Bradford and Barthel Opens Bakersfield Office

California-headquartered workers’ compensation defense firm Bradford and Barthel announced the opening of a new office in Bakersfield. While Bradford and Barthel has served the Bakersfield area through offices in Fresno and Southern California, the new office means attorneys would be assigned to the Bakersfield Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on full-time basis, the firm said. Partner Manjit K. Batth is the managing attorney of the Bakersfield office. Associate attorney Armen Shakoorian will also practice out of the firm’s new office. The Bakersfield office is the ...