2021 Virtual Annual Workers' Compensation CLE Program - Day 1

Barry Aarons Related Seminars and Products

Owner

The Aarons Company LLC

Kirk A Barberich Related Seminars and Products

Lundmark Barberich LaMont & Slavin PC

Kirk Barberich, Esq. graduated from the University of Arizona law school in 1987. He is certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a workers' compensation specialist, a member of the workers' compensation CLE committee and has limited his practice to workers' compensation defense since July 1990. He is rated as AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubble and has been elected to The Best Lawyers in America since 2010. He is a member of Lundmark, Barberich, LaMont and Puig, PC.

Diana C Ezrre Robles Related Seminars and Products

Attorney at Law

Snow, Carpio & Weekley PLC

Diana Ezrré Robles attended the University of Arizona, and obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Merchandising, with a minor in Marketing in 1992. She went on to attend the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, graduating with her Juris Doctorate in 1997. During law school, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for The Honorable Gilbert Velez. She also participated in the Domestic Violence Law Clinic, where she helped women and children obtain legal relief from abusive relationships. She continued to volunteer in this capacity until 2001.

Prior to joining Snow, Carpio & Weekley, PLC in 2013, she practiced in the areas of Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice for most of her legal career, and has also done some family law work. She now focuses her practice in Worker’s Compensation Law. Diana is a current Member of the State Bar of Arizona (SBA), the Pima County Bar Association (PCBA), and the Arizona Association of Lawyers for Injured Workers (AALIW). She has served as Co-Chairperson of the SBA’s Workers Compensation Section Continuing Legal Education Committee.

Diana has a long standing commitment to the Tucson community and volunteers at several local service organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Diocese of Tucson Parish Pooled Investment Trust and the Diocese of Tucson’s Finance Council Board. In addition she serves as Secretary on the Executive Board for Kids’ Chance of Arizona.

Robert J Forman Related Seminars and Products

Dix & Forman PC

Rob Forman is a partner at Dix & Forman, P.C. and represents applicants at the Industrial Commission and plaintiffs in Superior Court. He has been practicing workers' compensation law for over 30 years, has been a certified specialist in workers' compensation law since 1991, and has been a frequent speaker at workers' compensation seminars. Rob has brought joy and wisdom to the many fortunate witnesses to his speeches and is loved by all.

LuAnn Haley Related Seminars and Products

Honorable LuAnn Haley has been an Administrative Law Judge with the Industrial Commission of Arizona since 1999. Judge Haley graduated from college and law school in Pennsylvania and received her Juris Doctorate from the Dickinson School of Law in 1981. She practiced law in Pennsylvania from 1981 through 1998 before moving to Arizona in 1998. She continues to be admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and also has been licensed in Arizona since 1999. While practicing in Pennsylvania, she handled workers’ compensation cases for employers, carriers and self-insured employers. Judge Haley has been a frequent lecturer for continuing legal education seminars in both Arizona and Pennsylvania and also serves on the CLE committee for the State Bar of Arizona’s Workers’ Compensation Section. Judge Haley is a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers and serves on the Executive Committee for the organization. In addition, she is a member of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary and serves as is one of the editors for the NAWCJ’s monthly newsletter.

Mark A Kendall Related Seminars and Products

VP, Legal Services

Copperpoint Insurance Companies

Mark Kendall is currently Vice President of Legal Services with CopperPoint’s Legal and Regulatory Affairs Division. Primary duties include executive management of in-house legal services and coordination of CopperPoint legislative initiatives.

He received his B.A. in Political Science from Northern Arizona University in 1983 and a M.A. in International Relations from the University of Arizona in 1986. He received his J.D. from Arizona State University in 1988 and a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in Justice Studies in the year 2000. He is a certified specialist in workers’ compensation and has limited his practice to workers’ compensation defense for the past 31 years. He is the current chair of the Workers’ Compensation section of the State Bar of Arizona and actively engaged in continuing legal education in workers’ compensation. Mark is a member of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee and serves as chair of its Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Committee. Mark also serves as an Executive Board Member and Chair of the Finance Committee for Children’s Action Alliance, Arizona’s premier children’s advocacy organization.

R Todd Lundmark Related Seminars and Products

Lundmark, Barberich, LaMont & Slavin PC

R. Todd Lundmark has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1981. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Arizona in 1978, and his J.D. in 1981 from Arizona State University College of Law. Certified by the Arizona Bar as a workers' compensation specialist since 1991, he is a co-editor and co-author of the Arizona Workers' Compensation Handbook (State Bar of Arizona, 1992).

Vice Chief Justice Ann A Scott Timmer Related Seminars and Products

Vice Chief Justice

Supreme Court of Arizona

Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer joined the Arizona Supreme Court in 2012. She was elected by her colleagues as Vice Chief Justice in 2019 and she was sworn in as Chief Justice in July 2024 for a five-year term. Justice Timmer is a member of the National Conference of Bar Examiners Board of Trustees (Secretary), has been elected to The American Law Institute and serves as the liaison for the ABA House of Delegates for the Conference of Chief Justices. Among other recognitions, she has been named one of a New Decade of Arizona’s Most Intriguing Women (2022), an ABA Journal and ABA Center for Innovation Legal Rebel (2021), the Arizona Capitol Times Woman of the Year (2020) and was elected to the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame. Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court bench, Justice Timmer served on the Arizona Court of Appeals for twelve years, serving as its chief judge for three years. Before joining the bench, Justice Timmer practiced law in Phoenix, focusing primarily on commercial litigation. Justice Timmer earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, her J. D. magna cum laude, from Arizona State University Law School (now the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law), and a Masters in Judicial Studies from Duke University Law School.