Administration:
Workers' Compensation Division
5 Green Mountain Drive
PO Box 488 Montpelier, VT 05601-0488
Phone: (802) 828-2286 Fax: (802) 828-2195 Email: labor.wccomp@vermont.gov
- Director of Workers’ Compensation and Safety - Dirk Anderson, Esq., (802) 828-4391 dirk.anderson@vermont.gov
- Workers' Compensation Program Manager - Berrian Eno-Van Fleet, (802) 828-2286 berrian.eno-vanfleet@vermont.gov
- Administrative Assistant - Sherri Strickland, (802) 828-1440 sherri.strickland@vermont.gov
For employee reports of injury (Form 5) or exclusions, contact our Administrative Assistant.
Report Fraud:
- Claimant or benefit fraud - Phone: (802) 828-2286
- Carrier regulation - https://dfr.vermont.gov/industry/insurance
Formal Hearings:
Conduct formal hearings, issue decisions, receive appeals.
- Administrative Law Judge - Stephen Brown, Esq., (802) 828-4043 stephen.brown@vermont.gov
- Administrative Law Judge - Beth DeBernardi, Esq., (802) 828-2996 beth.a.debernardi@vermont.gov
- Formal Hearing Docket Administrator - Sonja Darling, (802) 828-2287 sonja.darling@vermont.gov
Specialist I's:
All pre-dispute filings and issues: denials, medicals authorizations, wage calculations, dependency and concurrent employment, compensation agreements.
To reach the correct Specialist, refer to your State File Number (SFN).
- SFN ending in 1, 2 & 9 Lindsay Choiniere (802) 828-2993 lindsay.choiniere@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 3, 4 & 5 Muriel Landis (802) 828-2206 muriel.landis@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 6, 7 & 8 Heather Judd (802) 828-2995 heather.judd@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 0 revert to previous digit
Specialist II's:
All disputed claims and disputed claim issues: preauthorization and mental injury denials, discontinuances, objections and requests for reconsideration, applications for formal hearings, informal conferences, interim orders.
To reach the correct Specialist, refer to your State File Number (SFN).
- SFN ending in 1 & 2 Anne Coutermarsh (802) 828-0441 anne.coutermarsh@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 3 & 4 Mary Sarazin (802) 828-2742 mary.sarazin@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 5 & 6 Julie Mercier (802) 828-1345 julie.mercier@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 7 & 8 Paula Liberty (802) 828-1119 paula.liberty@vermont.gov
- SFN ending in 9 & 0 Sue Courchaine (802) 828-4362 sue.courchaine@vermont.gov
Vocational Rehabilitation:
Monitor VR, handle disputed VR, VR denials, VR discontinuances, VR counselor certifications, medical fee schedule disputes.
- Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist - Trudy Smith, (802) 828-2991 trudy.smith@vermont.gov