Brandy Berry Hassman

Brandy B. Hassman, Partner

Hassman & Fitzhugh, PLLC
333 West Vine Street, Ste 300
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Brandy@hfdefense.com
Ph: 859-252-2001
Fax: 859-252-2009
Ms. Hassman has been in practice since 2004 and has devoted her practice solely to workers’ compensation over the past six years. Ms. Hassman has achieved success with many workers’ compensation clients including Liberty Mutual, Westfield Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Motorists Mutual Insurance Company and Alliance Coal. She currently handles a wide array of workers’ compensation cases. Ms. Hassman has extensive experience negotiating workers’ compensation claims, calculating any and all benefits owed to plaintiffs, cross-examining plaintiffs, preparing clients to testify at depositions and hearings, attending Benefit Review Conferences and hearings, preparing Briefs to be submitted to ALJs throughout the state, and appealing ALJ and Board decisions.

Ms. Hassman received her Bachelor of Arts in English, Cum Laude, from the University of Kentucky, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky, College of Law.

HASSMAN & FITZHUGH, PLLC
Lexington, KY
Partner, June 2012 – Present

Workers’ Compensation Defense

  • Kentucky, 2004
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky Education
  • University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
  • J.D. – May, 2004
  • University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • B.A. (Cum Laude) – 2001
  • Major: English
  • Comments Editor, JNREL
  • Published comment in the Journal of National Resources and Environmental Law (“JNREL”)Appointed Comments Editor, JNREL
  • Voted Best 2L of JNREL staff
  • Best Legal Brief in legal writing class
  • Top oral advocate in legal writing class
  • Awarded merit scholarship for first year of law school
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Fayette County Bar Association
  • Professional Experience