Rene Thomas Folse, J.D. Ph.D.
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach, 1967
- Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude, San Fernando Valley College of Law, 1974
- Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology, International College, 1983
- Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, William Lyon University, 1987.
- Camarillo State Hospital clinical internship in psychology 1986-1988.
LICENSURE:
- Attorney at Law, State of California since 1974, State Bar #61144
- Licensed Psychologist, State of California Board of Psychology since 1989, #PSY 11415
CERTIFICATIONS
- Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) through CSUN
EDUCATIONAL HONORS:
- Class Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude graduate 1974.
- Dean's Honor Roll in recognition of outstanding scholarship in the study of law, May 19, 1974.
- American Jurisprudence Award-Criminal Law.
- American Jurisprudence Award-Trusts.
- Hornbook Award for outstanding scholastic achievement.
MILITARY HONORS:
- United States Army, 1968-1970. Awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in ground operations against hostile forces in the Republic of Vietnam, May 2nd, 1970.
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS:
- State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Industrial Accidents; Appointed as a Pro-Tempore Workers' Compensation Judge of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, October 1, 1982.
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
- Workcompcentral.com, instructor 2005 to present.
- Ventura County Community College System, Moorpark College, law instructor 1975-1990.
- UCLA Extension, Forensic evaluation of Workers' Compensation Claimants for Health Care Providers, 1984.
- Institute for Applied Management and Law, regular faculty for the Certificate Program in Employee Labor Relations Law, 1980 to 1992.
- Council on Education in Management, regular faculty for the Update Program in Human Resources Law, 1985 to 1992.
- Pepperdine University, guest lecturer on Workers' Compensation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Thirty three years experience in disability case management for most major California industrial insurance carriers, and self insured employers and other third party payors. Since 1985 this work has placed special emphasis on psychological injury claims, and since 1995 has included serving children with special needs.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Co authored The Insurer's Handbook of Psychological Injury Claims with David R. Price, Paul R. Lees Haley (National Underwriter Company; ISBN: 0963495720), July 1995.
- I served on the Editorial Review Board of Matthew Bender Publications, 1990-1995. In this role I published monthly and annual updates to the California Compensation Cases series of legal publications.
This page was last updated May 7, 2008