Department Lawyer Named to Workers' Comp Board

Gov. Matt Bevin, who leaves office in January, announced Tuesday that he has appointed Dale Hamblin Jr. to the state Workers' Compensation Board. Hamblin has been general counsel to the Department of Workers' Claims and has served for more than 18 months on an advisory council that helped draft a drug formulary and treatment guidelines. “Dale Hamblin is brilliant, fair-minded and an outstanding writer. He will be a strong addition to the Workers’ Compensation Board,” Workers’ Claims Commissioner Robert Swisher said in an emailed statem...