Our Speakers

Matthew “Matt” Davis is the Vice President of Client Relations at CaseExperts, and he joined the company at its inception in September 2004.  While pursuing his nursing degree, Matt worked as an Outside Adjuster and Bill Review/Negotiation Manager for CaseExperts. Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) in December 2009.  Following nursing school, Matt worked as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Glenwood Regional Medical Center (GRMC) in West Monroe, LA, before returning to CaseExperts in December 2010 as a Nurse Case Manager.  In 2013, Matt was promoted to Vice President of Operations.  In 2016, Brandon Davis assumed the role of Vice President of Operations, and Matt transitioned to Marketing, Client Relations, Company Education and assists in day-to-day operations. Matt has provided numerous continuing education presentations to Claims Adjusters across the United States.   Matt is a devoted husband and father of three (3) children, two (2) boys and one (1) girl.

Todd Kelly is the President of Marketing and Sales for Genesis Information Services (GIS), Inc. He has collaborated with his wife and owner of Genesis, Neille Kelly, since its start in 2010. He received a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Louisiana State University.

Todd started his journey into investigations at the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office as an investigator before moving into the private investigation field and has since dedicated over 30 years to the industry.

Today he serves GIS, managing client relations, company standards, and project outcomes. He is an active member of the New Orleans Claims Association, Southern RIMS Chapter, Port of New Orleans Mariners Club, and the Louisiana Claims Association, wherein he has provided educational sessions.

GIS has over 50 years of combined experience in surveillance and investigations. The company was started for one purpose: to identify and reduce fraud. GIS specializes in assisting businesses with intelligence gathering, surveillance, investigations, and subrogation.

Born and raised in Abbeville, LA, I grew up in your typical small-town USA, with one slight caveat – Abbeville is very Cajun. From gumbos to crawfish boils, some of my earliest and fondest memories are of large family gatherings with my extended family. Another very powerful and early memory that I have is that of my grandfather telling me that I was born to be an attorney. Throughout the years, I also heard this from my parents, sisters, and friends. Whether it’s my extrovert personality, my enjoyment in reading and learning new information, talking about anything and everything, and having the ability to argue my way out of a few groundings from my parents, I’d say they were right.

Strangely enough, my first major while attending college at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was civil engineering. With my love of science and math, and the fact that my dad and so many families and friends were in the oil field, I figured civil engineering was the right choice and would afford me an interesting and solid career path. Well, after 3 years in civil engineering, I found that my passion for the subject was dwindling at best, so I made the great decision to switch my major to pre-law, and I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in 2012.

After exploring law schools in Boston, MA, Charlotte, NC, Charleston, SC, and Texas, I decided to stay close to home and attend Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA, where I was a Law Review Editor and graduated cum laude in 2015. While attending law school, I found a passion for politics and worked for 2 years with the Acadiana Legislative Delegation at the Louisiana State Capitol. After graduating law school, I first worked for a local lobbying firm here in Lafayette, LA, where I helped with a successful mayoral campaign.

After my brief stint in politics, I finally made my way to practicing law. I devote the majority of my practice to workers’ compensation defense, but I also provide business consulting and litigation services to numerous clients. I’ve handled workers’ compensation, general liability, property disputes, shareholder disputes, and other litigated matters for my clients throughout the entire state of Louisiana. I’ve also opened multiple businesses and reviewed numerous contracts for my clients. I pride myself as a meticulous writer and researcher, and I believe that my always present positive attitude enables me to routinely work easily with plaintiff attorneys in an effort to resolve cases quickly and efficiently for my clients.

Whenever I’m not in the office, you can likely find me hunting, golfing, spending time with my dog (appropriately named “Justice”) or cooking some sort of Cajun dish while cheering on the New Orleans Saints, LSU Tigers, and UL Ragin’ Cajuns with family and friends.

An orthopaedic specialist is more than just a member of your health care team; they also serve as a trusted partner in making the most of your current and future health and wellness. For many men and women in and around New Orleans, Douglas N. Lurie, MD, serves in that role. Through a combination of skill, expertise, and compassionate care, Dr. Lurie helps patients of all ages achieve exceptional joint health results.

