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. Medical Issues During the Claim
4. Settlement Options (Including MSA Considerations)
5. Statute And Case Law Update
6. Professionalism In Handling Workers' Compensation Cases
7. Ethical Considerations In Handling Workers' Compensation Cases

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1. OVERVIEW OF LAWS AND CONCEPTS
   9:00 - 9:45, Rod Dunn
   1. Workers' Compensation Laws
      1. Scope of Employer Liability
      2. Who is Covered? – Employees, Independent Contractors, Subcontractors
      3. Compensability?
      4. Affirmative Defenses
      5. Types of Benefits and Claims
2. PREPARING YOUR CASE: PROCEDURES FOR CLAIMANT AND DEFENDANT
   9:45 - 10:45, Rod Dunn and Kelly A. Genova
   1. Claimant's Attorney: Intake, Investigation and Case Preparation; Determining the Value of the Claim: Litigation Strategy
   2. Defendants' Attorney: Receipt of the File, Investigation and Case Preparation
3. MEDICAL ISSUES DURING THE CLAIM
   11:00 - 12:00, Kelly A. Genova
   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
4. SETTLEMENT OPTIONS (INCLUDING MSA CONSIDERATIONS)
   1:00 - 1:45, Kelly A. Genova
   1. Mediation Strategy
   2. Liens
   3. Medicare Set Aside (MSA) Considerations and Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA) Requirements
5. STATUTE AND CASE LAW UPDATE
   1:45 - 2:15, Jeffrey C. Brown
6. PROFESSIONALISM IN HANDLING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CASES
   2:15 - 3:15, Rod Dunn
   1. Introduction: The Principles as Outlined in A Lawyer's Creed of Professionalism
   2. The Conflicts Between the Duty to the Client, the Other Lawyer and Party, and the Workers' Compensation Administration.
   3. Civility, Fairness, and Protecting Public Confidence in the Workers' Compensation System
7. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HANDLING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CASES
   3:30 - 4:30, Jeffrey C. Brown
   1. Calculating Accurate Attorney's Fees
   2. Knowing If You Have a Conflict of Interest
   3. Proper Contact With Other Parties and Witnesses
   4. HIPAA Privacy Issues Regarding Medical Records

JEFFREY C. BROWN is an attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of Illinois School of Law in 1980, and engaged in a general practice there until he moved to New Mexico in 1985. He started practicing in New Mexico in 1986 and has been a board certified specialist in workers' compensation cases since its recognition as a specialty in 1996. His practice consists mainly of representing injured workers in front of the WCA and in front of the Social Security Administration. He lectures frequently at workers' compensation seminars on a variety of topics. 

ROD DUNN is a sole practitioner in Albuquerque who limits his practice to representing injured workers in workers' compensation cases. Mr. Dunn was first licensed to practice law in Texas in 1983, and then in New Mexico in 1984. In 1993, Mr. Dunn was certified by the New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in the workers' compensation field. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Southern Methodist University School of Law. He is the past chairman of the New Mexico Supreme Court Worker's Compensation Specialty Committee. Since 1995, Mr. Dunn has been listed in the The Best Lawyers in America publication in the area of workers' compensation law.

KELLY A. GENOVA is a sole practitioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her area of practice is workers compensation. She earned her B.A. degree from St. Johns College and her J.D. degree from the University of New Mexico.

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