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2024 Workers' Compensation CLE

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Price

$200 for EAGLE Member
$240 for Regular Member

450 minutes

Date Published

May 9, 2024

Publisher

Washington State Association for Justice

Subjects

Workers' Compensation

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Summary

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

SWOD-21688

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Presenters

Rondi Thorp

Lee Stewart Thomas

Harpold Thomas, P.C.

Lee Thomas specializes in complex workers’ compensation claims and jury trials. Lee is an Eagle member and member of the... Read More

Larry Shannon

WA State Association for Justice

LARRY SHANNON is the Government Affairs Director for the Washington State Association for Justice, and has held that role... Read More

Kelli Carson

Kelli Carson is the WSAJ Government Affairs Director. In this role, she represents WSAJ’s interests before the Legislature... Read More

Doug M. Palmer

Hamrick Palmer Johansen

Doug is a partner at Hamrick Palmer Johansen in Vancouver, WA. He is a former WSAJ Board Member and Chair of the Workers... Read More

Jennifer Duran

Knowrasa T. Patrick

KNOWRASA T. PATRICK has practiced in Tacoma in the fields of workers' compensation and social security since graduating in... Read More

Isabel Cole

Isabel A. M. Cole is the Labor Member of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. She was appointed by Governor Inslee in... Read More

Katherine L. Mason

Katherine L. Mason, Attorney at Law

KATHERINE L. MASON began her legal career in 1999 as an Assistant Attorney General representing the Department of Labor and... Read More

Brian Michael Wright

Causey Wright

Brian M. Wright is an attorney at Causey Wright in Seattle. He has been an EAGLE member of WSAJ since 2012, and chaired its... Read More

Rachel Vera Hamar

Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

Rachel V. Hamar is a partner at Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC, in Edmonds, Washington. She represents injured workers in... Read More

William D. Hochberg

Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

William D. Hochberg, the managing partner at Hochberg & Hamar, leads a group of dedicated attorneys and staff in Edmonds,... Read More

Chris Carlisle

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files

Legislative Update - Video

Appellate Update - Video

Guiding Light: Using WPI's to Guide Your Case - Video

Self-Insurance Update - Video

Update from the Board - Video

Show Me the Money: Wage Calculations - Video

Show Me Don't Tell Me: Using Visuals and Getting them Admitted - Video

Say What? Discovery at the Board - Video

Make it So: Judgments and Attorney Fees at Superior Court - Video

Cutting Through the Bias: Implicit and Explicit Bias in Workers' Compensation Cases (Ethics) - Video

Have a Little Faith: Trailblazing Good Faith in Workers' Compensation - Video

Downloadable Files

WORKERS COMPENSATION 2024 MATERIALS

Credit

If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

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