Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr., born Durham, North Carolina, February 13, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; United States Supreme Court.

Education and Certifications: Deerfield Academy, Massachusetts (1968); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. 1972); North Carolina Central University School of Law (J.D. 1976); Board Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law (2001).

Bars and Courts: Admitted to North Carolina State Bar in 1976. Admitted to practice in all of the Federal District Courts of North Carolina, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Affiliations: Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Wake County Bar Association; the American Association of Justice; and the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG).

Professional Activites: Author of North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law and Practice, first published in 1988 and now in its 4th Edition; past Chairman of the Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Section of the American Association of Justice; past President of Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), a national non-profit association of workers’ compensation attorneys; plaintiffs’ liaison to the N.C. Industrial Commission’s Advisory Council; past Chairman of the N.C. Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section; adjunct professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law, teaching workers’ compensation law; member, Workers’ Compensation Panel of Attorneys for the National Football League Players’ Association and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association. American Bar Association; listed in the current edition of Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers; Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (AV rated), American Bar Association College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers.

Primary Areas of Practice: Workers’ Compensation; Personal Injury.

E-mail: ltj@jernlaw.com

Education and Certifications: University of Michigan (B.A. 1976); Wayne State University (J.D. 1981); Board Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law.

Bars and Courts: Admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1981 (inactive) and North Carolina State Bar in 1987.

Affiliations: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations (Member, Joint Committee on the Medico-Legal Guidelines, 1996-2002, Chair, 2002-2004); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 2001-2006; PAC Trustee, 2001-present; Workers’ Compensation Section, Secretary, 1994-1997, Vice-Chair, 1997-2000; Chair, 2000-2001); North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (Public Member, 2007-present); Nash County Foundation to Reduce the Use of Drugs (President); AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell; listed in the current edition of Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.

Professional Activities: Mr. Farah served on the Industrial Commission committee which initially helped develop the “NCIC Rules for Utilization of Rehabilitation Professional in Workers’ Compensation Cases” and co-chaired the committee that worked on the revisions for 2000. He is a frequent speaker at educational programs on workers’ compensation topics. He co-chaired the Workers’ Compensation Roundtable from 1995 to 2006. He co-chaired the first “Professionalism for Workers’ Compensation Attorneys” seminar in 2007. Mr. Farah is a peer counselor for the PALS committee of the North Carolina State Bar.

Primary Areas of Practice: Workers’ Compensation.

E-mail: nvf@jernlaw.com

Gina E. Cammarano, born Flushing, New York, September 23 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina.

Education and Certifications: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1990); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with Honors, 1995), Board Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation (2006).

Bars and Courts: Admitted to North Carolina State Bar in 1995.

Affiliations: North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Workers' Compensation Section; Member, Workers' Compensation Section Executive Committee; Member, Education Committee); North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Workers' Compensation Section Council); North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.

Professional Activities: Ms. Cammarano is a frequent speaker at educational programs on workers' compensation topics. She has spoken at several educational programs sponsored by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. She has served as the editor for the North Carolina Bar Association's Course & Scope (a publication about workers' compensation issues in North Carolina) and has been published in Trial Briefs, a periodical for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Primary Areas of Practice: Workers' Compensation.

E-mail: gec@jernlaw.com