Session #: 419-w
Session Length: 163 hr 41 min Program: 2009 AAJ Annual Convention Date: July 25-29, 2009
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Packages include Video from the following tracks
Advocacy Track—Discovery with a Purpose
- Depositions of Corporate Representatives: 30(b)(6) Deposition - Christopher J. O'Brien
- "Death Star Depositions": The 30(b)(5) Deposition - Carl L. Solomon
- Undressing the Defense Expert - William B. Curtis
- Quashing Dirty Tricks in Discovery - Linda Miller Atkinson
Advocacy Track—Psychology of Visuals
- Enhancing the Story with PowerPoint - Sandy Johnson; Mark R. Kosieradzki
- Fundamentals of Effective Visuals - Phillip H. Miller
- Damages—Exhibits through the Lens of Visuals - Howard L. Nations
- Developing Your Case Through Effective Exhibits - David R. Cohen
Advocacy Track—Big Bang Theory—OJB, "Rules of the Road," and Damages
- Jury Bias Today - David A. Wenner
- Choice Theory: A New Way to Try Cases - Mark S. Mandell
- Using "Rules of the Road" in Opening and Closing - Paul J. Scoptur
- Using "Rules of the Road" in Voir Dire - Timothy B. Hummel
- Communicating Your Themes to a 21st Century Jury - Jerome F. O'Neill
- Welcome to the Revolution: The Reptile, the Juror, and Your Case - David Ball, Ph.D.
- Motivating a Jury with Safety and Damages During Each Phase of the Trial - Ernest F. Teitell; Charles J. Zauzig, III
Advocacy Track—Applying the Techniques at Trial
- Demo: Jury Selection - Lisa A. Blue, J.D., Ph.D.
- Demo: Opening Statement - Christine D. Spagnoli
- Demo: Living in an MTV World: Visual Presentation of Trial Evidence in an HRT Case - Zoe Littlepage
- Demo: Closing Argument - Randi C. McGinn
Advocacy Track—Integrating Storytelling into Every Part of Trial
- Theme Development and Trial Story Principle - James B. Lees, Jr.
- Storytelling—Getting to the Soul of the Witness in Direct - John Elliott Leighton
- Storytelling in Cross - Edward H. Moore
- Storytelling Style: How the Gender of the Storyteller Impacts Credibility (ethics/elimination of bias credit) - Laura Dominic
- Storytelling in Argument: Finale and Curtain - David B. Baum
Advocacy Track—Persuasion
- The Art of Videotaping Depositions - Robert J. Mongeluzzi
- Visual Storytelling: Using Focus Group Information to Shape Your Case Presentation (Audio Only) - Robert W. Bailey
- Persuasion Through Graphics - Gayle M. Blatt
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
- Making Decisions: What Really Matters—Continuity from Intake to Trial - Rodney Jew
- Unique Discovery Issues in Trucking Cases—Not Your Daddy's Deposition - Marion K. Munley
- There Is No Such Thing as a Low-Speed Impact in a Tractor Trailer Case - Joseph A. Fried
- Truck v. Motorcycle—When the Jury Hates Everyone - Lawrence M. Simon
- Over-Driving the Headlights and Other Night Driving Issues - Daniel J. Buba
- Communicating Your Intentions—Managing Space in Trucking Collisions - Robert L. Sachs, Jr.
