Attorney Michael Ready is a Partner of RKM Law with experience representing parties in civil jury trials since 1987 in the Superior and District Courts of the Commonwealth.

Attorney Ready is a former co-chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Practice Group with over 20 years’ experience successfully handling hundreds of cases before the Department of Industrial Accidents including prevailing on appeals to the Reviewing Board and Appeals Court. He has also served as one of the architects of regulatory changes to 452 C.M.R. 1.00, the adjudicatory rules of the Department of Industrial Accidents.

Since 2007, Attorney Ready has been annually selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® as a noted practitioner in Workers’ Compensation Law. He is a frequent lecturer for legal and industry groups on workers’ compensation and employment law including the American Disabilities Act, Massachusetts Anti-Discrimination Statute and the Family and Medical Leave Act. He is also a speaker on ethical issues including privacy rights for case managers and occupational health experts. Attorney Ready’s educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts degree Summa Cum Laude in Economics from Assumption College and a Juris Doctorate degree Cum Laude from the New England School of Law.

Attorney Ready’s professional career further includes memberships in the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations… as well as the Plymouth County Bar Association where he has served as Treasurer, Secretary and member of the Board of Directors and the Bristol Bar Association. He has also been a faculty member of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and Lorman Education Services on a variety of workers’ compensation issues.