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The Maryland State Bar Association Negligence Insurance and Workers’ Comp. Section & Continuing Legal Education Department present:

2019 Hot Tips in Workers’ Compensation 

Thursday, May 9, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia Campus
8890 McGaw Road - Rooms 360/362, Columbia, MD  21045
7.0 CLE Credits

PROGRAM AGENDA

8:00 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.
Check-In/Breakfast

8:20 a.m. to 8:25 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction
Michael Steinhardt, Esq.

8:30 a.m.to 9:00 a.m.
New Cases
Wally Kleid, Esq.

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Catastrophic Claims- Housing Modifications & Special Equipment
Eric Anderson, Accessible Housing Services
Gretchen Rogers, Esq.
Nancy Courson, Esq.

9:45 a.m. to 10:25 a.m.
Administrating & Obtaining Medicare -Set-Aside (MSA) Accounts
Jason Shultz, Esq.
David Schoenfeld, Esq.
CareGuard 

10:25 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. - 10 MIN BREAK

10:35 a.m.to 11:05 p.m.
Baltimore County v. Michael Quinlan
Matthew Darby, Esq.
Mark Henckel, Esq. 

11:05 a.m. to 11:35 p.m.
Mental Stress Claims
Ted Cornblatt, Esq. 

11:35 p.m. to 12:05 p.m.
Defense Attorneys Are People Too (and so are Claimants’ attorneys)-
Pet Peeves Divided & Uncensored
Jim Temple III, Esq.
Rachel Samakow, Esq.
Aaron Schwartz, Esq.
Jim Temple, Jr., Esq. 

12:05 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. - LUNCH

12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Traumatic Brain Injuries- Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
Todd Lewis, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist
Michelle Foreman, ReMed Maryland
Michael Steinhardt, Esq.
Asha Jefferson, Esq.

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The Extent of the Commission’s Authority-
Electrical General Corp., et al. v. Michael L. Labonte
Workers’ Compensation Commissioner
Wendy Karpel, Esq.

2:00 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.
A Primer on Legislation- How WCC Laws are Passed in Maryland
Senator Kathy Klausmeier
James Lanier, Esq.
Michael Dailey, Esq. 

2:40 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. - 10 MIN BREAK

2:50 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Shoulder Injuries from an Orthopaedic Perspective:
Pre-Existing Problems, Repetitive Motion, Treatment
and Surgical Procedures
Ashok Gowda, M.D.
Sara El-Shall, Esq.
William Batton, Esq. 

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sharing Medical Records- Who’s Responsible
& How to get Them Without Going Broke!
Lance Montour, Esq.
Jeff Scholnick, Esq.

4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nurse Case Managers’ Role in the Workers’ Compensation World
Jessica Arcoraci, Medical Case Manager
Bobby Gordon, Esq.
Lynn Oh, Esq.

4:30 p.m.
Review & Closing
Michael Steinhardt, Esq.