2023 Workers' Compensation Program- Day 2

C Andrew Campbell Related Seminars and Products

ICA - ALJ Division

Honorable C. Andrew Campbell, Chief Administrative Law Judge at the Industrial Commission of Arizona (“ICA”), has been an Administrative Law Judge at the ICA since 2014. Prior to joining the ICA, Andy worked in private practice in Arizona beginning in 2001. In private practice he represented plaintiffs and defendants in administrative proceedings and civil litigation throughout Arizona. His experience includes personal injury litigation, business litigation, construction defect litigation, insurance bad faith, underinsured/uninsured motorist arbitration, and insurance coverage disputes. Andy served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court presiding over civil calendars, settlements conferences, and other alternative dispute resolution matters. He is licensed in Arizona and South Carolina, having practiced law in South Carolina from 1999-2001 prior to moving to Arizona. Andy is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D. 1999) and Presbyterian College (B.A. 1996).

Linnette R Flanigan Related Seminars and Products

Linnette Flanigan currently leads the Wright Welker & Pauole workers’ compensation team and defends employers, insurance carriers and third-party administrators before the Industrial Commission and Arizona appellate courts. Linnette received both her undergraduate degree and JD from Arizona State University, where she also was the managing editor of the Arizona State Law Journal. Prior to joining SCF Arizona as a worker’s compensation attorney, she was a felony prosecutor and spent many years as a commercial litigator specializing in complex, high-stake disputes.

Amy L Foster Related Seminars and Products

Honorable Amy Foster serves as an Administrative Law Judge in Arizona, specializing in worker's compensation cases. Raised in Phoenix, she attended Carnegie Mellon University for undergraduate, and pursued her legal aspirations at the University of Arizona Law School, graduating in 2003. Amy's professional trajectory led her to hone her skills in disability and licensing law. In 2017, Amy joined the Industrial Commission of Arizona as an Administrative Law Judge. She also serves on the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Arizona State Bar.

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.

Jonathan Eric Hauer Related Seminars and Products

Jonathan Hauer, Administrative Law Judge, joined the Industrial Commission of Arizona in 2014 as an Administrative Law Judge. During his time in the workers' compensation community, Judge Hauer has been the Commission's Assistant Chief Counsel, a Vice Chief Administrative Law Judge, and counsel for injured workers. Before joining the Industrial Commission, Judge Hauer worked in the private sector, where he represented clients in employment-related litigation. Judge Hauer received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and obtained his law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.

Dennis P Kavanaugh Related Seminars and Products

Dennis Kavanaugh has been serving as chair of the Industrial Commission of Arizona since April 2023. In this role he also serves on the ICA Special Fund Investment Committee. In January 2024 he was appointed to the Dispute Resolution and Regulatory committees of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC).

Dennis has extensive background in worker compensation law. As an attorney for the Arizona Legislative Council from 1978 to 1984, Dennis was responsible for drafting worker compensation legislation. From 1984 to 1988 Dennis served first as an attorney and then as Chief Counsel of the Industrial Commission. In this position, he supervised Commission staff attorneys and provided representation and defense of the Commission before administrative law judges, the Superior Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals and the Arizona Supreme Court. As ICA Chief Counsel, Dennis drafted worker compensation legislation, rules of procedure, and, on occasion, represented the Industrial Commission before the Arizona Legislature. Dennis worked in private practice from 1988 to 2021 when he retired and closed his law firm. He handled worker compensation and Social Security Disability matters. While Dennis primarily represented applicants in worker compensation claims, for a period of time he also represented several self-insured employers. He was a certified specialist in worker compensation for more than thirty years.

Dennis received his J.D. degree in 1978 from Arizona State University and a B.A. in Political Science (magna cum laude) from St. Louis University in 1975. He was awarded memberships in Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Nu (National Jesuit Honor Society).

