WC Rule Change Would Let Law Students Represent Claimants

A proposal by the New York Workers' Compensation Board to let law students and legal interns represent injured workers has met with the full fury of claimants' attorneys, who believe it is an unfair and unrealistic proposal. "It creates an unlevel playing field. You're talking about having a fresh intern versus an insurance attorney with years of experience," said Joe Sensale, a Garden City claimants' attorney and treasurer of the New York Workers' Compensation Alliance, a coalition of about 150 law firms. "Instead of expanding or encouraging representation...