Commissioner McCarthy Retires After Four Decades in Comp

Douglas McCarthy, one of nine Illinois workers' compensation commissioners, retired last week after two years on the job and many more years as an arbitrator and claimants' attorney, the commission announced Wednesday. “Please join us in extending our best wishes and appreciation to Doug for his leadership and skill in making the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission into the professional organization that it is today,” Commission Chairman Michael Brennan said in a statement. McCarthy practiced comp and disability law in Decatur from 1979 until 2012, when he was a...