For Immediate Release

Media Contact:

Stephen Crane
Making Workers’ Comp Work Conference
stephen@makingorkerscompwork.com
ph. 951.732.7010

First Annual Workers’ Comp Integrity Award Recipients Announced at Making

Workers’ Comp Work Conference Today In San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO –March 11, 2010 – Leading employers and top industry experts in
law, medicine and insurance leading the way for workers’ comp reform will be
recognized during today’s Integrity Awards ceremony at the inaugural Making
Workers’ Comp Work Conference (www.makingworkerscompwork.com) in San
Francisco.

“The Integrity Awards showcase the things that are working right in workers’ comp in
California and nationwide,” said Phil Walker, organizer of the conference.“ This
recognition will bring the best practitioners and practices to the forefront of the
Workers’ Comp conversation and will help set California on a more successful path.”

Following is the list of winners:

FIRST ANNUAL INTEGRITY AWARDS

MAKING WORKERS COMP WORK CONFERENCE
MARRIOTT MARQUIS, SAN FRANCISCO

3 pm - 6 pm:
AWARDS

SPEECH BY CEO OF VIRGIN AMERICA

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

INTEGRITY AWARD RECIPIENTS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: DR. JOSEPH BERNSTEIN

MEDICINE

AIS
Mark Hyman, MD
Bob Barth, PhD
Walt Newman, MD
Douglas Benner, MD
Panel of Consultants
Nortin Hadler, MD

RECOVERY AND ADDICTION

The Hanley Center Las Vegas Recovery Center

LAW

California Workers' Compensation State Fund Legal Department

Defense Attorneys Association Education
Zachary Sacks, Esq.
Division

EMPLOYERS

Pacific Gas & Electric

ABM Industries
Patagonia
Apple
Recology
Cisco
Safeway
Costco
San Francisco Ballet
County of Santa Clara
San Francisco Unified School
Disney
District
E.J. Gallo
Santa Ana Unified School District
Federal Express
Stanford University Medical
Gap, Inc.
Center
Google
Sutter Health
Grimmway Farms
U.S. Marine Corps
Joie de Vivre Hotels
USS-POSCO Industries
Los Angeles County
University of California
Los Angeles County Metro Transit
UPS
Authority
Ventura County
Marriott and SF Marriott Marquis
Virgin America
Monterey Mushrooms
Whole Foods

CLAIMS AND INSURANCE

Alaska National ESIS

Applied Underwriters Intercare
CCMSI Sedgwick CMS
Contract Claim Services Willis HRH
FARA Zenith

JUDGES

Judge Susan Hamilton

WORKERS’ COMP TOOLS

Salesforce.com Work Comp Central

WORK COMP REFORM

Alan Colledge, MD (Utah) Jerry Fogel (Florida)

COMMUNITY

Diann Cohen
AWCP (Association of Work Comp
PIWC (Professionals in Workers'
Professionals)
Compensation)

AMA RATING

John Alchemy, MD
ABOUT THE MAKING WORKERS COMP WORK CONFERENCE

The Making Workers’ Comp Work Conference (March 11-12 in San Francisco) brings
together leading employers and top industry experts in law, medicine and insurance
to find immediate and practical solutions that will make workers comp work for all in
California. This conference is the first of its kind, combining education, networking,
crowd sourcing and political activism. The conference is organized and sponsored by
The Phil Neal Walker Law Firm www.philnealwalkerlaw.com.

Follow us on our conference blog at (http://bit.ly/9U1N9D). On the blog, complete

our issues survey. Your input will help fuel the discussion at the conference.

CONFERENCE RATES

The Making Workers’ Comp Work Conference is FREE for employers, HR managers
and claims professionals (http://bit.ly/bJIiEE). Lawyers and doctors may attend for a
fee of $495.

To reserve a space, please contact Carolyn Veinovic at 415-295-4447,

carolyn@makingworkerscompwork.com.

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request a press pass, please contact Stephen Crane at Making Workers’ Comp Work
Conference, stephen@makingworkerscompwork.com.