Hon. Jamie Spitzer
Judge Spitzer has been practicing workers’ compensation law since 1992 and started as an Applicant’s Attorney with Ufkes, Bright & Spitzer. She was a workers’ compensation judge in the Anaheim office from 2005 to 2012; Presiding Workers’ Compensation Judge from 2012 to 2020; Acting Associate Chief Judge for the Southern Region from 2020 to 2021 and Associate Chief Judge for the Southern Region from 2021 to the present. Judge Spitzer served on the Ethics Advisory Committee for the Division of Workers’ Compensation from 2014 to 2020 and frequently trains DWC judges on topics including Judicial Ethics, Discovery and Third Party Credit. She has been a speaker since 2012 at the DWC Educational Conference presenting Top 10 Litigation Tips, Discovery in Worker’s Compensation cases and Legal Ethics.
Jesus Mendoza, Moderator
Jesus Mendoza is a Partner with Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, LLP, in San Francisco. Jesus joined Laughlin Falbo as a law clerk in 2012 while studying at UC Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings). Jesus has developed subject matter expertise in public agency workers’ compensation practice, and he is a frequent panelist on a variety of topics, including Labor Code public safety personnel presumptions, Labor Code 4850 benefits, and case law updates. His work as a contributor to the California Workers’ Compensation Reporter makes Jesus well-suited to present on case law updates.