Florida
Workers’ Advocates (FWA) is an organization
of attorneys representing injured workers and
is dedicated to protecting the rights of those
workers. FWA serves as the focal point for action
on a range of issues affecting injured workers
and their families and is committed to their protection.
FWA is exclusively comprised of claimant attorneys
who have committed their financial and intellectual
resources toward one objective; promoting a workers’
compensation system that fairly provides financial
and medical benefits to the workers of Florida.
Call the FWA Office for more information at 850.562.9675
and become a member today.
Why
Should You Join?
FWA is the only organization
that focuses on advocating the rights of Florida's
injured workers and those who represent them
to the State Legislature;
FWA issues a newsletter
to provide practical tips and timely information
to help the claimant practitioner;
FWA sponsors educational
seminars for claimant practitioners and their
staff to keep you abreast of ever-changing
laws and procedures;
FWA makes available, to
claimant practitioners and their clients,
public and private websites to provide you
with an avenue for the exchange of ideas and
information;
FWA offers the Amicus Brief
Committee for guidance in the creation of
good case law;
FWA provides time-sensitive
e-mail updates regarding legislative news
and other pertinent information.
Are
Other Organizations Protecting These Interests?
Yes and no!
While FWA works closely with and supports Florida
Justice Association (formerly the Academy of Florida
Trial Lawyers), organized labor, farm-worker groups,
and other labor interests, FWA remains the only
organization solely devoted to promoting fair
and just treatment of injured workers and their
families.
FWA is exclusively
comprised of claimants' attorneys who have committed
their financial and intellectual resources towards
one objective: promoting a workers' compensation
system that fairly provides financial and medical
benefits to the workers of Florida.
What
Can You Do To Help?
Join and support
FWA today! Don't let the injured worker, already
victimized by an accident at the workplace, be
victim to abusive legislation while you reply
on a few colleagues to do all the work. Every
claimant's attorney in Florida has a personal
and professional stake in the outcome of the annual
legislative session. The workers' compensation
system is a statutory creation. Defend the rights
of helpless and voiceless injured workers by taking
a stand now!
We need your
financial support. Only membership dues and donations
fund our educational, legal, and political efforts.
Our lobbyists' presence in Tallahassee is of paramount
importance and requires money.
Don't allow
the business and insurance industries to continue
efforts to dismantle a meager system of benefits,
and the injured worker's ability to choose competent
counsel. There is strength in numbers and together
we will make a difference!
Contributions
to FWA are not deductible as a charitable contribution
but may be deductible as an ordinary and necessary
business expense. A portion of dues, however,
is not deductible as an ordinary and necessary
business expense to the extent that FWA engages
in lobbying. The non-deductible portion of your
2007 dues is 44%. Contact FWA at 850.562.6279
for more information.
