Bennet L. Pugh, JD

Chief Executive Officer

Emphasis

  • Medicare Compliance
  • Workers’ Compensation

Published Work:

  • Be SMART When Dealing with Medicare Beneficiaries, Alliance Collection Services Newsletter (2014).
  • Be Smart about SMART, California Self Insurer’s Association 3rd quarter newsletter (2013).
  • The SMART Act, PHTS 3rd quarter newsletter (2013).
  • Medicare Set-asides in Workers’ Compensation, White Paper for the Georgia Self Insured Association (2013).
  • New Medicare Notification Requirements, Counsel to Counsel, (September 2008).
  • Medicare Set-asides in litigation, California Self Insurers Association Newsletter, (Second Quarter 2006).
  • Medicare Set-asides, The Alabama Self Insurer, (Spring 2006)
  • Recent Developments Concerning Medicare Set-asides from a Workers’ Compensation Perspective, Vol. 21, No. 5 CWCE Magazine (January/February, 2004).
  • Dealing with Medicare Issues in Workers’ Compensation Settlements, Vol. LXXVII, No. 2 Florida Bar Journal, 47 (February, 2003).
  • Medicare Issues in Workers’ Compensation Settlements, News & 440 Report, Publication of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, (Fall 2002).
  • Closing Future Medical Benefits for Injured Workers, For The Defense, (October 2001).
  • Closing Future Medical Benefits for Injured Workers, Vol. 62, No. 6. Alabama Lawyer, 323 (September, 2001).

Professional:

  • Fellow – College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • Super Lawyers of Alabama
  • Named to Top Lawyers by Corporate Counsel Publication
  • Member, Alabama State Bar Association; Birmingham Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

Education:

  • Cumberland School of Law, 1985
  • Samford University, 1982
  • Freshman Class President
  • Secretary of Student Association
  • Lambda Chi Alpha, Chapter President

Personal:

  • Completed 16 marathon road races, including Boston, New York and Washington D.C.