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We are closed Election Day, Tuesday
November 6th. We are closed Monday,
November 12th in observance of Veterans' Day.
We are closed Thursday, November 22nd in
observance of Thanksgiving and Friday, November
23rd in observance of American Indian Heritage
Day. |
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We are pleased to welcome two new Commissioners, Allan
Kittleman and Howard Metz to the Commission. |
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Allan H. Kittleman, Commissioner - On November
28, 2018 Governor Larry Hogan announced the appointment
of Allan H. Kittleman to the Maryland Workers’
Compensation Commission. Commissioner Kittleman
graduated with honors from the University of Maryland
School of Law with a J.D. in 1988. He received his
bachelor's degree in political science from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1981. After
receiving his J.D. degree, he joined Smith, Somerville &
Case. In 1991, he joined Herwig & Humphreys where he
became a partner. Subsequently, he became “of counsel”
at Godwin, Erlandson, Vernon and Daney. Throughout his
25 years in legal practice, Commissioner Kittleman
concentrated his practice in the defense of workers’
compensation claims in Maryland and the District of
Columbia. Commissioner Kittleman also previously served
on the Howard County Council (1998-2004), in the
Maryland State Senate (2004-2014) and as the Howard
County Executive (2014-2018). |
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Howard L. Metz, Commissioner - On November 28,
2018 Governor Larry Hogan announced the appointment of
Howard L. Metz to the Maryland Workers’ Compensation
Commission. He graduated from Rutgers School of Law in
1985. He received his bachelor's degree from The
American University in 1982. Mr. Metz has over 30 years
of experience in workers’ compensation and as a
litigation attorney representing clients in trials
before the Maryland Circuit and District Courts and U.S.
District Court including courts in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. He has briefed and argued cases before the
Maryland Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals and
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In
addition to practicing before the Maryland Workers'
Compensation Commission, Mr. Metz has appeared before
the Social Security Administration and other State and
Federal Agencies. He has been a court appointed mediator
for the Circuit Court for Frederick County since 2000
and for the Circuit Court for Washington County since
2008. He frequently lectures and is a continuing legal
education instructor in the areas of Workers’
Compensation law and mediation practice. |
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The calendar 2019 MARYLAND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
COMMISSION MAXIMUM RATE OF BENEFITS is posted to our
Compensation Rates page as a PDF for download. |
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