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Live Webinar: Putting the Fun in SC WC FUNdamentals
September 27, 2024
Credits
N/A
MCLE: 6.00
Pricing
Dates
Friday, September 27, 2024Time
8:55 AM - 4:45 PMRegistration Deadline
Saturday, September 28, 2024
PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER - IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN THE COMING WEEKS!
If you are new to Workers' Compensation practice or are looking for a refresher on all of the key elements of successful practice in this area, this is the seminar for you! Join Course Planner Peter Leventis and a distinguished and experienced faculty of claimant and defense attorneys for a seminar that will provide you will authoritative guidance in a fast-paced and entertaining format.
Topics include a review of the most important WC Commission forms, independent medical evaluations from the claimant, defense, mediator and Commission, keys to successful mediations, a guide to issue spotting during client intake, affirmative defenses, a valuable case law update, and powerful guidance on dealing with difficult clients, adjusters and opposing counsel. This seminar promises to be practical and process-driven, and you will walk away with a toolbox full of useful helps in building and advancing your Workers' Compensation practice.
The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.
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Policy
Need to cancel or transfer your registration? Simply notify us in writing no later than 24 hours prior to the published start time of the seminar at registrar@scbar.org. You will be eligible to receive a full refund, be transferred to the live webinar or archived on-demand version of the same seminar, if available, or to a live or archived seminar of equal or lesser value. If you need to cancel within 24 hours of the start time of a program, you are eligible to take the program in its archived, on-demand format, if available. Neither transfers to the live webinar, nor refunds will be issued for cancellations made within 24 hours of a seminar start time.
Continuing Education
Agenda
8:30 a.m.
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m.
SC Workers’ Compensation Commission Forms
Peter Leventis, IV, Esquire, Smith, Born, Leventis,
Taylor, & Vega, Columbia,SC
Pro Se Claimants
A. Mundi George, Esquire, McAngus Goudelock &
Courie, Columbia, SC
James “Eddie” Fickling, Esquire, Speed, Seta, Martin, Trivett, Stubley &
Fickling, Columbia, SC
Keith Roberts, Esquire, South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission
Break
Independent Medical Evaluations as Viewed by the
Defendant, Commission, Mediator, and Claimant
Derrick Williams, Esquire, Williams & Roche,
Columbia, SC
Peter Leventis, IV, Esquire, Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor, & Vega,
Columbia, SC
Mediations
Ellen M. Adams, Esquire, Ellen Mercer Adams Mediations, Columbia,
SC
H. Mills Gallivan, Esquire, Gallivan, White, & Boyd, Greenville, SC
Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Issue Spotting during Intakes
Dewana Flynn Looper, Esquire, Atkins Law Firm, Columbia,
SC
Joseph Wideman, Esquire, Atkins Law Firm, Columbia, SC
Peter Leventis, IV, Esquire, Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor, & Vega,
Columbia, SC
Affirmative Defenses in Workers’ Compensation
Katharine Phipps, Esquire, Katharine Phipps, LLC,
Greenville, SC
Break
Case Law Update
Tyler Lee, Esquire, Lee Injury Law, Columbia, SC
Keeping it Together as a Workers’ Compensation
Practitioner: Dealing with Difficult Clients. Attorneys, Adjusters, and Staff
Peter Leventis, IV, Esquire, Smith, Born, Leventis,
Taylor, & Vega, Columbia, SC
Adjourn