2024 Workers' Compensation CLE

2024 Spring Seminar
Workers' Compensation
Thursday, May 9, 2024
W Hotel, Seattle or via Webcast

Co-chairs:
Lee Thomas, Harpold Thomas, P.C.
Rondi Thorp, Meyer Thorp Law, PLLC

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WORKERS' COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
5.5 Law & Legal, .5 Ethics CLE Credits

8:25-8:30AM Welcome from Co-Chairs

8:30-9:00AM Legislative Update
     Larry Shannon, Government Affairs Director & Kelli Carson, Government Affairs Deputy Director, WSAJ

9:00-9:30AM Appellate Update
     Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC & Brian Wright, Causey Wright

9:30-10:00AM Guiding Light: Using WPI's to Guide Your Case
    Jennifer Duran, Smith Duran, P.S.

10:00-10:05AM A message from our sponsor

10:05-10:30AM Exhibit Hall Break

10:30-11:15AM Self-Insurance Update
    Knowrasa Patrick, Department of Labor and Industries

11:15AM-12:00 PM Update from the Board
    Isabel Cole, Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals

12:00-12:05PM A message from our sponsor

12:05-12:30PM Lunch

12:30-1:00PM Show Me the Money: Wage Calculations
     Katherine Mason, Law Office of K.L. Mason, PLLC

1:00-1:30PM Show Me Don't Tell Me: Using Visuals and Getting them Admitted
     Rondi Thorp, Meyer Thorp Law, PLLC

1:30-2:00PM Say What? Discovery at the Board
    Rachel Hamar & Bill Hochberg, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

2:00-2:05PM A message from our sponsor

2:05-2:30PM Exhibit Hall Break

2:30-3:00PM Make it So: Judgments and Attorney Fees at Superior Court
    Chris Carlisle, Carlisle & Byers, PLLC

3:00-3:30PM Cutting Through the Bias: Implicit and Explicit Bias in Workers' Compensation Cases (Ethics)
    Lee Thomas, Harpold Thomas, P.C.

3:30-4:00PM Have a Little Faith: Trailblazing Good Faith in Workers' Compensation
    Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC

4:00-5:30PM Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall

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By attending you are agreeing to WSAJ's safety terms found here: https://www.washingtonjustice.org/safety

This program has been approved for credit in the following jurisdiction(s):

Washington State Bar Association

Credit has been approved with the Washington State Bar Association for 0.50 Ethics credits and 5.50 Law and Legal Procedure credits.

Event Location

W Hotel, Seattle
1112 4th Ave, Seattle

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Discounted room rate ends April 10th.

Cancellation Policy

Full refunds for cancellation, less $25 handling fee, if cancellation is made 5 working days before the seminar. After that, full credit,  valid for one year, will be issued if the WSAJ office is notified by 10:00 am the day before the seminar. No refund or credit after that, substitutes accepted.