---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-268025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRVL"
cik: "0000874866"
company_name: "CORVEL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T13:14:27.191241+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CorVel founder Clemons retires as Chairman; CEO Combs takes over

## Summary
- V. Gordon Clemons retired as employee, director, and Chairman on Nov 26, 2024, after 37 years with CorVel.
- Clemons founded CorVel in 1988 and served as Chairman since its 1991 IPO.
- President & CEO Michael G. Combs appointed to Board and elected Chairman, effective immediately.
- Clemons will remain as outside consultant; Combs receives no additional compensation for Chairman role.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with CorVel's operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-268025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRVL
- cik: 0000874866
- company_name: CORVEL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874866/000119312524268025/0001193125-24-268025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874866/000119312524268025/d882617d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-268025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-268025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-268025.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 29db1dc799
  claim: V. Gordon Clemons retired as Chairman of the Board at CORVEL CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: On November 26, 2024, V. Gordon Clemons informed CorVel Corporation (the “Company”) of his decision to retire as an employee of the Company, as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), and as Chairman of the Board, in each case effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874866/000119312524268025/0001193125-24-268025-index.htm
- claim_id: 35d0822ba2
  claim: Michael G. Combs was appointed as Chairman of the Board at CORVEL CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: Subsequently, on November 26, 2024, the Board appointed Michael G. Combs, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, to the Board and elected him as Chairman of the Board, also effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874866/000119312524268025/0001193125-24-268025-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.