EIGHTH JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
(Apr. 22-23, 2004, Printed in 19 Vet. App. at XXVII)
First Plenary Session
- Opening Ceremony
- State of the Court
- Chief Judge Kenneth B. Kramer
- Rules Changes
- Norman Y. Herring, Clerk of the Court
Morning Breakout Sessions
- Should 38 U.S.C. § 5904 Be Amended?
- Robert Chisholm, Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick, LLT (Moderator)
- Honorable Ronald M. Holdaway, USCAVC (Ret.)
- Richard E. Levy, Professor of Law, University of Kansas Law School
- Mary Ellen McCarthy, Democratic Staff Director, Subcommittee on Benefits,House Veterans Affairs Committee
- Joseph Violante, National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
- Inside the CAVC
- Brian Robertson, Director for Case Evaluation and Placement, The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (Moderator)
- Honorable Donald L. Ivers, USCAVC
- Jeffrey N. Luthi, Senior Staff Attorney, USCAVC
- Amanda L. Meredith, Executive Attorney, USCAVC
- Anne P. Stygles, Operations Manager, USCAVC
- Innovations in DVA Claims Handling
- William Russo, Chief, Regulations Rewrite Project, Department of Veterans Affairs (Moderator)
- Carolyn F. Hunt, Deputy Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Janice Jacobs, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Keith Wilson, Director, Appeals. Management Center, BVA Office of Field Operations, Department of Veterans Affairs
Second Plenary Session
- Administrative Law and the Veterans Court
- Professor Richard J. Pierce, George Washington University
First Afternoon Breakout Sessions
- Should 38 U.S.C. § 5904 Be Amended?:
- SAME AS MORNING SESSION
- Inside the CAVC
- Brian Robertson, Director for Case Evaluation and Placement, The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (Moderator)
- Honorable Jonathan R. Steinberg, USCAVC
- Jeffrey N. Luthi, Senior Staff Attorney, USCAVC
- Amanda L. Meredith, Executive Attorney, USCAVC
- Anne P. Stygles, Operations Manager, USCAVC
- Innovations in DVA Claims Handling:
- SAME AS MORNING SESSION
Second Afternoon Breakout Sessions
- Should 38 U.S.C. § 5904 Be Amended?:
- SAME AS MORNING SESSION
- Inside the CAVC
- Brian Robertson, Director for Case Evaluation and Placement, The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (Moderator)
- Honorable William P. Greene, Jr., USCAVC
- Jeffrey N. Luthi, Senior Staff Attorney, USCAVC
- Amanda L. Meredith, Executive Attorney, USCAVC
- Anne P. Stygles, Operations Manager, USCAVC
- Innovations in DVA Claims Handling:
- SAME AS MORNING SESSION
Third Plenary Session
- Remaking Rulemaking at VA
- Major General William A. Moorman, USAF (Ret.), Assistant Secretary for Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs
Fourth Plenary Session
- Legal Ethics: Old Concepts and New Concerns
- John Paris, S.J., Ph.D., Walsh Professor of Ethics, Department of Theology, Boston College
Fifth Plenary Session
- Ask the Judges
- Dayna M. Olson (Moderator)
- Closing Remarks