News & Announcements | Larsen & Hess, P.C.

9/29/11 - 9/30/11	Phil attended the National Summit on Defending Merit Selection sponsored by the Missouri Bar Association.
7/7/11	Phil was a speaker at the Mid-America Labor/Management Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks, speaking about the Merit Selection of Judges.
6/25/11	Phil moderated the judicial forum of Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge’s at the MATA convention
6/23/11	Phil was elected President of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorney’s at their annual convention at the Lake of the Ozarks.
6/6/11	The St. Louis Post Dispatch featured a front page article about Phil’s client, Mark Brumfield. Mark is one of the people state-wide awarded permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund but has not been paid. Read it here: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_29243f3c-776b-59c3-b832-341059c3c348.html
5/8/11	John’s client, Harold Frick, was featured in an editorial in the St. Louis Post Dispatch about the Second Injury Fund crisis. Read it here: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/article_3db9798c-23f2-5d82-8851-6d0945a29618.html You can also watch an interview with Mr. Frick on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bio-Bn_SeZI
4/29/11	Phil attended the quarterly conference of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys in Kansas City.
4/26/11	Phil was published by the Columbia Tribune addressing the Second Injury Fund. Read it here: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/04/26/letter-clearing-misconceptions-about-second-injury-fund/
4/9/11	Phil attended John’s induction into the national College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers in Boston, MA.
4/9/11	John was inducted as a Fellow in the national College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers in Boston, MA.
3/16/11	John and Phil attended the Second Injury Fund rally in the Missouri Legislature. See it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ctzznVWS9E and follow us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-Destruction-of-the-Second-Injury-Fund/133698296698709
1/4/11	Phil attended the MATA quarterly board meeting in St. Louis.
11/6/10	John and Phil attended the WILG awards banquet in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
10/1/10	Phil attended the MATA board meeting.
6/25/10	Phil presented a continuing legal education course at the MATA convention titled Strict Construction, A Mixed Bag.
6/24/10	Phil was elected President Elect of Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys at their annual convention.
3/6/10	Phil attended the induction of new fellows into the national College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers in Phoenix, AZ.
1/22/10	Phil attended the MATA quarterly board meeting.
9/25/09	Phil attended the MATA quarterly board meeting.
6/24/09 - 6/28/09	Phil attended the annual MATA convention and spoke at a continuing legal education seminar about the “Implications of the Missouri Alliance for Retired American's v. DOLIR Decision.”
5/13/09	John presented the CLE seminar entitled "Comprehensive Case Preparation Techniques" sponsored by the National Business Institute.
4/14/09	Phil was inducted as a Fellow in the national College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers in New Orleans, LA.
3/20/09	Phil presented a continuing legal education seminar in St. Louis and live on the web entitled "The New World of Workers' Compensation."
3/13/09	Phil was inducted as one of the first 100 Fellows in the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers in New Orleans, LA.
2/19/09	John was a guest lecturer on the topic of Workers' Compensation at the St. Louis University School of law.
10/7/08	John was awarded the Workers' Compensation distinguished lawyer award presented by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and Kid's Chance, Inc. of Missouri. This award is given annually to a member of the claimant's bar, defense bar, or the judiciary for a St. Louis Workers' Compensation attorney "whose honesty, integrity, competence, zeal, selflessness and leadership has earned the respect of the community by practicing law in the manner in which all should."
6/20/08	Phil presented a CLE program entitled "The Annual Update on Workers' Compensation Law" at the MATA convention at the Lake of the Ozarks.
2/21/08	John was a guest lecturer on the topic of Workers' Compensation at the St. Louis University School of Law.
11/29/07	Phil participated in the preparation and presentation of the oral argument regarding the constitutionality of the new worker's compensation law before the Missouri Supreme Court. The decision is pending.
7/3/07	The first Industrial Commission case discussing the 2005 definition of accident and "the prevailing factor" was handed down. See Norman v Phelps County Regional Medical Center at the Commissions web site.
6/22/07	Phil spoke at the annual MATA Convention at the Lake of the Ozarks updating the members on the years' important workers' compensation Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases.
10/3/06	John was a featured speaker (for the second time) at the 4th Annual Workers' Compensation Distinguished Lawyer Award sponsored by The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and by Kid's Chance Inc. of Missouri - a charitable organization that provides scholarships for the children of workers who have been killed or disabled as a result of work-related injuries.
9/29/06 - 9/30/06	Phil attended the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Executive Committee and Board of Governors meetings in Vail, Colorado.
9/19/06	John was a participant in a panel discussion regarding recent changes in the Missouri workers' compensation law, presenting the injured workers' viewpoint at a seminar sponsored by the Missouri Self-Insurer's Association. Later that same day, he presented oral argument before the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals in a workers' compensation claim in a "case of first impression" involving the interpretation of the workers' compensation law's statute of limitations.
6/22/06 - 6/25/06	Phil attended the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Annual Convention at the Lake of the Ozarks. There he attended the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Executive Committee and Board of Governors meetings. He also co-presented the annual update of the case law seminar on Workers' Compensation issues.
3/9/06	John represented the claimant in a mock trial conducted as part of the final exam for students studying workers' compensation law at St. Louis University School of Law.
2/16/06 - 2/17/06	Phil attended the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group Longshore Seminar in San Francisco.
12/2/05	Phil attended the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Executive Committee and Board of Governors meetings in St. Louis.
10/21/05	Phil presented a continuing legal education seminar on the 2005 statutory changes to the Missouri Workers' Compensation law in St. Louis. Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys was the sponsor.