professional bio
Sherri Dozier is a life-long Southern California resident. She earned her Bachelors of Science in business and marketing through Kaplan University Florida.
Ms. Dozier started in workers’ compensation in 1987. Her journey has taken her from insurance companies such Fireman’s Fund, Pacific States Casualty, Heath Cal, Ulico/USA Casualty, and Cal Comp/Superior National to working at Bradford & Barthel in 1999.
Ms. Dozier is a certified paralegal and nurse. She also earned a Workers’ Compensation Specialist Certificate through the University of California Riverside. Ms. Dozier has a Self Insurance license and has her WCCA, WCCP. She also has IEA certificates as well as many other educational seminars related to our field.
After many years both working on a claims desk, supervising and managing in the insurance field, at Bradford & Barthel she has helped to bridge the gap between legal and claims practices. Ms. Dozier provides training on a variety of workers’ compensation and employment law topics, development of programs, is a specialist in Health Care Organizations (HCO), Medical Provider Networks (MPN), State Audit Defenses and Preparation, and Large loss settlement review and analysis. She is very active in participating in client file reviews and meetings with a focus on client service and relationship development.
AUTHORED Blog Articles & Webinars
Audit Concerns? Dial Up B&B’s Audit Team
The Law Offices of Bradford & Barthel’s Audit Team has helped clients save millions on state-mandated workers’ compensation audits during the last 22
Civil Processes Under the WC Umbrella -132a Discrimination & S&W Misconduct
Join us as Peter Fitzpatrick & Sherri Dozier discuss 132a discrimination, the crossover between workers' compensation claims and Serious & Willful Misconduct (SW).
Good Information TO AVOID Bad Faith Claims Handling
John Kamin, Bill Bartels & Sherri Dozier cover some good information on bad faith claims.
Benefit Provision & Notices from an Audit Perspective
As we slowly come out of the pandemic, we find ourselves having to prepare for normal processes in workers’ compensation including AUDITS. It
Audit Season: How to Address COVID-19 Sick Pay, TD, and Notice Dilemmas
It’s that time of year again… AUDIT SEASON! We have spent the better part of a year in what seemed to be a
Fight Audit Unit, Save $1,000,000
The results are in. We win! In the B&B Blog, November/December 2006, Volume 2, Number 6 issue in an article entitled “The Audit
Medical Provider Network Let the Games Begin…
Change is the name of the game in 2005. It appears that the legislative intent was much more than putting California on a