From the high seas to high-stakes advocacy for injured workers.
Michelle Chase took an unconventional path to the courtroom. Before becoming a lawyer, she worked as an officer aboard commercial tankers. She later became a Florida prosecutor and eventually dedicated her practice to representing injured workers.
Today, Chase Injury Law brings that combination of discipline, courtroom experience, and practical judgment to workers’ compensation claims throughout Florida.
Merchant Marine officer
Before practicing law, Michelle worked as an officer aboard commercial tankers in Asia and along the West Coast of the United States, including vessels transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military.
Preparation under pressure
Working at sea required judgment, discipline, accountability, attention to detail, and the ability to stay focused when the stakes were high. Those lessons still influence the way Michelle approaches difficult cases today.
Florida prosecutor
After attending Florida International University College of Law, Michelle began her legal career as a prosecutor for the State of Florida. There, she gained courtroom experience, learned to evaluate evidence and testimony, and developed the foundation for a litigation-focused practice.
Advocate for injured workers
Michelle later dedicated her practice to claimant-side workers’ compensation and founded Chase Injury Law to give injured workers direct attorney access, clear explanations, and serious representation when medical treatment, income, and stability are at risk.
Medical records, work restrictions, payment history, timelines, and carrier communications can all matter. Preparation starts long before a workers’ compensation case reaches a hearing.
She understands hard work because she has lived it.
Before becoming a lawyer, Michelle worked aboard commercial tankers in demanding maritime environments. She understands that there is a real difference between working behind a desk and doing work that is physical, exhausting, and dependent on your ability to keep showing up and doing the job.
That experience gives her a perspective many attorneys simply do not have. She understands what it means to work alongside people whose jobs require strength, endurance, skill, and long hours, and how disruptive an injury can be when that kind of work is how you support yourself and your family.
Today, that perspective is part of the way Michelle represents injured workers. She does not look at a construction worker, mechanic, warehouse employee, driver, first responder, hospitality worker, or other injured employee as just another claim file. She understands the work behind the injury.
Prepared, practical, and ready to push back.
Michelle’s background is not just part of her story. It shapes the way Chase Injury Law approaches workers’ compensation disputes today.
Calm under pressure
High-pressure environments taught Michelle to stay focused and deliberate when a case becomes difficult or the insurance company takes an aggressive position.
Evidence-focused
Her prosecutorial experience influences how she evaluates medical records, testimony, timelines, work restrictions, and disputed facts.
Built for litigation
Workers’ compensation strategy begins long before a hearing. What happens early in the claim can affect what happens later.
Focused on injured workers
Chase Injury Law represents injured workers, not insurance companies, with the client’s health, income, and future in mind.
Because a work injury can affect far more than your job.
A workplace injury can affect your health, income, family, confidence, and sense of security. At the same time, injured workers are suddenly expected to navigate adjusters, authorized doctors, work restrictions, wage calculations, medical approvals, and legal deadlines.
Chase Injury Law was created to make that process more human. Clients should understand what is happening in their claim, why it matters, and what options are available when something stops moving.
The goal is not simply to react after a problem becomes serious. It is to understand the claim, protect the record, and be prepared when a dispute develops.
Dealing with one of these problems?
These detailed guides explain several of the issues that most often cause injured workers to contact Chase Injury Law.
Workers’ Comp Claim Denied?
Learn what a denial can mean and why an insurance company saying no does not necessarily end the claim.
Read the full guide → Carrier ProblemsAdjuster Not Responding?
Calls and emails go unanswered, treatment stalls, and nobody will explain what is happening.
Read the full guide → Wage BenefitsWorkers’ Comp Checks Stopped?
Learn what may affect wage benefits when payments become late, interrupted, or suddenly stop.
Read the full guide → ReportingEmployer Won’t Report Your Injury?
Learn what may matter when an employer refuses, delays, or fails to report a workplace accident.
Read the full guide → Medical CareOne-Time Change of Doctor
Understand Florida’s limited right to request a different authorized treating physician.
Read the full guide → SettlementsFlorida Workers’ Comp Settlements
Learn what a settlement can resolve, what may affect negotiations, and why future medical needs matter.
Read the full guide →A few things clients often want to know.
Will I actually speak with Michelle about my case?
Chase Injury Law was built around direct attorney involvement. Clients should understand what is happening in their case and have access to the lawyer responsible for representing them.
Does Chase Injury Law represent insurance companies?
No. Chase Injury Law represents injured workers in Florida workers’ compensation claims.
Does Chase Injury Law represent injured workers throughout Florida?
Yes. Chase Injury Law represents injured workers throughout Florida. Many parts of a workers’ compensation case can be handled through phone, email, video conferencing, electronic signatures, and online document review.
The insurance company has a team. You should too.
If you were injured at work in Florida and have questions about medical treatment, wage benefits, a denial, your adjuster, or what happens next, tell us what is going on.
This page provides general information about Chase Injury Law and Florida workers’ compensation and is not legal advice. Every case is different. Contacting Chase Injury Law does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is established only through a signed representation agreement.