Alyssa Sloan concentrates her practice in the representation and counseling of employers in workers’ compensation and related employment matters. She represents both self-insured employers and employers who are covered by private workers’ compensation insurance policies. She has handled claims in injuries and diseases, including neck, back, and head injuries; repetitive trauma injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome; chemical exposure claims, and psychiatric disabilities.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Defended numerous employers from claimants' permanent total disability applications
- Defended a gas company from a workers' compensation claim alleging manganese toxicity causing Parkinsonism
- Defended numerous county boards of education from workers' compensation claims and protests regarding denial of benefits
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
- Workers’ compensation
- Occupational injury
- Occupational disease
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 Steptoe & Johnson
2000-2001 Law Clerk, Honorable Alan D. Moats
1998-2000 Law Clerk, West Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals
1996-1998 Bowles Rice McDavid McGraff and Love
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Vice President, Berkeley County Bar Association
- Workers’ Compensation Committee, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
- Eastern Panhandle SHRM
INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS
- Alumni Advisory Board, WVU Department of Political Science
- Personnel Committee, Eastern Panhandle CASA
- Participant, Real Aloud Berkeley County
- Past Vice President, Eastern Panhandle CASA
PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Workers’ Compensation Overview, SHRM, March, 2008
- Workers’ Compensation Overview, Steptoe & Johnson Labor Institute, 2007