Wai, Connor & Hamidzadeh, LLP
Melodie Mactal is an experienced attorney who has worked in various roles related to workers' compensation defense. With a background in claims examination and insurance underwriting, Melodie has a strong foundation in the legal and insurance industries. Currently employed at Wai & Connor, LLP since October 2018, Melodie's career has seen their progress through different law firms and insurance companies, gaining valuable experience along the way. Melodie holds a Juris Doctor degree from The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law-Ventura, obtained between 2004 and 2008.
Wai, Connor & Hamidzadeh, LLP
Wai, Connor & Hamidzadeh, LLP specializes in the defense of workers’ compensation matters for both self-insured employers and insurance companies. The firm represents some of the most respected businesses and insurance companies in Southern California. Several of the firm’s former attorneys have been appointed workers’ compensation judges. The firm covers all of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Boards throughout Southern California, from San Diego to Grover Beach. Our Northern California office is in Concord, located between San Francisco and Sacramento. From this office, we cover all of the Northern California Boards. Since its founding in 1997, the firm has specialized in the representation of large, self-insured employers (mainly Fortune 1000 companies) in defense of their Workers’ Compensation matters, as well as in defense of Labor Code §132a actions and claims for Serious and Willful Misconduct. The firm has been designated by many large employers as their exclusive counsel for Workers’ Compensation matters. Wai & Connor, LLP is also certified as a Minority Women Owned Business (“MBE/WBE”) by the County of Los Angeles and the California Public Utilities Commission.