Dennis has been very active in public service. He was elected four times to serve on the Mesa City Council, including two terms as Mesa Vice Mayor. He has served on regional, state and national boards, including time as chair of Valley Metro, chair of the Arizona Commission on the Arts and as a board member of the National League of Cities. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards over the years and currently serves as president of the Arizona Museum of Natural History Foundation, board chair of Visit Mesa, and president of the Palo Verde Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and as a founding and ongoing board member of the Mesa Preservation Foundation. He is a longtime member of the Mesa Rotary Club and the Mesa Chamber of Commerce. Dennis was named Mesa’s Man of the Year in 2015.

Adam Kramer Related Seminars and Products

ADAM KRAMER, MD, IAIME, MSPT
13090 N. 94th Drive, Suite 212
Peoria, AZ 85381
drkramer@paloverdepain.com
773-547-8200

EDUCATION
Cleveland Clinic, Pain Management Fellowship, Cleveland, OH July 2012-June 2013
Rush University Medical Center, Anesthesiology Residency, Chicago, IL July 2009-June 2012
Rush University Medical Center, General Surgery Internship, Chicago, IL June 2008-June 2009
Rush University Medical College, Doctor of Medicine, Chicago, IL September 2004-June 2008
Arcadia University, Master of Science, Physical Therapy, Glenside, PA July 1998-November 2000
University of Wisconsin, Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology, Madison, WI September 1994-June 1998

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
Subspecialty, Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology, September 2014
Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology, April 2013.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Palo Verde Pain Specialists , Peoria, AZ February 2019- Present
Founder, Medical Director
? Founded Palo Verde Pain Specialists to provide comprehensive pain management for those with chronic pain, cancer pain and injured workers.
? Responsible for managing all aspects of clinic including operations and clinical staff.
? Physician director of revenue cycle management including billing, coding, collections.
? Led the COVID-19 response ensuring all patient safety practices are in place and obtaining adequate PPE for staff and patients.

Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Phoenix, AZ January 2018-February 2019
Manager, Pain Division
? Responsible for creating annual strategy and utilization of resources/staffing amongst our 10 locations and 16 physicians and 12 allied health providers.
? Represent interests of all pain providers to the Chief of the pain division and the Board of Directors at Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants.
? Physician director of revenue cycle management including billing, coding, collections.

Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Phoenix, AZ March 2014-December 2018
Staff Physician, Pain Management
? Evaluated and treated chronic pain patients utilizing medication management and interventional procedures including epidurals, radio-frequency ablation, sympathetic blocks, neuromodulation therapy, minimally invasive lumbar decompression and vertebral augmentation procedures.
? Integral physician involved in business development including marketing, securing preferred pain provider status with Cigna Medical Group, Adelante Health Care, Care First payors.
? Lead physician in West Valley of AZ for growth of Worker’s Compensation sector. Currently only pain physician in group performing independent medical examinations and one of 3 physician’s certified in Disability Evaluation and Impairment Ratings.
? 2017 Most productive physician in group as measured by total work RVUs.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH July 2013-March 28,2014
Staff Physician, Pain Management
? Cleveland Clinic Outpatient - Evaluated and treated chronic pain patients utilizing medication management and interventional procedures including epidurals, radiofrequency ablation, sympathetic blocks, neuromodulation therapy, minimally invasive lumbar decompression and vertebral augmentation procedures.
? Cleveland Clinic Inpatient - Provided inpatient chronic pain services including consult services and management of established chronic pain patients.
? Cleveland Clinic Educator - Instructed residents/fellows in chronic pain management including appropriate use of opiate therapy, transition from intravenous to oral opiates, non-opiate adjuvants and interventional pain procedures.

Athletico Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, Chicago, IL February 2000-June 2008 Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer
? Evaluated and designed rehabilitation programs for a variety of orthopedic injuries of the spine, shoulder, hip, knee and ankle in the pediatric, adult and geriatric patient.
? Trained new graduate physical therapists and physical therapy aides.
? Provided athletic training coverage for local high schools and sports leagues.

Arcadia University, Glenside, PA June 1998-June 2000 Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
? Provided athletic training services for 14 Division III Men’s and Women’s athletic teams including preseason physicals, rehabilitation, evaluation and treatment of the acutely injured athlete.

Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore, MD June-September 1999, 2000
Intern, Athletic Trainer
? Provided rehabilitation, prophylactic taping, on-field evaluation and treatment of orthopedic injuries of players throughout the preseason.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI July 1995-January 1996
Student Athletic Trainer, Varsity Football
? Provided rehabilitation and prophylactic taping, on-field evaluation and treatment of orthopedic injuries of team players.


VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Kid’s Chance of Arizona January 15, 2023-Present
Board Member
• Attend monthly board meetings to create the vision and implementation of the mission of Kid’s Chance of Arizona.

Joseph N Lodge Related Seminars and Products

CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Company

Joe Lodge has worked as in-house counsel for CopperPoint Insurance Companies since 2010. He was certified as a specialist in workers’ compensation by the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization in 2016. He is currently serving as a member on the State Bar of Arizona Workers’ Compensation Advisory Commission.

Zeeshan Malik Related Seminars and Products

Zeeshan S. Malik
535 E McKellips Rd Suite 121 Mesa, AZ 85203
1641 E Osborn Rd Suite 6 Phoenix, AZ 85016
1810 S Crimson Rd Suite 188 Mesa, AZ 85209

EDUCATION
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine Glendale, AZ
05/2013

Post Baccalaureate in Science, Biology 05/2009
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Bachelor of Science, Biology 05/2008
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Elite Pain and Spine Institute 7/2019-Current
Interventional Pain Physician - Co-founder and Medical Director
Mesa, AZ

EVOLVE Clinical Research 03/2021- Current
Investigator
Phoenix, AZ

Absolute Clinical Research 06/2020- 02/2021
Investigator
Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Pain Specialists 09/2018-07/2019
Interventional Pain Physician
Gilbert, AZ

Louisiana State University, Department of Anesthesiology 08/2017-08/2018
Staff Anesthesiologist Attending
Shreveport, LA

Louisiana State University, Department of Anesthesiology and 08/2017-08/2018
Pain Management
Pain Fellow
Shreveport, LA

Louisiana State University, Department of Anesthesiology 07/2014-06/2017
Anesthesia
Resident
Shreveport, LA

Louisiana State University, Department of Anesthesiology 07/2013-06/2014
Anesthesia Intern
Shreveport, LA

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
Texas License
Louisiana License
Arizona License
New York License
Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology Oral Board/OSCE Examination: 06/2018
Completed American Board of Anesthesiology
Advanced Examination Part II: Completed
Basic Examination Part I: Completed

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Certified for implantation

Vertiflex - Superion
Certified for implantation

Sacral Fusion - Cornerloc
Certified for fusion

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
American Heart Association
Shreveport, LA

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
American Heart Association
Shreveport, LA

Acute Cardiac Life Support for Healthcare Providers
American Heart Association
Shreveport, LA

Pediatric Life Support for Healthcare Providers
American Heart Association
Shreveport, LA

Neonatal Life Support for Healthcare Providers
American Heart Association
Shreveport, LA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
North American Neuromodulation Society
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Anesthesiologists Political Action Committee
American Board of Pain Medicine
New York State Society of Anesthesiologists Post Graduate Assembly
Louisiana Society of Anesthesiologists | Column Writer
American Society of Anesthesia (ASA)
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Association of Pre-Health Professionals
American College of Physicians

Patricia A Sallen Related Seminars and Products

Patricia A. Sallen (480-290-4841; psallen@ethicsatlaw.com) is a lawyer in private practice focusing on professional responsibility. She represents lawyers in discipline and admission matters, provides ethics advice to lawyers, serves as an expert witness on professional-responsibility issues, and consults on a myriad of other ethics-related topics. She regularly presents at CLE seminars and publishes articles about professional responsibility and writes the Eye on Ethics column for Arizona Attorney magazine. She taught professional responsibility as an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law for more than a decade. In addition to practicing in private law firms, she spent more than 15 years working for the State Bar of Arizona as both a bar counsel and ethics counsel and supervised programs such as the Fee Arbitration Program and Client Protection Fund. She served as expert consultant to the Arizona Supreme Court's 2014-15 comprehensive ethical rules review effort and to the Court’s 2019-20 Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services, which resulted in the groundbreaking rule changes allowing non-lawyer firm ownership and legal paraprofessionals and also served the Supreme Court’s Task Force on Ethics Rules Governing the State Attorney General, County Attorneys, and Other Public Lawyers. She current serves on the State Bar’s Ethics Advisory Group and the city of Phoenix Ethics Commission, which oversees the investigation and enforcement of the gift policy and conflicts of interest related to elected Phoenix officials and board and commission members.

