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Workers' Compensation Law February 26, 2010
Co-sponsored by the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Alabama State Bar
Don’t miss this chance to hear straight from the Judges about the hottest issues in Workers’ Compensation Law. Whether plaintiff or defense, this program presents practical tips, tactics and information that is crucial to BOTH sides of the table.

McWane Science Center
Birmingham
8:20 a.m.
6 MCLE Credit Hours, including 1 Ethics Hour
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Buffet
8:20 Welcome
Morning Presider
Beverly S. Williamson
Zeanah Hust Summerford & Williamson LLC
Tuscaloosa
8:30 Case Law Update
Gina D. Coggin
Rhea Boyd Rhea & Coggin
Gadsden
Donald (Bo) Kirkpatrick II
Carr Allison Pugh Howard Oliver & Sisson PC
Birmingham
9:30 Calculation of Benefits
Steven W. Ford
Ford & Abernathy PC
Tuscaloosa
10:00 Refreshment Break
10:10 Spotting Referrals: Single Injury and Multiple Claim Issues
David P. Martin
David P. Martin LLC
Northport
10:40 Explaining the Pitfalls of Workers’ Compensation to Your Client
Charles H. Rice
Rice & Adams PC
Anniston
Frederick L. Fohrell
Wilmer & Lee PA
Huntsville
11:40 Lunch Served at McWane Center
Afternoon Presider
Tracy W. Cary
Morris Cary Andrews Talmadge & Driggers LLC
Dothan
12:30 Judges’ Panel
-What Judges Want to Hear at Trial
-Publix Hearings
-Proposed Orders
Judge Joseph L. Boohaker, 10th Judicial Circuit, Birmingham
Judge W. Scott Donaldson, 6th Judicial Circuit, Tuscaloosa
Judge David Alan Kimberley, 16th Judicial Circuit, Gadsden
Moderator: Tracy W. Cary
1:30 Hot Topics in Workers’ Compensation Cases
William E. Pipkin Jr.
Austill Lewis & Pipkin PC
Mobile
2:00 Refreshment Break
2:10 Anatomy of a FCE
Dave Bledsoe Jr.
Bledsoe Occupational Therapy Inc.
Homewood
2:40 Ethics Issues in Workers’ Compensation Cases
J. Anthony McLain
Alabama State Bar
Montgomery
3:40 Adjourn
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