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$155

CLE Hours

6 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour,
1 Professionalism
Hour and
3 Trial Practice
Hours

ADR IN THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ARENA

RECORDED JANUARY 29, 2009

Co-Sponsor:
Workers' Compensation Law Section, State Bar of Georgia

Presiding:
Marianne T. McMillan, Program Chair; Deputy Director, ADR Division, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta

WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Hon. Janice B. Askin, Judge, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta

IN PURSUIT OF SETTLEMENT — HELPING THE MEDIATORS HELP YOU
Moderator:
Frances E. Finegan, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta

Panelists:
Karen T. Boyd, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Savannah
David M. Kay, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta
Daniel F. O’Connell, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta
Melissa VanNuil Nelson, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CONSIDERATIONS IN WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS
Hon. Todd S. Colarusso, Judge, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration, Atlanta

WITH APOLOGY….
Dale C. Hetzler, MSCM, JD, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, TN
MOTIONS PRACTICE
Hon. Janice B. Askin
Hon. David K. Imahara, Judge, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta

ATTORNEY FEE APPROVALS
Hon. Liesa A. Gholson, Judge, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta
MEDIATION OF A CATASTROPHIC INJURY CLAIM
Moderator:
Hon. Elizabeth W. Lammers, Judge, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta

Panelists:
Timothy V. Hanofee, Law Office of Timothy V. Hanofee, Atlanta
Cannon C. Alsobrook, Savell & Williams LLP, Atlanta

BY THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW BEATING, MEDIATING ATTORNEY FEE LIENS: PRACTICAL, ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
R. Craig Henderson, State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta