The NWCDN is a nationwide and Canadian network of independent law firms created to provide an organization where reputable law firms of the highest reputation and expertise could form a comprehensive network to provide employers and insurers access to the highest quality representation in workers' compensation and related employer liability fields.

NWCDN members are committed to providing quality, up-to-date and cost effective legal representation to their clients while adhering to the highest ethical standards of the legal profession. NWCDN itself is committed to the presentation of quality programs and information to member firms and clients that wish to use the network for access to legal representation, advice and expertise.

When members located in major cities throughout the United States and Canada, the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network combines a national perspective with an awareness of local workers' compensation law and practice. NWCDN includes one of the largest law firms in Canada, Heenan Blaikie LLP, which is of benefit to those employers in the United States and Canada who have employees working in and subject to the workers' compensation laws of both countries.