Free CLE lunch-and-learn training and an on-call referral partnership aim to help PI lawyers protect clients’ third-party recoveries and avoid costly lien mistakes.
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Snow, Carpio & Weekley, PLC, dba Arizona’s Work Injury Firm, announced an expanded initiative to support personal injury attorneys statewide in handling one of the most misunderstood corners of overlapping injury claims: the workers’ compensation lien. The firm – with offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Lake Havasu City, Flagstaff, and Yuma – is offering free continuing legal education (CLE) “lunch-and-learn” sessions for PI firms, alongside a standing referral partnership for cases where a client’s on-the-job injury involves a negligent third party.
A Recurring, High-Stakes Problem: PI attorneys and intake staff regularly encounter clients hurt on the job by a negligent third party – a delivery driver rear-ended on route, a contractor injured by another company’s equipment. These cases carry an automatic statutory lien under A.R.S. § 23-1023 against any third-party recovery, plus a one-year deadline to pursue that claim – far shorter than the standard two-year PI statute of limitations most attorneys track. Firm attorneys say the costliest mistakes they see are missed deadlines, inflated lien itemizations padded with non-recoverable charges, and confusion over when a lien actually attaches relative to settlement.
How the Firm Helps: Arizona’s Work Injury Firm works these issues directly with referring counsel – vetting the workers’ compensation claim, auditing lien itemizations from the insurance carrier, and coordinating the statutory reassignment that preserves a client’s right to sue as the one-year deadline nears. When claims overlap, the firm handles the workers’ compensation side and refers the third-party claim back to the originating attorney, so both matters land with the right specialist.
Free CLE Training: As part of the initiative, the firm is offering complimentary lunch-and-learn CLE presentations to PI firms statewide, covering lien mechanics, the one-year reassignment window, itemization review, and settlement-credit obligations – building on presentations the firm has given at the Arizona Association for Justice’s statewide lien seminar.
“We want referring attorneys to feel confident that once a workers’ comp issue is in our hands, their client’s third-party recovery is protected and the lien gets resolved correctly,” said Nick Wearne of Arizona’s Work Injury Firm.
Personal injury attorneys interested in a CLE session or referral relationship can contact Nick Wearne (Nick@workinjuryaz.com) or Brian Weekley (Brian@workinjuryaz.com), or visit our website: https://workinjuryaz.com/
About Arizona’s Work Injury Firm
Arizona’s Work Injury Firm (Snow, Carpio & Weekley, PLC) represents injured workers across Arizona in workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability claims, with offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Lake Havasu City, Flagstaff, and Yuma. The firm regularly works alongside personal injury attorneys statewide on cases involving overlapping workers’ compensation and third-party negligence claims. Learn more at workinjuryaz.com.
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