Giving Back

SMS Plays Ball in Sacramento We’re big baseball fans here at SMS. Our favorite team, of course, is the San Diego Padres because San Diego is where we started. But, we also have a favorite baseball team in Sacramento: The Rancho Cordova Little League Pirates. To show our support, we donated new practice jerseys and hats to the team this season. Because anything worth doing is made better when you look sharp. Says Sacramento workers’ compensation defense attorney Tim Rose (also the head of the SMS Sacramento office): “The jerseys arrived a few weeks ago and are the envy of the league. The team likes them better than their game jerseys and we have petitioned the league to allow for a few games to be played in them.” The athlete in the pictures is Ethan, the team’s starting first baseman and #3 slot hitter. The team also had three representatives at the district skills competition a few weeks ago and they all showed up in the jerseys and some of coaches were asking about them. Ethan and his teammate took first and second in the hitting skills competition! Here’s to a great season. Go Pirates! Search for: Search Archives Archives Select Month September 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 August 2017 Subscribe To Our Blog First Name Last Name Email * Edit Template

SMS Joined Kids’ Chance at PARMA (left) Jennifer McCaw, Steven Siegel & Minnie, (right) Jennifer McCaw, Kristen Chavez PARMA, the Public Agency Risk Management Association, recently held its 45th Annual Conference and Siegel, Moreno & Stettler was there in full support of Kids’ Chance of California. A Bit About PARMA The association “provides a forum for California public sector risk managers to share ideas on how to perform their duties in this emerging field.”  And what better setting for it than the happiest place on earth – the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, which is where The 2019 PARMA Conference took place on February 10-13th. Having “grown from [a] tiny band of risk managers, to an organization that spans the entire State of California,” with 600+ members from six local chapters, this gathering provides an opportunity for members to network, while sharing experiences and risk management techniques. And it’s also a place for complementary nonprofits, like Kids’ Chance, to connect with potential sponsors. Kids’ Chance Kids’ Chance of California is a non-profit organization “whose mission is to provide need-based educational scholarships to the children of California workers who have been fatally or seriously injured on the job.”  The PARMA Conference provided a great opportunity to reach out the public entity communities who really support and believe in the Kid’s Chance mission. Thank you, Steve Siegel, with Siegel, Moreno & Stettler for being the first donation at the conference.And, for my part, I was able to connect with an amazing group of fellow volunteers and supporters running the Kids’ Chance booth, which included: Edward Canavan of Sedgwick, who spoke on behalf of Kid’s Chance at the conference; Larry Costello, with Padre Dam, a PARMA board member who supported Kids’ Chance immensely at the conference; and, Kristen Chavez, CEO of Work Comp Central who is always ready to offer her time and resources to help Kids’ Chance. Overall, the conference was a success for PARMA participants and for Kids’ Chance – a win-win all around! What’s Next? We look forward to continuing our work with Kids’ Chance at future events which will be the CIA conference April 8-9. Siegel, Moreno & Stettler’s will also be attending PARMA’s next event – the upcoming San Diego/Imperial Valley Chapter Liability Half-day. The event takes place on March 27th and will include a presentation by two members from our Subrogation Litigation Team, SMS attorneys Kelsey Daniel and Chalsie Keller. Their training will focus on How to Win at The Subrogation Game. Be sure to click through to learn more and to register to attend! Search for: Search Categories COVID-19 Depositions Firm Announcements Firm Notifications Giving Back Law New Attorneys New Location Property Subrogation Subrogation Workers' Compenstation Archives Archives Select Month August 2026 March 2026 January 2026 July 2025 May 2025 March 2025 January 2025 November 2024 October 2024 July 2024 June 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 August 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 May 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 November 2021 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 January 2020 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 August 2017 January 202 Subscribe To Our Blog First Name Last Name Email * Edit Template