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2025 Workers' Compensation CLE

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Price

$200 for EAGLE Member
$240 for Regular Member

390 minutes

Date Published

May 8, 2025

Publisher

Washington State Association for Justice

Subjects

Workers' Compensation

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Summary

WORKERS' COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
5.5 Law & Legal & 1 Ethics CLE Credits

8:30-9:00AM Legislative Update
Kelli Carson, Government Affairs Director, & Daniel Goodman, Government Affairs & Political Action Associate, WSAJ

9:00-9:45AM 2024-2025 Appellate Update
Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC, & Brian Wright, Causey Wright

9:45-10:30AM Workers' Compensation in Superior Court - Foundations from Appeal to Verdict
Lee Thomas, Harpold Thomas, P.C.

11:00-11:45AM Board Update and Significant Decisions
Isabel Cole, Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals

11:45AM-12:15PM Controlling the Dark Side: Ethics in Workers’ Compensation (ETHICS)
David Turplesmith, Meyer Thorp Law, PLLC

12:45-1:15PM Hanford Cases
Charlynn Hull, Smart Law

1:15-2:00PM Top 10 Workers’ Compensation Cases in the Past 25 Years
Rachel Hamar & Bill Hochberg, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

2:00-2:30PM Light Duty: Let the Games Begin!
Michael Walker, Delay, Curran, Thompson, Pontarolo & Walker, P.S.

3:00-3:30PM State Fund and Self-Insurance Updates
Kirsta Glenn, Department of Labor & Industries

3:30-4:00PM Cracks in the Armor: Challenging Unappealed Workers’ Compensation Orders
David Lauman, Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S.

4:00-4:30PM Civil Rights in Workers’ Compensation (ETHICS)
David Turplesmith, Meyer Thorp Law, PLLC

SWOD-25058

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Presenters

Kelli Carson

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

Daniel Goodman

Daniel serves as WSAJ’s Government Affairs and Political Action Associate. Before coming to WSAJ, Daniel worked for 5 years... 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

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

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

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

David Turplesmith

David enjoys helping injured workers get the benefits they deserve. He especially enjoys all aspects of trial work and has... Read More

Charlynn Hull

Charlynn R. Hull is a senior attorney at Smart Law in Kennewick, Washington. A native of Pasco, Charlynn received a... 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

Michael J. Walker

MICHAEL J. WALKER is a partner in the Spokane-based law firm of Delay, Curran, Thompson, Pontarolo & Walker, P.S. He... Read More

Kirsta Glenn

Kirsta Glenn serves as the Deputy Assistant Director of Insurance Services at the Washington State Department of Labor &... Read More

David W. Lauman

Small Snell Weiss & Comfort, P.S.

David W. Lauman is a shareholder at Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S., in Tacoma. He has been working there as an... Read More

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files

Legislative Update

2024-2025 Appellate Update

Workers' Compensation in Superior Court - Foundations from Appeal to Verdict

Board Update and Significant Decisions

Controlling the Dark Side: Ethics in Workers’ Compensation (ETHICS)

Hanford Cases

Top 10 Workers’ Compensation Cases in the Past 25 Years

Light Duty: Let the Games Begin!

State Fund and Self-Insurance Updates

Cracks in the Armor: Challenging Unappealed Workers’ Compensation Orders

Civil Rights in Workers’ Compensation (ETHICS)

Downloadable Files

2025 Workers Comp Complete Materials

Credit

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