- Don't Overlook Brain Injuries in Trucking Cases - Steven M. Gursten
- When Your Client Wasn't Hit by a Semi—The Small Commercial Vehicle Case - Shean D. Williams
- Trucking Insurance and Insolvency: How to Represent Plaintiffs When Motor Carriers and Their Insurers Go Broke - Kenneth L. Shigley
- Critical Maintenance Issues with Brakes, Suspension, Rims, and Tires - Roger Allen
- The Ethics of Trucking Litigation (ethics) - Steven M. Friedman
- Overlooked Issues in Maximizing Damages in a Trucking Case - Robert T. Karns
Packages include Audio from the following tracks
Advocacy Track—Starting at the End: Dealing with the Massive Changes in Subrogation Law
- Overview of Subrogation Law - Frank Verderame
- Medicare: Subrogation and Set Aside Requirement - Judy Kostura
- Changes in Special Needs Trusts: Is the Pool Trust Dead? (45 minutes ethics) - William L.E. Dussault
- ERISA Reimbursement Claims (15 minutes ethics) - John V. Tucker
Admiralty Law Section
- Panel: The Athens Convention: What Is It and Why Do We Need to Know About It? - Lawrence A. Arcell; Paul S. Edelman; John H. Hickey
- Maritime Wrongful Death: Damages Under the Death on the High Seas Act - Ross M. Diamond
- Maritime Wrongful Death: General Maritime Law Remedies for Non-Seamen - James M. Beard
- Practice Pointer: Pitfalls of Medical Negligence in Maritime Law - Timothy F. Schweitzer
- ASTM and ANSI Marine Construction Standards in Maritime Personal Injury - Lawson E. Bronson
- Litigating Cases Involving Construction Derricks and Dredges - Thadd Brusseau
Appellate Practice Litigation Group
- Approaching a Case with Precedential Value: Perspectives from an Appellate Judge and a Trial Lawyer - Hon. Denise R. Johnson; Richard I. Rubin
- Confessions of a Former Defense Lawyer: How Defense Lawyers Steal Your Verdicts and Judgments and What You Must Do to Stop Them - Collyn A. Peddie
- Trial Records: What I Did and Did Not Find There - John Vail
Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG)
- Keeping Kids Safe in Cars - Stuart A. Ollanik
- The Right Tires - Christine D. Spagnoli
- Good Roof, Bad Roof - John H. Gomez
- Finding a Safe Car to Buy - Julian C. Gomez
- The Trouble with Air Bags—Still - Thadd J. Llaurado
Avandia Litigation Group
- Litigation Update - Neil Overholtz; Lori Andrus
- Recent Developments in Discovery - Richard J. Hood; Karen Barth Menzies; Fred Thompson
- Daubert and Preemption Forecast - David Ratner; Catherine T. Heacox
Aviation Law Section
- The Aviation Trial - Thomas V. Girardi; Doug Griffith
- Litigating a Helicopter Crash Case - Gary C. Robb
- The State of Aviation Law - Ladd Sanger
- Panel: Your Cases Analyzed by Leading Aviation Expert - John W. Bloomfield; Donald Sommer; Lee Coffman
- International Air Carrier Disasters - Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid
Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Group
- Making the Successful Claim for Emotional Stress Damages Recoveries in an Insurance Case - A. Richard Maloney
- Panel: Dealing with the Carrier's Claim That Your Client Has Committed Fraud or Made a Class A Material Misrepresentation - Patrick H. LePley; Charles M. Miller; David J. Pettinato
- Punitive Damages, State Consumer Protection Statutes with Damage Remedies, and the Fallout from the Campbell Case - Kenneth R. Friedman
- Subrogation Clauses in ERISA Plan Documents: When They Can Be Enforced and When the Make Whole Doctrine Can Prevail - Mark D. DeBofsky
Business Torts Section
- Derivative Lawsuits—Restoring Shareholder Value and Policing Executive Greed - Dario de Ghetaldi; Nicole Lavalee
- Antitrust—Cutting-Edge Practice Trends - Bruce L. Simon
- False Claims Act—Public and Private Enforcers in Partnership - Frederick Acker; Nicklas Akers
- Intellectual Property for General Practitioners - Charles M. Allen
Canadian Caucus
- Proving Pain—Making the Invisible Visible - William Teggart
- Uses and Misuses of Probability in Injury Litigation: What Every Lawyer Has to Know - Michael D. Freeman, Ph.D., D.C., M.P.H.
