WorkComp05Agenda

VTAJ Annual Conference 

May 20, 2005

 Program Agenda

8:30am                Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00am                Jury Selection in a Karl Rove World
                          Jaine Fraser, Ph.D.; Trial Psychology Institute
  
 9-10am            *  Communicating with your jury: What works & what doesn’t 
                           *  How to deal with your strengths & weaknesses in voire dire

10:00am                   Break
                          
10:15am -12pm    * Using focus groups to increase probabililty of success 
                                * Using psychological techniques to predict juror favorability

                                      
12:00pm                 Lunch
  
                     Keynote Speaker:  Todd Smith, ATLA President

                                   Annual VTAJ Business Meeting

2:00 - 4:00pm    Maximizing Client Recovery by Effectively Addressing

                                            Liens  &  SubrogationClaims   

                                                                      
                                    Moderator: Michael Green

 *  Workers' Compensation, Medicaid & Medicare Liens and Interests:  
                                                           Christine Hummel & Heidi Groff
 *   ERISA and Hospital Liens: James Runcie
 *   Hardship Cases : John Schraven