WCI Around the Corner

The WCI 2024 experience is right around the corner in August. We have opportunities to see you there (all events are at the Marriott :

Sunday, August 18, 2024:

10:00-10:50 Best Practices for Attorneys and Claims Professionals in Mediation - How to Win Friends and the Power of the Apology

    Grand Ballrooms 8A and 8B- Adam Ross

10:00-10:50 Reporting Self-Determination Constraints Considering MEAC Opinion 2023-004: Competency/Sobriety/Death/Authority/Control

     Grand Ballrooms 8A and 8B- Hon. Gregory Johnsen, Jeffrey Breslow, Michael Imber, William Blatt

1:00-1:50  HEY SIRI - What's the Latest AI Changes?

    Grand Ballrooms 8A and 8B- Kate Marshman.

2:00-2:50  Negotiation Techniques as Observed by the Mediators - Do's and Don’t's When It Comes to Mediation

    Grand Ballrooms 8A and 8B- Adam Ross

4:00-4:50  How Do We Create A Common Bond with the Participants That Are Not As Educated as Us, Look, Sound, and Think Differently Than We Do? And, Do We Have an Additional Ethical Obligation to Ensure They Are Not Being Cheated?

    Grand Ballrooms 8A and 8B-Kate Marshman and Oneil Martinez

5:00-6:00  OJCC Meet and Greet

    Anaheim, Atlanta, and Boston. Hall of Cities

Monday, August 19, 2024:

1:00 - 3:00 Statewide Judicial Nominating Commission Meeting 

    Grand Ballrooms 10, 11, and 12

        Honorable Wilbur Anderson (ORL)
        Honorable Robert Arthur (TPA)
        Honorable Margret Kerr (MIA)
        Honorable Daniel Lewis (FTL)
        Honorable Mark Massey (TPA)

1:15-2:15 Harnessing the Power of AI in the Medicolegal Realm: Practical Insights and Applications

    Grand Ballrooms 8A Judge Langham

Tuesday, August 18, 2024:

9:00-10:30  Revolutionizing Workers' Compensation: harnessing Innovation for Unprecedented Outcomes

    Grand Ballrooms 8A Judge Langham

10:15-11:30  Attorneys' Fees, Motion Practice, and Ethical Pleadings

    Crystal Ballroom J2 Judges Anderson and Pitts

10:30-12:00  State of the States: Case Law Highlights from Around the Nation

    Grand Ballrooms 8A Judge Langham

2:15-3:15  Statutory Employment: Subcontractors, Independent Contractors and the Roles of PEOs 

    Crystal Ballroom J2 Judge Kerr

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