Disability, ERISA, Injury, and Insurance Attorney Attorney John Tucker frequently lectures at various locations throughout the United States on topics related to Bodily Injury, Disability Insurance, ERISA & Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, and Subrogation. Mr. Tucker will be a featured faculty member or speaker at the following upcoming events:
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
January 23, 2009
Event/Seminar: Florida Justice Association Collateral Source Seminar
Location: Orlando, Florida
Sponsor: Florida Justice Association
Lecture Topic: "Handling ERISA Liens"
Mr. Tucker will speak on the impact of reimbursement or subrogation liens imposed by ERISA (group employee benefit) plans on personal injury settlements. This includes how to handle health insurance liens, as well as lien and overpayment claims made by ERISA Long Term Disability plan administrators. For more information about ERISA and what types of health or disability insurance plans are governed by ERISA, visit our ERISA FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.
Recent Speaking Engagements:
December 9, 2008
Event/Seminar: St. Petersburg Bar Association Family Law Section Meeting
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Sponsor: St. Petersburg Bar Association
Lecture Topic: " Vocational Rehabilitation in the Alimony Case: How to Decipher the
Hocus Pocus"
Mr. Tucker spoke to family law attorneys about Vocational Rehabilitation experts and how to interpret their reports and cross-examine the expert on the witness stand. Vocational Rehabilation experts are hired in family cases to give opinions about how much one spouse can or cannot work for alimony purposes. This is very common where one spouse suffers from a disability and has a Long Term Disability, ERISA Disability, Social Security Disability or VA Disability claim.
August 12, 2008
Event/Seminar: Social Security Success!
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Sponsor: American Association for Justice
Lecture Topic: "Ethics Hour: What do I have to Submit?" in SSD claims.
Mr. Tucker presented a lecture and paper to Social Security Disability lawyers about their ethical obligation to submit evidence that may harm their clients Social Security Disability or SSI claim at this national conference on Social Security Disability law in Las Vegas, Nevada.
June 11, 2008
Event/Seminar: 11th Nat'l Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Insurance Claims
Location: Boston, MA
Sponsor: American Conference Institute
Lecture Topic: "Techniques for Using Medical and Vocational Experts to Prove or Refute the Claimed Disability"
Mr. Tucker presented the Long Term Disability claimant's perspective in this lecture to Disability Attorneys at a national conference sponsored by ACI. The lecture was co-presented with Joelle Sharman, an insurance defense attorney with Ford & Harrison in Atlanta, who discussed this topic from the perspective of her insurance company and ERISA plan administrator clients.
Other Recent Speaking Engagements:
Mr. Tucker has recently been a featured speaker for the following organizations:
Mid-Florida Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
