ALBANY – An appeals court has upheld New York state’s decision to deny renewing a license held for 28 years by a non-attorney to represent claimants before the Workers’ Compensation Board.
A 4-1 panel of the Appellate Division, Third Department, said the board acted rationally when it denied Donna Silverman’s application to continue representing petitioners. The board based its decision on Silverman’s lack of familiarity with an important 2010 board decision and her failure to disclose her business relationship with her attorney-husband.
