In this segment of our Past President Profile, we were able to speak with Ramon Malca, a founding member of FWA and the chairman for 1997, regarding his background and leadership of FWA.

You can read his responses below.

How did you first get into Workers’ Comp?

I got into workers comp when I cold called two firms while at my future wife’s apt in the first semester of my second year in law school. One was with Bud Adams of the Wicker Smith firm and the other a PI firm. I was

Judge William M. Wieland

Judge Bill, as he was commonly known, was originally appointed to serve as a worker’s compensation Deputy Commissioner in 1970.  On February 3, 1993, he died of a heart condition and was in the office about to start a hearing when he suffered his last and fatal heart attack.

The “Judge” as he was known at his church and outside of the office served at a time when there was little to no technology.   There were no computers and “onion skin” paper was used to create a copy