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Onsite Program

2020 Annual Workers' Compensation Institute - St. Louis


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

Practice Area:
Elimination of Bias |  Ethics |  Workers' Comp
Location:
DoubleTree by Hilton - St. Louis, Missouri

Dates


Description

Moderator: Caroline M.C. Bean, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis

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.
Speaker: Hon. Kathy M. Hart, ALJ, Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, St. Louis; 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: Michael F. Banahan, Evans & Dixon, LLC, St. Louis and B. Michael Korte, The Korte Law Firm, Webster Groves; Madalyn Campbell, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis

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: Jennifer Brockman, MDThe Center for Health and Wellness, LLC, Kirkwood

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: Rachael K. Houser, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis

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

Michael Banahan's Profile

Michael Banahan Related Seminars and Products

Evans & Dixon, LLC


Michael Banahan has extensive experience handling Workers' Compensation matters in the education, government and manufacturing sectors. His case experience includes assaults, violent acts, back injuries, fatalities, head injuries, heart attacks, infectious diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, neck injuries, paraplegia/quadriplegia, permanent disability, pulmonary disorders and respiratory conditions.

Mr. Banahan is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Illinois Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Missouri Bar Workers’ Compensation Committee and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Mr. Banahan is on the Management Committee for Evans & Dixon.  In addition, he has lectured extensively on Missouri Workers' Compensation and employers’ rights


Caroline Bean Related Seminars and Products

Missouri Attorney General's Office


Caroline M.C. Bean is an assistant attorney general with the Missouri Attorney General's office where she practices in the area of workers’ compensation defense, representing the Second Injury Fund and CARO. Ms. Bean earned her B.A. degree cum laude, from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and her J.D. and EMIB degrees from St. Louis University. Ms. Bean is a member of the Missouri Bar, the Illinois Bar, and the Colorado Bar.


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.

 


Dr. Jennifer Brockman's Profile

Dr. Jennifer Brockman Related Seminars and Products

Forensic Psychiatry Specialist


Dr. Brockman received her undergraduate degree from Emory University.  She completed both medical school and her psychiatric residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she served as chief resident from 2004 -2005.  She then completed a forensic psychiatric fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.  Dr. Brockman subsequently completed an integrative medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona and earned her Master in Health Care Management degree from Harvard University in 2020.  She is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is board certified in both general and forensic psychiatry.  
Dr. Brockman, over the last two decades, has worked in a wide variety of clinical settings including academic institutions, correctional facilities, and community mental health centers.  This has included her, since 2007, providing outpatient adult psychotherapy and psychopharmacology services at The Center for Health and Wellness.  Dr. Brockman, throughout time, has maintained an interest in forensic psychiatry/medical-legal consultation activities resulting in her serving as an expert in both criminal and civil matters.  
Dr. Brockman resides with her family in St. Louis, Missouri.  In her free time she enjoys hiking, swimming, and traveling.  She may be contacted by calling 314-843-7500.  

 


Madalyn Campbell Related Seminars and Products

Missouri Attorney General's Office




B. Korte's Profile

B. Korte Related Seminars and Products

The Korte Law Firm, LLC


 

B. Michael Korte is a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. He is the author of Volume 29 of the Missouri Practice series of West Publishing Company, Workers’ Compensation Law and Practice, and its addendum, Volume 29A.

He has received the Workers’ Compensation Distinguished Lawyer Award of BAMSL and Kids’ Chance, the Outstanding Service Award for his service as a former president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and has been recognized by a nationwide workers’ compensation bar association as one of the top 100 workers’ compensation attorneys in America.

He previously reviewed science fiction for The St. Louis Post Dispatch, and once pitched a no-hitter in Lawyers’ League slow pitch softball.


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.



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Location

DoubleTree by Hilton

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16625 Swingley Ridge Rd, St. Louis, Missouri 63017, United States
(636) 532-5000