Vocational Rehabilitation Guidelines Workers’ compensation insurance carriers will commonly assign a vocational rehabilitation counselor to injured workers’ cases in order to expedite return to employment. Vocational rehabilitation counselors assist claimants seeking light duty employment. While this sounds admirable, the vocational...
More About Wayne O.S. Haig, Esq.
Attorney Wayne O.S. Haig graduated from Dartmouth College, summa cum laude (with highest academic honors), in 1988. He then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, and graduated in 1992 with a Juris Doctor degree. He was elected to join and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, America’s oldest and most widely recognized academic honor society, founded in 1776. He is also a Rufus Choate Scholar.
Attorney Haig has been actively practicing law since 1992, and his practice has concentrated in the area of workers’ compensation for over 20 years. Mr. Haig’s workers’ compensation practice has been recognized for excellence, as follows:
• Selected as one of the Top 10 Workers’ Compensation lawyers in Virginia by Attorney and Practice Magazine (2019).
• Selected as one of the 10 Best Workers’ Compensation lawyers in Virginia by the American Institute of Legal Counsel (2017 – 2020).
• Selected for inclusion in the 2019 Super Lawyers list (Super Lawyers is an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria.).
• Selected as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia regardless of practice area by the Top 100 Registry
• Inclusion in the Top Lawyers of North America publication.
• The American Institute of Legal Counsel has selected The Haig Law Firm as one of the 10 Best workers’ compensation law firms in Virginia for client satisfaction.
Attorney Haig has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia (and all state courts) as well as in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. His practice is devoted entirely to representing accident victims with serious injuries throughout Virginia, and he does not represent insurance companies or self-insured employers. He is a member of the Roanoke Bar Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
To speak with Attorney Haig, please call 540-777-1000.
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