Corey R. PollardWorkers' compensation & disability attorney · Former insurance defense · Best Lawyers in America®
Why trust this article? Written by the attorney who handles these cases before the Commission, not a content team, and reviewed against current Virginia law.
Corey Pollard Law represents only injured workers, using knowledge of how defense firms and TPAs like Sedgwick and Gallagher Bassett operate to counter their tactics.
- Defense counsel and TPAs work for the employer and insurer; their goal is to control cost and close claims efficiently.
- The firm sits on the opposite side, and its founder’s prior defense experience is used to anticipate reserve-setting, surveillance, IME strategy, and denial patterns.
- This is a structural conflict, not a comparison of quality: a TPA is never an option for an injured worker seeking their own advocate.
The founder’s move from insurance defense to claimant advocacy is reflected in the practice focus recorded on his independent Super Lawyers profile.
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