Gerald F. Batchelder

Mr. Batchelder is certified by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California, as a Specialist in Workers Compensation Law. For more than a decade, he has frequently served as a Workers Compensation Judge Pro Tem. He has served as a member of the Education Committee of the California Applicants Attorneys Association, putting together educational programs in workers compensation law for California attorneys.

He was admitted to the California Bar in December 1976, and is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Mr. Batchelder has represented thousands of injured workers in workers’ compensation cases since 1977. For the past several years he has limited his practice almost entirely to helping those who are injured at work.

He has successfully handled cases in all areas of California workers’ compensation law, including death benefit matters, permanent total disability cases, serious & willful misconduct claims, discrimination and wrongful termination proceedings, medical treatment disputes, temporary disability issues, uninsured employer litigation, job retraining and rehabilitation litigation. He understands the relationship between workers’ compensation benefits and Social Security Disability entitlement, State Disability benefits, Long Term and Short Term Disability policy rights, and works to make sure that his clients resolve their matters in such a way as to maximize their combined benefits from all these sources.

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  Ordinarily 12-15% of settlement amount or award after trial
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California

Since 1976

9th Circuit

Since 1979

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1988

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Since 1976

Workers Compensation Judge Pro Tem

Workers Compensation Appeals Board, Oakland District Office

2004 - Current

Owner

Law Offices of Gerald F. Batchelder

1976 - Current

California St Univ Hayward

Undergraduate Degree

Santa Clara Univ School of Law

Law Degree

Peer Review Rated

Martindale-Hubbell

2018

American Jurisprudence Award

Bancroft-Whitney Law Publisher

1974, 1975

Attorneys for Injured Workers of California

Current

California Applicants' Attorneys Association

Current

California State Bar  # 70091

Member

1976 - Current

Certified Specialist, Workers' Compensation Law

State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization