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✦ Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law — State Bar of California ✦
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By Eman Yazdchi, Esq. · Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Lakewood workers across Los Angeles County rely on industries like Retail, Healthcare, Aerospace, Education— physically demanding sectors that produce frequent workplace injuries. When you are hurt on the job, California's workers' compensation system is designed to provide full medical care, wage replacement, and permanent disability benefits. But insurance companies routinely fight to minimize payouts.
Attorney Eman Yazdchi is a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law — a distinction held by fewer than 1% of California attorneys certified in this field. Lakewood sits at the junction of the 605, 91, and 405 freeways in southeast LA County, with Long Beach Airport pressing up against its southern edge. Its workers’ comp cases are heard at the Long Beach WCAB, where Yazdchi Law regularly appears for retail employees from Lakewood Center, nurses and aides from Lakewood Regional Medical Center, and aerospace workers tied to the Boeing/Douglas legacy operations. The Palmdale office handles Lakewood matters remotely and at Long Beach as needed. Whether your injury happened in Lakewood or anywhere in Los Angeles County, we fight for maximum benefits.
Under California Labor Code §3200 et seq., every employer must carry workers' comp insurance. Lakewood employees who suffer work-related injuries are entitled to five categories of benefits:
Common injuries among Lakewood workers include Retail slip-and-falls at Lakewood Center, Healthcare lifting and needlestick injuries, Aerospace repetitive stress, Construction and roofing falls. Regardless of injury type, you must report it to your employer within 30 days under LC §5400 and file a DWC-1 claim form. We handle every step of the process.
Injured at work in Lakewood? Call (661) 273-1780
Tap to call →Lakewood workers' comp cases are heard at the Long Beach WCAB district office. Hearings, mandatory settlement conferences, and trials for Los Angeles County claims are conducted there.
Lakewood is located in Los Angeles County, near Lakewood Center, Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood Country Club. Our office serves all Lakewood neighborhoods and surrounding communities.
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