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Onsite Program

2020 Annual Workers' Compensation Institute - Sikeston


Total Credits: 6.5 MCLE, 2.0 Ethics, 1.0 Elimination of Bias

Practice Area:
Elimination of Bias |  Ethics |  Workers' Comp
Location:
Three Rivers College - Sikeston, Missouri

Dates


Description

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Moderator: D. Matthew Edwards, Burns, Taylor, Hecekemyer, Green & Edwards, Cape Girardeau

8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration

8:30 – 9:20 AM | Update from the Division
A review of current administrative and adjudicatory procedures and practices . This discussion will include consideration of the differing practices and customs of each adjudication office.
Speakers: Hon. Carl W. Strange, Chief ALJ, Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, Ironton; Hon. Amy L. Young, ALJ, Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, Cape Girardeau; Colleen Joern Vetter, Division Director, Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, St. Louis; Harsh Bhasin, Project Director, Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation

9:20 – 10:10 AM | On Issues of Bias, Diversity, Inclusion, & Cultural Competency (pre-recorded)
A comparison of Missouri Rule 4-8.4(g) and the ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) & COMMENT [4] of both and the implications for their differences, and an overview of general explicit or implicit bias, diversity, inclusion, or cultural competency awareness issues and resources.
Speaker: Christian A. Stiegemeyer, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company, St. Louis

10:10 – 10:20 AM | Break

10:20 – 11:35 AM | Case Law Update
Speakers: James E. Laramore, Bradshaw, Steele, Cochrane, Berens & Billmeyers, LC, Cape Girardeau; Michael A. Moroni, Attorney at Law, Bloomfield and Crystal L. Williams, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Cape Girardeau

11:35 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch | on your own

1:00 – 1:50 PM | How to Conduct a Psych IME
This session will give a behind the scenes look at the psych IME process. The doctors will walk you through the evaluation process including testing, and the importance of each step. The session will conclude with an open question and answer session.
Speaker: Dr. Jerrell L. Driver, PhD, Jackson

1:50 – 2:40 PM | Post Cosby & 2014 PTD Amendment
This session will address the impact on workers’ compensation procedure and ligation involving the Second Injury Fund in the aftermath of the 2014 Amendments and the recent Cosby v. Treasurer Missouri Supreme Court decision.
Speaker: Keyla S. Rhoades, Missouri Attorney General's Office, Cape Girardeau

2:40 – 2:50 PM | Break

2:50 – 3:40 PM | A Conversation with Deputy Chief Disciplinary Counsel: Relevant Issues in Legal Ethics
An analysis and review of recent decisions and relevant issues in Legal Ethics facing the practitioner from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.
Speaker: TBA, Representative from the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel

3:40 PM | Adjourn

Speaker

Harsh Bhasin's Profile

Harsh Bhasin Related Seminars and Products

Project Director

Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation


Harshdeep (Harsh) Bhasin joined the Workers’ Compensation modernization program as a Project Director in October of 2019. Mr. Bhasin has over 13 years of IT experience, of which eight years has been focused on managing multiple large and complex state government projects. Harsh has provided Program/Project Management and Project Delivery services to various State of Missouri agencies, State of Vermont’s Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. He is passionate about the process improvement, culture of technological innovation, and how the government can serve its citizens better. 

Mr. Bhasin is a graduate of Minnesota State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology. He then earned his Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Bhasin holds several certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Project Manager (Agile Practitioner.) Harsh is a big proponent of STEM education and sits on local and national universities’ Science, Engineering, and Technology Department Advisory boards to guide future education curriculum for workforce development. 

Harsh is a proud resident of Jefferson City from the past nine years. When he is not working, he enjoys spending valuable time with his wife and son and reading Financial & Technical books/magazines.

 



David Edwards Related Seminars and Products

Burns, Taylor, Heckemeyer, Green, Edwards & Graham, LLC


James Laramore Related Seminars and Products

Bradshaw, Steele, Cochrane, Berens & Billmeyers, LC


Michael Moroni Related Seminars and Products

Rice Spaeth Moroni & Heisserer, LC


Keyla Rhoades's Profile

Keyla Rhoades Related Seminars and Products

Missouri Attorney General's Office


Keyla Rhoades is the office manager for the Missouri Attorney General's Office's Cape Girardeau location. She also serves as the local Labor Division Unit Leader. She's been with the over for nine years.


Christian Stiegemeyer's Profile

Christian Stiegemeyer Related Seminars and Products

The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company


Christian A. Stiegemeyer is the Director of Risk Management for The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company where he helps lawyers arrive at practical solutions to a wide variety of ethical and legal malpractice issues. He received his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law.




Crystal Williams Related Seminars and Products

Missouri Attorney General


Crystal Williams obtained her Juris Doctorate from St. Louis University School of Law in 2008. She worked for the law firm of Riezman Berger, PC from 2004 until 2015. Her practice included collections and bankruptcy work on behalf of creditors. She has been with the Attorney General's office since 2015 in the Labor section.


Amy Young Related Seminars and Products

Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Workers' Comp


Amy L. Young is an Administrative Law Judge for the Division of Workers’ Compensation in the Cape Girardeau office. Prior to her appointment on January 2, 2019 she was a partner at Bradshaw, Steele, Cochrane, Berens, & Billmeyer, L.C. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and her primary area of practice was workers’ compensation law. Her law practice included both defending employers and insurance companies against claims for workers’ compensation and representing injured workers. Prior to joining Bradshaw, Steele, Cochrane, Berens, & Billmeyer L.C. in 2008, Judge Young was an associate at Atwill & Montgomery, LLC in Columbia, Missouri where her area of practice was exclusively focused on defending employers and insurance companies against claims for workers’ compensation. Before that, Judge Young served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Missouri Attorney General’s office in Jefferson City for the Division of Labor where she defended claims against the Second Injury Fund for permanent partial and permanent total disability, second job wage loss, and uninsured employers. She also defended the Central Accident Reporting office against claims for workers’ compensation.  Judge Young earned her J.D. in 2000 and her Bachelor in Social Work in 1997 both from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  She lives with her husband and seven year old son in her hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  


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Location

Three Rivers College

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1400 S Main St, Sikeston, Missouri 63801, United States
(573) 472-5223
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