Employment and Workers Compensation Defense


California, 1991


J.D., McGeorge School of Law, 1991

B.A., California State University Fullerton, 1987


State Bar of California

District of Columbia, Washington D.C.

United States District Court, Eastern District

American Bar Association - Member 2009

Fresno County Bar Association

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Fresno Industrial Claims Association (FICA), Former Legal Advisor, 1997-2000

Chairman, Fresno County Bar-Client Relations Committee

California State Bar Delegate - 1994 to 1997

California Workers Compensation Defense Attorneys Association (Chairman, Membership Committee - 1996)

Staff Instructor, Insurance Education Association (IEA) 1998 - Present

Board Member Valley Public Radio, KVPR, April 12, 2006 - Present

Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

Former Member, California State Bar Resolutions Committee 2003 - 2005

Valley Performing Arts Council - Former Board Member

Mr. Parker is an attorney and shareholder with the firm.

His primary areas of practice are workers compensation and insurance defense. He also advises employers on all issues issues relating to risk management and litigation contol.

He earned his B.A. degree from California State University, Fullerton and his J.D. degree from University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Mr. Parker has extensive experience representing clients before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board from discovery through trial and appeal. He has handled the defense of wide-ranging, complex workers’ compensation litigation including catastrophic multiple-party pesticide over spray claims, asbestosis cases and workers’ compensation fraud cases.

Mr. Parker regularly advises employers on the complexities of reasonable accommodation and modification of employment as required by State and Federal statutes. He is committed to assisting employers in implementing effective safety and risk management programs to control frequency and severity of loss in the workplace.

Mr. Parker has maintained a lifelong commitment to civic involvement in addition to his legal practice. He currently serves the Fresno County Bar Association as Chairman of the client relations committee and formerly served the State Bar of California as a member of the Resolutions Committee. He currently serves the community as a Board Member of Valley Public Radio, KVPR, and formerly served as a Board Member for the Valley Performing Arts Council, a non-profit organization committed to providing local grade school students with exposure to the classical performing arts.

Mr. Parker is a frequently requested speaker on labor, employment and workers' compensation issues. He is currently an instructor for the Insurance Education Association and has lectured extensively on worker's compensation fraud to the California District Attorney's Association, a statewide organization of prosecuting attorneys.

Mr. Parker is an active member of the California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys Association and a former board member of the Fresno Industrial Claims Association (acting as its legal advisor). He is also a regular contributor to the Valley Ag Safety Newsletter, a publication of Valley Agricultural Services.

Mr. Parker has had a lifelong love of sports and the arts. He is not an athlete, cannot dance, sing, write or perform, but makes an exceptional member of any audience.