James Parish — ADJ642140

Applicant James Parish suffered a specific back injury on 7/2/01 while working as an HVAC worker for Angels Sheet Metal, Inc. The case settled by stipulations in 2006 and ultimately by Compromise and Release in 2021, leaving a dispute over how to split attorney fees held in trust between two successive applicant's attorneys who each represented Parish for roughly equal periods over 20+ years. The WCJ exercised her discretion to award an approximately equal split, awarding Respondent attorney Mr. Solorio $11,007.49 after crediting fees he had already received. The second attorney, petitioner Mr. Gonzalez, sought reconsideration, but he had presented no evidence of his own work at trial. The WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report and denied reconsideration.