Seminar
Jim Fitzsimmons Jim Fitzsimmons and Mindi Vervaecke are regularly invited to prepare presentations and speak at legal seminars on a variety of topics. What follows is a list of presentations by attorney.
JAMES T. FITZSIMMONS
85.39 Exams: Tactical Considerations; ITLA 6th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar; Des Moines, Iowa; February 1997.
Investigation and the Initial Client Interview; ITLA Motor Vehicle Litigation Seminar; Des Moines, Iowa; September 1998.
Ethics: When Does Networking Become Solicitation; IAWC 21st Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar; West Des Moines, Iowa, October 1999.
Ethics: Is Technology Our Friend or Foe?; IAWC 23rd Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar; West Des Moines, Iowa October 2001
Tips to Settling Workers' Compensation Claims; ISBA Workers Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2002
Medical vs. Legal Causation: A Perspective from the Claimant and Defense; Iowa Workers' Compensation Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, June 2002
Ethics: Is Technology Our Friend or Foe? (Updated); 31st Annual Governor's Safety Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, November 2002
Managing the Mentally Unstable Client: A Discussion in Ethics and Humanity; ITLA 13th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, Iowa, February 2004.
9 Secrets to Preparing Medical Evidence to Impress the Adjuster and the Jury; ITLA 99 Ways to Tune Up Your Auto Personal Injury Practice, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 2004.
Dealing With Attorneys & Experts; ITLA 6th Annual Paralegal Seminar, Des Moines, Iowa, May 2005
Rate: The First Step to Increasing the Value of Your Case; ITLA 16th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, IA, Feb 2007.
Driver's Ed: Preparing the Treating Doctor For Trial; ITLA Annual Auto/Personal Injury Seminar, Des Moines, IA, May 2007.
State Vocational Rehabilitation: Cost-Effective Expert Testimony; ITLA 17th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, IA, January 2008.
MINDI M. VERVAECKE
Effective Settlement Brochures; ITLA Rapid Fire Seminar, Des Moines, Iowa, June 1998
Subrogation and Liens: Who Gets What and How Much?; ITLA Save Yourself from Malpractice Seminar; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; May 1999.
Is This the Unauthorized Practice of Law? ITLA Trial Tips for the Paralegal; Council Bluffs, Iowa; September 2000.
Legal Assistants: The Secret Weapon in Moving Cases; ITLA 10th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar; West Des Moines, Iowa; March 2001.
Workers' Compensation Case Law Update; ITLA Annual Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, November 2001
Case Law Update: A Top 10 List; 11th Annual ITLA Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, Iowa, March 2002
Perspectives from the Employee; Business and Industry Group; Mason City, IA. April 2002
Effective Settlement Brochures; ITLA's Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Being a Plaintiff Attorney's Paralegal, Des Moines, Iowa June 2002.
Bilateral Ethics in Workers' Compensation Claims; Iowa Association Workers Compensation Seminar, October 2003.
Workers' Compensation Case Law Update: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; ITLA Annual Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, November 2003.
Workers? Compensation 101: Boning up on the Basics; ITLA 13th Annual Workers? Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, February, 2004.
8 Reminders of What you need to know about UM/UIM Coverage; ITLA 99 Ways to Tune Up Your Auto Personal Injury Practice, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 2004.
Unreasonable or Unexplained? Proving (or Avoiding) Penalties from Start to Finish; ISBA Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2004
Unreasonable of Unexplained? Proving (or Avoiding) Penalties from Start to Finish; IAWC 26th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar; West Des Moines, Iowa, October 2004.
The Alternate Medical Care Procedure is Under-Utilized Yet Often Successful; ITLA 14th Annual Workers? Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, February, 2005.
Paralegal Ethics; ITLA 6th Annual Paralegal Seminar, Johnston, Iowa, May, 2005.
Industrial Disability Panel; ITLA 15th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, IA February 2006.
Thoughts and Strategies on Bad Faith in Workers' Compensation Cases; ITLA Fall Traveling Workers' Compensation Seminar, Cedar Rapids, IA, September 2006.
Third Party Claims from Claimant and Defendant Perpectives; IAWC 28th Annual Seminar, Des Moines, IA, October 2006.
Settlement: Understanding and Protecting Your Client from Unintended Social Security Implications; ITLA 16th Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, Des Moines, IA, Feb 2007.
Penalties/Bad Faith Panel Presentation; Iowa Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee 45th Annual Workers' Compensation Symposium, Des Moines, IA, June 2008.