Governor Larry Hogan recently appointed Allan H. Kittleman and Howard L. Metz to the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Commissioner Kittleman graduated with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law. After receiving his J.D., he joined the law offices of Smith, Somerville & Case. In 1991, he joined Herwig & Humphreys, where he later became a partner, and then went on to work with Godwin, Erlandson, Vernon & Daney, as an "of counsel" attorney. Throughout his twenty-five (25) years of legal practice, Commissioner Kittleman concentrated his practice in the defense of workers’ compensation claims in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He also served as a state senator, worked on the Workers’ Compensation Oversight Committee, the Howard County Council, and served as the Howard County Executive.
Commissioner Metz graduated from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law in 1985. He then spent over thirty (30) years as a workers’ compensation and litigation attorney in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. During this time, he briefed and argued cases before the Maryland Court of Appeals, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Thereafter, he served as a mediator for the Circuit Courts for Frederick and Washington Counties in Maryland. Commissioner Metz also served as President of Executive Board of the Bar Association of Frederick County in 2013, and continues to serve as a member of the Board today. In addition, he continues to provide lectures and continuing legal education instruction in the areas of workers’ compensation law and mediation practice.
Commissioners Kittleman and Metz will replace retiring Commissioners Patricia Adams and Jeffrey Herwig.
-Ashley Bond, Associate Attorney
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