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ERISA Liens in Workers' Compensation Claims with John Kolb In this episode, Shane Dawson of Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong & Peake PLLC interview attorney John D. Kolb regarding ERISA liens in workers' compensation claims. John focuses on obtaining recoveries for his clients in ERISA matters, not just in workers' compensation claims, but in other fields as well. To le...

Hard Truths About Soft Skills and Challenging People with Tommie Jo Brode In this episode, Shane Dawson of Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong Peake PLLC interview Tommie Jo Brode of Venice Solutions Group regarding soft skills and how to deal with challenging people in challenging situations. Tommie is an attorney and consultant who focuses on workplace communication often be...

Medical Marijuana for Patients Injured at Work with Dr. Scott Rosenthal In this episode, Shane Dawson of Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP, and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong and Peake PLLC interview Dr. Scott Rosenthal, a pain management physician, on the topic of medical marijuana for patients who are injured at work. Dr. Scott Rosenthal is a pain management physician who has offices in Philadelphia, along...

The Air Ambulance Controversy with Steve Tipton This week, Ryan Hathcock of Chartwell Law and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong and Peake PLLC are joined by Steve Tipton of Flahive, Ogden & Latson to discuss the air ambulance billing controversy, and how the Airline Deregulation Act from the 1970s affects workers' compensation billing for air ambulance providers.   Steve Tipton has been defending e...

Incoming Chair, Matt Berard of Bowman and Brooke LLP in Detroit, Michigan, talks with incoming Vice-Chair, Stephanie Short of Great American Insurance Company in Washington State, about the upcoming year for the DRI Aviation Law Committee. To learn more about DRI and the Aviation Law Committee visit DRI.org . #DRILawyer #DRICommunity

Injury to Insight: The Future of AI In Workers Compensation with Michael Milstein This week, Ryan Hathcock of Chartwell Law, www.chartwelllaw.com , and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong and Peake PLLC, www.armstrongpeake.com , are joined by Michael Milstein of Downey & Lenkov to discuss the growth of Artificial Intelligence in the handling of workers’ compensation claims. Michael takes a dive into...

In this episode of DRI's Cybersecurity and Data Privacy podcast, hosts Jeremy Falcone and Chris Flurry welcome business, entertainment, and technology attorney Afam Okeke to talk about Artificial Intelligence in the law. You can find more about Afam through his website, https://www.aiolegal.com/, and LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/in/afam-okeke. To learn more about DRI and the Cybersecurity and...

Where Did My Adjuster Go? with Jake Acosta. This week, Ryan Hathcock of Chartwell Law, www.chartwelllaw.com , and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong and Peake PLLC, www.armstrongpeake.com , are joined by Jake Acosta, a director at BDO LLP, www.bdo.com , a leading consultant for insurers, TPAs and self-insured employers to assist in improving their operations. Jake covers the recent trends discussing why...

The Past, Present, and Future of Medicare Set-Asides with Rafael Gonzalez. In this initial episode of DRI’s Comp Conversations, Ryan Hathcock of Chartwell Law, www.chartwelllaw.com , and Steve Armstrong of Armstrong and Peake PLLC, www.armstrongpeake.com speak with Rafael Gonzalez of Cattie and Gonzalez, Cattielaw.com, about Medicare secondary payer issues and compliance, including how best to con...

Kristin Newman of Anderson & Riddle in Fort Worth, TX speaks with Guinness World Record holder Jessica Cox about her experiences as the first person certified to fly an airplane with only her feet as well as her custom Impossible Airplane, the first exclusively foot-controlled airplane in aviation history. To learn more about DRI and the Aviation Law Committee visit DRI.org .

Lee Schmeer of Victor Rane in Philadelphia, PA speaks with Zipline's Aviation Regulatory Counsel Lauren Haertlein about the fascinating work Zipline is doing in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and autonomous aircraft delivery markets and how Lauren helps to guide Zipline as it works with regulatory bodies in the U.S. and abroad. To learn more about DRI and the Aviation Law Committee visit DRI....

