Thursday
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Women's Caucus Luncheon Sponsored by The SPI Group
CLICK ON SPEAKER NAME FOR BIOThursday
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
General Session
Welcome and Introduction
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Thursday
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
General Session
How Key Documents Can Make Your Case
Thursday
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
General Session
How to Use FOIA Safety Data in Depositions and Trial
Thursday
2:15 PM - 2:55 PM
General Session
Hours of Service - How They Cheat with Today's Technology
Thursday
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM
General Session
Protective Orders - State of the Law and Best Practice
Thursday
3:15 PM - 3:35 PM
Refreshment Break sponsored by CloudLex
Thursday
3:35 PM - 4:25 PM
General Session
Do They Really Only Have $1 Million in Coverage and if so, What to do
Thursday
4:25 PM - 4:40 PM
General Session
Empowering Financial Futures: Transformative Strategies for Maximizing Your Client's Recovery Success
Thursday
4:40 PM - 5:20 PM
General Session
Non-catastrophic Cases: Strategies for Success
Thursday
5:25 PM - 6:25 PM
Welcome Reception Sponsored by The Forge Companies
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Friday
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast sponsored by The SPI Group
Friday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
General Session
Public Sources of Evidence
Friday
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
General Session
How to Use Samsara Data to Prove Your Case
Friday
9:25 AM - 9:55 AM
General Session
How to Use Lytx Data to Prove Your Case
Friday
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM
General Session
How to Use Motive Data to Prove Your Case
Friday
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Dynamic Safety
Friday
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
General Session
What to do in Absence of Safety Systems
Friday
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
General Session
What Makes a Shoulder Parking Case a Good Case
Friday
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
General Session
Dealing with Sub-Standard Insurers; Creating Extracontractual Liability
Friday
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
General Session
Insurance: MCS 90 and Form EF
Friday
12:20 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Sponsored by Physician Life Care Planning
Friday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
General Session
Daubert Proof Our Experts
Friday
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
General Session
TBD-The SPI Group
Jack MeliganFriday
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
General Session
Forward Collision Avoidance Technology: Claims and Defenses - Deconstructing a Trial
Friday
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Hona
Friday
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
General Session
Work Zone Cases
Friday
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
General Session
Bankruptcy: What Every Trucking Lawyer Needs to Know
Friday
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
General Session
Broker Cases: A Primer on Negligent Selection and Control Theories and Understanding the Necessary Documents and Proof to Make a Case
Friday
5:30 PM - 6:40 PM
New Trucking Lawyers Division Meeting & Reception
Open to lawyers who are new to trucking litigation
Sponsored by RGK Consultants
Friday
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Group Outing at Bull & Bowl, Sponsored by: Scherr Law
Friday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Discussion with a Truck Driver
Friday
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Video Interviews with Truck Drivers: Five Basic Questions
Friday
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Deposing the Log Truck Driver
Friday
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
The Dangers of Driverless Trucks
Friday
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Sponsor: Filevine
TBDFriday
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Reenactment/Demonstrations
Friday
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Dynamic Safety
Friday
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Required Knowledge of a Truck Driver: What is Visual Search, Space Management and Space Ahead, Speed Management and Overdriving Headlights, Hazard Perception
Lauren Pilie'Friday
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Preventability Analysis
Friday
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Lessons Learned from ATAA/Legacy Truck Driving School
Friday
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Sources of Surveillance Videos
Friday
12:20 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Sponsored by Physician Life Care Planning
Friday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Backing Cases: Backing into Something, Backing Across Roadway
Friday
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
CMV and Pedestrian Cases
Friday
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
CMV and Bicycle Cases
Friday
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Non-CDL Commercial Motor Vehicle Cases
Friday
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Hona
Friday
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Inspections in the Age of Social Media
Friday
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Cargo Securement
Friday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Advanced Topics in Direct Negligence Claims
JJ BurnsFriday
5:00 PM - 5:25 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
FAAAA Preemption
Friday
5:30 PM - 6:40 PM
New Trucking Lawyers Division Meeting & Reception
Open to lawyers who are new to trucking litigation
Sponsored by RGK Consultants
Friday
6:45 PM - 9:30 PM
Group Outing at Bull & Bowl, Sponsored By: Scherr Law
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Saturday
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast sponsored by Evidence Solutions
Saturday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
General Session
Taking the Truck Driver Deposition
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
General Session
Taking Safety Personnel Depositions
Saturday
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
General Session
Taking the Corporate Rep Deposition
Saturday
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
General Session
Outside the Box Depositions
Saturday
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
General Session
Digital Evidence Passengers: ECMs, ELDs & Cell Phone Data as Your Silent Witnesses
Saturday
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Forensic Human Factors
Saturday
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
General Session
The Rest of the CDL Manual
(Not Section 2)
Saturday
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
General Session
Route Planning and the Truck Parking Crisis
Saturday
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
General Session
Hidden Motor Carrier
Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Sponsored by Legacy International
Saturday
1:30 PM - 2:40 PM
General Session
Deconstructing Trials - Strategies and Best Practices from Real World Trials
Daisy Chaparro Saturday
2:40 PM - 3:15 PM
General Session
Lessons Learned from Years on the Defense Bar and Insurer C-Suite
Roman GalasSaturday
3:15 PM - 3:50 PM
General Session
Non-economic Settlement Terms
Saturday
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Forensic Human Factors
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Saturday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Establishing Amazon is a Motor Carrier, Not a Shipper
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Sponsor: Abacus Analytics
Saturday
9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Using Relay Agreement to Establish Actual Control or the Right to Control
Saturday
9:50 AM - 10:25 AM
Attorney Breakout Session
Understanding Amazon Flex (Passenger Car) Cases
Saturday
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Refreshment Break sponsored by Forensic Human Factors
Saturday
10:45 AM - 11:10 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Fed Ex Contracting Scheme and Confidentiality Orders
James ScherrSaturday
11:10 AM - 11:35 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Fed Ex FMCSA Lease Liability and Statutory Employment
Sean McEvoySaturday
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
Attorney Breakout Session
Understanding Fed Ex's VEDR (Video Event Data Recorder) and How it Impacts Your Case
Friday
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Sponsored by Legacy International
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- Attorney registrant must be in good standing of each State Bar in which the attorney is a member.
- I do not represent any insurance company, individual, corporation, or any other entity in the defense of any injury or wrongful death matters.
- I do not work within a firm where any of the attorneys in the firm represent an insurance company, individual, corporation, or any other entity in the defense of any injury or wrongful death matters.
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Registered attendees who must cancel their attendance at this program will be refunded 100% of their registration fee if cancelation is received 30 days in advance of the start of the program. Attendees who cancel two calendar weeks in advance of the start of the program will be refunded 50% of their registration fee. No registration fee refund will be made for cancelations received less than two calendar weeks prior to the start of the program. Cancelation notices must be sent in writing to info@trucklawacademy.org and attendee must receive confirmation that said request was received. For questions related to cancelation, you may also call ATAA at 800-997-2822.
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