Timothy Chan

An attorney at Michael Burgis & Associates, PC, Timothy Chan focuses his practice primarily on workers’ compensation matters. Additionally, his experience extends to personal injury and wrongful death litigation as well as employment law. With offices in Sherman Oaks and Pomona, California, he furnishes representation to people in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Mr. Chan has been admitted to practice before all California state courts since 2015, and he was awarded his Juris Doctor by Loyola Law School in the previous year.A significant portion of Mr. Chan’s client base is comprised of people who have been injured in a workplace accident and who are seeking the benefits that they deserve under their employer’s workers’ compensation insurance coverage. At the outset, he assists them with the preparation of the required claim documentation, helping to ensure that it contains all of the pertinent information and that it is filed in a timely manner. If and when the claim is disputed or denied, Mr. Chan appears at subsequent appeals hearings and strives to obtain the maximum amount of recovery for his clients.In some cases, a worker who has been injured has the ability and the right to bring a lawsuit against a nonemployer third party that was in part or wholly responsible for the harm, such as the manufacturer of a defective piece of equipment, and Mr. Chan has handled such cases. Other personal injury cases that he has worked on have involved premises liability as well as motor vehicle accidents. Mr. Chan has additionally represented employees who have been the victims of workplace discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, and wrongful termination.