Sponsors

Meet Your TLA-DC Sponsors

The following companies give tremendous support to our Association via paid sponsorships. Please consider using them in the event you require any of the services they provide.

JMW Settlements - Diamond Sponsor

JMW Settlements has been a long-time sponsor of TLA-DC. If you don’t know them, they are sophisticated settlement planners who can help you evaluate and craft tax-smart settlements for your clients. If you don’t yet have your own expert, you should. Reach Jim Klapps and Henry Strong at 202-463-1990 or www.jmwsettlements.com

The McCammon Group - Diamond Sponsor

By recruiting only the top professionals and enhancing their skills even more with rigorous training, The McCammon Group provides you with the quality you want, the results you need, and the value you demand. Serving your mediation, arbitration, judge pro tempore, special master, facilitation, training, and consulting needs throughout Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland and beyond. Contact them at 1-888-343-0922 or www.mccammongroup.com

Sage Settlements - Diamond Sponsor

Jay Foran with Sage Settlements is a plaintiff loyal structured settlement planner who has been proudly serving the D.C. Bar for more than 15 years. In addition to complex structured settlement planning, we also offer a full array of litigation support services including special needs trust integration, tools to maximize and defer attorney fee compensation, lien negotiation/resolution services and MSA's. Please contact Jay Foran at jforan@sagesettlements.com or 410.721.8883.

Physician Life Care Planning - Diamond Sponsor
We are very proud sponsors and have enjoyed working with the DC legal community. We are dedicated and committed to bringing the most high level expert and valuation services in the entire country.

Dr. Philip Marrion and Physician Life Care Planning are eager and excited to be able to work with TLA-DC again in 2018.

Visit us online at www.physicianLCP.com or call into our office and speak with one of our team members at (866)888-7352

Planet Depos - Diamond Sponsor

Planet Depos is led by industry leader and long-time DCTLA supporter, Lisa A. DiMonte. Planet Depos is the foremost provider of world-class court reporting and legal videography services on the planet, with highly skilled, professional and unobtrusive court reporters and videographers. Our brand promise is “We Make It Happen” for you, whether in the tri-state area or anywhere on the planet. We have seven fully equipped and conveniently located offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, Greenbelt, Richmond, Rockville, Tysons Corner and Washington, D.C. Additional services include realtime text and video streaming, realtime on iPads and SmartPhones, mobile videoconferencing, trial presentation, interpretation, and a complimentary web repository for anytime/anywhere access to your deposition calendar, transcripts and exhibits. Let us make it happen for you!Please contact Joe DiMonte, Jr. at joseph.dimonte@planetdepos.com or www.planetdepos.com for additional information. 888.433.3767

Garretson Resolution Group - Platinum Sponsor

Garretson Resolution Group offers advisory services and legal process outsourcing to law firms and companies settling mass tort or single event cases. Our services include 1) Single event and mass tort healthcare lien resolution, now featuring LienDesk—our online solution that lets firms set up and manage lien resolution cases in real time, 2) Mass tort settlement administration, including program design, claims processing, settlement fund administration, and payments, 3) Mass tort case development services, including call center support, medical record retrieval and review, and plaintiff fact sheet fulfillment

For more information, please contact: Erin Hively, Marketing Director, ehively@garretsongroup.com

Multi-Specialty Health Care - Platinum Sponsor

Multi-Specialty HealthCare (MSHC) is an interdisciplinary health care provider specializing in Personal injury and Workers' Compensation. Offering a wide breadth of comprehensive professional services to valued patients in our 25+ locations in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area . Our physical medicine team includes orthopedic surgeons, general surgeons, physiatrists, and internal medicine physicians, who work hand in hand with the rehabilitation team including chiropractors and physiotherapists. All of our locations are operated in an effective and professional manner, making us a friendly neighborhood health care delivery system. Contact Chrysis Peters, chrysis.peters@gmail.com, 410-802-4399, www.mshclegal.com

Capital Healthcare - Gold Sponsor

Maryland Healthcare Clinics and Capital Healthcare Clinics is the premiere comprehensive healthcare provider for individuals involved in auto accidents and work related injuries with over 50 clinics throughout Maryland and Northern Virginia. MHC/CHC works to deliver the highest quality medical care and to provide all the necessary tools for efficient case management. We have employed modern diagnostic and treatment technologies as well as developed an advanced IT system. We offer free hospital records, electronic medical records transfer and the ability to “go green”. www.capitalhealthcorp.com

