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2018 APITLA National Interstate Trucking Super Summit

August 6-8, Galveston, Texas

Thank you to all our wonderful speakers, sponsors and attendees for making the 2018 APITLA Summit a success.
Hope to see you again next year!


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Aug. 5 Setup and Early Registration
Aug. 6 General Session 8 AM - 2 PM
Aug. 7 General Session 8 AM - 5:30 PM
Aug. 8 General Session 8:45 AM - 1 PM

5222 Seawall Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77551 map


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SPEAKER SCHEDULE

Monday, August 6

TIME

SPEAKER

FROM

TOPIC

7:00-9:00

Breakfast available
Grand Ballroom A & B

Sponsored by Physician Life Care Planning

 

8:00-8:30

Dan Ramsdell/ Welcome
Grand Ballroom C & D

Welcome

 

8:30-8:40

Exhibitor Introductions

 

 

8:45-9:15

Richard Ziernicki, Ph.D., P.E.

Knott Laboratories, CO

Danger: Right Turning Semis

9:20-9:30

Sponsor Introductions

 

 

9:35-10:05

Jack Hill

Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, FL

Enhancing Damages in Cases of Aggravated Liability

10:05-10:45

David Craig

Craig, Kelly & Faultless, IN

Collecting Evidence in Your Trucking Cases

10:45-11:00

BREAK

 

 

11:00-11:50

John Romano

Romano Law Group, FL

Proof and Argument of Defect in Truck Product Liability Cases

11:55-12:25

Dan Ramsdell

Ramsdell Law Firm, MO/ APITLA National Director

Secret Defense Tactics in Interstate Trucking Litigation; How Does Your Law Firm Stack Up-Are you a “John Boy” or a “Learned Hand?”

12:30-12:45

LUNCH PICK-UP
Grand Ballroom A & B

Sponsored by Settlement Professionals Inc. & Plaintiff’s MSA & Lien Solution

 

12:45-1:15

Jack Meligan

Settlement Professionals, Inc./ Plaintiff’s MSA & Lien Solution

Liability MSA’s and Medicare-Zero is the Hero

1:20-2:20

April Yergin & Allen Vaughan

ATA Associates, TX

Accident Reconstruction and Data Collection

2:25-2:55

Bobby Saadian

Wilshire Law Firm, CA

Preservation of Evidence in Trucking Accidents

3:00

Session Ends

 

 

Tuesday, August 7

7:00-9:00

Breakfast available
Grand Ballroom A & B

 

 

8:15-8:30

Welcome/ Day 2
Grand Ballroom C & D

 

 

8:30-9:00

Tom Vesper
**

Westmoreland, Vesper & Quattrone, NJ

“Looming” and Other Forensic Farm-Fecal-Matter (Bullshit) in Trucking “Litigation”- NOT TRIAL ADVOCACY Because Federal Courts DO NOT TRY CASES

9:00-9:40

Dan Ramsdell

Ramsdell Law Firm,
MO

Punitive Damages in Trucking Cases-the “Pucker Effect”

9:45-10:15

Michael Mogill

Crisp Video Group, GA

Strategies to Break Through the Noise: How to Get and Keep Your Ideal Client’s Attention

10:20-10:50

Gretchen Myers

Law Offices of Gretchen Myers, MO

Thinking Outside the Box: Examples of Troubleshooting”.

10:50-11:05

BREAK

 

 

 

11:05-11:35

 

Quentin Brogdon

 

Crain, Lewis, Brogdon,
TX

 

Who’s Your Party? Locating all Parties and all Available Sources of Insurance coverage

11:40-12:20

Stephen Libman

Burnes & Libman, IL

Federal Preemption of State Law in Negligent Hiring Claims: Is the Broker Really Immune?

12:30-1:45

AWARDS LUNCH-MAINSAIL BALLROOM

Sponsored by NeuLife Rehab

 

1:50-2:20

R. James Amaro

Amaro Law Firm, TX

Truck Driver Qualifications: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

2:25-3:05

Howard Spiva

Spiva Law Group,
GA

Building a Presence in Your City

3:10-3:40

Edward C. “Ted” Bassett, Jr.

Mirick O’Connell, MA

Insurance Coverage and the MCS-90 Endorsement

3:45-4:15

Sekou Gary

Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson & Gary, FL

Painting Pictures:  The Importance of Demonstrative Evidence

4:15-4:30

BREAK

 

 

4:35-5:05

Jon Davis

Ramsdell Law Firm, MO

Drugs, Alcohol and Medical Conditions: Discovery and Punitive Damages

5:10-5:40

Michael Samogala, R.N.

NeuLife Rehab, FL

The Benefits of Post-Acute Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation in a Catastrophic Case

5:45-6:15

Tanner Jones

Consultwebs, NC

Leaving an Impact-Successful Marketing Tips to Attract Trucking Cases from the Web

6:30-7:30

HAPPY HOUR Grand Ballroom A & B

Sponsored by Consultwebs

 

Wednesday, August 8/ Brain Injuries

8:30

Day 3 Intro

 

 

8:45-9:15

TBD

Physician Life Care Planning, TX

Acute Spinal Evaluation, Care and Long Term Considerations

9:20-9:50

Darryl Isaacs

Isaacs & Isaacs, KY

Do’s and Don’ts of Representing the Brain Injured

9:55-10:25

John Lawrence Merritt, M.D., FACP

RehabMed South, Inc./Stay in Step Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center, FL

Pituitary Impairment After Traumatic Brain Injury

10:30-11:00

TBA

 

 

11:00-11:15

BREAK

 

 

11:20-11:30

Michael Mogill

Crisp Video Group

Marketing Practices for Law Firms

11:35-12:15

Dorothy Clay Sims

Law Offices of Dorothy Clay Sims, FL
**

Typical Traumatic Brain Injury Defense

 

*Times subject to change
**Live Stream Presentation

 

 




SCHEDULE


Sunday, August 5th
1:00-3:30 pm Exhibit Set-up Grand Ballroom A & B
3:00-4:30 pm Early Registration/ Attendees

Monday, August 6th
7:45-8:30 am Breakfast Grand Ballroom A & B
8:10-11:00 am General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
11:00-11:15 am Break Grand Ballroom A & B
11:15-12:20 pm General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
12:20-12:40 pm Boxed Lunch Pick-up Grand Ballroom A & B
12:40-2:05 pm General Session Grand Ballroom C & D

Tuesday, August 7th
7:15-8:00 am Breakfast Grand Ballroom A & B
8:00-10:40 am General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
10:40-10:55 am Break Grand Ballroom A & B
11:00-12:05 pm General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
12:15-1:30 pm Awards Luncheon (Sponsor/Vendor Introductions)
1:45-3:00 pm General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
3:00-3:15 pm Break Grand Ballroom A & B
3:15-5:20 General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
5:30-7:00 Happy Hour Grand Ballroom A & B/ End Day 2

Wednesday, August 8th
8:45-11:30 am General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
11:00-11:45 am Break Grand Ballroom A & B
11:45-1:00 pm General Session Grand Ballroom C & D
End day 3

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