- Causation: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing - Ava M. Hillier; Barbara L. Legate
- Cross-Canada Review of Tort Recovery Restrictions (Passed or Pending) - Panel
Civil Rights Section
- Valuing Police Misconduct Cases - John C. Burton
- The Abuse of Immigration Detainees: What Trial Lawyers Can Do - Conal Doyle
- Supreme Court Update - Prof. Alexander A. Reinert
- Civil Rights: Past, Present, and Future - Fred D. Gray, Sr.
Class Action Litigation Group
- Return of the Settlement Class (ethics) - Elizabeth J. Cabraser
- Post-CAFA (Class Action Fairness Act) Class Actions - Timothy Blood; Joseph W. Cotchett
- Panel: New Developments/Strategies in Multi-State and Regional Cases - Joseph H. (Jay) Aughtman; Edith M. Kallas; Brian S. Kabateck
- Panel: Emerging Trends in Mass Torts Settlements with Rule 23 Interplay - Ervin A. Gonzalez; Sol H. Weiss
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/RSD Litigation Group
- Cases That Fly and Cases That Bark: Tips for Telling Them Apart - Steven E. Goren
- Trial Techniques in CRPS Cases - R. Rex Parris
- Challenging Defense Experts (Foundational Attacks and IMEs) - Mary Alice McLarty
- CRPS in Workers' Compensation and Social Security Matters/Question and Answer Session - R. Steven Shisler
Electronic Discovery Litigation Group
- Strategies for the Review of Electronic Information - Richard J. Hood
- Judge's Perspective on E-Discovery - Kenneth J. Withers
- Update on Defense Perspective on E-Discovery - Laura M. Kibbe
- Mock Motion to Compel and Discussion - Richard Hood; Laura M. Kibbe; Ken Withers
Employment Rights Section
- Plaintiff and Defense Opening Statement
- Direct and Cross Examination of Plaintiff
- Direct and Cross Examination of Individual Defendant
- Direct and Cross Examination of Individual Defendant's Wife
- Direct and Cross Examination of Human Resources Manager
- Plaintiff's and Defense Closing Argument
ERISA, Health Care and Disability Litigation Group and Social Security Disability Law Section
- Emotional Aspects of Proving Your Client Is Disa - Juliet C. Purll
- Proving Disability by Neuropsychological Testing - Ronald Houston, Ph.D.
Expert Witness Admissibility/Daubert Litigation Group
- Supreme Court Cases: General Telephone, Eisen, and Daubert - Carl L. Solomon
- In Re IPO Litigation, 471 F.3d 24 (2d Cir. 2007) - Alan Mansfield
- Dukes v. Wal-Mart, 509 F.3d 1168 (9th Cir. 2007) - Rebekah K. McKinney
Family Law Section
- Technological Barriers and How to Find, Authenticate, and Preserve Electronic Evidence - Aaron Hughes
- Strategies on How to Use This Technology in Domestic Relation Cases and Beyond - Timothy J. Conlon
Hormone Therapy Litigation Group
- Papered to Death: Winning the Briefing Wars in Pharmaceutical Litigation - Erik B. Walker
- Tell Your Scientific Story: Define the Causation Case on Your Terms - Tobi L. Millrood
- Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth—Only If You Let Them: Coordination of a Pharmaceutical Litigation - Zoe Littlepage
Inadequate Security Litigation Group
- Keynote: Why Civil Justice Is So Important to Victims of Criminal Injustice: The Tort System as Empowerment to Victims of Violent Crime (not for CLE credit) - Fred Goldman
- Understanding, Identifying, and Maximizing Damages of Violent Crime Victims - Karen Koehler
- What Happens When Victims Don't (or Can't) Speak Up for Themselves: Representing the Abused, Incompetent, and Most Vulnerable - Elizabeth F. Kuniholm
- The Current State of the States: Inadequate Premises Security Law Update - Jeffrey P. Fritz
Insurance Law Section
- What Caused the Insurance Industry Meltdown and Latest Trends in Insurance Solvency Issues - Kimberly C. Page
- ERISA Subrogation After Sereboff: What Are the Defenses? - John D. Wood
- Regulatory Goals and Options Upon an Insurer's Insolvency - Hon. John R. Garamendi
- Rise in Force Placement Insurance Practices - Joseph N. Kravec, Jr.
