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Webinar: How to Add Impairments Instead of Using the CVC: The New Rules after Vigil v. County of Kern
October 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
1 Participatory MCLE Credits; 1 Legal Specialization in Workers’ Compensation Law
Did you know the WCAB recently changed the rules on how to do Kite adding of impairments vs. using the combined values chart? Are you updating your AME/QME cover letters to address these requirements? Defense attorneys, are you adequately considering this new risk in your settlement evaluations? Applicant’s attorneys, are you asking the right questions to the medical-legal evaluators?
This new decision has useful guidance for everyone involved, including Judges and medical-legal evaluators. In this 1 hour webinar presented by Randy Pollak, the attendee will get up to date guidance so they can more effectively meet their professional responsibilities in handling these cases.
Speaker: Randy Pollak
Moderator: Hon. Josephine Broussard and Hon. Sharon Velzy
Non-Member Price
$75.00
Member Price
$55.00
Randy H. Pollak is the Director, California Attorney, for WCF Insurance Company, and is a Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law. Mr. Pollak is a widely known speaker and author, and was the former Managing Editor of the Workers’ Compensation Quarterly, the official legal publication of the California Lawyers’ Association.
Judge Josephine K. Broussard is a Workers’ Compensation Judge at the Santa Ana Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Prior to becoming a judge, she worked as a Senior Associate Attorney for Pearlman, Brown & Wax where she focused in the defense of complex workers’ compensation claims including a focus in the area of sports litigation.
Prior to attending law school, she was a military spouse and worked in the area of financial services from 1998 to 2011 serving as Assistant Vice President for Wells Fargo Personal Lines and Loans Operation Center and Director of Compliance and Customer Contact Center for ING obtaining her securities license in Series 6, Series 26, and her Six Sigma Green Belt. She attended the University of Dayton School of Law graduating third in her class and received ten CALI Excellence for the Future Awards. While in law school, she was a member of Law Review and served as a Staff Writer and Business Manager for Law Review. She serves on the California Lawyers Association and is Chair of the Diversity subcommittee.
Most importantly, Josephine cherishes time spent with her husband and five children.
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