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Stephen Harper and Andy Reinhardt often write articles, teach seminars and participate in other presentations relating to their areas of law practice. Some of the presentations are listed below. We are not giving you legal advice on these topics unless you are a client, but if you would like more information, please contact us.

1. View from a Worker's Comp Claimant Lawyer

    

   Date:  January 2013

    

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2. Recent Legislative Developments of Interest to VA Workers' Compensation Claimaints' Lawyers

    

   Date:  March 22, 2013

   Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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3. Navigating a Workers' Compensation Case in the Digital Age

    

   Date:  November 10, 2012

   Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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4. Are There Forum Shopping Opportunities for Virginia Workers' Compensation Claims?

    

   Date:  November 9, 2012

   Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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5.   Legislative and Case Law Update on Workers' Compensation

   Seminar Panelist

   Date:  April 11, 2012, Richmond, VA

   Sponsor:  Virginia CLE

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6. Temporary Partial Disability and Marketing Strategies: A Panel Discussion

   Author and Seminar Speaker

   Date:  November 11, 2011 Richmond, VA

   Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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7.    AMA Guides and a Few Other Issues To Keep An Eye Out for

   Author and Seminar Speaker

   Date:  November 11, 2011 Richmond, VA

   Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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8.   Federal Legislative Update

   Seminar Speaker

   Date:  October 14, 2011, San Diego, CA

   Sponsor:  Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group

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9.    WILG Update to the North Carolina Association of Justice Workers’ Compensation Section

   Seminar Speaker

   Date:  June 19, 2011, Wilmington, NC

   Sponsor:  North Carolina Advocates for Justice

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10. Multistate Workers’ Compensation Issues for Delaware and Updates From WILG

    Article Co-Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date: June 17, 2011, Rehoboth Beach, DE

    Sponsor:  Delaware Trial Lawyers Association

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11. Multistate Workers’ Compensation Issues for Ohio and Updates From WILG

    Article Co-Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:  May 13, 2011, Columbus, OH

    Sponsor:  Ohio Association for Justice

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12.    How to Address Workers’ Comp Issues When Settling a Personal Injury Case

    Article Co-Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:  May 3, 2011, Richmond, VA

    Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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13. Obama Health Reform and Workers’ Compensation

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  April 6, 2011, Boston, MA

    Sponsor:  American Bar Association

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14.    Multi-state Workers’ Comp Issues for New Hampshire & Updates from WILG

    Article Co-Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:March 18, 2011, Bedford, NH

    Sponsor:  New Hampshire Association for Justice

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15.     WILG Update on Wage & Hour Issues

    Article Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:  March 8, 2011, Cleveland, OH

    Sponsor:  Ohio Association for Justice

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16.   Multi-state Workers’ Compensation Issues for Michigan & Updates from WILG

    Article Co-Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:January 14, 2011, Novi, MI

    Sponsor:  Michigan Association for Justice

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17.     Comparison of NC/VA Laws. Update on AMA Guides and State Workers’ Compensation Hearings. WILG Updates

    Article Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:  December 2, 2010, Raleigh, NC

    Sponsor:  North Carolina Association of Justice

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18.     Update on Federal Legislative & Policy Matters

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  November 16, 2010, Denver, CO

    Sponsor:  National Association of Trial Lawyers Executives

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19.     How the Law of “Statutory Employer” Relates to Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation Laws as Both a Sword and a Shield

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  November 12-13, 2010, Richmond, VA

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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20.    Update on Federal Legislative & Policy Matters

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  November 6, 2010, Aventura, FL

    Sponsor:  Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group

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21.   Medicare Liens

    Panel Speaker and Author

    Date:  October 15, 2010, The Homestead, Hot Springs

    Sponsor:  Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (invited speaker, not VADA member & we do not represent adjusters or insurers)

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22.    North Carolina Law on Multi-State Workers' Compensation Issues

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  June 20, 2010, Wilmington, NC

    Seminar Sponsor:  North Carolina Advocates for Justice

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23.   Virginia Law on Multi-State Workers' Compensation Issues

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  November 13, 2009, Richmond, VA

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 

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24.     A Few Thoughts on the Florida Battle in the Context of Other Laws Placing Restrictions on Attorney's Fees and Access to Justice

