Product Description

MCLE is pleased to offer this program to an in-person audience in our Boston conference center in addition to the live and recorded webcasts. Masks are encouraged.

MCLE's 23rd Annual Workers' Compensation Law Conference 2022, offered in person and online, features experienced practitioners who, together with judges from the Department of Industrial Accidents and other professionals, provide you with essential, comprehensive information on the most important topics and issues affecting this dynamic practice area. Learn about recent cases and legislation pertaining to workers' compensation law and its practice and choose from a variety of workshop sessions covering topics such as navigating obstacles in obtaining adequate medical care, crafting persuasive written motions and briefs, facilitating productive mediations, and dealing with the "gig" economy. This year's featured discussion highlights rebuilding civility amongst the bar post-pandemic, and as in the past, Senior Judge Omar Hernández updates you on the state of affairs at the DIA in light of the pandemic. 

In-Person Exclusive Features!

• Lunch Tête-à-Tête: Discuss your thorniest questions casually over boxed lunches with colleagues.
• ALL-TOGETHER-NOW Networking Reception: Featuring MCLE's new fall-themed signature cocktail and mocktail.
• Auto-Drawing for FREE 6-month subscription to the MCLE OnlinePass®. 

Agenda & Materials

• 9:00 am - 9:15 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Joseph F. Agnelli, Jr., Esq., Agnelli Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  
• 9:15 am - 10:30 am

  Workers' Compensation: Recent Case Law and Legislative Update

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  Andrea Perra Antonucci, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
  
• 10:30 am - 10:45 am

  Break
• 10:45 am - 11:15 am

  National Update: 50th Anniversary of the National Workers’ Compensation Commission Report

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  Alan S. Pierce, Esq., Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano , Salem
  Emily Spieler, Esq., Northeastern University School of Law , Boston
  
• 11:15 am - 12:45 pm

  Rebuilding Civility in the Practice of Law After the Pandemic—the Overall Impact of Virtual v. In-Person Proceedings

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  Joseph J. Durant, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
  Hon. Thomas B. Daniels, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Springfield
  Hon. Bernard W. Fabricant, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Judith B. Gray, Esq., , Bridgewater
  Bernard J. Mulholland, Esq., Ford, Mulholland & Moran, PC , Brockton
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• 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

  Lunch Tête-à-Tête: Boxed Lunch and Conversation with Colleagues
• 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm

  Breakout Session I (choose one)
• Workers' Compensation: Obstacles and Pitfalls in Obtaining Adequate Medical Care in Today’s Practice (Auditorium)

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  (A) Obstacles and Pitfalls in Obtaining Adequate Medical Care in Today’s Practice (WEBCAST LIVE)

  James E. Ramsey, Esq., Ramsey Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  Joseph F. Agnelli, III, Esq., Agnelli Law Offices, PC , Worcester
  Hon. Matthew F. King, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Worcester
  Shenan L. Pellegrini, Esq., CFP Law Group , Boston
  Susan Sobolewski, Cove Risk Services, LLC , Braintree
  
• Workers' Compensation: Crafting Persuasive Motions, Briefs, and Written Closing Arguments (Lower Classroom)

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  (B) Crafting Persuasive Motions, Briefs, and Written Closing Arguments

  Hon. Catherine Watson Koziol, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Martin J. Long, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Ann M. McNamara, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Robert S. Martin, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
  Michele E. Norton, Esq., Pulgini & Norton LLP , Braintree
  
• 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

  Break
• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

  Breakout Session II (choose one)
• Workers' Compensation: Productive Mediations: How to Properly Prepare and Obtain Positive Results (Auditorium)

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  (A) Productive Mediations: How to Properly Prepare and Obtain Positive Results (WEBCAST LIVE)

  Hon. Tamara L. Ricciardone, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Roger S. Lewenberg, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Ret.) , Hull
  Hon. Joseph M. Spinale, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Kelli S. Silva, Esq., Keches Law Group , Worcester
  Terence P. Reilly, Esq., Law Offices of Steven B. Stein , Boston
  
• The “Gig” Economy and Its Effect on the Practice (Lower Classroom)

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  (B) Dealing with the “Gig” Economy and Its Effect on the Practice

  Hon. Lauren M. Bergheimer, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
  Hon. Karen S. Fabiszewski, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Ryan L. Benharris, Esq., Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl , Fall River
  W. Todd Huston, Esq., Huston Law Office , Worcester
  

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