- Don't Overlook Reinsurance Coverage: Follow the Liability and You Will Find the Puppeteer - David A. Bryant
International Practice Section
- Releases and Waivers, Forum Selection, Damages, and Personal Jurisdiction: United States - David B. Baum
- Releases and Waivers, Forum Selection, Damages, and Personal Jurisdiction: Canada - Judith A. Hull
- Releases and Waivers, Forum Selection, Damages, and Personal Jurisdiction: England - Clive A.W. Garner
Law Student Services Committee
- You Learn More from Losing: Lessons I Have Learned - Paul J. Scoptur
- If I Had It to Do It Over Again: Starting Out, What We Would Have Done Differently - Christopher D. Glover; Donna M. MacKenzie; Jackalyn A. Olinger; M. Chad Trammell
- Finding a Job in a Tough Market: Networking, Resumes, and AAJ - Thomas D. Penfield
- Does Size Matter? Sole, Small Firm, and Large Firm Advantages and Disadvantages/Questions and Answers - David A. Couch; W. Harold Flowers, Jr.
Litigation at Sunrise: Part I
- Litigation at Sunrise, Part 1 - Panel
- Litigation at Sunrise, Part 2 - Panel
Marketing and Client Services Committee
- Evaluating Your Current Marketing Plan and Taking Action to Change with the Times - Cindy S. Speaker
- How to Spend Your Advertising Dollars Wisely and Create Sustained Profit - Richard Sackett
- Face-to-Face Marketing—Gain Client Referrals the Old-Fashioned Way - Gregory L. Jones
- Marketing to Specific Minority Groups - Hector Salitrero
Minority Caucus
- Discovery Practice—Effectively Using Discovery Tools to Build Your Liability Case - Marcus L. Stevenson
- When Settlement Is Your Best Option—Ethical Considerations (ethics) - Staci M. Yandle
- Opening Statements: Stepping Out of Your Own Way to Effectively Convey Your Client's Story - Michelle D. Johnson
- Cashing In on Progress: Selling Yourself as a Minority Lawyer and Walking Above the Line of the Rules of Ethics—Marketing Perspectives (ethics) - Rodney G. Gregory
- Turning "It" On and Off: Implications and Assumptions for the Minority Lawyer - Edward H. Moore; Rodney Gregory; Rhonda Hill Wilson
Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway, and Premises Liability Section
- Use of Focus Groups in the Motor Vehicle Case - James B. Lees, Jr.
- The Forensic Application of Social Science - Gregory S. Cusimano
- Damages: Juror Self-Protection - David Ball, Ph.D.
- How to Handle a Difficult Case or Client—When to Withdraw from a Case (ethics) - Gary B. Pillersdorf
- The Opening Statement in the Vehicular Collision Case - Jim M. Perdue, Sr.
- Direct Examination: Narrating the Show - Carl L. Solomon
- Cross-Examination - Thomas J. Vesper
- Closing Argument: How to Get Maximized General Damages - Karen K. Koehler
- How Probability Is Used and Misused in Motor Vehicle Litigation Cases - Michael D. Freeman, Ph.D., D.C., M.P.H.
New Lawyers Division
- Getting Your Name Out—Marketing for Premier Cases - Jeremy W. Alters
- Starting Your Own Plaintiff's Practice - Stephen G. Lowry
- Jury Selection - Gregory S. Cusimano
- Effective Opening Statements - Robert E. Cartwright
- How to Develop a Practice Specialty and the Advantages of Doing So - Yvonne M. Flaherty
- The Use of Depositions at Trial - Adam Malone
- David vs. Goliath: Taking on a Giant - Alexa B. D'Amato
- Effective Closing Arguments - Richard D. Hailey
Nursing Home Litigation Group
- A New Approach to Depositions: Catching Flies with Honey - Blake A. Dickson
- The New Corporate Structure and Insurance: It's by Design - Dusti D. Harvey
- Electronic Discovery: It's All on the Computer - M. Chad Trammell
- Controlling Advanced Litigation Costs in a World of Diminishing Returns - Gale N. Walker, R.N., M.S.N., J.D.
