Speakers & Topics Include:

Update on Workers’ Compensation Law

PROFESSOR THOMAS CADY

WVU College of Law

Permanent Total Disability in 2006

• Permanent Total Disability • Processing and Litigation of Permanent Total Disability Benefits • The PTD Review Regulations
SUSAN A. HOWARD, ESQUIRE

Howard Law Office

Workers’ Compensation & the Insurance Commission

RYAN M. SIMS, ESQUIRE

West Virginia Insurance Commission

BrickStreet Insurance Company: The Beginning of the New Workers’ Compensation Paradigm

• Legislative Parameters for Privatization • The Assignment of Regulatory Functions to the Insurance Commissioner • BrickStreet’s Role in Managing Old Funds • BrickStreet’s Responsibility for Post-7/1/05 Claims • The Role of BrickStreet in Litigation: Employer-Paid Counsel vs. BrickStreet-Paid Counsel • New Responsibilities for Claims Adjusters and Panel Counsel in the Private Insurance Setting • July 1, 2008: Competition Among Carriers

WILLIAM T. BROTHERTON, III, ESQUIRE

Brick Street Insurance

Litigation, Board of Review & Office of Judges

THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY LEACH

Chief Administrative Law Judge

Workers’ Compensation Office of Judges

Supreme Court:  Mediation, Appeals, & Settlements

RORY L. PERRY, II, CLERK

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Subrogation, Social Security, Set-offs & Liens for Child Support

LARRY L. ROWE, ESQUIRE

Ethics

ROBERT L. STULTZ, ESQUIRE