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  October, 2009, Scottsdale, AZ

    Seminar Sponsor:  Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group 

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25.    Multi State Workers’ Compensation Claims: How to Maximize Your Recovery With Consideration Of Subrogation Laws When There Is Also A Third Party Case Arising Out Of The Work Accident

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  July 25-29, 2009, San Francisco, CA

    Seminar Sponsor:  American Association for Justice

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26.    Tips from Workers’ Comp Lawyers with Experience in CMS/Medicare Set Asides

    Panel Speaker and Author

    Date:  May 8 & 21, 2009 and June 25, 2009, Richmond, VA and Fairfax, VA

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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27.    Settling Large or Complex Workers’ Compensation Cases
    with Other Issues Involved Including: Combined Personal Injury Cases,  Concerns Regarding Health Insurance,  ERISA, SSDI/Medicare, SSI/Medicaid, Special Needs Trusts, Veterans  Administration Benefits, Taxation of Workers Compensation Offsets, VRS Benefits and Long Term Disability”

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  November 14, 2008, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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28.    Conflicts of Law: Handling Workers’ Compensation Claims Involving Multiple Jurisdictions

    Article Author

    Date:  Fall 2007

    Publication:  Workers First Watch - Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group 

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29.     How To Address Workers’ Comp Issues When Settling a Personal Injury Case

    Article Author

    Date:  Spring 2007

    Publication:  The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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30.     Conflicts of Law: Handling Workers’ Compensation Claims Involving Multiple Jurisdictions

    Article Author

    Date:  Summer 2006

    Publication:  The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 

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31.    Conflicts of Law: Handling Workers’ Compensation Claims Involving Multiple Jurisdictions

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  May 6, 2006, Lake Buena Vista, FL

    Seminar Sponsor:  Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group

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32.    What About a Career in Law

    Speaker and Author

    Date: April 21, 2006, Richmond, VA

    Seminar Sponsor: Career Day at St. Christophers

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33.    Long Term Disability Offsets and Workers’ Compensation Settlements

    Article Author

    Date: October 2005

    Publication: Workers First Watch – Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group      

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34.     So You’re Not a Workers’ Compensation Lawyer

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  September 30, 2005, Richmond, VA

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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35.    Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Statutory Employees

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date: September 2005, Richmond, VA

    Seminar Sponsor: Virginia Workers Compensation Commission  

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36.     Workers’ Compensation From The Claimant’s Perspective and Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Cases in Virginia

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  May 2005, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Lorman Education Services

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37.    Long Term Disability Offsets and Workers’ Compensation Settlements

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  April 10, 2005, Washington, DC

    Seminar Sponsor:  Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group

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38.     Medical Rehabilitation, Vocational Rehabilitation and Medical Billing

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  March 23, 2005, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  West End Orthopaedic Clinic        

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39.    Virginia’s Second Annual Solo and Small Law Firm Conference with numerous topics related to Law Office Management and Technology as well as Personal Injury and Worker’s Compensation Topics

    Seminar Co-Chairman and Moderator

    Date:  October 21, 2004 and October 22, 2004, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association 

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40.    Handling Personal Injury Cases in General District Court

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  October 2004, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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41. What You Might Need To Know About Workers’ Compensation

    Article Author

    Date:  Spring 2004

    Publication:  The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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42. Virginia Update 2004 on Worker’s Compensation Issues

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  April, 2004, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Counsel on Education in Management

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43.     Medical Bills and Attorney’s Fees Under §65.2-714 of The Virginia Code

    Seminar Chair / Moderator / Speaker and Author

    Date:  April 2, 2004, White Sulphur Springs, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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44. Workers’ Compensation From The Claimant’s Perspective and Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Cases in Virginia

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  March 2004, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Lorman Education Services

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45.     Virginia’s First Annual Solo and Small Law Firm Conference

    With numerous topics related to Law Office Management and Technology as well as Personal Injury, Worker’s Compensation and Social Security Topics.

