Feel free to call the St. Charles office for directions to any of these locations. A conference is an informal setting with an administrative law judge or a legal advisor prior to filing a claim for compensation. Conference files venued in St. Charles, Franklin or Jefferson County are assigned to the St. Charles office from the main Division office in Jefferson City, Missouri. These cases are then automatically set on a conference docket of proper venue.
Attendance is mandatory.
However, continuances will be allowed to accommodate the needs of the parties and the status of the case. An informal setting prior to a hearing in order to limit or avoid the cost of preparing for a hearing. At present, for cases set out of the St. Charles office, mediations are mandatory only in cases where the sole issue is nature and extent of permanent partial disability. Generally, a mediation will not be set until the parties are actually ready to mediate, i.e. ratings have been procured. Upon the request of either party, the Division will schedule a mediation.