Workers' Compensation Spring Update 2011
March 2011
Workers' Compensation Spring Update
Program Highlights
- Case Law Update from the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court and ICAO
- Answers to Tough Ethics Questions for Workers' Compensation Attorneys
- Occupational Exposures Linked to Reactive Airways Disease (Asthma)
- Rule 8 Recording Issues
- Medicare Set-Asides
- Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: Bizarre Cases and War Stories
- Medical Marijuana in the Workers' Compensation Context
Program Description
Workers' compensation is a technical area of the law and has many rules that are ever-changing. One of the best ways to stay at the top of your field is to attend the insightful presentations at the Colorado Bar Association CLE Workers' Compensation Spring Update.
No matter which side you're involved in, you'll leave with practical answers you can use immediately to solve your most challenging problems-
What new cases do you need to know about from the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court and ICAO? What are the medical issues you need to know regarding occupational exposures linked to reactive airways disease? Medical marijuana is in the news nearly every day, but what are the unique challenges of medical marijuana in the world of workers' compensation?
Network with your colleagues to discuss these hot topics and more. Register now!
Agenda
8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
Presented by Clifford Eley
9:10 am
Case Law Update - Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court and ICAO
Presented by T. Paul Krueger and Brad Unkeless
10:10 am
Networking Break
10:20 am
Ethics: Tough Questions for Workers' Compensation Attorneys
Presented by Charles E. “Chip” Mortimer, Jr.
11:10 am
Occupational Exposures Linked to Reactive Airways Disease (Asthma)
Presented by Annu Ramaswamy
12:00 pm
Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:10 pm
Hot Topic #1: Rule 8 Recording Issues
Presented by the Honorable Thomas J. DeMarino
1:30 pm
Hot Topic #2: Medicare Set-Asides
Presented by Samantha Fite
1:50 pm
Networking Break
2:00 pm
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction - Bizarre Cases and War Stories
Presented by Frank Cavanaugh
2:50 pm
Medical Marijuana - Workers' Compensation, Employment and Unemployment Issues
Presented by Gregory B. Cairns
3:50 pm
Q&A Panel - Members of the Faculty
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Planning Committee
Patricia Clisham, Esq.
Clisham, Satriana & Biscan, LLC
Denver, CO
Robert Erickson, Esq.
Pinnacol Assurance
Denver, CO
Janet L. Frickey, Esq.
The Frickey Law Firm
Lakewood, CO
Tama Levine, Esq.
Blackman & Levine, LLC
Denver, CO 80210
Peter H. McGuire, Esq.
Sullivan, Sullivan and McGuire
Denver, CO 80222
Denver, CO 80222
Moderator
Clifford Eley, Esq.
Eley Law Firm
Denver, CO
Faculty
Gregory B. Cairns, Esq.
Ruegsegger Simons Smith & Stern, LLC
Denver, CO
Frank Cavanaugh, Esq.
Hall & Evans, LLC
Denver, CO
Denver, CO
Honorable Judge Thomas J. DeMarino, ALJ
Colorado Division of Workers Compensation
Denver, CO
Samantha Fite, Esq.
Ritsema & Lyon, PC
Denver, CO
T. Paul Krueger, Esq.
Ritsema & Lyon, PC
Denver, CO
Charles E. “Chip” Mortimer, Jr.
Colorado Supreme Court - Attorney Regulation Counsel
Denver, CO
Denver, CO
Annu Ramaswamy, MD
Rocky Mountain Medical Group, PC
Aurora CO
Brad Unkeless, Esq.
Fogel Keating Wagner Polidori Schafner, PC
Denver, CO
Video Replays: April 7, 2011
Denver: CLE Classroom, 1900 Grand Street, Suite 300
Grand Junction: 1250 East Sherwood Drive
Colorado Springs: 421 South Tejon Street, Suite 100
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $339.00 |
| CBA | $289.00 |
| Workers Comp | $259.00 |
| New Lawyer | $239.00 |
| CBA | $239.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- EDI Credits:
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