With 22 years of industry experience, Thomas is an expert on workers’ compensation claims, which include coordinating quarterly claim reviews, developing action plans with the examiners and following through with claims handling procedures. He also coordinates disability management, return-to-work programs, and works on projecting and interpreting clients’ experience modification rate. Prior to joining Woodruff Sawyer in 2004, he was a claims examiner for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. He has also worked for companies such as Republic Indemnity, Argonaut Insurance, Industrial Indemnity and Cigna Insurance Company. Thomas has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.