Improving diversity is an issue that should be on every employer’s mind. Your hosts Jeremy Falcone and Chris Flurry are joined by Cedric A. Pickett, an adjunct professor at the North Carolina Central University School of Law and fellow with NCCU’s Technology Law & Policy Center. Cedric talks about his journey in the law and NCCU’s efforts to best prepare its students to enter the cybersecurity...

Kristin Newman of Anderson & Riddle in Fort Worth, Texas speaks with Emily Paslawski and Marin Leci of Borden Ladner and Gervais’ Toronto and Calgary offices, respectively, about their upcoming DRI article regarding competing in Canada’s defense sector and litigating aviation claims in Canada. To learn more about DRI or become a member visit DRI.org .

Jim Kiser of Anderson & Riddle in Fort Worth, Texas speaks with aviation writer and safety specialist Christine Negroni about her insights and observations regarding aircraft investigations, both as a journalist and from her years of serving attorneys as chief of investigations for air accidents and aviation-related terrorism.

Who doesn’t love cookies? That may be more of a loaded question than one may think. Your hosts Jeremy Falcone and Chris Flurry are joined by privacy and data security attorney Alex Pearce of Wyrick Robbins to talk about cookies. https://www.wyrick.com/people/alex-m-pearce . No, not the never-ending debate between chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin: Cookies as a tracking technology. Alex has dedicat...

Kristin Newman of Anderson & Riddle in Fort Worth, Texas speaks with David Knapp of Clyde & Co – New York about the New York Grieving Families Act and how it may have an impact on aviation wrongful death lawsuits.

Live from New York ! SLG chair and vice chair Bill Bulfer and Phil Graham explain their vision for the SLG and the podcast.

Welcome to the metaverse! For Episode 2 of DRI’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Podcast, your hosts Jeremy Falcone and Chris Flurry are joined by Brent Arnold. Brent is a partner with Gowling WLG whose practice focuses on cybersecurity and data privacy. He is currently the chair of DRI’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy committee. We’d also like to share a recent article Brent wrote about the Metave...

(Most) Everything I Need to Handle Truck Accident Claims, My Kids are Learning in School: If you give a mouse a cookie… One of our favorite children’s books teaches us about the ripple effects that many decisions have. What’s the worst that could happen when you give a mouse a cookie and what in the world does it have to do with the practice of law and the defense of truck drivers, motor carriers,...

(Most) Everything I Need to Handle Truck Accident Claims, My Kids are Learning in School: Give Someone a Fish… As parents, we want to teach our kids how to be independent, both in action and in thought. Particularly with young kids, it might be faster to do something for them rather than to teach them how to do it. Blair Cash and Jaynee Tyler put the old saying to work - Give someone a fish and yo...

(Most) Everything I Need to Handle Truck Accident Claims, My Kids are Learning in School: The More You Know As a child of the 80s and 90s, this NBC tagline was everywhere. The same can be said of litigating truck accident claims. Blair Cash, Nick Rauch, and Jaynee Tyler discuss ways for trucking lawyers to better familiarize themselves with the industry and drivers they represent. We talk about le...

(Most) Everything I Need to Handle Truck Accident Claims, My Kids are Learning in School: Someone is Always Watching Our kids must always feel like their parents are watching their every move. They must think that they can’t get away with anything, that every little mistake is discovered. Blair Cash and Jaynee Tyler discuss how this is true for lawyers as well. There is a common saying that charac...

(Most) Everything I Need to Handle Truck Accident Claims, My Kids are Learning in School: Ask for Help We all need help sometimes. Our kids need help sometimes. Whether it’s learning to tie your shoes or learning the best way to cross examine an expert, we sometimes feel out of our depth. Blair Cash and Jaynee Tyler provide insight on the best ways, and the best people, to ask for help. It is not...

(Most) Everything I Need to Handle Truck Accident Claims, My Kids are Learning in School: Choose Your Friends Carefully Friends have an immeasurable impact on us. That’s what we tell our kids when we tell them to choose their friends wisely. The same can be said for lawyers. Blair Cash and Jaynee Tyler talk about how this plays out in their practice as trucking lawyers. What does it mean to choose...