SEMINAR PROGRAM AND TABLE OF CONENTS INJURED WORKERS’ ADVOCATES 27TH ANNUAL CONVENTION GRAND BALLROOM A (VANDERBILT WING) THE GROVE PARK INN

“THRIVING IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT”

Friday, November 6 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Welcoming and Opening Remarks Bret Salley, Esquire, President

8:40 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Ethical Considerations for Handling Liens and Dealing With the Shifting Sands of TAB 1 Medicare Set-Aside Accounts—What Every Lawyer Needs To Know To Protect His Clients and Himself John Cattie, Esquire and Sylvius von Saucken, Esquire Garretson Firm Resolution Group, Inc.

9:55 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. What Lawyers Do To Win (and Lose) Their Cases - Tips from the Commissioners TAB 2 Commissioner Andrea Roche, Chairman Commissioner Avery Wilkerson Commissioner Derrick Williams Commissioner Scott Beck Executive Director Gary Cannon Judicial Director Ginger Crocker

10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Break with Exhibitors

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Workers' Compensation Appellate Issues from the Judicial Perspective TAB 3 Judge James Lockemy

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Advancements in Spine Surgery TAB 4 ` Donald R. Johnson II, M.D.

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Picking Your Battles and How to Effectively Protect the Rights of Injured Workers TAB 5 Senator Brad Hutto Senator Gerald Malloy Senator Joel Lourie Senator John Land Senator Lee Bright Senator Luke Rankin Senator Tom Davis Senator Vincent Sheheen Senator Jake Knotts Representative Anne Peterson Hutto Representative Bill Clyburn Representative Bill Sandifer Representative Chip Huggins Representative David Weeks Representative Harry Cato Representative Murrell Smith Representative Thad Viers

1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own

Saturday, November 7 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Annual General Membership Meeting and Passing the Gavel TAB 6

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Case Law Update: Recent Appellate Decisions TAB 7 Ron Jebaily, Esquire John Nichols, Esquire

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Commission Confidential TAB 8 Holly Saleeby Atkins, Esquire George Funderburk, Esquire Alan Bass, Esquire Tom Ervin, Esquire

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. How to Debunk FCE Myths and Other Practical Tips from a Renegade TAB 9 Dusty Rhoades, Esquire

11:00 a.m. -11:45 a.m. Roundtable Discussions TAB 10 Members, Workers’ Compensation Commission Commissioner Andrea Roche, Chairman Commissioner Avery Wilkerson Commissioner Derrick Williams Commissioner Scott Beck Executive Director Gary Cannon Judicial Director Ginger Crocker Members, South Carolina General Assembly Senator Brad Hutto Senator Gerald Malloy Senator Joel Lourie Senator John Land Senator Lee Bright Senator Luke Rankin Senator Tom Davis Senator Jake Knotts Representative Anne Peterson-Hutto Representative Bill Clyburn Representative Chip Huggins Representative David Weeks Representative Murrell Smith Representative Thad Viers

11:45 a.m. Adjournment and Lunch on Your Own