Robson Forensic - Gold Sponsor

Robson Forensic is an integrated team of forensic engineers, architects, scientists and fire investigators. Their experts include civil, construction, mechanical, structural and electrical engineers, architects and certified fire investigators. They have performed over 30,000 cases in their 20+ years and offer clients the reassurance of peer review and personal follow through not found with a referral service. Please call them at 800-813-6736 or www.robsonforensic.com

Synergy Settlement Services - Gold Sponsor

Synergy Settlement Services resolves the most complex settlement related issues for law firms so lawyers can focus on being trial lawyers. Our team of highly skilled professionals includes attorneys, Certified Financial Planners, certified Medicare set aside consultants, subrogation experts, nurse consultants and case managers. We handle the difficult issues such as Medicare Secondary Payer compliance, structured settlements, public benefit preservation, lien resolution and complex settlement planning questions allowing you to concentrate on what you do best. Contact Rodd Santaomauro, JD, Chief Operations Officer, 202-368-2520 or Joanna Wynes at JoannaW@synergysettlements.com, www.synergysettlements.com

Veritext - Gold Sponsor

Founded in 1997 by our CEO, Nancy Josephs, Veritext is now the largest national provider to the legal industry of court reporting and videography services. Our reporters, working within our broad litigation experience including medical malpractice, insurance, environmental, pharmaceutical, intellectual property, securities litigation, commercial litigation, negligence, bankruptcy, employment law and antitrust cases, possess the highest qualifications in the industry and are equipped with the most up-to-date technology required to accurately and effectively turn around a quality product. You may even recognize some of these professionals when you give the office a call; last year, Veritext acquired Capital reporting Company and has been thrilled to continue working with its talented reporters, reps, and other staff members ever since. However, Veritext’s commitment to excellence does not stop with our top-of-the-line reporters. From multimedia depositions to the groundbreaking accessibility of Veritext Virtual and MyVeritext, Veritext has the experience, equipment, and expertise to streamline your litigation process beyond the arbitration room. Contact Gina Hardin, Vice President, Mid Atlantic Sales, Direct 202-803-8840, Cell 202-253-8056, ghardin@veritext.com, www.veritext.com

Ethos Risk Management Services - Silver Sponsor
Ethos Risk Services is the fifth largest full-service investigative and risk mitigation company in the U.S. We currently have over 350 W-2 investigators, which allows us to provide nationwide and even international coverage. Ethos offers a full suite of services, with a strong focus around digital investigations. Using social media to prescreen jurors can reveal potential biases, political leanings, personal relationships relative to the case, hobbies, interests, opinions on current news, relevant digital subscriptions, group memberships and affiliations. An Ethos Jury Pool Investigation can determine biases to significantly improve the effectiveness of Voir Dire during jury selection and allow for selection of a fair, impartial jury. Contact Chelsea Morris, Account Manager, P: (866) 783-0525 x231 | M: (727) 348-5486, cmorris@ethosrisk.com, www.ethosrisk.com

Injured Workers Pharmacy - Silver Sponsor

At IWP, we view prescription medications as more than just pills in a bottle. As a specialized workers’ compensation home delivery pharmacy, we’ve made it our mission to ensure injured workers get the prescription medications they need to return to work as quickly as possible.
As a vital part of the treatment team, IWP has an interactive relationship with all parties of the claim. We specialize in the state-specific nuances and complexities of workers’ compensation claims, helping to remove the administrative burden for you and your office along the way.
By providing the highest-quality service to your clients with workers’ compensation claims, IWP allows you to keep your focus where it matters – your practice. To learn more about IWP, please visit our website at www.IWPharmacy.com or call us toll-free at 888-321-7945.

Jerome Paige and Associates - Silver Sponsor
With over 30 years of experience, JSP & Associates is an economic consulting rm that specializes in the areas of forensic economics, business/economic analysis, and organizational change. We house a range of experts in economics, nance, accounting and insurance to meet the litigation needs of both plaintiff and defense attorneys. Our analyses are based on
the most current applied and theoretical research from the elds of forensic economics, nance and accounting. Let us know how our experts can help your case. 202.726.3081, info@ paigeandassociates.com, Website: www.paigeandassociates.com

Medivest - Silver Sponsor

Medivest is a leading provider of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance solutions to the workers’ compensation and general liability industry. Founded in 1996, Medivest was the first company to professionally administer a Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement and has continued to be a persistent innovator, creating solutions (such as the MSA Self-Administration Kit and MSA Trust Advisor Services) that address a variety of MSP and settlement issues. Medivest offers a wide array of products and services that make it the most competent and comprehensive source for MSP compliance solutions in the industry. Current services include Medicare Set-Aside Allocations (WC & GL), Professional Administration of MSA and non-MSA funds, SS / Medicare Verifications, Lien Investigations, and Trust Advisory Services. Contact Craig Pawley, Vice President of Sales, Cpawley@medivest.com, 949-632-0029

