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A Sober Assessment From the Bar

10 Mar, 2022 WorkersCompensation.com

                               

Host Bob Wilson discusses some of the takeaways from the recent American Bar Association Mid-Winter Workers' Compensation Conference in New Orleans.  Reducing delays in compensable claims,  malfeasance, fraud, and the challenges of being a woman - make that the challenges of being a female attorney - Bob covers it all with his usual diplomatic flare.

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Run Time: 23 minutes

 

 

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