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 |
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8:00-8:30 |
Dan Ramsdell/ Welcome
Grand Ballroom C & D |
Welcome |
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8:30-8:40 |
Exhibitor Introductions |
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8:45-9:15 |
Richard Ziernicki, Ph.D., P.E. |
Knott Laboratories, CO |
Danger: Right Turning Semis |
9:20-9:30 |
Sponsor Introductions |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tuesday, August 7
7:00-9:00 |
Breakfast available
Grand Ballroom A & B |
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8:15-8:30 |
Welcome/ Day 2
Grand Ballroom C & D |
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8:30-9:00 |
Tom Vesper
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wednesday, August 8/ Brain Injuries
8:30 |
Day 3 Intro |
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8:45-9:15 |
TBD |
Physician Life Care Planning, TX |
Acute Spinal Evaluation, Care and Long Term Considerations
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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 |
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11:00-11:15 |
BREAK |
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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
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Typical Traumatic Brain Injury Defense |
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*Times subject to change
**Live Stream Presentation |
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