and Medical Care for Injured Worker
Award of Benefits to the Claimant Affirmed
Award of Lifetime Compensation to the Claimant purusant to Virginia Code Section 65.2-503(C)
Deputy Commissioner's denial of Claim Reversed and Benefits Awarded to Claimant
Education
1993
Juris Doctor
1989
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2017
A View from the Bench
2017
Considerations in handling Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis Claims
2017
Practical Considerations in a Workers' Compensation Claim
2016
Medical Fee Schedule - A Practicioner's Point of View
2015
Virginia and Tennessee Workers' Compensation
2015
Co- Moderator
2014
Moderator / Speaker
2014
Medical Issues in Virginia Workers' Compensation Claims
2013
Chosen Presenter - Mediation
2005
Chosen Presenter
2002
Mediation in the Workers' Compensation Case
2002
Chosen Presenter
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
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