2019 WILG Midwest Regional Event

Midwest Regional Conference

April 28-29, 2019-The Fontaine, Kansas City, mo
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Materials

Sunday, April 28
12:00 –1:00 pm	Registration & Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Case Law Update	Dave Menchetti, IL & Janet Frickey, CO
2:00 – 3:00 pm	Treatment Options for Chronic Pain.  Old to New.  Opiates to Stem Cells.	Dr. Joel Ackerman, MO
3:00 – 3:15 pm	Networking Break
3:15 – 4:15 pm	Defense Medical Examinations & Issues They Raise	Mark Rodgers, MN & Dave Menchetti, IL
4:15 – 5:00 pm	Working with Experts	Bob Langdon, MO
6:00 pm	Dinner at Rye - $85/per person
Monday, April 29
8:00 – 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 am	Ethics & Comity in the Workers' Compensation Bar: A View From the Bench	Judge Emily Fowler, MO & Judge Gary Witt, MO
9:30 – 10:15 am	Chronic Pain Rehabilitation: A Tri-Dimensional Approach	Jeff Snell, Ph.D., NE
10:15 – 10:30 am	Networking Break
10:30-11:00 am	Social Security & Medicare Set Asides, Tactics and Considerations; Preventing Abuses, Options/Obligations to Client	Joel Alpert, MI
11:00-11:30 am	Managing Your Practice: Lessons Learned from Four Decades in the Trenches	Rod Rehm, NE
11:30 - 11:45 am	Networking Break
11:45 am - 12:45 pm	The Paperless Office: Increasing Efficiency Through Technology	Kristen Rodgers, MN & Roger Finderson, IN
12:45 - 1:30 pm	Spotting a Products Liability Case in a Workers' Comp Claim	Kent Emison, MO
1:30 pm	Program Concludes

This program has been approved for credit in the following jurisdiction(s):

MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Credit has been approved with the MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois for 8.25 General credits. WILG is an approved CLE provider with the Florida Bar, Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education, Supreme Court of Ohio, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on MCLE, The Missouri Bar,North Carolina State Bar, Supreme Court of South Carolina, and the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency

Missouri Bar, MCLE Department

Credit has been approved with the Missouri Bar, MCLE Department for 9.90 General credits and 1.20 Professionalism credits. WILG is an approved CLE provider with the Florida Bar, Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education, Supreme Court of Ohio, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on MCLE, The Missouri Bar,North Carolina State Bar, Supreme Court of South Carolina, and the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency

Nebraska Supreme Court MCLE Commission

Credit has been approved with the Nebraska Supreme Court MCLE Commission for 1.00 Ethics credit and 8.25 General credits. WILG is an approved CLE provider with the Florida Bar, Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education, Supreme Court of Ohio, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on MCLE, The Missouri Bar,North Carolina State Bar, Supreme Court of South Carolina, and the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency

The Fontaine, Kansas City, MO

901 West 48th Place, Kansas City, MO

WILG has secured a Room Rate of $189 per night available from Friday, April 26– Sunday, April 28

Group Name: WILG- Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
Reservations Phone #:855-596-3399  Click Here to Book Online

Deadline: April 5, 2019

WILG works hard extremely hard to secure the lowest room rates possible for its members at properties that our members look forward to and have requested to stay at. In order to ensure the continuation of this and to avoid attrition fees for the association; we ask that you kindly stay on property at our events. WILG will charging a nominal fee of $200 for those who choose not to stay on property unless they are local to the area.​

Materials available with registration:

Cancellations received 30 days in advance of the program will receive a full refund, less $25 administration fee.  All cancellations must be in writing.