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Thomas
E. Bott MS
CRC CCM MSCC LRC  email
Mr. Bott holds a bachelor’s
degree in psychology and a master’s
of science degree in rehabilitation
counseling, both from the University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. In addition,
he is currently working toward a Ph.D.
in health psychology through Capella
University, an accredited institution
based in Minneapolis, MN. As well,
Mr. Bott is a board Certified Rehabilitation
Counselor, a board Certified Case
Manager and a board certified Medicare
Set-Aside Consultant. Mr. Bott is
licensed to practice rehabilitation
counseling in the State of Louisiana.
Mr.
Bott has a proven track record providing
high quality rehabilitation counseling
services to disabled persons as well
as serving as a consultant and expert
witness in cases undergoing litigation.
He has extensive experience working
with both plaintiff and defense in
worker’s compensation matters
and in personal injury matters. He
has also had extensive experience
as a vocational expert witness in
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Stony
Drake Landry MS,
LRC, CRC, MSCC email
Stony
Landry earned
his Bachelor
of Science Degree
in Biology from
the
University
of Southwestern
Louisiana and
a Master’s
of Science
Degree in
Rehabilitation
Counselor Education
from the University
of Louisiana
at
Lafayette.
He
is a fully licensed
and certified Rehabilitation
Counselor in Louisiana
and
has been employed
with Thomas E.
Bott & Associates
for eight years
as a vocational
rehabilitation
counselor. Stony
provides vocational
rehabilitation
case services to
various private
insurance companies
in the
worker's
compensation arena
in all regions
of the state of
Louisiana. He
has provided expert
testimony before
the Worker¹s
Compensation
Court,
Third Circuit,
State of Louisiana.
Currently, he
also provides
guidance and
supervision
to two rehabilitation
counselors.
Stony
is a Licensed Rehabilitation
Counselor Supervisor,
a member of the
International
Association of
Rehabilitation
Professionals
(IARP) and the
state affiliate,
Louisiana Association
of Rehabilitation
Professionals
(LARP). Stony currently
serves the LARP
Board as Regional
Representative
for the Lafayette,
LA area. Stony
is
also a Certified
Medicare Set-Aside
Consultant.
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Brienne
B. Frey MHS,
CRC, LRC email
Brienne
Frey earned her Bachelor
of General Studies degree
with a concentration in
pre-counseling in 2002 from
the University of New Orleans,
as well as, a Master’s
of Health Sciences degree
in Rehabilitation Counseling
in 2004 from Louisiana State
University Health Sciences
Center, School of Allied
Health Professions.
She is a fully licensed and
certified Rehabilitation
Counselor in the state of
Louisiana. She has been
employed with
Thomas E. Bott & Associates
since May of 2004 as a vocational
rehabilitation counselor.
Brienne provides medical
case management and vocational
rehabilitation services
to disabled persons who
have been injured on the
job or have otherwise sustained
physical or mental disabilities.
Brienne
is a member of the International
Association of Rehabilitation
Professionals (IARP) and the
state affiliate, Louisiana
Association of Rehabilitation
Professionals (LARP).
Brienne
currently serves
the LARP Board
od Directors
as Member-at-Large. |
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Jeanne
Duplechain Tarver MS,
LRC, CRC email
Ms. Tarver
earned a bachelor of science
degree for the University
of Southwestern Louisiana
and a master's of science
degree in rehabilitation counseling
from the University of Louisiana-
Lafayette. Ms
Tarver has been employed with
Thomas E Bott & Associates
for approximately 5 years
and provides medical case
management and vocational
rehabilitation case management
services for injured workers
throughout Louisiana.
In January 2006, Ms. Tarver attended
the MediPro Seminar program by
The University of Florida where
she successfully completed the
Medicare Set-Aside Allocation
program. Ms. Tarver holds an additional
credential of Medicare Set-Aside
Consultant-Certifed which allows
her to perform Medicare Set Aside
Allocations.
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Karen
Zito is
our office
manager/marketing
person. She
is the first
employee hired
and has been
with us for
more than
13 years. However,
she has had
more than
13 years of
work experience
in the claims
office of
a large insurance
company. She
has a very
thorough knowledge
of claims
handling
but also completely
and expertly
understands
the process
of vocational
rehabilitation
and case management. This
places her in a unique position
to be able to be accurately
advise claims adjusters
or attorneys regarding their
case management and vocational
rehabilitation needs on
the claims that they are
handling. Her main responsibilities
are to develop and maintain
our accounts and to consult
with claim adjusters and
attorneys with regard to
case for assignments. She
does her marketing work
both locally and also travels
to other cities from time
to time to visit with our
accounts. Additionally,
she attends all major conferences
that pertain to claims.
Additionally, she handles
all accounts receivable
and accounts payable. Furthermore,
she maintains
case count
of active
caseloads of
our counselors
and assigns
new files
according to
active case
loads. |
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Kevin
Hurstell was
hired within
the last
two years
and works
in our job
development
department. His
main function is to research
suitably appropriate job
leads for the various
injured workers that we
are handling for job placement. He
is highly skilled in use
of the personal computer
and conducting effective
Internet research. In
addition,
Kevin sometimes
assists
counselors
in other
functions
such as
on site job
analysis.
As well,
he schedules
the monthly
job development
research
activities
for the
department.
Kevin holds
a bachelor's
degree in
psychology. |
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Mary
Jane Soprano, MHS-RC, CRC,
LRC-S email
Mary
Jane Soprano entered the field
rehabilitation counseling
in 2006. She obtained
a Bachelor of Science degree
from Louisiana State University,
as well as a Masters of Health
Sciences degree in Rehabilitation
Counseling from a Louisiana
State University Health Sciences
Center.
Since then, Mary Jane has been dedicated to assisting
people with disabilities through assessment and
coordination of individual rehabilitation needs. She
is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and is
currently working on becoming a fully licensed
Rehabilitation Counselor. Mary Jane is the
newest member of Thomas E. Bott and Associates
Inc. and provides medical case management and
rehabilitation services to people with disabilities
throughout the state of Louisiana.
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