Meet Our Expert Attorneys

Deborah G. Kohl

Deborah G. Kohl is the founder of the Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl. Her illustrious career has spanned more than four decades where she has received countless accolades for her aggressive and arduous defense of injured workers. Attorney Kohl concentrates her practice in the areas of workers’ compensation and disability law. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Northeastern University School of Law. She is a frequent lecturer and author on workers’ compensation law. She is the editor of Massachusetts Workers’ Compesnation Sourcebook and Citator. She is a fellow and past president of the national College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, and has been elected a s a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. She has served as Chair of the American Association for Justice Workers Compensation Section and as President of Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG). She was the founding Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association. She currently serves as a member of the WILG board and as Vice President of the American Bar Association TIPS Workers’ Compensation Section. She is on the Board of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Robert J. Deubel Jr.

Robert Deubel, Jr. is a Partner at the Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl where he has represented injured workers on claims for benefits for more than twenty years. Mr. Deubel concentrates his practice in the areas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability, and Municipal Accidental Disability Retirements an Appeals. He earned his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1996 and his J.D. at Tulane University School of Law in 1999. Mr. Deubel was a law clerk for Rhode Island Supreme Court chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger. He also served as law clerk to the various Judges at the Rhode Island Superior Court and Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court. Attorney Deubel was a contributing author to the Lexis Nexis Practice Guide on Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation. Attorney Deubel is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Rhode Island Bar Association, the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group and the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representative.