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October 2009
Workers' Compensation Fall Update 2009
Program Highlights
What You Will Learn:
- Legislative and Rulemaking Updates
- ICAP and Case Law Updates
- Legal Ethics for Workers' Compensation Attorneys: Video Vignette and Discussion
- Sections 9A and 9B of the Form Settlement Agreement
- Audio Recordings of IME Doctors Under Revised Rule 8
- Knee Pathology 101
- Workers' Compensation Practice: Malpractice, Ethics and Other Traps and How to Avoid Them
- Average Weekly Wage and the Avalanche Industries Decision
Program Description
Fall is almost here and it is time again to register for the Annual Fall Workers' Compensation Update, the premier CLE experience for those who need to be up-to-date on all aspects of Workers' Compensation law in Colorado!
As always, you will receive concise, useful summaries of the latest judicial and administrative case law as well as updates on the latest legislative and rulemaking changes. You will also enjoy 2.3 credit hours of legal ethics instruction, delivered in a fun, practical format! You will also learn how to navigate the new forms and audio recording rules, how to avoid malpractice when handling workers' compensation cases, the ins and outs of knee physiology, injuries, and treatments, and the real impact of the Colorado Supreme Court's holding in the Avalanche Industries case.
The program's faculty includes experienced workers' compensation attorneys from boththe claimant and defense bars, prominent administrative law judges and government officials, and distinguished medical professionals, providing you with a balanced, high-quality educational experience.
Topics
Legislative and Rulemaking Update from the Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation
Presented by Bob Summers, Director, Division of Workers' Compensation, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
ICAP and Case Law Update
Presented by Administrative Law Judge David P. Cain and T. Paul Krueger, Esq.
Legal Ethics for Workers' Compensation Attorneys: Video Vignette and Discussion
Presented by Karen A. Burns, Esq.
Proper and Improper Use of Sections 9A and 9B of the Form Settlement Agreement; Audio Recordings of IME Doctors Under Revised Rule 8 Explained
Presented by Pre-hearing Administrative Law Judge Thomas J. DeMarino and Pre-hearing Administrative Law Judge Thomas O. McBride
Knee Pathology 101
Presented by Dr. Usama H. Ghazi
Malpractice and Other Traps in the Practice of Workers' Compensation Law and How to Avoid Them
Workers' Compensation is a specialized practice area that contains many unique provisions and requirements that can trip up even an experienced practitioner. Learn how to avoid the most serious of these “gotchas” and keep your clients, and yourself, out of trouble!
Presented by Thomas L. Kanan, Esq. and Pre-hearing Administrative Law Judge Craig C. Eley
Legal Ethics Traps in the Practice of Workers' Compensation Law and How to Avoid Them
Enjoy a full half hour of practical instruction on Workers' Compensation “gotchas” that have legal ethics ramifications!
Presented by Thomas L. Kanan, Esq. and Pre-hearing Administrative Law Judge Craig C. Eley
Discovering a Way to Make a Mountain Out of a Molehill - Average Weekly Wage and the Avalanche Industries Decision
Presented by Gregory B. Cairns, Esq. and Pepe J. Mendez, Esq.
Planning Committee:
Patricia Jean Clisham, Esq.
Clisham, Satriana & Biscan, LLC
Denver, CO
Robert Erickson, Esq.
Pinnacol Assurance
Denver, CO
Tama L. Levine, Esq.
Blackman & Levine, LLC
Denver, CO
Lynn P. Lyon, Esq.
Ritsema & Lyon, PC
Denver, CO
Peter H. McGuire, Esq.
Sullivan, Sullivan and McGuire, PC
Denver, CO
- CLE Pass Price *FREE! - exclusions may apply
- Standard Price $299.00 USD
- Member Price $249.00 USD
- General Credits 7.00
- Ethics Credits 2.30
- EDI Credits