Chief ALJ Expected Governor to Ask Him to Step Aside

By this time next week, Florida's new governor should have a list of names to choose from to replace Robert Cohen, the chief judge and director of the state Division of Administrative Hearings, which oversees the Court of Compensation Claims. Cohen's shoes won't be easy to fill, attorneys and administrators said, and the position is critically important to ensuring that compensation courts in the Sunshine State remain as transparent and efficient as they have been during Cohen's 16-year tenure. “It's important to get a director who is knowledgeable about workers...