Mr. Gallen has extensive experience handling Workers' Compensation matters in education, local government, agriculture, forestry and fishing, automotive, construction, finance, insurance and real estate, manufacturing, medical, mining, retail trade, services, transportation and public utilities, and wholesale trade industries. His case experience includes amputations, assaults and violent acts, back injuries, body system injuries, bruises and contusions, carpal tunnel syndrome, chemical burns, contact with objects and equipment, cumulative trauma, cuts and lacerations, falls, fatalities, fires and explosions, fractures, harmful substances or environments, head injuries, heart attacks, heat burns, infectious diseases, lower and upper extremity injuries, multiple traumatic injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, neck injuries, paraplegia/quadriplegia, permanent disability, poisoning, pulmonary disorders, respiratory conditions, skin diseases and disorders, sprains, strains, breaks, tears, tendonitis and transportation incidents.
Mr. Gallen has been a frequent lecturer on Workers' Compensation at both local and national seminars. In addition, he has held leadership positions in a number of professional organizations: Missouri Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; American Bar Association; Workers’ Compensation Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Employee Law Committee; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, former president and vice president; St. Thomas More Society; Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, assistant national counselor. Some of Mr. Gallen’s past activities include Saint Louis University Law School Dean’s Advisory Council, Workers’ Compensation Committee Defense Research Institute, Illinois Self-Insurers Association, Legislative Committee, and The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Interests:
Mr. Gallen enjoys spending time with his family, biking, tennis, swimming, geneology and cheering at Billikin basketball games. An avid historian and reader, he has written numerous historical articles and book reviews for Amazon.com.
Mr. Gallen is very active in the community. Currently he serves as a lector/commentator coordinator for St. Gerard Majella Parish and as a member of the board and treasurer of the Ste. Genevieve Chapter of the French Heritage Society. He is also a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of the St. Louis University School of Law and the Missouri Athletic Club. Mr. Gallen is an Assistant National Counselor of the Sons of Union Veterans Of The Civil War.
In the past, he has been involved with the Catholic Alumni Club, the advisory board of SSM Rehabilitation Institute, the parents advisory board for the Archdiocese of St. Louis' Department of Special Education, the Charter Campaign Leadership Committee and coaching for Majella Club.
Honors and Awards:
A St. Louis Success, Joy 96 FM Radio and Missouri Merchants and Manufacturers Association, March 1991
Mr. Gallen has been inducted into the National Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Nu and Beta Gamma Sigma.
Most recently, Mr. Gallen was inducted as a fellow to the College of Workers' Compensation of Lawyers
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Publications / Papers:
Injuries in the Workplace: The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims Process. National Business Institute, Inc.: 1992.
“Repetitive Motion Injuries: Proof and Defense; Heart Claims: Proof and Defense.” 17th Annual Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar Handbook. SEAK, Inc.: 1997.
“Repetitive Motion Injuries: Proof and Defense; Heart Claims: Proof and Defense.” Workers’ Compensation Defense and Occupational Medicine Seminar. SEAK, Inc.: 1995.
Workers’ Compensation Cases – Various Jurisdictions. Tort & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association: 1989.
Workers’ Compensation in Illinois Seminar. Lorman Education Services: July 18, 2000.