Injured Workers' Legal Center

What Injured Workers' Legal Center does

Injured Workers' Legal Center, LLC is a Maine-based plaintiff injury law firm founded by Charlie March in 1994, operating from a primary office at Fort Andross Mill in Brunswick, Maine (with a Topsham mailing address). The firm fields a team of approximately eight people — a founder/principal, an Of Counsel, two additional attorneys, three paralegals, and a legal assistant — and specializes in five practice areas: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act claims for shipyard and harbor workers (with strong representation of Bath Iron Works employees); asbestos-related disease litigation (mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer); Social Security Disability Insurance appeals; Defense Base Act claims for overseas contractors injured in war-support roles; and complementary estate planning (wills, trusts, healthcare directives) and probate administration. The firm does not operate a technology platform, proprietary software, or mobile application; service delivery is handled manually by attorneys and paralegals, with case management conducted through traditional legal workflows.

The firm operates predominantly on contingency fee arrangements: in SSDI matters compensation is paid from retroactive benefits awarded to the client; in asbestos matters the firm receives a portion of settlements drawn from manufacturer-established victim funds (over $3 billion industry-wide); in Longshore Act contested claims the federal statute requires the employer or insurer to pay attorney fees. Estate planning and probate services are billed under standard legal fee structures, though pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led through a single website (iwlcadvocate.com), free consultations, direct phone and email intake, and client referrals driven by community reputation and WILG-recognized advocacy. Geographic scope is concentrated in Maine and broader New England, with nationwide capability for Defense Base Act clients.

Key personnel include founder Charlie March (University of Detroit Mercy J.D., 30 years practice), attorney Suzanne L. Johnson (Vanderbilt J.D., two decades in longshore and asbestos), Of Counsel Gary Gabree (40+ years, former Senior Staff Attorney at the Maine Workers' Compensation Board, joined January 2023), and Ira Sterling (estate planning and elder law). The firm holds WILG Top 100 Injured Workers' Attorneys recognition, National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2014), and National Asbestos/Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers Association recognition. The entity is a privately held Maine LLC with no outside institutional investment, no parent company, and no public revenue disclosure.

Name

Injured Workers' Legal Center

Legal name

Injured Workers' Legal Center, LLC

Website

https://iwlcadvocate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Injured Workers' Legal Center is a Brunswick, Maine-based plaintiff injury law firm founded in 1994, representing shipyard workers, asbestos victims, disabled workers, and Defense Base Act contractors primarily on contingency fees, with ancillary estate planning and probate services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workers' Compensation Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAM

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAHAAAD

Employment & Labor Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAIAKAJ

Work Injury & Workers’ Compensation / Occupational Injury Benefits

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Social Security, Benefits & Welfare Administration

Keywords

• Workers compensation law
• Longshore injury representation
• Social security disability
• Asbestos litigation
• Estate planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Social Security Disability Representation: Contingency fee arrangement where firm receives payment only upon successful claim resolution. Compensation is paid from a portion of retroactive benefits awarded to client. No upfront costs to clients.
2. Longshore Workers' Compensation: Under the federal Longshore Act, employer or insurance company is required to pay for contested claims representation. Injured worker is not required to pay attorney fees for contested longshore claims.
3. Asbestos Litigation: Operates on contingency fee basis. Client pays nothing until successful recovery. Firm has pursued claims against asbestos manufacturers who established over $3 billion in victim funds.
4. Estate Planning and Probate Services: Legal services for wills, trusts, healthcare directives, and probate administration. Billing structure not explicitly disclosed on website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Injured Workers' Legal Center is a Maine-based plaintiffs' law firm that provides legal representation for injured workers and their families. Core offerings include federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act claims for shipyard and harbor workers, Defense Base Act claims for overseas contractors, Social Security Disability Insurance applications and appeals, asbestos-related disease litigation, and estate planning and probate administration services. Most injury and disability services operate on a contingency fee model with no upfront cost to clients.

Product overview

Injured Workers' Legal Center is a legal services firm offering specialized legal representation in five core practice areas: Longshore and Harbor Worker Injuries, Asbestos Related Illness, Social Security Disability Insurance, Estate Planning, and Probate Administration. The firm provides advocacy for injured workers, disabled individuals, and families navigating legal processes related to workplace injuries, disability benefits, and estate matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Longshore and Harbor Worker Injuries Legal Representation

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully represented thousands of Mainers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Baron & Budd: National plaintiff firm specializing in asbestos and occupational disease litigation, environmental injury, and complex tort claims. Directly comparable to IWLC's asbestos-and-longshore plaintiff practice, though at much larger scale.
• Weitz & Luxenberg: Large plaintiff firm with nationally recognized asbestos, mesothelioma, and personal injury practice. Directly comparable on asbestos and occupational disease, with overlapping plaintiff-side injury-law expertise.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy: Plaintiff firm with deep asbestos, mass tort, and personal injury practice. Comparable to IWLC's asbestos and worker-injury caseload, operating at national scale with similar contingency-fee economics.
• Motley Rice: Plaintiff firm known for asbestos, occupational disease, and whistleblower litigation. Overlaps with IWLC's occupational-injury and asbestos plaintiff work, with a more national and complex-tort footprint.
• The Gori Law Firm: Asbestos-focused plaintiff firm representing mesothelioma and occupational disease victims. Directly comparable niche, similar contingency model, but with a much larger national asbestos docket.
• Cooney & Conway: Plaintiff firm specializing in asbestos, mesothelioma, and serious injury litigation. Closely comparable to IWLC's asbestos practice in target claimant profile and contingency-fee economics.
• Burns Charest LLP: Plaintiff firm with a significant asbestos, occupational disease, and complex tort practice. Comparable to IWLC on asbestos and occupational exposure claims, with broader geographic reach.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: Plaintiff firm with strong mass tort, personal injury, and employment practices. Overlaps with IWLC on injury and employment-related plaintiff work, at significantly larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Sokolove Law: National mass-tort and personal injury marketing firm operating across many practice areas including occupational injury. Comparable plaintiff-side injury work, with a much larger mass-marketing and lead-generation infrastructure than IWLC.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. personal injury plaintiff firm, with broad workers' compensation and injury coverage. Comparable plaintiff injury-law economics but operating at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth than IWLC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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