Program
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THURSDAY, MAY 16 FRIDAY, MAY 17 Thursday, May 16 – Day One
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:45 am Welcome & Opening Remarks 9:00 am – 9:30 am
Keynote Address
Disability Insurance and the Challenge of Living up to Great Expectations
J. Christopher Collins, Esq.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Unum USTrack A Track B 9:40 am – 10:25 am Amadeo and Beyond: The Unique Issues of Retired or Unemployed Disability Claimants
Andrew J. Cohen, Esq.
Secretary & General Counsel
Disability Management Services, Inc.“I Don’t Want My Claims Examiner as a Facebook Friend!” — Social Media and Claims Investigations
Ronda S. Tranter, Esq.
Assistant Vice President & Senior Counsel
Colonial Life10:35 am – 11:20 am
Several Ways California Disability Law Is Different: Tips and Traps Martin E. Rosen, Esq.
Partner
Barger & Wolen LLPHere We Go Again: Recurrent Disability Issues Anne J. Farina, Esq.
AVP & Senior Counsel
Sun Life Financial11:30 am – 12:15 pm Continued Claims Handling During Litigation: Lessons and Logistics Stephen J. Prunier, Esq.
Second Vice President & Counsel
Berkshire Life Insurance Company of AmericaERISA Civil Remedies: Amara and Beyond
Mark E. Schmidtke, Esq.
Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Networking Lunch
12:15 – 1:15 pm
General Session 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Hear over half a dozen outside and in-house counsel each make a pitch to you about one interesting disability legal opinion — for no more than four to five minutes each. The case each presenter discusses may not be new, but it will either provide some insight that the presenter feels important, a twist on established law, or some other insight.
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Track A Track B 2:10 pm – 2:55 pm
The Death of the Self Reported Symptom Limitation?
Robert E. Hess, Esq.
Partner
Barger & Wolen LLPThe Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in LTD ERISA Cases
Misty A. Murray, Esq.
Of Counsel
Barger & Wolen LLP3:05 pm – 3:50 pm
Reading the Handwriting on the Wall: Dealing With Insureds Trying to “Set Up” the Insurer
John E. Meagher, Esq.
Partner
Shutts & Bowen LLPA Nationwide Perspective on “Appropriate Care”
Mark K. Ostrowski, Esq.
Partner
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
course description4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
LTD Roundtable David A. Barron, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
Mutual of Omaha Insurance CompanyAnnie Hong
Senior Operations Representative
Life Insurance Company of North AmericaJacqueline Mallon
Assistant Vice President of Complex Operations Risk Management
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCheryl D. Provost
Director, Disability Claims, Business Process Services
CSC Financial Services GroupNetworking Reception
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Friday, May 17 – Day Two
Track A Track B Conference adjourns at 11:15 am.
Topics and times subject to change.









