Robert L. Swisher Named Acting Commissioner for the
Department of Workers’ Claims
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 15, 2017) – Labor Secretary
Derrick Ramsey today announced the appointment of Chief
Administrative Law Judge Robert L. Swisher as the Acting Commissioner for
the Department of Workers’ Claims beginning April 1st.
“Judge Swisher has developed a reputation as a fair-minded
and well-respected leader in the workers’ compensation community over the last
26 years,” Labor Secretary Derrick Ramsey said. “His experience as an
Administrative Law Judge, including the last two years as Chief Administrative
Law Judge, has given him the broad perspective of workers’ compensation issues
that will help him provide valuable leadership and extensive knowledge as he
transitions to this key role with the Department. I’m excited to welcome his
vision, and I know that he will work tirelessly to advance our Cabinet’s
mission to provide a fair workers’ compensation program for Kentucky’s workers
and employers alike.”
Robert L. Swisher was raised in
Lexington, Kentucky, and is a 1976 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and
a 1979 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. From 1979 through
1990, he was engaged in a general civil practice law in Versailles, Kentucky. Following
this role, from 1991 through 2009 he practiced in Lexington concentrating in
civil litigation and workers’ compensation - representing both plaintiffs and
defendants. In January 2010, he was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for
the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
On December 1, 2014, he was
appointed Chief Administrative Law Judge and has served in that capacity since.
Judge Swisher is a member of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation
Judiciary, the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators,
and has been elected as a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation
Lawyers.
The Department of
Workers' Claims is the agency charged with the administration and exclusive
jurisdiction over workers' compensation claims in Kentucky and the enforcement
of state law requiring employers to insure or provide security against workers’
compensation liability.
Additional information is available at http://labor.kentucky.gov.
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