2022 Spring Conference
Day 1: Workers' Compensation
Thursday, May 12, 2022
W Hotel, Seattle or via Webcast

Co-chairs:
Rachel Hamar, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC
Sara Sanders, Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S.

Deskbook Co-Editors:
Kathryn Potvin, Putnam Lieb Potvin Dailey
Brian Wright, Causey Wright
 

AGENDA TIMING

6 Law & Legal credits, .5 Ethics credits

 7:40-7:45AM Welcome from Co-Chairs/Deskbook Editors

 7:45-8:05AM Legislative Update
             Larry Shannon, Government Affairs Director, WSAJ

 8:05-8:45AM Case Law Update
             Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC & Brian Wright, Causey Wright

 8:45-9:15AM BIIA Update: New Significant Decisions
             Isabel Cole, Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals

 9:15-9:45AM Update from the Department of Labor & Industries
              Michael Ratko, Assistant Director & Brenda Heilman, Deputy Assistant Director

 9:45-10:00AM Break

 10:00-10:30AM IME’s & IME WAC Update
             Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC

 10:30-10:50AM Medical Treatment
             Lee Thomas, Harpold Thomas, P.C.

 10:50-11:10AM Special Topic – Murray Appeals
             William Hochberg, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

 11:10-11:40PM Update from the Department SIE Section
             Knowrasa Patrick, Self Insurance Program Manager

 11:40-12:00PM Pension Benefits
             Jane Dale, Causey Wright

 12:00-12:30PM Lunch

 12:30-1:00PM Client Intake (ETHICS)
             Kathryn Comfort, Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S.

 1:00-2:00PM Special Topic – Wage Calculations
             Katherine Mason, Law Office of K.L. Mason, PLLC & David Lauman, Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S. 

 2:00-2:20PM Third Party Cases
             Rachel Hamar, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

 2:20-2:40PM BIIA Appeals
             Caroline Golshan & Kathleen Kindred, The Walthew Law Firm

 2:40-3:00PM Superior Court Appeals
             Josef Reibel, Hurt at Work Northwest