Van Nuys WCAB District Office

Where is the Van Nuys WCAB office?

The Van Nuys WCAB office is at 6150 Van Nuys Boulevard, Suite 105, Van Nuys, CA 91401, phone 818-901-5367.

This is one of several district offices the Division of Workers' Compensation runs statewide, pairing a hearing court with two on-site units covered below. The details here match the office's official DWC page, checked October 14, 2026.

Which cases go to this office?

A claim lands here because of where you live, where you got hurt, or where your attorney's office sits, not because Van Nuys is the closest building on a map.

California law sets venue for a workers' compensation case in Labor Code section 5501.5. You may file where you lived on the date you filed, where the injury happened (or, for a cumulative injury, where your last harmful exposure happened), or, if you have a lawyer, in that lawyer's main-office county. An employer who objects to the attorney's-office option within 30 days sends the case back to your residence or injury county instead. DWC's ZIP code locator can suggest a likely office for an address, but it is only a convenience tool. It does not decide venue, and your hearing notice is what actually names your office.

DWC's own ZIP code listing currently ties the cities below to the Van Nuys office, running from the San Fernando Valley into the Antelope Valley:

• Acton
• Agoura Hills
• Agua Dulce
• Burbank
• Calabasas
• Canyon Country
• Castaic
• Chatsworth
• Hidden Hills
• Lake Los Angeles
• Lancaster
• Littlerock
• Los Angeles
• Newhall
• North Hollywood
• Northridge
• Palmdale
• Quartz Hill
• San Fernando
• Santa Clarita
• Saugus
• Stevenson Ranch
• Sylmar
• Valencia
• Van Nuys

Los Angeles is a special case here: only part of the city's ZIP codes route to Van Nuys, and the rest route instead to the Los Angeles office downtown, so a Los Angeles address should be checked individually rather than assumed. Palmdale, where Yazdchi Law P.C. keeps its only office, is itself on this list.

What happens there?

Judges hold hearings and settlement conferences here, and two DWC units work out of the same building.

Beyond the hearing calendar, DWC lists a Disability Evaluation Unit and an Information and Assistance Unit at this office. The Disability Evaluation Unit rates permanent disability from medical reports, and judges, workers, and claims administrators rely on that rating later in a case. The Information and Assistance Unit explains workers' compensation rights, benefits, and obligations to employees, employers, and other interested parties, and is often an injured worker's first DWC contact.

DWC also runs a free injured worker workshop tied to this office, though it meets over Zoom rather than inside the building. Per the DWC's posted schedule, sessions run at 3 p.m. on the first Friday of each month in English and the third Friday in Spanish, walking through how a claim moves forward.

Can you attend by video or phone?

For most conference-type hearings, yes. Trials still happen in person.

Since March 3, 2025, DWC has run status, mandatory settlement, priority, and lien conferences on its CourtCall Video Platform instead of the older telephone lines, and every judge has a virtual courtroom there. Trials, lien trials, and expedited hearings were left out of that change and still happen in person.

DWC assigns judges to this office and posts virtual courtroom links on its own site, and both can change, so this page will not print a link or number that could go stale. Check the DWC's Virtual Courtroom Resources page close to your hearing date, or see our guide to finding a judge's conference line and virtual courtroom link for what to have ready before you join.

How do you get there and park?

The building sits on Van Nuys Boulevard at Calvert Street, a short walk from the Metro Orange Line's Van Nuys station.

DWC's own directions describe a short walk north from the Orange Line's Van Nuys station, to the corner of Van Nuys Boulevard and Calvert Street. Metro bus routes also reach the area, and DWC's office page links turn-by-turn driving directions for anyone coming by car.

Parking in the building's own structure is limited, and a private lot sits next door. Metered street parking nearby caps out at two hours, though longer metered spots, up to ten hours, sit on Calvert Street just east of the building. DWC prices the state building garage at $9 a day and the Calvert Street lot at $10 a day.

What should you bring?

Bring your hearing notice, photo identification, and any documents it lists, and leave children at home.

The lobby opens 30 minutes before the morning session and stays open on court days except state holidays. Staff at the information desk can date stamp and file paperwork if you are dropping something off rather than attending a hearing. DWC also asks that children not be brought to court.

If your notice does not list what you need, call the office or DWC's Information Services Center at 1-800-736-7401.

What should you do next?

Confirm your office and hearing date from your own notice, then decide whether a California workers' compensation attorney should look at your claim.

Start with the hearing notice DWC mailed you; it names your office, hearing date, and hearing type, and it controls over anything general written here. Yazdchi Law P.C. is based solely in Palmdale and keeps no second office inside the Van Nuys building. This address is a state hearing location, not a firm office, even for the many Palmdale-area claims venued here.

See the California WCAB district office guide for every DWC hearing location in the state, including the Los Angeles office that handles the rest of the greater Los Angeles area. The firm also maintains city pages for Van Nuys and Palmdale workers' compensation claims.

Call (661) 273-1780 or use the contact form to have the firm look at your claim. Yazdchi Law P.C. reviews each matter individually before deciding whether to take it on.