Joy M. Dougherty Named WCB Presiding Judge

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board appointed Joy M. Dougherty as the presiding administrative law judge to replace Holly J. Somers, who was appointed as the board’s chairwoman in September.Dougherty was appointed presiding judge of the Workers’ Compensation Board on Oct. 15 and will oversee the Hearings Division. She joined the WCB in 2003 as a staff attorney. In 2010, she became an administrative law judge.Dougherty graduated from the University of Arizona and earned her law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. After completing law school, she relocat...