Kentucky Workers' Compensation Seminar - Speakers

  • Samuel J. Bach

    Administrative Law Judge • Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet

    Samuel Bach is an Administrative Law Judge for the Department of Workers’ Claims. He graduated from Bellarmine in 1988 and from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 1992, where he also served as President of his Law School Class. Before his appointment as an ALJ in 2022, he worked in private practice representing both injured workers and employers in all forms of workers’ compensation litigation. Judge Bach and his wife Melissa reside in Henderson and have two adult children.

  • Tonya M. Clemons

    Administrative Law Judge • Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet

    Tonya M. Clemons, Administrative Law Judge, Kentucky Education and Labor CabinetJudge Clemons is an Administrative Law Judge with the Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims, appointed to the position in July 2020. Judge Clemons graduated from Hanover College in 2002 and the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2005. Prior to becoming an ALJ, Judge Clemons was in private practice. From 2008 through 2020, she practiced workers’ compensation representing corporations, self-insured businesses, and insurance companies. Prior to her practice in workers’ compensation, Judge Clemons practiced in insurance defense representing insurers and their policyholders.  

  • W. Greg Harvey

    Administrative Law Judge • Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet

    Judge Harvey is an Administrative Law Judge and presides over workers’ compensation cases throughout the Commonwealth. He was appointed to that position in 2017. Prior to his work as an ALJ, Judge Harvey was in private practice for 14 years and his practice was litigation-based and focused on employment and workers’ compensation. He obtained his juris doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of law and his bachelor’s degree from Murray State University. 

  • H. Douglas Jones, Esq.

    Founder and Member-in-Charge • JSB Attorneys, PLLC

    Jones is a Member of JSB Attorneys, PLLC, which provides state-wide professional services through regional Kentucky offices. He has over 30 years’ experience defending employers in Kentucky workers’ compensation claims. Jones was previously selected as one of the “50 Most Influential People in Workers’ Compensation” nationally and Best Lawyers in America - Kentucky. He has served as President of the Kentucky Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section, as well as an adjunct professor at Salmon P. Chase College of Law, where he taught Kentucky workers’ compensation law. Jones has an AV (highest) Martindale Hubbell rating and was inducted into the American Bar Association College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers in 2007. He has authored and co-authored numerous texts related to workers’ compensation law. Jones has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from University of Kentucky, and a Juris Doctor Degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law.  

  • Mike R. Randall

    Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist • Toyotetsu America, Inc.

    Currently, Mike Randell is the Senior Environmental, Health, Safety Specialist and Workers Compensation Supervisor for Toyotetsu America. Mike’s other responsibilities include Security management, Emergency management, OSHA Certification Training for all employees. He has worked for Toyotetsu for 25 years and within those years, Mike has worked with 6 North American, Canada and Mexico plants to improve their programs and have visited several plants in Japan to improve products before sending them to the USA plants.