32 Who’s Who In Law
Ponte Vedra Recorder · November 12, 2015
Local attorney named finalist in Stevie Awards for Women in Business
Winners to be announced
in New York tomorrow
Heather B. Quick, CEO and Managing
Attorney of The Quick Law Group was
named a Finalist in the Women Helping
Women category and Female Entrepreneur of the Year category in the 12th
annual Stevie® Awards for Women in
Business, and will ultimately be a Gold,
Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in
the program.
The Stevie Awards for Women in
Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees and the companies they run – worldwide. The Stevie
Awards have been hailed as the world’s
premier business awards.
Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award
winners will be announced during a
gala event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Friday, November
13. Nominated women executives and
entrepreneurs from the U.S.A and several other countries are expected to attend. The event will be broadcast on
Livestream via the Stevie Awards’ Facebook page from 7:30 pm ET, and the
red carpet pre-show will air on the Stevie Awards’ Periscope from 6:00 pm ET.
More than 1,400 entries were submitted this year for consideration in more
than 90 categories, including Executive
Heather Quick
of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year,
Company of the Year, Startup of the
Year, Women Helping Women, and
Women-Run Workplace of the Year.
Heather B. Quick is a Finalist in the
Women Helping Women category as
well as the Female Entrepreneur of the
Year category.
Heather B. Quick is the founder and
CEO of the only divorce and family law
firm for women in Northeast Florida,
The Quick Law Group, located in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Quick’s vision for
The Quick Law Group began with her
own experience as a child of divorce
as well as her passion for changing the
way women in Florida undergo divorce.
Ms. Quick is an active member of the
Jacksonville Bar Association and is the
Chair for their Judicial Relations Committee. She is also a member of the St.
Johns County Bar Association. Notably,
Ms. Quick is in the second term of a
three year appointment to the Family
Law Rules Committee for the Florida
Bar. Ms. Quick has authored three
books: Women’s Guide to Divorce in
Florida, Is Divorce Right for You? and
Women’s Guide to Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur. She has been
featured in the Jacksonville Magazine’s
Best Lawyers edition for the past three
years, and is rated by Martindale Hubbell as BV Distinguished and is rated
Superb, the highest rating available, for
AVVO.
“It is an honor to be a finalist in the
Stevie Awards”, stated Quick. “I am
both thrilled and humbled to have my
work recognized at this level. It is my
hope that this platform will enable me
reach more women in need of divorce
and legal assistance.”
Finalists were chosen by more than
120 business professionals worldwide
during preliminary judging. Members
of five final judging committees will
determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze
Stevie Award placements from among
the Finalists during final judging Octo-
ber 19-28.
“High-achieving women entrepreneurs, organizations, and executives
all over the world are an inspiration to
girls and women who dream of starting
and growing a business,” said Michael
Gallagher, founder and president of the
Stevie Awards. “The first-round judges
have told us how impressed they were
with this year’s field of Finalists. We’re
looking forward to recognizing them in
New York on November 13.”
Details about the Stevie Awards for
Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at
www.StevieAwards.com/Women.
For more information regarding
Heather B. Quick and The Quick Law
Group please visit www.TheQuickLawGroup.com or call (904)241-0012.
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in
six programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie
Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The
American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie
Awards for Women in Business, and
the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer
Service. Honoring organizations of all
types and sizes and the people behind
them, the Stevies recognize outstanding
performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie
Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.
How businesses can help injured workers recover faster
(BPT) - More than one million
Americans suffer from work-related
injuries each year, ranging from serious crushing injuries at a construction site to muscle or joint problems
caused by repetitive activities in an
office setting.
Workplace injuries can also be
costly to both the person injured
and the employer. Most employees
do not receive their full pay while in
recovery, and, according to the National Safety Council, employers pay
an average of $40,000 per injury.
In addition to the $1 billion the
U.S. Department of Labor estimates
employers pay annually in direct
medical and workers’ compensation costs, businesses incur several
indirect costs when an employee is
injured. These expenses can include
training for replacement employees,
accident investigations and corrective
actions, repurchase or repair of damaged equipment or property, absenteeism and more.
Helping employees avoid injuries
before they occur is always the best
course of action, but when workplace injuries do happen, employers should have a prepared plan that
helps employees recover as safely as
medically appropriate and manages
costs for all parties involved.
Ear ly medical intervention is one
approach that can make a difference
for the injured employee and the
business. Delaying either the reporting or treatment of a workplace injury can increase costs by more than
50 percent, according to a new study
by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. When an employee
is injured, he or she should promptly
identify the injury and work with his
or her employer to establish the best
plan of care. This will help reduce
recovery time and lower the costs associated with the injury.
Travelers developed a patented
program called ConciergeCLAIM
Nurse to provide injured employees
with live, face-to-face engagement
with a Travelers on-staff nurse who
can answer their questions, guide
them through the workers’ compensation claim process and assist them
with that process throughout their
recovery.
Because many injured employees
come to urgent care clinics as a result
of their first on-the-job accident, the
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