F&P Senior Partner, Andrew Stephenson, will be speaking at DRI’s Products Liability Seminar next month.  His topic, The Internet of Things: Effective Techniques to Identify, Collect, and Present Electronic Evidence is a part of the TRIAL TECHNIQUES & TECHNOLOGY SLG Workshop.  The seminar is taking place from February 3-5, 2016 in New Orleans and Andrew will be presenting on February 4.

DRI’s Product Liability Conference is the premier product liability education and networking conference of the year!  Attendees will hear from in-house counsel and marquee trial and appellate lawyers, and have the opportunity to attend multiple networking events designed to introduce participants to new clients and colleagues and cement existing relationships. Returning to New Orleans, the conference will provide education, networking, camaraderie, culture, and food in one of America’s most unique cities.  Visit https://www.dri.org/Event/20160200 for more information.

DRI is the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel. Membership in DRI provides access to resources and tools for attorneys who strive to provide high-quality, balanced and excellent service to their clients and corporations. DRI is host to 30 substantive committees whose focus is to develop ongoing and critical dialogue about areas of practice. DRI provides access to resources and tools to grow members’ practices – members can search a database of more than 65,000 experts, attend renowned CLE seminars, conferences and webcasts, network with 22,000+ like-minded defense practitioners and more.

F & P is pleased to announce that the firm has added three new attorneys this fall.  J. Harrison Baker, Jr., who concentrates his practice in Liability Defense, and Sarah Lambert, who concentrates her practice in Workers’ Compensation joined our Herndon, VA office.  April Kerns, also a  Workers’ Compensation attorney, joined our main office in Baltimore.  We look forward to the breadth of knowledge and diverse experience being added to the F&P team.

J. Harrison Baker, Jr.

Prior to joining Franklin & Prokopik, J. was an associate with The Knicely Law Firm in Williamsburg, Virginia. There, he represented clients in civil litigation matters in the areas of real estate, wills and trusts, homeowner’s association disputes, and landlord/tenant actions.  J. holds a B.S. from Virginia Tech. and J.D. from William and Mary Law School.

Sarah Lambert

Following law school, Sarah worked as a contract attorney in the Richmond, Virginia area. During law school, Sarah worked as a student representative for the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic and assisted the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Legal and Defense Services, helping veterans and service members with their disability, retirements, and courts-martial appeals. She also interned with Waters Law Firm, working on maritime and land-based personal injury actions.  Sarah received her B.A. from the University of Akron and J.D. from William and Mary Law School.

April Kerns

April joined Franklin & Prokopik from a small general practice firm after gaining broad legal experience as an attorney and law clerk. She attended the University of Baltimore as a scholarship recipient, was a member of the American Association for Justice trial team, and a University of Baltimore Law Review editor.  While attending law school, April also worked in the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and with Administrative Judge Laurence Gallagher at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  April has a B.A. from Goucher College and J.D. from University of Baltimore School of Law.

 

Franklin & Prokopik President Bert Randall will be speaking on November 11th at the 24th Annual National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference.  He will join Lori A. Severson of Lockton Companies during the Extreme Violence in the Workplace: Causation, Mental Trauma and Prevention session and they will discuss strategies for preventing workplace violence and mitigating the exposure when it occurs.  The conference is taking place from November 11-13 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.

For 23 years, the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference^® (NWCDC) has provided the best workers’ comp and disability management training available — attracting thousands of industry professionals each year.  The the conference is routinely approved for AAOHN, CDMSC, CCMC, CRCC, CWCP and HRCI credits — showing attendees are getting quality education.

What’s more, NWCDC is home to the industry’s largest Expo in the nation and features more than 260 vendors of claims management software, cost containment solutions, managed care services, medical/pharmaceutical products, RTW services, risk management solutions and much more.

See more at: http://www.wcconference.com/about.html#sthash.xOBZPXwY.dpuf

 

Michael Prokopik, one of the founding Principals of Franklin & Prokopik, spoke at the RIMS Chesapeake Chapter’s October 15th meeting.  The topic of the meeting was Workers’ Compensation Impact: Telecommuting and Home Office Ergonomics and it took place at the Radisson Baltimore North in Timonium.  The meeting also included a Toys for Tots drive.

As the preeminent organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management, RIMS, the risk management society™, is a global not-for-profit organization representing more than 3,500 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and government entities throughout the world. Founded in 1950, RIMS brings networking, professional development and education opportunities to its membership of more than 11,000 risk management professionals who are located in more than 60 countries.  Visit http://www.chesrims.org/meetings.html for additional information on the Chesapeake Chapter’s meetings.