Usually, within two to three weeks, your case will be assigned for a conciliation, which is a meeting between you, your lawyer, a representative of the insurance company, and a Department of Industrial Accidents conciliator whose job it is to attempt to encourage the parties to voluntarily resolve their differences and avoid the necessity of bringing the case in front of a judge. The conciliator will listen to you and will review and place in the file any medical reports or other documents which are offered to him or her in support of your claim. The conciliator will also receive similar information from the insurer. In addition, if there is an issue as to the extent to which you are disabled, then representatives from both sides will be asked to submit a document which represents the “last best offer” of compensation. Under this procedure, if you and your attorney agree that your disability is only partial, and that you can perform some type of work, then at the time of the conciliation, you might off