Schedule - Colorado Defense Lawyers Association

Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
More
than the Sum
of our Parts
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Summer Conference
at the westin in Snowmass!
July 28–30, 2016
IT’S GOING TO BE A MAMMOTH EVENT!
CDLA WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS
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FRIDAY SCHEDULE
F Breakfast: 7:00–8:00 am F Break: 10:15-10:30 am F
H Suggested New Lawyer CLE Track F
GENERAL SESSIONS—MORNING
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
GENERAL LIABILITY
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Construction Liability & Worksite Accidents—Joint Session Construction Defect
and General Liability, Jonathan E. Higgins, P.E., Rimkus Consulting Group
What Insurance Carriers Expect from Counsel, Heather Salg, Patterson & Salg,
Richard Schulkins, State Farm Insurance, Ted Wallace, American Family Insurance,
Louise Klubert, Progressive Insurance
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
8:00–8:45 am
Conference Kickoff!
2:00–2:50 pm H
(.5 ethics)
8:45–10:15 am
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,
Bryan Garner, LawProse
3:00–3:50 pm H
10:30–11:30 am
Profitability or Sanity? How to Maintain Both,
Bryan Dower, LawCFO
War Stories Part I: Discovery Disputes and Depositions: Working with Difficult
Counsel, Tammy Westerberg, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, Patrick O’Rourke,
University of Colorado
11:45–12:45 pm
(Lunch
in the tent)
The Future of Litigation in the Federal Courts,
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Kristin Mix
4:00–4:50 pm H
Medical Impediments to Settlement, Rich Bovarnick, Ritsema & Lyon
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–2:50 pm H
Social Media: Capturing and Using it Ethically—Joint Session Employment and
Professional Liability, Joe Buchholz, Summit Litigation, David Jones, Hall & Evans,
James Wilder, Office of Attorney Regulation
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Construction Liability & Worksite Accidents—Joint Session Construction Defect
and General Liability, Jonathan E. Higgins, P.E., Rimkus Consulting Group
3:00–3:50 pm
Anatomy of a Lawsuit From the Claims Side, Doug Mason, COPIC Insurance
Company
2:00–2:50 pm
Arbitration, Is It as Good as We Think It Is?,
Brad Ramming, Sweetbaum Sands Anderson
4:00–4:50 pm
Telemedicine and Other Medical Board Updates, Karen McGovern, Colorado
Medical Board
3:00–3:50 pm
The Importance of Defense Counsel’s Understanding of Clients’ Insurance
Coverage, Heather Hackett and Karen Wheeler, Levy Wheeler Waters.
Jon Sands, Sweetbaum Sands & Anderson
4:00–4:50 pm
Shaping the Independent Tort Duty: When and to Whom is One Owed,
Elizabeth Olson, Hall & Evans
EMPLOYMENT
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm H
2:00–2:50 pm
(.5 ethics)
Social Media: Capturing and Using it Ethically, Litigation—Joint Session
Employment and Professional Liability, Joe Buchholz, Summit Litigation, David
Jones, Hall & Evans, James Wilder, Office of Attorney Regulation
3:00–3:50 pm
ADA/FMLA Issues in the Workplace, Janet Savage,
Davis Graham & Stubbs
4:00–4:50 pm
EEOC Enforcement & Hot Button Issues, John Lowrie, Director EEOC Office–
Denver
Sessions Marked With H Indicate Suggested New Lawyer CLE Track
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Who Can Jump On the Medicare Bandwagon? Who the Hangers On and the
Bottomfeeders Are, Kristin Caruso, Ritsema & Lyon
2:00–2:50 pm H
Paying it Forward! Teaching and Training New Lawyers! Doug Kotarek,
Hall & Evans, DJ Goldfarb, Allen & Curry
3:00–3:50 pm
Retaliatory Discharge Cases
4:00–4:50 pm
Compound Medications and Doctor Office Issued Prescriptions – How to Deal
with this New Phenomenon
F FRIDAY NIGHT HUB’S PUB EXTRAVAGANZA F
This year’s Hub’s Pub party will be held at Elk Camp at the top of the mountain, a short gondola ride
from the Westin. We will have a live auction and raffle off a scooter, bicycle and various other items
supporting CDLA’s annual contribution of bicycles to Children’s Hospital. This year’s event will feature
music by Brother’s Keeper, as we again honor the memory of our dear friend, Dan Hubbard.
