8:00 a.m.

Registration

8:15-8:30 a.m.

Welcome | Introductions

    

Greg Denny & David Nomberg

8:30-8:50 a.m.

Ida Tyree Hyche
Tyree Hyche & Dixon, LLC

     The Long and Short of Black   
     Lung Workers’ Compensation

8:55-9:15 a.m.

Bill Smith
Secretary of WILG

     National Workers’ Comp Trends

9:20-9:50 a.m.

Larry King – King Simmons
Don Rhea – Rhea, Boyd &  Rhea

     Clower v. CVS

9:55-10:10 a.m.

BREAK

     ALAJ Fellows Introductions

10:15-10:35 a.m.

Jeff Blackwell
Blackwell Law Firm

     Trial Strategy
 

10:40-11:00 a.m.

Harry Hall – Farmer, Price, Hornsby & Weatherford

     Contempt as a Post-trial Remedy
     Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3
 

11:05-11:30 p.m.

Morris Lilienthal Martinson   
& Beason PC

     Marketing | Social Media

11:35-11:55 p.m.

Kendall Dunson
Beasley Allen

     Product Cases in the 
     Employment Setting

Noon-1:00 p.m.

Lunch

     Sponsored by:  Fonteneau and Arnold LLC

1:05-1:15 p.m.

Frank Woodson
ALAJ President              

     WC Legislative Update
 

1:15-1:45 p.m.

Judge Elisabeth French 
Judge Tamara H. Johnson    
Judge Javan Joille Patton

    
     A View from the Bench

1:50-2:10 p.m.

Dick Browning
Richard E. Browning, P.C.

     Can The Employer Be Held 
     Responsible For Unauthorized
     Medical Expenses?   
     

2:15:2:45 p.m.

Judge Sherri Friday
Probate Court of
Jefferson County

     Suicide Awareness - Clients in  
     Crisis (Ethics)

2:50-3:05 p.m.

BREAK

     ALAJ Fellows Introductions

3:10-3:30 p.m.

Bentley Patrick
Nelson, Bryan & Cross

     WC: Defendant/Judge/Plaintiff

3:35-3:55 p.m.

Julia Aquila - Siniard, Timberlake & League

     Independent Medical
     Examinations: There’s Nothing
     Independent about Them
     Handout Attachment
 

4:00-4:30 p.m.

Perspectives from the Defense

   
    
    
     Panel:  Charley Drummond -
     Fish Nelson & Holden
     Megan Jones - Huie,  
     Fernambucq & Stewart
     Jennie Pickett - Smith, Spires, 
     Peddy, Hamilton & Coleman

Adjourn

CREDITS:

This course or a portion thereof has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission Alabama for a maximum of     
5.0 hours’ credit, including 0.5 ethics