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Michael Bertics, of Lennon, Camak & Bertics, PLLC, in Raleigh is a board-certified Workers’ Compensation specialist who has practiced exclusively in the areas of Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Law for his entire career. He is a past chair of the N.C. Bar Workers’ Compensation Specialization Committee.

He is a frequent lecturer at workers compensation and Social Security legal education conferences and has given over 40 presentations on a wide range of subjects in workers’ compensation and Social Security law. He has substantial workers’ compensation litigation experience, trying workers’ compensation cases at all levels, from the initial hearing all the way through the North Carolina Supreme Court.  He is frequently associated as lead counsel in complex workers compensation claims by attorneys around the state.

Bertics is secretary of NCAJ’s Workers’ Compensation Section. He is a member of the Disability Advocacy Section and the Legal Affairs Committee.

He earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Bertics has been an NCAJ member since 2006.

Stewart Poisson is a partner in Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC in the firm’s Wilmington office, where she represents plaintiffs in workers’ compensation and personal injury matters. She has litigated numerous cases before juries and the Industrial Commission and handles cases before the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Poisson serves as a member of the State Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Specialization Subcommittee and Authorized Practice Committee. 

Stewart is a member and AAJ Liaison of NCAJ’s Auto Torts and Premises Liability Section, member and Legal Affairs co-chair of NCAJ’s Workers’ Compensation Section and is a member of NCAJ’s Women’s Caucus Section.

Stewart earned her law degree at UNC School of Law and has been a member of NCAJ since 2004.