Lissa F. Klein

Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Lissa F. Klein is a Partner in Hall Booth Smith’s Atlanta office. Lissa dedicates her practice to representing employers, insurers, and self-insurers in workers’ compensation matters throughout Georgia, including many of Georgia’s largest employers. She has extensive experience representing her clients at all administrative and state appellate levels, including obtaining successful results for clients before the Trial and Appellate Divisions of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation.

While Lissa fights hard for her clients, she maintains a strong reputation as a fair and professional opponent which benefits her clients in securing efficient outcomes. Lissa’s reputation also helps her client secure favorable settlements, many of which involve claims with high probabilities of catastrophic designation. Lissa’s top priority is to work towards securing the best possible outcome for each claim.

As each employer has its own goals and concerns, Lissa also assists her clients in developing and implementing risk management procedures which reduce exposure before on-the-job accidents have a chance to take place. She also frequently presents educational seminars where she advises on the latest developments in workers’ compensation law.

Lissa graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in History and received her Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law.

Outside of work, Lissa enjoys traveling and hiking. She lives in Sandy Springs with her family.

Experience

Workers' Compensation

Lissa dedicates her practice to representing employers, insurers, and self-insurers in workers’ compensation matters throughout Georgia. Her representation of clients also involves securing many favorable settlements through mediation, including those with high probabilities of catastrophic designation. Lissa’s top priority is to work towards securing the best possible outcome for each claim.

Presentations

•Available Defenses to Workers’ Compensation Claims
Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Annual Adjuster Training Program; August 30, 2023

Publications

•New Panel, Same Rules
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog; October 3, 2023
•Is Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine ‘JUSTIFIED’?
State Bar of Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law Section Newsletter, Summer 2021
•Going the Distance: Special Considerations for Remote Employees in the Post-Pandemic Era
CLM Magazine, June 2021
•Texting While Driving: Not Only Against the Law, But a Bar to Workers’ Compensation Benefits As Well
Workplace Health magazine, Spring 2016

•When is an Owner Also A Statutory Employer?
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, May 2016
•The Neverending (Catastrophic) Story: Catastrophic Claimants and the O.C.G.A. 34-9-104 Statute of Limitation
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, September 2015
•Co-Authored: Lissa F. Klein & Antonio L. Jeffrey, Where Do We Go From Here? A Review of Recent Decisions Concerning the Exclusive Remedy Provisions of Workers’ Compensation Statutes in Florida and Oklahoma
American Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Law Committee newsletter, Winter 2015
•Medicaid’s Right to Recovery in Workers’ Compensation Claims
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, June 2014
•New Supreme Court Ruling: Who is a ‘Supervisor’ in Harassment Cases?
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, July 2013
•Case Law Update
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, February 2013
•Claimant Training Day: The Recent Development of “IME Prep”
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, April 2012
•Investigating Psychic Injuries in Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claims: It Can Be Done!
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, December 2011

In the Press

Concurrent Jurisdiction in Workers’ Compensation Claims

December 4, 2023

Workers’ compensation is, at its core, one of the more state-specific areas of the law. Each state legislates its own statutes and regulations and operates its own administrative body, often very differently...

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