Workers’ Compensation: Intake & Trial Issues for the Experienced Practitioner – 2010

February 12, 2010
8:55 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
6.00 MCLE hours
Presented by Workers' Compensation Law

Fairview Heights
Four Points by Sheraton
319 Fountains Parkway
(map and directions)

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness and learn from a mock worker’s compensation trial - complete with arbitrator, petitioner, treating physician, independent medical examination doctor, vocational rehabilitation experts, and testimonial witnesses! The program will also feature presentations on opening and starting a file for petitioners, initial case analysis for respondents, petitioner’s claims, respondents’ cases, and much more! It is designed as a refresher course for mid-level to experienced worker’s compensation attorneys,
 
 
Program Coordinator:
John B. Adams, Roddy, Leahy, Guill & Zima, Ltd., Chicago
 
Program Moderator:
John B. Adams, Roddy, Leahy, Guill & Zima, Ltd., Chicago
 
 
 

Agenda

8:55 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
 
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. New File Procedures for Petitioners
Howard E. Zimmerle, Michael J. Warner & Assoc., Rock
 
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. Initial Case Analysis for Respondent
Kevin L. Mechler, Feirich Mager Green Ryan, Carbondale
 
10;30 – 10:45 a.m. Break (refreshments provided)
 
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Petitioner’s Overview of the Case for the Mock Trial
Bradford J. Peterson, Heyl Royster, Urbana
 
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Respondent’s Overview of the Case for the Mock Trial
Robert C. Nelson, Nelson & Nelson, Belleville
 
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
 
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Petitioner’s Doctor’s Deposition
Kristen A. Wadiak, Beatty and Motil, Glen Carbon
 
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Respondent’s Doctor’s Deposition
John B. Adams, Roddy, Leahy, Guill & Zima, Ltd., Chicago
 
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Petitioner’s Vocational Expert’s Deposition
Carol A. Hartline, Williams and McCarthy, Rockford
 
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Respondent’s Vocational Expert’s Deposition
William R. Gallagher, Law Office of Harry J. Nichols, St. Louis, MO.
 
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break (refreshments provided)
 
3:15 – 4:30 p.mTrial
Stephen G. Baime, Baime & Baime, Chicago
 
·         3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Petitioner’s Testimony
Lance R. Mallon, Mallon Law Firm, Ltd., Wood River
 
·         4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Respondent’s Witness Testimony
William R. Gallagher, Law Office of Harry J. Nichols, St. Louis, MO.