Payton Named Chair of Workers’ Compensation Section of the NCBA

At the state convention of the North Carolina Bar Association in June, S. Camille Payton was selected to chair the Workers' Compensation section of the North Carolina Bar Association. Payton, a shareholder of Ward Black Law in Greensboro, will head the organization of 685 lawyers from across the state.

As section chair, she will preside over meetings of the section council, which is the governing board of the section.  Payton, who recently co-authored and published the Workers’ Compensation Forms Manual, will write a column for the quarterly newsletter, The Course and Scope.

“To serve as the leader of this group of talented lawyers is an honor,” said Payton, who has served on the council for six years. “I’m continually impressed with the camaraderie and information exchange that takes place between individuals who outside of this meeting are adversaries.”
 
Each year the Workers’ Compensation section plans educational programs for Bar Association members, helps mold the NC Bar Association's legislative agenda for presentation to the NC General Assembly, and publishes a quarterly newsletter for the membership.  “The newsletter is just one of the ways that we … share the wealth,” Payton said. “We … know that by increasing the knowledge of our section members, we improve outcomes and improve our profession.”

The group also raises funds for the children of workers who were severely injured or killed on the job through an organization called Kids’ Chance of North Carolina.  The group provides funds for these children between the ages of 16 and 25 to begin or continue their education at college or vocational school levels. This is to provide those students with educational opportunities that might otherwise have been postponed or interrupted as a result of the financial hardship caused by the death or serious injury of their parent.  The monies are raised through various fundraisers including golf tournaments and silent auctions conducted by the Workers’ Compensation section.
 
The council is made up of Workers' Compensation practitioners who have several years of legal experience in the compensation area. It includes lawyers who represent employers or employees, mediators, and judges from the North Carolina Industrial Commission.  The NC Industrial Commission is the state agency that administers Workers' Compensation cases. 

Camille Payton has been practicing law since 1993. A native of Kinston, North Carolina, Payton graduated from UNC Chapel Hill for her undergraduate degree and completed her Doctor of Jurisprudence at the University of Texas before practicing law in Greensboro. Payton has extensive trial experience and is proud to take up the cause of people who need help dealing with large insurance companies or other corporations.

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