    Seminar Chairman and Moderator

    Date:  October 9, 2003 and October 10, 2003, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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46.     Law Office Management Interchange

    Article Author, Seminar Moderator/Speaker

    Date:  March 28, 2003, Hot Springs, West Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 

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47.     Recent Issues of Interest to Workers’ Compensation Attorneys and the Commission

    Seminar Moderator

    Date:  March 28, 2003, Hot Springs, West Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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48.    What VTLA Member Firms Are Doing To Deal with the Possible Death, Disability, Retirement or Other Reasons for Departure of Lawyers from Their Firms

    Seminar Speaker and Author / Moderator

    Date:  March 28, 2003, Hot Springs, West Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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49.    Current Cases on De Facto Awards in Workers Compensation

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  September 2002, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

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50.    Law Office Management Seminar on Topics Related to Building and Maintaining a Successful Law Firm, Running the Paperless Office and Use of Computers in the Courtroom

    Seminar Moderator

    Date:  September 2002, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association 

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51.     Compensation for Spousal Care of Injured Workers

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  September 2002, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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52.     Law Office Management Interchange

    Seminar Moderator/Speaker

    Date:  April 2002, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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53.    Business Issues in the Workers’ Compensation Claims Practice

    Seminar Chairman, Moderator and Panelist      

    Date:  September 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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54. Panel Discussion on §713 and §714 Fees in Workers’ Compensation

    Seminar Chairman, Moderator and Panelist and Author

    Date:  September 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association 

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55.    Panel Discussion on Issues Common to Health Care Providers, Injured Workers and Attorneys

    Seminar Chairman, Moderator and Panelist

    Date:  September 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsors:  The Richmond Academy of Medicine

                                      The Virginia Medical Society

                                       Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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56.   Medical Billing in Workers’ Compensation

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  September 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsors:  The Richmond Academy of Medicine

                                      The Virginia Medical Society

                                       Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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57.   Medical and Vocational Rehabilitation for Health Care Providers

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  September 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsors:  The Richmond Academy of Medicine

                                      The Virginia Medical Society

                                       Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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58.   Management, Financial and Strategic Ideas for VTLA Member Law Firms

    Seminar Speaker, Moderator and Author

    Date:  September 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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59.   Tips for the Administrative Law Practice

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  August 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Poverty Law Center

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60.    Why Injured Workers Hire Attorneys

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  April 2001, Williamsburg, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Municipal League

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61.    Law Office Management Interchange

    Article Author and Seminar Moderator/Speaker

    Date:  March 2001, Hot Springs, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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62.    Avoiding the Pitfalls – Workers’ Compensation Rules You Need to Know for Your Personal Injury Practice

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  February 2001, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Richmond Bar Association

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63.     Workers’ Compensation Fraud From the Claimant’s Perspective

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  October 2000, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Council on Education in Management

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64. Attorneys Fees under §65.2-714 of the Virginia Code (Workers’ Comp)

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  October 2000, Williamsburg, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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65.    Workers’ Compensation from the Claimant’s Perspective

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  September 2000, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Lorman Education Systems

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66.    Managing the Law Office: What You Were Never Taught

    Seminar Co-Chairman, Moderator and Panelist

    Date:  June 2000, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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67.    Workers’ Compensation From the Claimant’s Perspective

    Article Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:  April 2000, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Council on Education in Management 

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68.    Social Security and Workers’ Compensation Awards: Overlapping Issues

    Seminar Moderator

    Date:  February 2000, Williamsburg, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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69.     Key Issues to be Considered in the Event of Combined Personal Injury/Workers’ Compensation, Job Demotion or Termination Cases

    Seminar Moderator

    Date:  February 2000, Williamsburg, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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70.   Settlement of Combined Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Cases: the Procedures and Pitfalls

               

    Article Author and Seminar Speaker

    Date:  February 2000, Williamsburg, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

               

               

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71.    What Every Personal Injury Lawyer Should Know About Workers' Compensation/Occupational Disease

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  June 4, 1997, Fairfax, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association

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72.    Insider’s Info: What Claimant’s Attorneys Are Hearing From Injured Workers and What They Are Telling Them

    Seminar Speaker and Author

    Date:  February 1997, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Council on Education in Management 

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73.    Latest Developments in Workers’ Compensation

    Seminar Speaker

    Date:  March 1996, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  HealthSouth Hospital Corporation

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74.    Lawyer Trial Advocacy Skills

    Seminar Team Leader

    Date:  August 1993, Richmond, Virginia

    Seminar Sponsor:  Virginia Poverty Law Center

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