Dr. Lurie studied business management at Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. He turned his focus to medicine at the University of South Alabama School of Medicine, where he earned his MD. He went on to further his knowledge and skills through an internship and residency at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, where he worked as a chief resident.

In his practice at Orthopaedic Associates of New Orleans, Dr. Lurie offers the full scope of orthopaedic care. He has extensive experience in arthroscopic surgeries of the knee, hip, and shoulder, and especially enjoys providing care to workers who were injured on the job. Helping workers’ compensation patients get on their feet and back to work is an enriching part of Dr. Lurie’s practice. Sports medicine is another passion and an area where he can make a meaningful difference in his patients’ lives.

Cody Church is the President of Avail Comp Solutions. He is one of the  co-founders that started the company in August 2021. Cody played two (2)  years of baseball at Louisiana State University at Eunice where he  earned his associate’s degree in Health Care Management. Cody then  transferred to the University of Southern Arkansas where he played  another two (2) years of baseball while earning his Bachelor of  Marketing degree. After graduating from the University of Southern  Arkansas, Cody began his career in the workers’ compensation industry  where he marketed for a private investigation company. Cody went on to  market and sell nurse case management, Medicare set-asides, and  utilization review. Cody’s next stop was Cypress Care/Optum where he  spent 8 years marketing and selling ancillary services. Cody’s knowledge  and experience gained throughout his career in the workers’  compensation industry culminated in starting Avail Comp Solutions. For  Cody, workers’ compensation is truly a family affair.  Cody’s wife,  Kasey, and sister-in-law, Kristi, are both workers’ compensation nurse  case managers at CaseExperts.  Most importantly, though, Cody is the  proud father of two (2) children, a boy and a girl.  

In about 1994, while near the end of my enlistment with the United States Marine Corps, I was the S-2 Intelligence Chief of Marine Fighter/Attack Squadron 314, and I can rather clearly remember telling a fellow Marine that I had no intention of working in an office when my enlistment was finished. And that is a perfect example of the sharpness of my predictive skills.

So, since the senior partners would not agree to me putting my biography to song, I thought I would write a little about myself. I was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and gifted with my mother’s immature sense of humor and my father’s maniacal sense of dedication to a task required by others. I then followed my life-long dream of joining the United States Marine Corps. After my enlistment was over, I indulged in my love of history and received my bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. After realizing that I may not be cut out for academia, I made my way to Louisiana State University to try my hand at law school. After graduating in 2003, I joined Allen & Gooch, where I learned, and then specialized in, workers’ compensation defense.  It was only there, under the tutelage of some of the best in the field, I found my calling. I found that I enjoyed representing employers and insurers and helping them perform their jobs, as related to work-related accidents, better and easier.  My dedication allows me to work harder and longer, so my adjusters would work smarter and worry less. For the employers I defend, I take it as a matter of pride that I have the skills to help them protect their hard-earned finances.

When the opportunity arose, I joined Parker & Landry to further my specialization in workers’ compensation. When the opportunity arises, which it often does, you can find me sharing my tips and best practices to my clients. I also speak regularly at seminars on workers’ compensation throughout the state. Otherwise, I will be defending your claims.

When  not at work, limited as that non-work time may be, you will find me  doing whatever my blind and deaf old doggy demands of me, running  errands for my girlfriend, begging Mike Parker to take me fishing,  reading history or weird fiction from the pulps of the 1930’s and  1940’s, praying that the LSU Tigers football team can build upon past  glories, collecting old English tobacco pipes (not even I can explain  that one), building an impressive vertical of Laphroaig scotch,  collecting classic military firearms, and possessing one of largest  collection of old black and white horror and science fiction movies in  the country.

Ashley Barbier is a Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant with CaseExperts. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Louisiana State University, a Master of Health Sciences degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Counseling from the University of Holy Cross.  Ashley is a Licensed Rehabilitation       Counselor and has been with CaseExperts since January 2020.