JAMES EDWARD RAMSEY ATTORNEY. Employment: 7/15/13 -Present Partner, Ramsey Law Offices, PC, in Worcester, MA.

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1 JAMES EDWARD RAMSEY ATTORNEY Employment: 7/15/13 -Present Partner, Ramsey Law Offices, PC, in Worcester, MA. Concentration in worker s compensation litigation defense before all five Regional offices of the Department of Industrial Accidents. My practice encompasses all forms of worker s compensation defense to include defense of claims brought against insurers, employers and by third party litigations for medical reimbursement. Second Injury Fund recovery and subrogation analysis. Training on a companywide and individual basis provided. 03/15/11 7/15/13 Director, Moriarty & Associates, PC, in Worcester, MA. 9/4/04-3/15/11 Senior Associate, Moriarty & Associates, PC, Worcester, MA. Provided extensive worker s compensation litigation defense in Massachusetts. Representative clients included insurers, TPA, self insurers and employers Senior Associate, Homan & Sullivan, P.C. Responsible for both worker s compensation defense cases and employee cases in a small practice settling. My litigation practice included Department of Industrial Accidents, District Court litigation and trials Senior Associate/Associate, O Connor & Associates Responsible for exclusively worker s compensation defense and general civil defense through-out the Commonwealth and in Connecticut. My practice included a mixture of general litigation defense at the District Courts, Superior Courts and Appeals Court. Reported case -Baker s Case 55 Mass.App. 628 (2002) Law Clerk, State of Connecticut Clerked for ten judges in the Connecticut trial courts.

2 Speaking Engagements, Writings and Lectures: My legal career has included lectures, seminars and training as a speaker on all topics related to Worker s Compensation. Representative selections include key note speaker with MCLE, MBA and Sterling Educational Services, panel speaker and facilitator. Frequent visits to clients at their offices to provide seminars on Worker s Compensation law, practice and procedures and I have written extensively in trade publications and firm publications on these topics. Served as the past Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Worker's Compensation Sub-Committee, and former member of the Worcester County Bar Association. MBA mentor program for new and practicing attorneys. Licensure: Passed the Massachusetts bar examination in late 1995 and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1/3/96, member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and Massachusetts state court, and the U.S. District Court for districts of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Since retired from the practice of law in Connecticut state and Federal Courts. Education: Received my J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1995 with two American Jurisprudence Awards. Graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. from Northeastern University in 1991; M.S. in Representative Clients, and Former Clients: AIG/Chartis, Lumbermen s Underwriting Alliance, Gallagher Basset Services, Sedgwick James, Risk Enterprise Management, ACE/ESIS, Arch Insurance, Specialty Risk Services, Xchanging, First Group America, First Student, Inc., Greyhound, Laidlaw, Bolt Bus, Roto Rooter, Dollar Tree, Albertsons, SUPERVALU, Shaws, Save A Lot, National Express Services, Durham School Services, Tri State Employment, Diamond Staffing, Masonite, NES Rentals, Roadsafe, Cardinal Health, Bridgestone/Firestone, Petco, Freeman Companies, Travelers, JB Hunt, Allied Systems Limited, Wright Line, US Gypsum, Sheraton, Wyeth, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Penske, Ryder and U-Haul. References: Provided upon request.

3 James E. Ramsey, Esq. Biography and Seminar, Lecture and Membership Summary Presenter s Biography Summary JAMES E. RAMSEY is a Director of the law firm of Moriarty & Associates, PC, in Worcester. Mr. Ramsey was a featured speaker at MCLE on November 21, 2003, for Worker's Compensation Case Law and Legislative Update." Mr. Ramsey is the immediate past Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Worker's Compensation Sub-Committee, and former member of the Worcester County Bar Association. He is a former vice-chair in the ABA s TIPS Committee. While at Moriarty & Associates, his firm was voted One of the Region s Top Law Firms Worcester Business Journal He was admitted to the bar in 1996, and is a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and Massachusetts state court, and the U.S. District Court for districts of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Mr. Ramsey graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. from Northeastern University in 1991 where he earned his M.S. in He received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1995 and has two American Jurisprudence Awards. He is a frequent lecturer on Worker s Compensation for continuing legal education Recent Seminar and Lectures and Summary 1. 3/20/13 Chubb Client Training in New Haven CT 2. 3/19/13 LUA Client Training telephonic 3. 2/22/13 LUA Client Training telephonic 4. 1/31/13 Sedgwick Client Training So Portland ME Massachusetts Bar Association, past- chairman worker s compensation, member. Committee Chairman, BSA Cubscouts Pack Diverse Internal Insurance industry client trainings 2. 11/26/12 Sedgwick Client training in Boston MA 3. 9/21/12 Sterling Educational Educational /Postponed

4 Massachusetts Bar Association, past- chairman worker s compensation, member. Committee Chairman, BSA Cubscouts Pack /25/11 Universal Client training in Washington DC 2. 9/21/11 Sedgwick Client training South Portland ME 3. 7/26/11 Sedgwick Client training Bedford NH 4. 3/4/11 REM Client training Quincy, MA /12/10 Sterling Education Services, Inc. Worker s Compensation Law and Practice /5/09 MBA Worker s Compensation Basics 2. 3/16/09 MBA Pain Management MBA 12/16/08 Workers Compensation Basics

5 * Highlights of committee initiatives accomplished, 452 CMR Regulations updated as of 3/21/08 and 11A impartial examination process updated Vice-Chair of the Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Law General Committee MBA 1/9/07 Workers Compensation Liens and Hunter 2. MCLE 4/10/07 Insurer s Case from Soup to Nuts (first contact through hearing) 3. MCLE 6/20/07 Medicare Set Asides Vice-Chair of the Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Law General Committee /21/06 MBA Workers Compensation Medicare Set Asides 2. 3/22/06 WCBA Bench Bar Seminar 3. 4/11/06 MCLE Worker s Compensation Basics Massachusetts Bar Association - worker s compensation

6 /6/05 MCLE Recent Trends in the Ongoing Health Care Dilemma 2. 11/18/05 MCLE Worker s Compensation Conference Massachusetts Bar Association - worker s compensation None Massachusetts Bar Association full year, past chairman worker s compensation /02/03 MCLE Worker s Compensation Case Law and Legislative Update Massachusetts Bar Association - worker s compensation