Fri, June 14, 2013
8:20 AM - 4:00 PM PT
WSAJ's Annual Workers' Compensation CLE
In the Midst of the Storm:
Representing Injured Workers
Friday, June 14, 2013
Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center ? Tacoma
Chairpersons: Jonathan Stubbs & Robert Silber
6.5 Total CLE credits approved (Includes 0.50 Ethics/Professionalism Credits)
For printable registration form, click here.
8:20-8:30 Welcome & Introduction
Jonathan Stubbs, Seminar Co-Chair, Tacoma
Robert Silber, Seminar Co-Chair, Seattle
8:30-9:00 Appellate Update ? The Year in Review
Bill Hochberg, Edmonds
9:00-9:30 Practice Tips at the Board in the Modern World: Discovery, Social Media, CR35s.
Elizabeth LePley, Bellevue
9:30-10:00 Important Current Issues and Changes in the Industrial Insurance Laws
Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney General
10:00-10:15 BREAK
10:15-10:30 Legislative Update ? Where We Stand Now and What is Coming Next
Michael Temple, WSAJ Government Affairs Consultant
10:30-11:00 An Update from the Board ? Significant Decisions and CRSSAs.
Frank Fennerty, Labor Member, Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
11:00-11:30 Understanding the Interplay between Unemployment and Workers? Compensation Issues ? What We All Should Know
Mark Lampson, Executive Director, Unemployment Law Project
John Tirpac, Senior Hearings Attorney, Unemployment Law Project
11:30-12:15 Department Update - Change and Continuity
Joel Sacks, Director, Department of Labor & Industries
Vicki Kennedy, Assistant Director of Insurance Services, Department of Labor & Industries
12:15-12:45 LUNCH (box lunch included in tuition of onsite seminar)
12:45-1:15 Medical Provider Network ? Department and WSAJ Perspective
Lea Hole-Curry, Medical Administrator, Department of Labor & Industries
Teri Rideout, Tacoma
1:15-1:35 How to get a PFR Accepted ? Tips to Get Your Decision Reviewed
Knowrasa T. Patrick, Industrial Appeals Judge, BIIA
1:35-2:00 Recent Trial Experiences ? A View from the Trenches
Mark Wagner, Tacoma
Jill Karmy, Longview
Robert Silber, Seattle
2:00-2:15 BREAK
2:15-2:45 Make ?em Comply or Make ?em Pay! Non-payment of Medical Bills (Coston)/WC Penalties
Wayne Lieb, Olympia
2:45-3:15 Employment Law Issues Affecting Injured Workers: Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, ADA, FMLA.
Stephen Teller, Seattle
3:15-3:35 One Employer Attorney?s Perspective ? How We Can Better Work Together
Elizabeth Reeve, Seattle
3:35-4:00 Ethics ? Can I Disclaim My Way Out of RPC 1.1
Doug Palmer, Vancouver
4:00-6:00 Post CLE Reception at the Tacoma Art Museum
Sponsored by Strategic Consulting Services
Join your colleagues at the Tacoma Art Museum, across the street from the Convention Center, for wine, beer and appetizers. For those that are interested, you can take a stroll through the museum until 5:00.