WCB Appeals
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST This is a virtual event
Via Zoom
Zoom link and any material will be forwarded 1-2 days prior to class.
10.00am to 4.30pm
This course will build on the information and skills of experienced WCB reps and/or those who have taken the WCB Level I beginner course. The course will focus on effective advocacy skills at the WCB and its appeal bodies. Effective advocacy includes identifying likely issues for particular cases of injury or occupational disease, knowing the Board’s case, and obtaining new evidence, especially medical evidence. As time permits, we will review written submission templates and how to prepare (and prepare your worker), for an oral hearing.
Facilitators: Sarah O’Leary, O’Leary Law
Sarah O’Leary was called to the bar in 1981 and has primarily been practicing Workers’ Compensation and disability-related law for over 30 years. She has been a worker’s advisor, a Vice-Chair at the Appeal Division, a staff lawyer at a major health care union and practiced law for 16 years at Rush Crane Guenther and Harrison O’Leary. She is currently in private practice at O’Leary Law. Sarah has been teaching workers’ compensation advocacy to labour unions for over three decades.
Lauren Chancellor, GKS Law Firm
Lauren Chancellor was called to the bar in 2022. She has appeared in front of administrative tribunals including WorkSafeBC’s Review Division and Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, and trial level courts in British Columbia. Lauren is in private practice at GKS Law Firm, where she represents a diverse range of injured workers in workers’ compensation and other administrative matters, including Canada Pension Plan disability appeals, College of Physicians complaints, and privacy and access complaints to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC.