CLE

29th Annual Workplace Torts and Workers’ Comp

Fri, December 2, 2022   |   8:55 a.m. -4:30 p.m.   |  
Friday Center, Chapel Hill
  |   CLE Hours: 6.0 CLE hours (inc. 1.0 ethics hour)

This annual event has become one of the most anticipated workers’ comp seminars in North Carolina!

Attend and get updates on important appellate court decisions, what’s happening at the NCIC, pain and psychological treatment in workers’ comp, workers’ comp appellate decisions,  and much more. This seminar is designed to provide lots of valuable information to help you better represent your clients.

Don’t miss it!

8:00 a.m. Registration
8:55 a.m. Welcome Remarks by Program Chairs
  • Stewart Poisson, Poisson Poisson & Bower, PLLC Wilmington
  • Vernon Sumwalt, The Sumwalt Group Workers’ Compensation and Trial Lawyers, Charlotte
9:00 a.m. Workers' Compensation Appellate Court Decisions Since November 2021
  • Stewart Poisson, Poisson Poisson & Bower, PLLC Wilmington
  • Vernon Sumwalt, The Sumwalt Group Workers’ Compensation and Trial Lawyers, Charlotte
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Workers' Compensation Appellate Panel
  • Neill Fuleihan,  Brevard
  • Justice Robin Hudson, NC Supreme Court, Raleigh
  • Mark Hullender, NCIC Deputy Commissioner, Raleigh
  • Honorable Valerie Zachary, NC Court of Appeals, Raleigh
  • Adrian Phillips, NCIC Commissioner, Raleigh
11:15 a.m. Panel Discussion: Pain and Psychological Treatment in Workers' Compensation Claims
  • Kathleen Glancy, Moderator, Kathleen Shannon Glancy, PA, Wilmington
  • Jeffrey B. Feldman, Ph.D, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
  • Griffin Pollock Sutton, PhD, Tidal Neuropsychology, PLLC, Hampstead
  • David Zub, MD , EmergeOrtho Coastal Region, Leland
12:15 p.m. Industrial Commission Update
  • Philip Baddour Chair, NCIC, Raleigh
12:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. First Responders: Protecting the Protectors in Workers' Compensation Claims and Beyond
  • Leah Broker, Law Office of Leah Broker, P.A., Asheville 
  • Annemarie Pantazis, Wilder Pantazis Law Group, Charlotte
2:15 p.m. Belli Nuggets: Line of Duty Death Claims, Futility: All You Need to Know, Federal and State Resources Available to First Responders
  • Michael Bertics, Lennon, Camak & Bertics, PLLC, Raleigh
  • Sheila Chavis, Brent Adams Law Offices, PC, Raleigh
  • Annemarie Pantazis, Wilder Pantazis Law Group, Charlotte
2:30 p.m. Claims That Fall Outside of the Exclusive Remedy Doctrine
  • Noah Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Survey of All the North Carolina State Bar Ethics Opinions Involving Workers' Compensation Issues
  • Nichole McLaughlin, NC State Bar, Raleigh
4:30 p.m. Adjourn