Christian Sison
Co-Host of Defending Employers
Christian Sison is a Partner at LOIS. Christian defends employers in New York workers’ compensation matters. He has extensive experience in trial advocacy, regularly appearing in the Garden City, Hauppauge, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Jamaica workers’ compensation courts. Christian is credited as starting the #DefendFromDay1 movement and provides in-person and web-based seminars for Firm clients. He is also the host and moderator of the monthly workers’ compensation podcast, Third Fridays, which premiered December 16, 2016.
Christian Sison has hosted 25 Episodes.
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Episode 98: Post-Decision Practice in New York
February 18th, 2019 | 21 mins 32 secs
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Attorneys Christian Sison and Declan Gourley lead a discussion on the technical and practical aspects of appeals of Board decisions in New York.
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Episode 90: Virtual Hearings in New York Update
November 5th, 2018 | 15 mins 25 secs
On October 25, 2018 the Board announced that the virtual hearing pilot program was permanent across New York. Lois Attorneys John Marzolla, Christian Sison, and Declan Gourley present a roundtable discussion on what this means for employers and carriers.
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Episode 78: Virtual Hearings in New York
June 13th, 2018 | 19 mins 10 secs
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New York is replacing in-person hearings with “Virtual Hearings” held via web conference. LOIS is holding two webinars led by attorneys who have handled virtual hearings in New York to discuss what this means for claims handling, claim defense, and costs. Attorneys Declan Gourley, Esq., Christian Sison, Esq., and Tashia Rasul, Esq., discuss the impact of virtual hearings in New York workers’ compensation claims.
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Episode 77: Virtual Hearings in New York: Panel Discussion
May 31st, 2018 | 31 mins 1 sec
New York is replacing in-person hearings with “Virtual Hearings” held via web conference. LOIS Attorneys Declan Gourley, Esq., Christian Sison, Esq. , and Tashia Rasul, Esq., discuss the impact of virtual hearings in New York workers’ compensation claims, particularly in regards to what this means for claims handling, claim defense, and costs.
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Episode 75: What Virtual Hearings Mean for You
May 22nd, 2018 | 31 mins 17 secs
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New York is replacing in-person hearings with “Virtual Hearings” held via web conference. LOIS is holding two webinars led by attorneys who have handled virtual hearings in New York to discuss what this means for claims handling, claim defense, and costs. Attorneys Declan Gourley, Esq., Christian Sison, Esq., and Greg Lois, Esq., discuss the impact of virtual hearings in New York workers’ compensation claims.
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Episode 65: New Schedule Loss of Use Guidelines in New York
January 9th, 2018 | 31 mins 28 secs
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LOIS Partner Christian Sison leads a presentation on the new-for-2018 New York Guidelines for Determining Impairment. The new Guidelines replace the prior methods of determining Scheduled Loss of Use for all claims where an impairment report was not submitted before January 1, 2018 and will have an impact on exposure join all future claims. Attorney Sison provides examples including side-by-side exposure analysis of the same impairment under the old and new Guidelines and answers questions live from the webinar audience.
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Episode 58: New Draft Guidelines for Determining Schedule Loss of Use in New York
October 3rd, 2017 | 30 mins 38 secs
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Attorneys Greg Lois and Christian Sison on the interpretation and application of the draft guidelines for determining Scheduled Loss of Use awards in New York. The draft guidelines were issued on September 1, 2017. The presenters answer questions from a live audience.
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Episode 49: Defending Additional Sites in New York
May 26th, 2017 | 21 mins 36 secs
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Attorney Christian Sison presents strategies for defending New York claims against additional sites and consequential injuries being added later – beginning with “Day One” tactics to preserve all defenses!
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Episode 41: In Depth: New Loss Handling in New York
March 24th, 2017 | 15 mins
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We go deep on the New York State-required initial contacts to the petitioner/claimant.
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Episode 34: Liens and Subrogation in New York
December 19th, 2016 | 25 mins 12 secs
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Christian Sison, Esq., and Greg Lois, Esq., discuss reimbursement and subrogation under Section 29 in New York workers compensation matters.
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Episode 31: Opiates - Third Fridays
November 14th, 2016 | 10 mins 37 secs
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"Third Fridays" is a live, 30-minute legal talk show from Lois LLC featuring moderator Christian Sison. In this episode, Christian Sison is joined by attorney Declan Gourley for a freewheeling discussion of opiate weaning in New York workers' compensation cases. Recent Board panel decision on the issue is discussed.
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Episode 30: A Work Accident Occurs - What Happens Next?
October 26th, 2016 | 14 mins 14 secs
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Attorney Christian Sison answers your questions about the immediate first steps every employer should take at the time of an injury at work.