SEVENTH JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
(Sept. 19-20, 2002, Printed in 17 Vet. App. at LXXXI)
First Plenary Session
- Opening Ceremony
- State of the Court
- Chief Judge Kenneth B. Kramer
- Update on Court Rules
- Norman Y. Herring, Clerk of the Court
Morning Breakout Sessions
- The BVA: Who We Are and Why We're Here
- Gayle Strommen, Counsel, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Moderator)
- James Jensen, Director, Management & Administrative Services, Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Steven Keller, Senior Deputy Vice Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Mary Sabulsky, Deputy Vice Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Richard Thrasher, Chief Counsel, Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Constance Tobias, Chief Member, Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Expediting Cases: From the Languishing Remand to the True Emergency
- Julie Clifford, Alexandria, VA (Moderator)
- Richard Bednar, Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Ron Garvin, Vice Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Daniel Krasnegor, Washington, DC
- Mary Ellen McCarthy, Staff Director, Democratic Subcommittee on Benefits, HVAC
- Arnold Russo, Assistant Deputy Director, Tiger Team, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Steve Simmons, Assistant Director for Benefits Delivery, Compensation and Pension Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Improving C & P Exam Reports Via Teamwork
- Lewis Coulson, M.D., VA Chicago Health Care System
- RO Development of Evidence Post VCAA
- William Russo, Attorney-Advisor, Compensation and Pension Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (Moderator)
- Michael Hoffschnieder, Adjudication Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Carolyn Hunt, Deputy Director of Compensation and Pension Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Janice Jacobs, Lead Consultant, Compensation and Pension Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Settlements, Remands, and EAJA
- Barbara Cook, Cincinnati, OH (Moderator)
- Randy Campbell, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Mary Flynn, Principal Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Tom McLaughlin, Special Assistant to the Assistant General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs
Second Plenary Session
- Current Initiatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Honorable Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
- SAME AS MORNING SESSIONS
Third Plenary Session
- Court Jurisprudence
- Professor William Fox, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University
- Judges of the Court Respond to Questions
- Jamie Mueller (Moderator)
Fourth Plenary Session
- Ethics
- John Paris, S.J., Boston College
- Claims Adjudication and Rules Revision Update
- Vice Admiral Daniel L. Cooper, USN (Ret.), Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Major General William A. Moorman, USAF (Ret.), Counselor to the General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Closing Remarks