Matthew Sassano - a Lafayette, CA Workers Compensation Defense Lawyer

Lafayette Workers Compensation Defense Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Workers Compensation Defense 100%
Defense of Asbestos claims

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Matthew Sassano is the managing and founding partner in the Lafayette office of Sassano and Fleischer. His practice involves complex workers compensation litigation, with an exclusive emphasis on defense over the past 38 years. He currently represents numerous self insured companies, third party administrators and public entities, including the State of California Courts in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and the Self Insurers' Security Fund as well as insurance carriers and large retention insured corporations. He has also represented numerous companies in 132a and S&W litigation. He has litigated cases in all offices of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board throughout the State of California, primarily appearing in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Salinas, Sacramento and Stockton over the last 25 years. Routinely, he has been a guest lecturer on workers compensation developments, particularly on each workers compensation reform legislation since 1989. Mr. Sassano received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976, and a law degree from Southwestern University in Los Angeles in 1982. Mr. Sassano is a member of the California and New York bars and is certified as a specialist in Workers Compensation Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He is an AV Rated attorney and selected as a Super Lawyer in 2005.

Awards and Honors

Honors

AV Rating Martindale Hubbell, 1990 - Present
Super Lawyer, 2005 - Present

Education

Legal Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science/Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

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Managing Partner
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Past Positions

Laughlin Falbo Levy and Moresi, Partner, 1990 - 1996

Classes and Seminars

Analysis of SB 899, CWCDAA, 2007 - Present
Tips and Advice for New Lawyers & Client Relations, CWCDAA, 2011 - Present
Subrogation in Workers Compensation Claims, 2021 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

Legal Counsel to Lamorinda Soccer Club, 1997 - Present

Representative Clients

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Broadspire
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Sedgwick Claims Management
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Insperity
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Charles Taylor
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Self Insurers' Security Fund
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Representative Cases

California Insurance Guaranty Association v. WCAB (Argonaut Insurance Co.)
- Citation: 70 Cal. Comp. Cas 551
- Court: Court of Appeal
- Year: 2005

Bar Admissions

California, 1983
New York, 1991

Specialties and Certifications

Workers Compensation, California Board of Legal Specialization, 1991

Other Affiliations

California Workers Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, 1985 - Present

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Contact

Lafayette, CA

3685 Mt Diablo Blvd.
Suite 202
Lafayette, CA 94549

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Phone: 800-724-1727

Fax: 925-962-6990

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.sassanolaw.com

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