2012 Annual Workers' Compensation Fall Update
October 2012
2012 Annual Workers Compensation Fall Update
Program Highlights:
Update from the Division
Update from the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (ICAO)
Update from Office of Administrative Courts (OAC)
Idiopathic Conditions from Both the Claimant’s and Respondent’s Perspective
Discovery of Social Media from the Perspective of a Federal Judge: Evidentiary Issues, Practice Tips and More
TWO Medical Topics!
- Independent Medical Examinations
- Cumulative Trauma Guidelines
Ethics Blockbuster!
- Subpoena Abuse
- Protected Communication
- The Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Unbundling Legal Services
- Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged and Confidential Information
Program Description:
This year's Fall Update offers the high quality speakers and topics you have come to expect from this program-
At no other program will you hear up-to-the-minute reports from the heads of the Division, the Industrial Claims Appeals Office, and the Office of Administrative Courts.
An idiopathic condition is an area that will continue to be litigated, because they do not fall clearly within the definition of workers' compensation. Listed to a discussion of this area from both the claimant's and respondent's perspective.
Federal Judge Kristen Mix will bring you a fascinating discussion on the discovery of social media, including evidentiary issues, practice tips and much more.
This year's program offers TWO medical topics: one on independent medical examinations and one on cumulative trauma guidelines.
Don't miss Judge DeMarino's ethics blockbuster! He is going to talk about the recent Colorado Supreme Court C.A.R. Opinion on subpoena abuse, protected communication, the unauthorized practice of law, how to ethically unbundle legal services, and the inadvertent disclosure of privileged or confidential information electronically.
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Agenda:
8:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am
Introduction and Welcome
Extended by Patricia Clisham, Esq., Moderator
8:40am
Update from the Division
Presented by Paul Tauriello, Director
8:55am
Update from the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (ICAO)
Presented by Honorable Craig C. Eley
9:45am
Update from Office of Administrative Courts (OAC)
Presented by Matthew Azer, Esq., Director
10:35am
Networking Break
10:50am
Video Surveillance: Using and Defusing
Presented by Frank Cavanaugh, Esq., and John Sbarbaro, Esq.
11:40am
Idiopathic Conditions
Claimant’s Perspective
“Hey, The Cause of My Fall Isn’t Unknown. I Fell Because of the Job, or at Least That’s the Plausible Explanation.”
Presented by R. Mack Babcock, Esq.
Respondent Perspective
I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up: Idiopathic Conditions or Just an Idiot?
Presented by Jonathan Robbins, Esq.
12:30pm
Lunch Break – Lunch Provided
1:40pm
Discovery of Social Media
Definition and Types; Access to and Storage of Information; Evidentiary Issues; Sources of Information; Legal Issues; Cost-Shifting Issues; The Canadian Approach; Practice Tips
Presented by the Honorable Kristen L. Mix
2:30pm
Independent Medical Examinations
Impairment Rating and MMI
Presented by John Douthit, Sr., MD
3:00pm
Cumulative Trauma Guidelines
Diagnosis, Therapy and Treatment
Presented by Hugh Macauley, MD
3:30pm
Networking Break
3:45pm
Ethics Blockbuster
- Colorado Supreme Court C.A.R. 21 Opinion on Subpoena Abuse and Ethical Consequences
- Protected Communication With—
- Claimant’s Employer
- Claimant’s Treating Physician
- The Insurance Adjuster
- The Unauthorized Practice of Law: How to Effectively Utilize Legal Assistants
- How to Ethically Unbundle Legal Services
- The Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged and Confidential Information Electronically: Think Before You Hit ‘Send’
Presented by the Honorable Thomas J. DeMarino
4:35pm
Adjourn
Planning Commitee
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
Denver, CO
Peter H. McGuire, Esq.
Sullivan, Sullivan and McGuire
Denver, CO
Faculty
Matthew Azer, Esq., Director
Office of Administrative Courts
Denver, CO
R. Mack Babcock, Esq.
The Babcock Law Firm, LLC
Denver, CO
Frank Cavanaugh, Esq.
Ruegsegger Simons Smith & Stern, LLC
Denver, CO
Honorable Thomas J. DeMarino
Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation
Denver, CO
John Douthit, MD
Englewood, CO
Honorable Craig C. Eley
Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation
Denver, CO
Hugh Macauley, MD
Occupational Medicine Consulting
Greenwood Village, CO
Honorable Kristen L. Mix
Byron G. Rogers United States Courthouse
Denver, CO
Jonathan Robbins, Esq.
Ray Lego & Associates
Greenwood Village, CO
John Sbarbaro, Esq.
O'Toole | Sbarbaro, PC
Denver, CO
Paul Tauriello, Director
Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
Division of Workers Compensation
Denver, CO
Video Replay: November 2, 2012
Denver: CLE Classroom, 1900 Grand Street, Suite 300
Grand Junction: 1250 East Sherwood Drive
Colorado Springs: 421 South Tejon Street, Suite 100
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $339.00 |
| CBA | $289.00 |
| WORKER | $269.00 |
| Non Member | $249.00 |
| New Lawyer | $249.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS | $79.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
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