2022 Annual Convention
Event Schedule
In-person
In-person
Thursday
PLENARY SESSION
Moderator: Sydney McLafferty, Esq., Columbus, OH
8:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Welcome Remarks
9:00 - 10:00 AM What is Your Why...Defining Your Greatness
Sandra Spurgeon, Esq.
NEW TRENDS IN CIVIL LITIGATION
4.25 CLE General Hours
Moderator: Sydney McLafferty, Esq., Columbus, OH
10:15 - 11:15 AM COVID-19 Jury Research Project
Gregory Cusimano, Esq.
11:15 - 12:00 PM Proving Proximate Cause at Trial: The Domino Theory
Edward Capozzi, Esq.
1:30 - 2:15 PM Buyer Beware: National Update on the Growing Trends of Non-Attorney Ownership of Law Firms
Daniel Hinkle, AAJ Senior State Affairs Counsel
Eleana Drakatos, Esq.
2:15 - 3:00 PM Reimagining Civility in the Law
Sarah Graziano, Esq.
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM Traumatic Brain Injuries: Anatomy and Practice Tips
Dré Fleury, Esq.
SWEARING-IN LUNCHEON
12:00 - 1:30 PM (Programming to begin at 12:20)
Past President's Plaque presented to David Meyer
Trustee Swearing In
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
2.5 Professional Conduct CLE
1:30 - 2:30 PM Implicit Bias for Humans...and Lawyers, too!
Scott Warrick, JD, MLHR, CEQC, SCP
2:30 - 3:00 PM Ethics Update Spring 2022, Part 1
Charles Kettlewell, Esq.
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM Brain Pirates: How Environmental Triggers Hijack the Brain
Dr. Brad Lander, Ph.D.
TECHNOLOGY SESSION
2.5 CLE General Hours
Moderator: Mark Abramowitz, Esq., Cleveland, OH
1:30 - 2:30 PM Secret of Medical Records: Following the Hidden Breadcrumbs to Find the Information
Dustin Herman, Esq.
Mark Abramowitz, Esq.
2:30 - 3:00 PM Preservation Letters & Forensic Data
Greg Kelley, BS, ENCE, DFCP, Chief Technology Officer, Vestige Digital Investigations
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM Zoom in, Zoom out: The Future of Focus Groups
John Camillus, Esq.
Sean Harris, Esq.
NEW LAWYERS TRAINING
3 New Lawyers Training CLE Hours
Moderator: Jordan Lebovitz, Esq., Cleveland, OH
10:15 - 11:15 AM Legal Marketing and Image Management for the New Practitioner
Ethan Vessels, Esq.
1:30 - 2:30 PM New Lawyer Ethics
Heather Zirke, Esq.
2:30 - 3:30 PM Client Fund Management
Yukiko Yee, General Counsel/COO at Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
Friday
JUSTICE AT SUNRISE
0.75 CLE General Hour
Breakfast buffet available beginning at 7:30 AM.
8:00 - 8:45 AM Improving Civil Litigation in Ohio: The Maximum Efficiency Initiative
Justice Michael Donnelly
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
5 CLE General Hours
Moderator: Benjamin Wiborg, Esq., Cleveland, OH
9:00 - 9:45 AM Industrial Commission Update
Thomas Connor, Industrial Commission Hearing Services Director
9:45 - 10:30 AM Update from the BWC Administrator
Administrator Stephanie McCloud
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 PM An Employer Attorney's Interpretation of Recent Amendments to 4123.56 (F)
Christopher Russell, Esq.
11:30 - 12:00 PM Legislative Changes: How They Impact Your Clients and Your Practice
Brad Ingraham, OAJ Director of Government Affairs
1:30 - 2:30 PM Workers' Compensation Litigation
Jeffrey Heller, Esq.
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:30 PM Case Law Update
Jonathan Goodman, Esq.
3:30 - 4:00 PM Pre-existing Conditions and Psychological Testing with the Injured Worker
Dr. Patrick Yingling, Ph.D.
AWARDS LUNCHEON
12:00 - 1:30 PM (Programming to begin at 12:20)
SUBROGATION SESSION
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM Navigating a Settlement for a Disabled Client: Strategies for a Speedy Resolution that Benefit You and the Client
Ethan Welch, Esq.
David Banas, Esq.
9:45 - 10:30 AM ERISA Subrogation: A Practitioner’s Survival Guide
Robert Kerpsack, Esq.
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM Important Tips to Maximize the Benefits of your Clients' Medical Payments Coverage
Robert Wagoner, Esq.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Comparing and Contrasting the Resolution of Traditional Medicare (Parts A&B) Versus Privately Administered Medicare Part C and Part D Liens
Natt Reifler, JD, CMSP
CIVIL RIGHTS & EMPLOYMENT LAW JOINT SESSION
2.75 CLE General Hours
Moderator: Peter Friedmann, Esq., Columbus, OH
9:00 - 9:45 AM Increasing the Value of Cases with Emotional Distress
Dr. Jolie Brams, Ph.D.
9:45 - 10:30 AM How COVID Changed the Game for Reasonable Accommodations
Rachel Sabo Friedmann, Esq.
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking break
10:45 - 11:30 AM Connecting with the Jury in a Civil Rights Case
John Bey, Esq.
11:30 - 12:00 PM The Do's and Don'ts of Handling Cases in the Media
Sarah Gelsomino, Esq.
TRUCKING SAFETY LITIGATION
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM Deposing the Driver
Dino Colombo, Esq.
9:45 - 10:30 AM Deposing the Corporate Rep with an Intro to the Difference Between Auto and Truck Crash Representation
Travis Mohler, Esq.
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM Litigating Truck Crashes - Drive the Extra Mile with Case Review, Analysis, and Trial Strategy
Andrew Young, Esq.
11:30 - 12:00 PM What were you Expecting? The Last Mile and Backing Issues
Charles Murray, Esq.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
2.25 CLE General Hours
Moderator: Allen Tittle, Esq., Cleveland, OH
1:30 - 2:30 PM Show Me the Data: Understanding and Using EMRs and Audit Trails to Corner the Defense
Megan Shore, Esq.
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:30 PM Nursing Standards of Care and the Importance of Fetal Monitoring in High-Risk Patients
Darla Maier, RNC-OB, MN
Lindsay Lawrence, Esq.
3:30 - 4:00 PM Medical Malpractice Case Law Update
Louis Grube, Esq.
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
2.5 Professional Conduct CLE Hours
1:30 - 2:30 PM Professionalism in Action: A Conversation with Judge Phil Calabrese
Judge Philip Calabrese
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:15 PM Ethics Update Spring 2022, Part 2
Charles Kettlewell, Esq.
3:15 - 4:15 PM Lawyers: Alcohol, Drugs & Mental Health
Scott Mote, Esq., Executive Director, OLAP
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