Product Description

Keep up-to-date with substantive, procedural, and administrative developments impacting your practice. The Conference features experienced practitioners in the workers’ compensation field who, together with judges from the Department of Industrial Accidents, provide you with relevant, comprehensive information on the hottest topics and issues.

Agenda & Materials

• 9:00 - 9:15 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Joseph F. Agnelli, Jr., Esq., Agnelli Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  
• 9:15 - 10:30 am

  Recent Case Law and Legislative Update 2019

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  Laura E. Caron, Esq., St. Pierre Law, PC , Newburyport
  Robert S. Martin, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
  
• 10:30 - 10:45 am

  Networking and Refreshment Break
• 10:45 - 11:30 am

  Featured Address: A Trip Down Memory Lane—An Historical Look at the Workers’ Compensation System and the Massachusetts Industrial Accident Board

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  Joseph F. Agnelli, Jr., Esq., Agnelli Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  Alan S. Pierce, Esq., Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano , Salem
  
• 11:30 - 12:30 pm

  Featured Discussion: Fifty Tips in Fifty Minutes

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  Joseph J. Durant, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
  Hon. Dennis M. Maher, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Worcester
  Judith B. Gray, Esq., Keches Law Group, PC , Taunton
  Deborah G. Kohl, Esq., Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl , Fall River
  Thomas P. O'Reilly, Esq., Curtin, Murphy & O'Reilly, PC , Boston
  Tamara L. Ricciardone, Esq., Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP , Lincoln
  
• 12:30 - 1:30 pm

  Lunch (on your own)
• 1:30 - 1:45 pm

  D.I.A. Update 2019

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  Hon. Omar Hernández, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 1:45 - 3:15 pm

  Breakout Session I (choose one)
• Effective Compliance with 452 CMR

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  • Understanding the requirements in filing claims
  • Nuances
  • Recent case law and rulings
  • View from the Bench

  James E. Ramsey, Esq., Ramsey Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  Hon. Ann M. McNamara, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Alicia M. DelSignore, Esq., Loughran & Corbett , Watertown
  W. Todd Huston, Esq., Moriarty & Associates, PC , Worcester
  Susan G. McDonald, Esq., Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano , Salem
  Justin P. Starr, Esq., Morrison Mahoney LLP , Boston
  
• Updates on Burden of Proof and Production

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  • Proving and defending Section 1(7A) issues
  • Recent cases
  • Submitting proper evidence/medical records
  • Section 41 defenses
  • Judges' perspective

  Hon. Catherine Watson Koziol, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Sabina T. Herlihy, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Joseph F. Agnelli, III, Esq., Agnelli Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  Monique M. Chiacchia, Esq., Travelers , Providence
  David Maille, Esq., Eden Rafferty , Worcester
  Ann Marie Paglia, Esq., CFP Law Group , Boston
  
• 3:15 - 3:30 pm

  Networking and Refreshment Break
• 3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Breakout Session II (choose one)
• Benefit Enhancers

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  • Section 35B issues
  • Proving Section 51 claims
  • Section 51A
  • Average weekly wage-concurrent employment
  • COLA benefits
  • Section 8
  • Interplay with other outside benefits
  • View from the Bench

  Hon. Roger S. Lewenberg, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Ret.) , Hull
  Hon. Martin J. Long, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Daniel E. Blakesley, Esq., Pellegrini, Seeley, Ryan & Blakesley, PC , Springfield
  Bernard J. Mulholland, Esq., Ford, Mulholland & Moran, PC , Brockton
  Martin B. Schneider, Esq., Law Offices of Martin B. Schneider, PC , Salem
  
• D.I.A. Opioid Diversion Program—Successful Case Studies

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  • Identifying and convincing the potential candidate
  • Proper protocol
  • Contact with the D.I.A.
  • Ethical and privacy concerns
  • Judges' view

  Hon. Omar Hernández, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. John J. Barrett, III, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Lauren M. Bergheimer, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
  Hon. Steven D. Rose, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Springfield
  Courtney J. Pidani, Esq., Mullen & McGourty, PC , Boston
  
• 5:00 - 5:30 pm

  Networking Reception for Faculty and Registrants

Chair

Faculty