Are you fully prepared to handle workers' compensation claims? Walk through the step-by-step practicalities of handling a workers' compensation case, from initial intake through the hearing process. Whether you represent the claimant or the defendant, you'll gain the knowledge you need to effectively advise and zealously defend your client's position. Order today!

1. Overview of Laws and Concepts
2. Preparing Your Case: Procedures for Claimant and Defendant
3. Determining the Value of the Claim
4. Medical Issues During the Claim
5. Settlement Options (Including MSA Considerations)
6. Hearings: Practice and Procedure
7. Recovery From Third Parties
8. Ethical Obligations

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1. OVERVIEW OF LAWS AND CONCEPTS
   9:00 - 10:00, Leopoldo Garcia Jr.
   1. State and Federal Workers' Compensation Laws
      1. Scope of Employer Liability
      2. Who is Covered? – Employees, Independent Contractors, Subcontractors
      3. Compensability? – Injuries and Occupational Diseases
      4. Affirmative Defenses
      5. Extraterritorial Application of State Laws
      6. Non-Occupational Disability Benefit Laws
   2. Types of Benefits and Claims
   3. Statute and Case Law Update
2. PREPARING YOUR CASE: PROCEDURES FOR CLAIMANT AND DEFENDANT
   10:00 - 10:30, Leopoldo Garcia Jr. and Geoffrey C. Curreri
   1. Claimant's Attorney: Intake, Investigation and Case Preparation
   2. Defendants' Attorney: Receipt of the File, Investigation and Case Preparation
3. DETERMINING THE VALUE OF THE CLAIM
   10:45 - 11:15, Edward R. Almeyda
4. MEDICAL ISSUES DURING THE CLAIM
   11:15 - 12:00, Edward R. Almeyda
   1. Medical Discovery Issues
   2. Choice of Doctor
   3. Second Medical Opinions
   4. Medical Evaluation Issues and IMEs
   5. Vocational Rehabilitation and Functional Capacity Evaluations
5. SETTLEMENT OPTIONS (INCLUDING MSA CONSIDERATIONS)
   1:00 - 2:00, Geoffrey C. Curreri
   1. Mediation Strategy
   2. Liens
   3. Medicare Set Aside (MSA) Considerations and Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA) Requirements
6. HEARINGS: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
   2:00 - 2:30, Leopoldo Garcia Jr.
7. RECOVERY FROM THIRD PARTIES
   2:45 - 3:30, Geoffrey C. Curreri
8. ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS
   3:30 - 4:30, Edward R. Almeyda
   1. Rules of Professional Conduct
   2. Communication with Other Parties
   3. Attorneys' Fees
   4. Lawyer Liability

EDWARD R. ALMEYDA is a sole practitioner. He has been a state mediator for the Division of Administrative Hearings since August of 2007. Previously, he was in private practice, specializing in workers' compensation and representing both employer/carriers and claimants over the preceding 34 years. He has authored a text in adjusting workers' compensation claims and has published numerous articles in this field.

GEOFFREY C. CURRERI is an attorney with Hurley Rogner Miller Cox Waranch & Westcott. He practices in the area of workers' compensation. Mr. Curreri earned his B.A. degree from Florida Atlantic University and his J.D. degree from St. Thomas University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Florida. Mr. Curreri is a member of the Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section, Employment Law Section, American Bar Association and Society for Human Resource Management. He is a Human Resource Associate of Broward County and a Certified Instructor for CEU courses for the Florida Department of Financial Services.

LEOPOLDO GARCIA JR. is one of the founding members of Angones McClure & Garcia PA. He is in charge of the firm's workers' compensation division. His practice areas include workers' compensation, labor matters and employment discrimination. Mr. Garcia defends employer/carriers statewide and has a diverse portfolio of clients. He has also been a speaker at numerous workers' compensation seminars. Mr. Garcia earned his B.A. degree from Florida International University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law. Mr. Garcia is currently the chairman of the Dade County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Workers' Compensation Section of The Florida Bar. He is also a past president of the Hispanic American Compensation Lawyers of America. Mr. Garcia is a member of the American Bar Association, the Dade County Bar Association, the Dade County Defense Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association, the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Labor and Employment Section of The Florida Bar. He is admitted to the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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