• Legislative changes in Washington
• Court of Appeals case law updates
• Update from the Board on new decisions 
  
• Use of Board and private mediation to resolve claims
  
• EEOC guidance on leave as reasonable accommodation and its impact on L&I Claims
• Latest & pending L&I medical treatment guideline

• Keys to keeping a reasonable claimant's attorney reasonable
• The hidden role of comorbidities like diabetes in a claim
• Managing the nuances of traumatic brain injury claims
• Updates on legal changes to vocational rehabilitation
• Update on pensions and the 2nd Injury Fund
• Interactive case/claim studies

Krishna Balasubramani joined Sather, Byerly & Holloway, LLP in 1996 and became a partner in 2000. Prior to joining the firm, Krishna was a pro tem Administrative Law Judge for the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board. He also worked at SAFECO Insurance and Stoel Rives, LLP. Krishna is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington. He assists employers and insurers in Oregon and Washington with workers’ compensation and employment related matters. Krishna defends employers in connection with workers’ compensation, OSHA and general employment matters. He works closely with human resource managers, loss prevention managers, safety directors and claims adjusters to manage pre-litigation situations or to handle the litigation.

Ann Silvernale joined the Seattle office of Holmes, Weddle & Barcott in 2012, and limits her practice the defense of self-insured and state fund employers under the Washington State Industrial Insurance Act, as well as defense of firms cited under the Washington State Industrial Safety and Health Act. Her practice includes advice to firms at the Department level and litigation before the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, Superior Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court. She also serves as a mediator for matters on appeal from the Board to Superior Court. Ms. Silvernale has served as an Assistant Attorney General for Labor & Industries and other agencies, an Industrial Insurance Appeals Judge, a trial judge, and a mediation and review judge at the Board.