Patrick S. Wooten Named Deputy Commissioner

The North Carolina Industrial Commission announced the appointment of Patrick S. Wooten as a deputy commissioner. Wooten brings a wealth of workers’ compensation experience, having served in the Workers’ Compensation Section of the North Carolina Department of Justice as a Special Deputy Attorney General since 2003, the commission said in a statement. Over the last 19 years, he litigated hundreds of complex workers’ compensation cases before the Industrial Commission on behalf of numerous state agencies, departments and institutions. He also has represented state entit...