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Wednesday Agenda
Wednesday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Minority Caucus Happy Hour Sponsored by PMR Life Care Plans, Odetunde LawTawney, Acosta & Chaparro |
Wednesday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Early Registration |
Thursday Agenda
Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Women's Caucus Luncheon Sponsored by The SPI Group |
Thursday 12:50 PM - 1:00 PM General Session Welcome and Introduction |  Micheal Cowen Joe Fried Michael Leizerman |
Thursday 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM General Session The Big Picture: How Trucking Cases are Different and Why it Matters |  Tim Whiting |
Thursday 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM General Session Demonstration: Direct Exam of a Trucking Expert | Michael Cowen Adam Grill |
Thursday 2:10 PM - 2:25 PM General Session Premier Sponsor |  Tracee Wagner |
Thursday 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM General Session Ethics: Ethical Issues in Settlements |  Katherine McArthur |
Thursday 2:55 PM - 3:15 PM Refreshment Break sponsored by Dynamic Safety |
Thursday 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM General Session Values Based Damages |  Michael Leizerman |
Thursday 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM General Session Cheating with Electronic Logging Devices |  Matthew Wright |
Thursday 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM General Session Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC and How it Affects our Cases |  Rena Leizerman |
Thursday 4:55 PM - 5:25 PM General Session How Truck Drivers are Treated by Motor Carriers, Shippers, and Receivers |  David Craig |
Thursday 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Welcome Reception Sponsored by The Forge Companies |
Friday Agenda
Friday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast sponsored by The SPI Group |
Friday 8:30 AM - 9:25 AM General Session How Insurance Companies Value and Negotiate Cases + Identifying All Applicable Policies and Getting Them to Provide Coverage |  Will Moye |
Friday 9:25 AM - 10:25 AM General Session Navigating the Road Ahead: Mastering AI Competence & Ethics for Trucking Lawyers |  Nathan Gaffney |
Friday 10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Refreshment Break sponsored by PMR Life Care Plans |
Friday 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM General Session Speed Trial: Key Principles in Preparation and Presentation |  Joe Fried |
Friday 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM General Session Inspections: When and How to do Them |  Bryan Bradley |
Friday 12:05 PM - 12:25 PM General Session Preservation of Evidence: What to do and When to do it |  Shelly Greco |
Friday 12:25 PM - 1:40 PM Lunch Sponsored by Physician Life Care Planning |
Friday 1:40 PM - 2:15 PM General Session Is Every Truck Crash a TBI? |  Maxey Scherr |
Friday 2:15 PM - 2: 25 PM General Session The Empire Strikes Back: New Strategies to defeat “Darth Vader” Defendant’s Tactics to Stop Plaintiff’s “Rebel Resistance” Use of QSFs |  Jack Meligan |
Friday 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM General Session Daubert-Proofing our Experts |  Morgan Adams |
Friday 2:55 PM - 3:20 PM General Session Dealing with Defense Requests for Protective Orders |  Shannon Frankel |
Friday 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Refreshment Break |
Friday 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM General Session Practical AI Use Cases and Workflows for Trucking Lawyers |  Nathan Gaffney Keif Storrar Tim Semelroth Mary Eliasen |
Friday 4:40 PM - 5:15 PM General Session Telematics: Getting the Data and Using it to Prove Your Case |  Christy Crowe Childers |
Friday 5:15 PM - 6:20 PM New Trucking Lawyers Division Meeting & Reception Open to lawyers handling trucking cases for 5 years or less Sponsored by RGK Consultants |
Friday 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Group Outing at Meow Wolf, Sponsored by: Scherr Law, Preferred Capital Funding & Trial Lawyer Nation |
Friday 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Attorney Breakout Session Non-Catastrophic Cases: Challenges and Solutions |  Karonnie Truzy |
Friday 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Attorney Breakout Session Proving Trucking Standards Without an Expert |  Tim Semelroth |
Friday 9:20 AM - 9:50 AM Attorney Breakout Session Overcoming the Minor Property Damage Defense |  Ed Rebenack |
Friday 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Attorney Breakout Session Demonstratives on a Budget |  Ed Ciarimboli |
Friday 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Attorney Breakout Session Facet Joint Injuries: Crafting a Damage Model to Maximize Value in Non-Surgical Cases |  Sonia Rodriguez |
Friday 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Refreshment Break sponsored by PMR Life Care Plans |
Friday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Attorney Breakout Session Maximizing Damages in Non-Catastrophic Cases |  James Tawney |
Friday 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Attorney Breakout Session Getting Effective Testimony from Treating Physicians |  Burgess Williams |
Friday 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Attorney Breakout Session "Mild” Traumatic Brain Injuries: Proving Permanent Impairment |  Dan Buba |
Friday 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Sponsored by Physician Life Care Planning |
Friday 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Attorney Breakout Session Examining Safety Directors |  Jay Vaughn |
Friday 2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Attorney Breakout Session From Intake to Verdict: Using LOIS by Filevine to Build the Complete Trucking Case |  Joshua Hostilo |
