Michael Thor Kessinger
Helping Idaho and Washington's Injured and Disabled
Attorney Michael Kessinger has been helping injured workers, victims of personal injury, and Social Security Disability claimants since he began practicing in 2003.
Mr. Kessinger has extensive experience representing injured workers in Idaho Industrial Commission proceedings. He has tried dozens of workers' compensation cases and argued workers compensation cases before the Idaho Supreme Court.
Mr. Kessinger represents the injured in Washington and Idaho with car crash injuries, slip and falls, dog bites, etc.
In addition to Idaho workers' compensation and personal injury claims, Mr. Kessinger represents the disabled before the Social Security Administration. He helps with denied claims and attends Administrative Law Judge Social Security hearings.
Mr. Kessinger and his staff strive to provide professional and personal service to each and everyone they represent.
- Workers' Compensation
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Social Security Disability
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Idaho
- Idaho State Bar
- ID Number: 6719
- Washington
- Washington State Bar Association
- ID Number: 39485
- Italian: Spoken
- University of Idaho
- J.D. (2002) | Law
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- Activities: Student Government
- Wabash College
- B.A. (2000) | Political Science
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude Senior Awards: Daniels Award in Philosophy of Law George A. Lipsky Award William Nelson White Award Honor Societies Pi Sigma Alpha Psi Chi
- North Idaho College
- A.A. (1998) | General
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- Washington State Bar Association  # 39485
- Attorney
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- Idaho State Bar  # 6719
- Member
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- Activities: Workers' Compensation Section
- Idaho Trial Lawyers Association
- Attorney
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- Heart Attack Cases in Idaho
- ITLA Journal Vol. 40, No. 1
- Impairment and Disability: Moving Targets
- ITLA Journal Vol. 46, No. 3
- Occupational Disease Claim Basics
- ITLA Journal Vol. 41, No. 4
- Idaho Workers' Compensation Roundtable, Zoom Conference
- Idaho Trial Lawyers Association
- Michael was a co-moderator in a Zoom Roundtable discussion addressing workers' compensation attorneys throughout Idaho state.
- Current Issues in Workers' Comp Cases, Idaho State Bar Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, Boise, Idaho
- Idaho State Bar Association
- Michael was one of three panelists discussing current Idaho workers' compensation issues before a room full of Idaho attorneys practicing in the workers' compensation field.
- Idaho Workers' Compensation Basics, Ray McNichols Inns of Court, Clarkston, Washington
- Ray McNichols Inns of Court
- Michael presented the basics of Idaho Workers' Compensation to a gathering of local practitioners, practicing in various areas of law.
- Impairment and Disability: Moving Targets?, ITLA Fall Conference, McCall, Idaho
- Idaho Trial Lawyers Association
- Michael presented a seminar on the changing interaction between permanent partial impairment and permanent disability in the Idaho workers' compensation system.
- Idaho Workers’ Compensation Case Law Review, ISB Workers’ Compensation Section Annual Seminar, Boise, Idaho
- Idaho State Bar Association
- Michael reviewed recent cases for the Workers' Compensation Section members of the Idaho State Bar Association.
- Website
- www.NorthIdahoAttorney.com