New York State Workers Compensation Professional
Resume:
Julie A. Houghtaling
Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Senior Trial Counsel, Joey Jackson Law, LLC, New York, New York, February 2023
Duties: Representation of New York City Corrections’ Officers’ Union members (COBA) in employment, labor, and criminal matters before New York State disciplinary and investigative administrative agencies.
Special Counsel, Goldberg and Segalla, New York, New York, April 2021 to February 2023
Duties: litigation; focuses practice on representing employers, insurance companies, and third-party administrators in Workers’ Compensation matters throughout New York State; involvement in every stage of the Workers’ Compensation process, including appeals, negotiations, settlements, litigation, contract management, mediation, hearings, and depositions.
Principal, J. Houghtaling Law Office, Ashland, Kentucky, March 2013 to May 2017
Duties: Representation of Claimants in Social Security and Workers’ Compensation Matters from inception of filing to Trial Hearing level; Cross Examination of Vocational Experts, Physicians and Oral Arguments before Administrative Law Judges. Closed office to care for terminally ill husband.
Managing Attorney Eric Conn Law Office, Ashland, Kentucky, Five Weeks 2012
Duties: Preparation for and Attendance at Social Security Administrative Hearings with Direct Examination of Claimants, Cross Examination of Physicians and Vocational Experts; Assign Former Administrative Law Judges to be Working at Office to Attend Hearings in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. Resignation to open own office.
Partner, Williams and Williams, July 2006 to August 2011
Duties: Training of Associate Attorneys for Assigned Hearings and Trial Defense; Review and Revise Memoranda and Appeals Prior to Final Submission, Attend Hearings and Trials with Direct and Cross Examination of Lay Witnesses and Direct and Cross Examination of Physicians and Independent Medical Examiners, Preparation of Memoranda, Appeals and Oral Arguments before New York State Workers’ Compensation Law Judges and Board Panels, Advise and Confer with Carriers, Self-Insureds, and Third-Party Administrators regarding Strategy and Legal Advice
Associate Attorney, Williams and Williams, Buffalo, New York, November 1997 to July 2006
Duties: Representation of Insurance Carriers, Self-Insureds and Third-Party Administrators in Defense of Workers’ Compensation Claims, Hearing and Litigation Representation, Preparation of Memoranda and Appeals to the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, Appellate Division and Court of Appeals; Legal Research at Client Request, Direct and Cross Examination of Lay Witnesses, Physicians and Independent Medical Examiners, Oral Arguments before New York State Workers’ Compensation Law Judges and Board Panels
Vice Principal, Immaculata Academy; July 1996 to November 1997
Duties: Supervision and Instruction of/to Staff and Teachers; Student Attendance and Discipline; Oversaw Aspects of New York State Mandates for Private School Funding
Public School Teacher, Elmira City School District, Diven Elementary School; Grades Two and Three; 1987 to 1992
Duties: Taught all New York State Curricula; Co-Chair Teacher Advisory Committee; Taught Summer Sessions Each Year Including Advanced Literature
INTERNSHIPS:
Grade Seven Student Teaching, English, Horseheads Middle School, Horseheads, New York
Grade Twelve Student Teaching, English, Horseheads High School, Horseheads, New York
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Complaint Investigation, Buffalo, New York
Albion Women’s Correctional Facility, Teacher of Legal Research and Writing, Albion, New York
Legal Research and Assistance with Arguments Provided to Attorney Mary Sullivan of Gannon, Gannon and Sullivan with Privilege Granted by Erie County Supreme Court to be seated with Defense of Homicide Defendant
Legal Liaison/Client Advocate for LBGTQ Community; Aids Community Services, Buffalo, New York
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts; Elmira College, Elmira, New York, December 1987
Major: English Literature, Minor: Secondary Education
Master of Science Education; Elmira College, Elmira, New York, June 1992.
Juris Doctorate; University at Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York, June 1996.
CERTIFICATIONS and LICENSING:
New York State Elementary Teaching Certifications:
Grades Nursery through Sixth
Grades Seventh through Twelfth English Literature
Admission to Practice Law New York State, February 1997
Admission to Practice Law State of Kentucky 2013 through registration period 2018
Education Law Certificate from University at Buffalo School of Law
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