I am writing this entry from the Westin Kierland Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Jim Bleeke, Jeb Crandall and I are attending the 2013 DRI Nursing Home/ALF seminar. This seminar has played a substantial role in shaping the course of my career. I first became involved in long-term care defense in 2004, when I joined a firm that defended hundreds of nursing home cases in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee. That same year, I first attended the annual DRI nursing home seminar in Boston. I committed then to attending the seminar every year, and to getting involved in committee work and seminar planning.
This year I am attending my tenth seminar, and am proud to have served as a speaker at the seminar in 2007 and 2010; to have invited speakers from the long-term care industry to speak in 2008, 2011, 2012 and this year; and to have served as Program Chair for the seminar in 2011 and 2012.
This seminar is also where I first met my current law partners. I met Jim and Jeb in Chicago in 2006. We developed personal and professional friendships that led to me relocating from Alabama to join the firm in Indianapolis in 2011.
Involvement in DRI and participation in this seminar have led to longstanding professional relationships with colleagues across the country. It also provides us with opportunities to meet with clients to discuss their needs and emerging concerns in defending long-term care cases. And to have fun.
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