Michael Thor Kessinger

Work Experience

• Attorney
• Goicoechea Law Offices, LLP
• 2008 - Present

• Attorney
• Whitehead, Amberson & Caldwell
• 2003 - 2007

Education

• University of Idaho College of Law
• Juris Doctor
• 2002

• Wabash College
• Bachelor of Arts
• 2000

• North Idaho College
• AA
• 1998

Legal Cases

• Lopez v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, and Indemnity Ins. Co. of America, 2016 IIC 0028 (June 2016)
• The Idaho Industrial Commission awarded Claimant the lumbar fusion. The Commission awarded 2% disability.

• Anderson v. Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, and Continental Casualty Co., 2016 IIC 0026 (June 2016)
• The Industrial Commission ruled that Anderson injured her cervical spine at work and ruled that she was entitled to a cervical spine fusion.

• Mayer v. TPC Holdings, Inc., 160 Idaho 223, 370 P.3d 738 (2016)
• The Supreme Court of the State of Idaho ruled in Mayer's favor, upholding the Industrial Commission decision.

Associations

• Idaho State Bar, Workers Compensation Section
• Member, Council
• 2015 - Present

• Idaho Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Board Member
• 2003 - 2018

Languages Spoken

• Italian

Honors and Awards

• Daniels Award in Philosophy of Law
• Wabash College
• 2000

Publications

• Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Vol 46, Number 3
• Impairment and Disability: Moving Targets
• 2017

• Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal Vol. 41, No. 4
• Occupational Disease Claim Basics
• 2013

• Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal Vol. 40, No. 1
• Heart Attack Cases in Idaho
• 2011

Speaking Engagements

• Annual Workers Compensation Seminar
• Current Issues in Workers Comp Cases
• 2018

• Ray McNichols Inns of Court
• Idaho Workers' Compensation Basics
• 2017

• Idaho State Bar Workers' Compensation Section Annual Seminar
• Idaho Workers' Compensation Case Law Review
• 2016