- Arbitration: What to Do If You Don't Beat It - Gregory A. Eiesland
Paralegal Advisory Task Force
- Document Production: Planning Ahead/Staying Ahead - Leslie M. Simon
- Deposition Preparation - Lori C. Tracoma; Elliott M. Buckner
- Preparing for Mediation, Arbitration, and Settlement: A Mini-Trial - Gregory A. Eiesland
- Trial Notebook - Kimberly Shea Jacome
Preemption Law Litigation Group
- Federal Agency Preemption of Common Law Claims: Diagnosis and Prognosis - Prof. Thomas O. McGarity
- Life After Levine: Musings on What We Know and Things We're Still Thinking About - Earl Landers (Lanny) Vickery
- Wyeth v. Levine—A View from Respondent's Counsel - David C. Frederick
- Preemption: The Public Interest Perspective - Arthur H. Bryant
- Recent Railroad Rulings on Preemption - Sharon L. Van Dyck
- New Horizons Presented by Preemption - Gerie Voss
Products Liability Section
- Themes You Want to Convey in a Products Liability Case - David Ball, Ph.D.
- Top Ten Tips for Trying Products Cases - Brian J. Panish
- Regulatory Update and Preemption in Products Cases - Donald H. Slavik
- Effective Products Liability Opening Statements to a Conservative Jury - Julie Braman Kane
- Consumer Expectation or Risk/Utility: Is It Plaintiff's Choice? - Bruce R. Pfaff
- How to Use Discovery from Other Products Cases - George E. McLaughlin
- Impact of Recent Recalls on Crib Litigation - Arthur J. Gonzalez
Professional Negligence Section
- Dental Malpractice—How to Select a Winning Case - Frank J. Riccio, D.M.D., J.D.
- The Use of a Grief Therapist in a Wrongful Death Case - Mila Ruiz Tecala, L.C.S.W.
- Making Complex Medical Negligence Cases Simple - Jim Leventhal
- Speaking through Your Expert - Malcolm P. McConnell
- Avoiding a Legal Malpractice Action (ethics) - Steven E. Goren
- Recognizing and Prosecuting Claims Related to Hospital Acquired Infections - Keri K. Hall, M.D., M.S.
- Calling the Defendant Health Care Provider in Your Case-in-Chief: Pros and Cons - Adam Malone
Railroad Law Section and Railroad/Highway Crossing and Derailment Litigation Group
- Applying the "Rules of the Road" to Lock Down Liability - Patrick A. Malone
- Railroad Passenger Claims Against AMTRAK and Commuter Railroads in the Aftermath of the LA Metrolink Disaster - Ed Feaster
- Panel: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On—Whole Body Vibration and Train Crews - Eckardt Johanning, M.D., M.Sc.; David L. Lockard
- Panel: Discovery Against the Railroad: Dogging the Data in the Digital Age - Jose M. Bautista; Paul Bovarnick
- Panel: Guiding the Plaintiff Through Dark Territory—Shining a Light on Railroad Defenses - James R. Holland; Robert A. Schuetze
- Panel: Update on Railroad Law, Views from FELA, and Crossing Perspectives - William P. Gavin; Sharon L. Van Dyck; Sara L. Youngdahl
- Landing the Big Rail Case While Keeping Your Moral Compass (ethics) - Robert C. Sullivan
- Ethical Preparation and Presentation of Experts in Railroad Cases (ethics) - J. Kirkland Sammons
Resort Tort Litigation Group
- Bus and Resort Transportation Safety - Ronald J. Berke
- Criminal Acts and Negligent Security at Resorts - Rodney G. Gregory
- Safety of Resorts, Including Cruise Ships, Boating, Recreational Vehicles, and Motorcycle/ATVs - Ira H. Leesfield
Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts (STEP)
- Ethics of Fee Agreements in Mass Torts (ethics) - Wendy Fleischman; Yvonne M. Flaherty; Judge Sandra M. Moss; Steven J. Skikos
- Status of Preemption After Levine - Arthur Bryant
- Panel: Issues Facing Plaintiffs in Environmental Toxic Torts - Gerson H. Smoger, J.D., Ph.D.; Mark R. Cuker
- Panel: Issues Facing Plaintiffs in Environmental Toxic Torts - Stephen D. Murakami; Herschel L. Hobson
- Chinese Drywall - Allan Kanner, LA
- Screening Toxic Tort Cases - Thomas V. Girardi; Ellen A. Presby
- Case-Specific Causation - Leslie W. O'Leary; Paul K. Bronston
- Lone Pine Orders: Latest Trends and How to Confront - Ellen Relkin
Sole Practitioner and Small Firm Section
- Making Money in the Small Firm: Economy of Scale - Tommie Ann Gibney
- Ten Tips to Triple Your Income - William S. Friedlander
- Motivation 101: The Power of Persuasion Starts at Home - Jay Urban
- Referrals, Favors, and Malpractice (ethics) - Morgan G. Adams; Thomas J. Vesper
- Effectively Conducting Your Own Video Depositions - Robert L. Collins
- Living in a WiFi World: Going Mobile - Michael Palmer Fontaine
- David's New Slingshot - Gary B. Pillersdorf
- Technology Without Software: Beating Them on a Budget - Mark R. Kosieradzki
- Ten Tips to Triple Your Caseload - Michelle D. Johnson
Stalwarts/Hall of Fame Committee
- What Can Be Learned from Mistakes I (and Better Lawyers Than Me) Have Made…Jim M. Perdue, Sr. - Building Your Practice: Mistakes and Missteps in Marketing and Public Relations…Ira H. Leesfield
- Mistakes I Have Made in Jury Selection…Frank Verderame - Defeating the Defense's New Age Trial Strategy…Jacob G. Vigil
- Mistakes, Errors, and Omissions Revealed…Richard D. Hailey - Allowing Room for Mistakes…Mark P. Robinson
- Think Twice About Your Expert…Terrence R. Quinn - How Near Bankruptcy Experiences Taught Me to Share the Risk and Work in Mass Torts…Michael L. Williams
- Selecting and Prosecuting Police Misconduct Cases…John L. Burris
- Less Is More—Keeping It Simple…Mary E. Alexander - Red Flags Flying: The Pitfalls of Being the Second Attorney to Handle a File…Patrick H. LePley
- From Warrior to Peacemaker: Lessons Learned…Jeffrey P. Foote
Substance Abuse: Reflections—A Bridge for Troubled Lawyers
- Substance Abuse: Reflections—A Bridge for Troubled Lawyers - David R. Bossart
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
- Opening Statements in Traumatic Brain Damage Cases - Bruce H. Stern
- Demonstrating Evidence in Traumatic Brain Damage Cases - Thomas C. Doehrman; Robert L. Shepherd
- The Key to Every Traumatic Brain Damage Case—Before and After Witnesses - Carlton F. Bennett
- Dealing with the Defenses in a Traumatic Brain Damage Case - Michael V. Kaplen
- Strategies for Dealing with Experts in Traumatic Brain Damage Cases - Edward E. Scher
- Neurorehabilitation of the Mild to Moderate Brain Injury Survivor - Linda Gutierrez
- Neuroimaging Today in Traumatic Brain Damage Cases - Erin D. Bigler, Ph.D.
Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Section
- Multistate Claims—How to Maximize Your Recovery - Andrew J. Reinhardt
- Direct Claims Against the Employer - Michael A. Galpern
- Stress Claims - Deborah G. Kohl
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