Gaetano J Testini Related Seminars and Products

Director

Industrial Commission of Arizona

Gaetano Testini was appointed by Governor Hobbs as the Director of the Industrial Commission of Arizona in September 2024. Prior to this appointment he served the Industrial Commission of Arizona as the Chief Counsel, and as an Administrative Law Judge. He is certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a workers' compensation specialist, and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of Workers' Compensation Advisory Board.

Mr. Testini served on the State Bar of Arizona's Board of Governors. He is a 2010-2011 graduate of the State Bar of Arizona's Bar Leadership Institute, and the inaugural class of the Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy and has returned to the program as an instructor.

Mr. Testini serves as an adjunct professor for Grand Canyon University, and for Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law.

Harriet L Turney Related Seminars and Products

Harriet L. Turney is currently the Ombudsman for the Industrial Commission of Arizona. She was the Chief ALJ from 1998-2013. She has represented injured workers, and served a brief, but memorable, stint as an attorney with CopperPoint. Harriet is a trained mediator who conducted scores of mediations during her tenure at the commission and at other state agencies. In an earlier life, she was Chief Bar Counsel and General Counsel for the State Bar of Arizona. In an earlier, earlier life, she was a labor and employment lawyer representing labor organizations including the Ohio Conference of Teamster. She is active member of the State Bar of Arizona, U.S. Districts Courts of Arizona, the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, and an inactive member of the Ohio Bar. She graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law, taught at the University of Toledo School of Law, and clerked for two years for a federal district judge in Dayton, Ohio.

Andrew Thomas Apodaca Related Seminars and Products

Goering Roberts Rubin Brogna Enos & Treadwell-Rubin PC

Andrew Apodaca is a proud Wildcat Alum and earned dual bachelor's degrees from the University of Arizona in 2009. He then returned home to New Mexico where he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of New Mexico in 2012.

Andrew began his career as a prosecutor in Hobbs, New Mexico, and also worked as a prosecutor in Las Cruces, New Mexico. While in New Mexico Andrew briefly practiced in the civil realm, with a focus in the areas of workers compensation and personal injury, representing injured individuals. In 2018 Andrew moved back to Arizona with his wife Veronica, and Andrew joined the firm of Goering, Roberts, Rubin, Brogna, Enos, & Treadwell-Rubin, P.C. Andrew practices in the areas of Workers' Compensation defense, and insurance defense litigation, and also serves as general counsel to public safety retirement boards. When he is not at work Andrew enjoys quality time with his for year old son, and four month old daughter.

Joseph Lawrence Coughlin Related Seminars and Products

Associate Attorney

Snow, Carpio, & Weekley

Joe Coughlin is a native of San Diego, CA, who relocated to Arizona for his Undergrad at Northern Arizona University. Following a brief return to San Diego after NAU, Joe permanently relocated to Phoenix Arizona and started a career in Finance. Begin the son of a Lawyer, he always had a strong interest in the legal field. After a decade in Finance, he decided to attend night law school while still working full time. Graduating early, Joe immediately started working as a Workers Compensation Attorney representing injured workers.

Joe finally found his home joining the talented Attorneys and Staff of Snow, Carpio and Weekley. Thriving on the collaborative firm culture he looks forward to continuing the work of standing with the workers of Arizona.

When not at work, Joe enjoys trips to San Diego, camping, board games, and BBQ all with his wife Meggan, and two children, Rosie, and Parker.

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.

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