Friday 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM Attorney Breakout Session Corporate Representative Depositions: What are They and How to Use Them Effectively |  Steve Laird |
Friday 2:55 PM - 3:25 PM Attorney Breakout Session Examining Truck Drivers |  Stefano Portigliatti |
Friday 3:25 PM - 3:45 PM Refreshment Break |
Friday 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM Attorney Breakout Session First Responder Depositions |  Chrissy Hagen |
Friday 4:10 PM - 4:40 PM Attorney Breakout Session What to Request in Discovery and How to Use it to Prove Your Case |  Lauren Pilie |
Friday 4:40 PM - 5:10 PM Attorney Breakout Session Hours of Service 101: The Rules, Logs and How Drivers Cheat |  Tim Sheriff |
Friday 5:15 PM - 6:20 PM New Trucking Lawyers Division Meeting & Reception Open to lawyers handling trucking cases for 5 years or less Sponsored by RGK Consultants |
Friday 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Group Outing at Meow Wolf, Sponsored by: Scherr Law, Preferred Capital Funding & Trial Lawyer Nation SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 |
Saturday Agenda
Saturday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast sponsored by Evidence Solutions |
Saturday 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM General Session Ethics: Potential Conflicts When Representing Multiple Plaintiffs |  Ryan Skiver |
Saturday 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM General Session Truck vs. Motorcycle Cases: Understanding the Rules for Motorcyclists and Overcoming Potential Anti-Cyclist Prejudice |  Peter Michael Anderson |
Saturday 9:40 AM - 10:05 AM General Session Cases Ivolving Truck Drivers Who do Not Speak English or Who Have a CDL From Another Country: Establishing Liability Without Offending Jurors. |  Daisy Chaparro |
Saturday 10:05 AM - 10:30 AM General Session When and How to First Ask the Jury for a Damages Amount |  Kate Harvey Lee |
Saturday 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM General Session Reading Between the Logs: What’s Recorded, What’s Missing, What Matters |  Scott Greene |
Saturday 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Refreshment Break |
Saturday 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM General Session From a Former Defense Lawyer: The Five Biggest Mistakes Plaintiffs' Lawyers Make That Cause Them to Lose Value |  Deena Buchanan |
Saturday 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM General Session Using Big Data to Frame and Value Your Case |  Jessica Brylo |
Saturday 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM General Session Effective Demonstratives for Proving Liability |  Sach Oliver |
Saturday 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Sponsored by Focus Graphics |
Saturday 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM General Session Speaking to Conservative Jurors |  Michael Leizerman |
Saturday 2:15 PM - 2:55 PM General Session Lessons Learned from Losses |  Joe Fried Michael Leizerman Maxey Scherr Michael Cowen |
Saturday 2:55 PM - 3:25 PM General Session The Effective Use of Lay Witnesses |  Malorie Peacock |
Saturday 3:25 PM - 3:55 PM General Session Using Verdicts and Settlements to Make the World Safer |  Joe Camerlengo |
Saturday 3:55 PM - 4:00 PM General Session Closing Remarks |  Maxey Scherr |
Saturday 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Attorney Breakout Session Identifying All of the Parties in the Transportation Chain |  George Patterson |
Saturday 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Attorney Breakout Session Rising Tort Reform Across the Country - Presenting Evidence of Medical Damages in Litigation |  Jeffrey Craig |
Saturday 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM Attorney Breakout Session Cases Where a Tractor-Tanker is Backing Across a Roadway at Night |  Jordan Jones |
Saturday 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM Attorney Breakout Session Work Zone Cases: When is the Contractor or Government Liable? |  Briant Mildenhall |
Saturday 10:10 AM - 10:40 PM Attorney Breakout Session Trailer Underride Product Liability Cases |  Michael Sievers |
Saturday 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Refreshment Break |
Saturday 11:00 AM - 11:30 PM Attorney Breakout Session Product Liability for Failure to Equip Truck Tractors with Crash Avoidance Technology |  Kevin Coluccio |
Saturday 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Attorney Breakout Session Hidden Motor Carrier Cases: How to Hold the Hidden Motor Carrier Liable for the Driver’s Negligence |  Sean McEvoy |
Saturday 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Attorney Breakout Session Using Spoliation Sanctions as a Sword in the Difficult Liability Case |  Pete Kestner |
Saturday 12:30 PM Rejoin General Session |
Saturday 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Sponsored by Focus Graphics |
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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@ATAALaw.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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- I am a licensed attorney engaged in active law practice at a plaintiff's only law firm or a paralegal engaged in working for a plaintiff's only law firm.
- 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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- I will not disclose any information and/or materials obtained through attendance at any ATAA program with any person who is not an ATAA member; unless the materials are used in furtherance of a case on behalf of a client or to help educate other plaintiffs' attorneys (e.g., demand package, litigation exhibit, PowerPoint presentation);
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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@ATAALaw.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.