The Menick-Friese-Phillips-Bock Group - Silver Sponsor

The Menick-Friese-Phillips-Bock Group focuses on providing turnkey financial and practical resources for clients with a wide variety of special needs. Partners of the MFPB group have had personal experience living with a disability as well as raising children with special needs. Our primary goal is to promote the holistic well-being of the disabled individual. Understanding that special needs families lives are complex, we concentrate on the family’s unique priorities and then build a multi-disciplinary team to help the families match their vision. As part of our services we provide wealth management planning, discretionary investment management, budgeting and coordination with specialized SNT attorneys, life care planners and benefits counselors. In addition to our professional duties, we also volunteer our time to organizations such as The Autism Society of Northern Virginia, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, Shared Horizons Pooled Trust and Children National Medical Center. Contact Chase Phillips at 202-659-7374 or Chase_Phillips@ml.com

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Shared Horizons - Silver Sponsor

Shared Horizons, Inc. is a 501(c)3, created to administer pooled special needs trusts in accordance with the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA ’93). Our mission is to help people with disabilities and their families access an affordable Special Needs Trust option that will protect public benefits and provide goods and services while preserving their assets.

Shared Horizons’ special needs trusts are pre-approved by Social Security and State Medicaid programs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia, creating an easily accessible settlement protection option for Trial Attorneys and their clients. Contact Yolanda Mazyck at 202-448-1460 or ymazyck@shared-horizons.org Visit the website at www.shared-horizons.org

Square Organization - Silver Sponsor
We recognize there is a need to organize, connect and over serve today's business owners and K-1 income earners. Most individuals believe there are strategies and resources that would be beneficial to their bottom line but do not know where to find them. Our team collaborates with specialists in tax planning and preparation, wealth management, estate planning, business insurance, commercial & residential lending and financial organization management. Our partners are tenured in their field on average of 15-20 years, with experience through multiple economic and fiscal cycles. Our conversation begins with meeting our clients where they are today, consolidating multiple agendas to one conversation and partnering their needs to tailored resources. Our focus is on minimizing our client's liabilities while increasing profits using the IRS code, efficient resource management and connecting them to subject matter experts. Our team is committed is to seeing our clients through completion of the strategies they choose to implement. Meaghan Johnson at mjohnson@squareorganization.com, website www.squareorganization.com, 703.638.4413

Amicus Visual Solutions - Bronze Sponsor
Amicus Visual Solutions is owned and operated by an elite group of AMI board certified medical illustrators, and provides superior medical illustrations, animations, and trial support for medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. With our thorough knowledge of anatomy and expertise in communicating medical concepts, we bridge the gap between doctors and the layperson, working closely with lawyers and medical experts to ensure that the significant aspects of a case are presented to the audience in an accurate, clear, and effective manner. www.amicusvisualsolutions.com. Contact Asha Kays at akays@amicusvisualsolutions.com, 1-877-303-1952

Bell Legal Nurse Consulting - Bronze Sponsor

Bell Legal Nurse Consulting strives to save you time and money on any of your cases involving medical records. Services include timelines, chronologies, case summaries, IME attendance, and expert witness services. Bell Legal Nurse Consulting can save you time by clarifying medical terminology and complex medical information concerning procedures, diagnoses, medications and treatments, and anatomy and physiology. We can quickly identify details contained within medical records that can save the legal staff time to focus on legal issues. Ring us for a free consultation at 410-660-7025 or 410-203-1817. Email her at marciablnc@yahoo.com and check out the website at www.marciablnc.com.

Compel Visuals - Bronze Sponsor

Compel Visuals is a full-service medical legal demonstrative evidence company with offices in the Washington, D.C. area. Our board certified medical illustrators specialize in cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death. Make Your Case Before Saying a Word. Contact Marie Dauenheimer and Joan Tycko, Board Certified Medical Illustrators, (301) 461-6583, inquiry@compelvisuals.com, www. compelvisuals.com

CED Technologies - Bronze Sponsor
CED Technologies, Inc. (CED) is a leading engineering company specializing in forensic engineering, accident reconstruction, rapid responder services and engineering studies. In addition to industry standards testing and research, CED provides litigation support and expertise for some of the most well-known law firms, insurance companies and manufacturers nationwide. Contact Gavin O'Hare, Gohare@cedtechnologies.com, Direct: 443.221.4492 | Cell: 443.926.6808 | www.cedtechnologies.com