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Principal
hkraus@semmes.com
E-Business Card
Baltimore Office
Suite 1400
25 S. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.576.4874
410.576.4788 (Fax)
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Experience
Ms. Kraus represents employers and their insurers in the
defense of workers' compensation claims. Her clients include self-insured
employers as well as insurance companies providing coverage for large and small
employers. She has appeared before the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission
in hundreds of cases and in numerous jury trials before the various Circuit
Courts throughout the State of Maryland. Ms. Kraus has handled and argued
appellate cases before the Maryland Court of Appeals and Court of Special
Appeals. She also defends workers' compensation claims arising under the Federal
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, appearing before the Department
of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs and Administrative Law Judges
in the Baltimore, Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey and Norfolk, Virginia
areas, as well as before the Benefits Review Board and the U.S. Circuit Courts.
In addition to the defense of claims, Ms. Kraus represents clients in obtaining
and maintaining self-insured status before the Maryland Workers' Compensation
Commission.
Ms. Kraus was selected as a Maryland "Super Lawyer" by
Baltimore Magazine and Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine in 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011 and 2012.
Admitted
Education
- Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude,
1985)
- University of Maryland (B.A., magna cum laude,
1981; Honors in History; Phi Beta Kappa)
Affiliations, Associations & Special Achievements
- Board Member, Maryland Workers' Compensation
Education Association
- Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Women's Bar Organization
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