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
F Breakfast: 7:00–8:00 am F Break: 9:45-10:00 am F
H Suggested New Lawyer CLE Track
GENERAL SESSIONS—MORNING
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
GENERAL LIABILITY
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm H
Medical Records: Privacy and Privilege A Decade After Alcon—Joint
Session Professional Liability and General Liability, Joan Allgaier, Hall & Evans,
Ian Mitchell, Thomas Pollart & Miller
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
8:15–8:30 am
Welcome, Day 1 Wrap Up
2:00–2:50 pm
8:30–9:45 am
(ETHICS)
Date Your Client Better (and Ethically)—Client Relationship Management and
Litigation, Jeff Kreisler and Michael Garson, Strategys Consulting
Confidentiality Demands, Jon Sands, Sweetbaum Sands Anderson,
Paul Edwards, Paul S. Edwards & Associates
3:00–3:50 pm H
10:00–11:30 am
What Every Civil Litigator Should Know About Bankruptcy, Ken Buechler,
Buechler & Garber
War Stories Part II: Motions, Hearings, and Trial: Working with the Court,
Caleb Meyer, Messner & Reeves, Courtney Kramer, Senter Goldfarb & Rice,
Cindy Fleischner, McConnell Fleischner & Houghlating
11:45–12:45 pm
(Lunch
in the tent)
2016 Case Law and Legislative Update, Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen
4:00–4:50 pm H
War Stories Part III: The Client: Working with (or Not) the Challenging Client,
Jan Spies, Spies Powers & Robinson, Frank Patterson, Patterson & Salg
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Local Regulatory Attempts to Curb Construction Defects and Other Upcoming
Legislative Topics, Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen, Erin Goff, Axiom Strategies
2:00 –2:50 pm
Updates On Insurance Coverage, Tenders And Pro Rata Sharing of Defense and
Indemnity, John Chase, Montgomery Amatuzio Dusbabek Chase
3:00–3:50 pm
Developments In District Court and Arbitration Regarding Repose Post-Shaw,
Marisa Ala, Palumbo Bergstrom, Bruce Shibles, Hunter & Associates, Melissa
Ogburn, Nixon Shefrin Hensen Ogburn, Bradshaw Smith, Senter Goldfarb & Rice
4:00–4:50 pm
(.5 ethics)
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Medical Records: Privacy and Privilege A Decade After Alcon—Joint Session
Professional Liability and General Liability, Joan Allgaier, Hall & Evans,
Ian Mitchell, Thomas Pollart & Miller
2:00–2:50 pm
Marijuana Use From a Medical Perspective,Craig Sargent, Hall & Evans,
Dr. Ronald Holmes, MD
3:00–3:50 pm
Damage Calculations in Tort Actions: Effect of the Affordable Care Act,
LaMar Jost, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
4:00–4:50 pm
The Interplay of Workers’ Compensation and Civil Litigation: Synergies and Strategies—
Joint Session Workers’ Compensation and Professional Liability, Katherine Otto,
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney and Carpenter, Frank Cavanaugh, Lee + Kinder
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Extra! Extra! Narcotic Abuse: How do we Stop it?, Dr. Caroline Gellrick, MD
2:00–2:50 pm H
How to Use Your Experts in Addressing Vocational Assessment Testing,
Katie Montoya
Minding the Mountain of Discovery in CD Cases, Emily Aguero and Mark
Nieder, Harris Karstaedt Jamison & Powers, Mary Ritchie, Palumbo Bergstrom
EMPLOYMENT
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Time
Session & Presenter(s)
1:00–1:50 pm
Insider’s Guide to the Colorado Division of Labor: State Wage and Hour and
Employment Laws, Peter Wingate, PhD., Peter Wingate Consulting
2:00–2:50 pm
Working From Home: Work Hours, Absenteeism, and Sick Leave, Tom Rice and
Ashley Kelliher, Senter Goldfarb & Rice
3:00–3:50 pm
OOPS! How to Avoid Mistakes in Presenting Lay, Expert and Documentary
Evidence, Rich Bovarnick, Ritsema & Lyon
3:00–3:50 pm
How High Can You Get? Update on Marijuana in the Workplace,
Kym Smiley, Armstrong Teasdale
4:00–4:50 pm
The Interplay of Workers’ Compensation and Civil Litigation: Synergies and Strategies—
Joint Session Workers’ Compensation and Professional Liability, Katherine Otto,
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney and Carpenter, Frank Cavanaugh, Lee + Kinder
4:00–4:50 pm
Workplace Bullying, Workers’ Compensation Intersection, & Potential Liability =
Retaliation, Joshua Brown, Lee + Kinder
Sessions Marked With H Indicate Suggested New Lawyer CLE Track
F SATURDAY EVENING COCKTAIL HOUR F
We wrap up the 3-day event with a hosted cocktail hour from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.,
so make your dinner reservations in Snowmass or take the shuttle from the Westin Snowmass
to Aspen, with your firm, friends or family, leaving your car keys behind.
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Gregg Rich, Esq., Markusson, Green & Jarvis
CDLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kristin A. Caruso, Esq., MSCC
President
Ritsema & Lyon, PC
John R. Chase, Esq.
Vice President
Montgomery | Amatuzio | Dusbabek |
Chase LLP
Katherine Otto, Esq.
Communications Director
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney &
Carpenter, LLP
Casey Quillen, Esq.
Legislative
Ruebel & Quillen, LLC
Gregg Rich, Esq.
Treasurer
Markusson Green & Jarvis
Kevin Ripplinger, Esq.
Diversity / Outreach
Patterson & Salg, P.C.
Thomas S. Rice, Esq.
Secretary
Senter Goldfarb & Rice, LLC
Ann Smith, Esq.
Southern Chapter
Vaughan & DeMuro
Robert Jones, Esq.
Immediate Past President
Paul Edwards & Associates
Katelyn Werner, Esq.
New Lawyers
Gordon & Rees, LLP
David Mayhan, Esq.
At-Large Director
Wells Anderson & Race, LLC
Karen Wheeler, Esq.
DRI State Representative
Levy Wheeler Waters, P.C.
Dean A. McConnell, Esq.
At-Large Director
COPIC Insurance Company
Bo and Glenna Donegan
CDLA Staff
CONFERENCE BREAKOUT CHAIRS
Construction Law
Marisa Ala, Palumbo Bergstrom
Employment Law
Alice Powers, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
General Liability and New Lawyer
Jason Young, Pearl Schneider
DJ Goldfarb, Curry & Allen
Professional Liability
Denise Canada, Denise D. Canada
Workers Compensation
Douglas Kotarek, Hall & Evans