Todd D. McFarren
Partner
Practice Areas: Workers Compensation.
Admitted: 1983, California
Law School: University of San Francisco Law School, J.D., 1983
College: Kent State University (B.A., Philosophy, 1976; M.A., Philosophy, 1977; M.A., Political Science, 1978)
Member: Monterey County Bar Association; California Applicants' Attorneys Association (Chair, Health and Safety Committee); Workplace Injury Litigation Group; American Association for Justice; California Teachers Association Group Legal Services.
Biography: Co-Editor: with Glen Shor and Emily Spieler, New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Special Issue: Assessing Workers' Compensation, Vol. 10 Number 3-2000. Co-Author: with Jay Causey, "In Search of a Method: Permanent Disability Assessment Revisited," New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Special Issue: Assessing Workers' Compensation, Vol. 10 Number 3-2000, p. 207-215. Author: "Aftermath of a Crisis," Workers' Compensation Quarterly, Vol. 10 No. 3/4, Fall/Winter, 1997, State Bar of California; <i>Sartre on Praxis: <i>An Investigation into the Critique of Dialectical Reason,</i></b> Kent State University Press, 1977; "Towards an Understanding of Hume's Influence on the Political Thought of Madison," Political Science Discussion Papers, Kent State University, 1979. Instructor: Philosophy, Cabrillo College, 1985-. Mayor, Watsonville, California, 1990-1992. Member, Watsonville City Council, 1993-1999. Member, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Board, Santa Cruz County Transportation Commission. Chair, Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee Local Agency Formation Commission. Chair, 28th Assembly District Democratic Committee. Chair, Community Action Board, Board of Directors. Member, WILG Board of Directors. Member, Board of Directors, Workplace Injury Studies Institute. Volunteer, Watsonville Law Center. (Resident, Watsonville Office) (Certified Specialist, Workers' Compensation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)
Born: 1950
ISLN: 904984383