Elias W. Admassu was appointed to serve as a Deputy Commissioner for the North Carolina Industrial Commission beginning February 27, 2023.
Admassu brings considerable workers’ compensation experience to the Commission, having litigated claims before the Industrial Commission from 2009 through 2020 while representing employers and insurers. He also has significant employment law and governmental experience, having served in important advisory roles in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the North Carolina Division of Employment Security and as counsel to the Human Resources and General Counsel’s Office of the North Carolina Department of Justice over the past few years. Immediately prior to joining the Industrial Commission, Admassu was a Special Deputy Attorney General responsible for representing the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in complex employment, labor, disability, and constitutional law litigation in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies.
Admassu earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law.