Bryan Callen

Because I owed such debt, my first job was to just get a job, and I found myself with an accidental career practicing workers' compensation law in Kentucky. I had the privilege of being mentored by a lady named Mary Kay Williams for one year. She had managed to achieve partnership with the law firm at which we worked together.

Because I owed such debt, my first job was to just get a job, and I found myself with an accidental career practicing workers' compensation law in Kentucky. I had the privilege of being mentored by a lady named Mary Kay Williams for one year. She had managed to achieve partnership with the law firm at which we worked together.

Because I owed such debt, my first job was to just get a job, and I found myself with an accidental career practicing workers' compensation law in Kentucky. I had the privilege of being mentored by a lady named Mary Kay Williams for one year. She had managed to achieve partnership with the law firm at which we worked together.

But in May of 2002, tragically at the age of 33, she died as a result of a fall from her attic at her home after a Memorial Day party. The next day I went into the office. A senior partner called me in and said, there's no easy time to have this discussion, so we're going to have it now. There is a 300-case caseload that Mary Kay handled. The bulk of those cases belong to Walmart stores.

But in May of 2002, tragically at the age of 33, she died as a result of a fall from her attic at her home after a Memorial Day party. The next day I went into the office. A senior partner called me in and said, there's no easy time to have this discussion, so we're going to have it now. There is a 300-case caseload that Mary Kay handled. The bulk of those cases belong to Walmart stores.

But in May of 2002, tragically at the age of 33, she died as a result of a fall from her attic at her home after a Memorial Day party. The next day I went into the office. A senior partner called me in and said, there's no easy time to have this discussion, so we're going to have it now. There is a 300-case caseload that Mary Kay handled. The bulk of those cases belong to Walmart stores.

They are a significant client to this law firm. I don't know you, but you are one of the few associates of which she had glowing things to say. I need you to get in there and get your hands around that caseload and anchor this client to this firm.

They are a significant client to this law firm. I don't know you, but you are one of the few associates of which she had glowing things to say. I need you to get in there and get your hands around that caseload and anchor this client to this firm.

They are a significant client to this law firm. I don't know you, but you are one of the few associates of which she had glowing things to say. I need you to get in there and get your hands around that caseload and anchor this client to this firm.

That touched off what was a 16-year legal career practicing workers' compensation law across Kentucky in the years which coincided with the onset and explosion of the opioid epidemic out of central and southern Appalachia.

That touched off what was a 16-year legal career practicing workers' compensation law across Kentucky in the years which coincided with the onset and explosion of the opioid epidemic out of central and southern Appalachia.

That touched off what was a 16-year legal career practicing workers' compensation law across Kentucky in the years which coincided with the onset and explosion of the opioid epidemic out of central and southern Appalachia.

I traveled from one end of the state to the other representing Walmart, Tyson Foods, and Tennessee Valley Authority, practicing thousands of cases over the course of those years. I can remember taking the deposition of a particular individual who I would describe as representative of the dynamics of the opioid epidemic. This person was usually a middle-aged woman, somewhere between the ages of...

I traveled from one end of the state to the other representing Walmart, Tyson Foods, and Tennessee Valley Authority, practicing thousands of cases over the course of those years. I can remember taking the deposition of a particular individual who I would describe as representative of the dynamics of the opioid epidemic. This person was usually a middle-aged woman, somewhere between the ages of...

I traveled from one end of the state to the other representing Walmart, Tyson Foods, and Tennessee Valley Authority, practicing thousands of cases over the course of those years. I can remember taking the deposition of a particular individual who I would describe as representative of the dynamics of the opioid epidemic. This person was usually a middle-aged woman, somewhere between the ages of...

45 and 70 she would have worked tirelessly her entire life usually in eastern kentucky working in low skill low wage jobs convenience stores family dollars walmart's and she worked hard and she worked consistently and she would have been someone whose labor was a monument of devotion to her family At some point in time, she would have had a work accident, a slip and fall, or a lifting injury.

45 and 70 she would have worked tirelessly her entire life usually in eastern kentucky working in low skill low wage jobs convenience stores family dollars walmart's and she worked hard and she worked consistently and she would have been someone whose labor was a monument of devotion to her family At some point in time, she would have had a work accident, a slip and fall, or a lifting injury.

45 and 70 she would have worked tirelessly her entire life usually in eastern kentucky working in low skill low wage jobs convenience stores family dollars walmart's and she worked hard and she worked consistently and she would have been someone whose labor was a monument of devotion to her family At some point in time, she would have had a work accident, a slip and fall, or a lifting injury.

She would make her way to either a physician or, in some cases, a lawyer. She would undergo an evaluation, and she would endorse the existence of pain complaints throughout her body. This person would undergo a series of diagnostic studies that failed to reveal anything that was significant, certainly not enough to explain all of the pain symptoms that this person endorsed.

She would make her way to either a physician or, in some cases, a lawyer. She would undergo an evaluation, and she would endorse the existence of pain complaints throughout her body. This person would undergo a series of diagnostic studies that failed to reveal anything that was significant, certainly not enough to explain all of the pain symptoms that this person endorsed.