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1. Case Law and Legislative Update
2. Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSA)
3. Assessing the Injury and Case
4. Mediation Practices
5. Settlement Methods
6. Pre-Hearing Conferences
7. Preparing for and Presenting at the Hearing
8. Appeals Procedures
9. When to Sue in Conjunction With Workers' Compensation
10. Ethics and Professionalism

1. Case Law and Legislative Update
   9:00 - 9:30, Kevin Washburn
2. Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSA)
   9:30 - 10:15, Kevin Washburn
   1. Compromise vs. Communication
   2. Low Dollar Threshold
   3. Calculating the Total Settlement Amount
   4. Submitting MSA's to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
3. Assessing the Injury and Case
   10:30 - 10:45, Shannon D. Elsea
4. Mediation Practices
   10:45 - 11:15, Shannon D. Elsea
   1. Requesting Mediation
   2. Documents to Prepare and Present
   3. Mediation Procedures
   4. Post-Mediation Process
5. Settlement Methods
   11:15 - 11:45, Shannon D. Elsea
   1. When to Settle vs. Pursue a Claim
   2. Agreement for Settlement
   3. Compromise Settlement
   4. Contingent Settlement
   5. Combination Settlement
   6. Lump Sum Payments
   7. Full or Partial Commutation
   8. Negotiation Tips
   9. Pitfalls to Avoid
6. Pre-Hearing Conferences
   11:45 - 12:15, Shannon D. Elsea
   1. Pleading the Case
   2. Complying with Deadlines and Orders
   3. Continuances
7. Preparing for and Presenting at the Hearing
   1:15 - 2:15, Stephen F. Libby
   1. Where and How to Locate Experts
      1. Doctors
      2. Rehabilitation Experts
   2. Preparing Your Experts
   3. Discovery Techniques
      1. Depositions
      2. Interrogatories
      3. Medical Examinations
      4. Surveillance
   4. Evidence Admissibility and Submission
   5. Questions to Ask Witness
   6. Cross-Examining Experts
   7. Proving the Causal Relationship
   8. Agreed Proposed Decisions and Orders
   9. What Key Decision-Makers Look For
   10. Keys to Building and Winning Your Case
8. Appeals Procedures
   2:15 - 2:45, Kevin Washburn
   1. When an Appeal Makes Sense
   2. Administrative
   3. Judicial Proceedings
9. When to Sue in Conjunction With Workers' Compensation
   3:00 - 3:30, Stephen F. Libby
   1. Product Liability
   2. Toxic Tort
   3. Third-Party Injuries
   4. Medical Malpractice
   5. Subrogation Considerations
   6. Recovery of Liens
10. Ethics and Professionalism
    3:30 - 4:30, Stephen F. Libby
    1. Scope of Discovery
    2. Communication with Injured Party and Medical Providers
    3. Conflicts Between the Insurer and the Insured
    4. Disclosure Obligations
    5. Attorneys Fees

SHANNON D. ELSEA is an attorney with the Memphis law firm of Gatti Keltner Bienvenu & Montesi, PLC. Mr. Elsea practices in the areas of automobile accident litigation and workers' compensation, exclusively in plaintiff's work. He has taught classes on workers' compensation and has spoken previously before attorneys and paralegals on his area of practice. Mr. Elsea's memberships include the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. He received his B.A. degree in history, cum laude, from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee and his J.D. degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.

STEPHEN F. LIBBY is a partner with Libby & Nahmias, where he manages the firm with an emphasis on workers' compensation, personal injury, construction, commercial litigation and family law. Mr. Libby is a graduate of the University of Memphis and earned his J.D. degree from the Cecil C. Humphreys School at Law at the University of Memphis. He is a member of the Memphis Bar Foundation. He also is currently licensed to practice law in the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.

KEVIN WASHBURN is an attorney with Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham, PLLC. Mr. Washburn's legal career has been devoted to the representation of employers in employment related matters. He represents national and international clients in all areas of employment law, with emphasis in the Fair Labor Standards Act (wage and hour), Family Medical Leave Act, workers' compensation defense, Title VII claims defense, and affirmative action compliance matters to include corporate representation during Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) audits and Affirmative Action Plan drafting. Mr. Washburn has successfully represented corporate clients in courts across the state of Tennessee to include the Tennessee Supreme Court and Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Panel, as well as the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. He has also successfully represented corporate clients before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Mr. Washburn also drafts and revises employee handbooks and personnel policies, and assists corporate clients in compliance issues involving the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) WARN Act, and other federal and state labor laws. He has written several programs for use at various continuing legal education seminars and corporate conventions and has been published by the Club Managers Association of America. Mr. Washburn earned his B.S. degree from the University of North Alabama and his J.D. degree from the University of Memphis School of Law. He is a member of the American (member, Labor and Employment Law Section), Tennessee and Memphis bar associations.

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