May 16, 2019 -- John E. Anderson, attorney at law and founder of the firm of Cole, Cole, Anderson & Newman, PSC with offices in Madison and Knox counties, was inducted into the inaugural class of Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Hall of Fame during a ceremony hosted by the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation’s community of fellow attorneys and peers.

 

Anderson, who has spent the past 45 years in practice, was described by Bonnie Hoskins, founder of Hoskins Law Offices in Lexington, as a lawyer’s lawyer.

 

“John is one of the most talented and gifted lawyers that I have ever had the opportunity to work with,” Hoskins said, during Anderson’s introduction.

 

Anderson is licensed to practice law in Kentucky and Tennessee and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky. He earned his B.S. degree in 1969 and Juris Doctor in 1974 from the University of Tennessee with membership in Phi Kappa Phi and the Order of the Coif honor societies. He is a member of the Kentucky Workers Association, Kentucky Justice Association, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) and Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group. In addition, Anderson is a member of the Kentucky, Tennessee, Knox County and American Bar Associations and has served on multiple legislative and research committees on behalf of injured workers in Kentucky and Tennessee.