2020 Annual Convention
Event Schedule
Thursday
PLENARY SESSION
Moderator: Robert Wagoner, Esq., Columbus, OH
5.25 CLE General Hours
8:30 - 9:30 AM Hidden Damages That Can Add Millions to Your Cases
Steven Gursten, Esq., Farmington Hills, MI
Steven Gursten of Michigan Auto Law has recovered the highest settlement for an auto and truck accident of any Michigan lawyer or law firm. Steve speaks throughout the country every year, teaching lawyers on such subjects as trial advocacy, traumatic brain injury, truck accident litigation, and on maximizing auto accident settlements.
NEW TRENDS IN CIVIL LITIGATION
Moderator: Robert Wagoner, Esq., Columbus, OH
5.25 CLE General Hours
9:45 - 10:30 AM Taking on the Defense Medical Examiner (DME)
Jay Vaughn, Esq. For Wright, KY
10:30 - 11:15 AM The Top Non-Law Books Trial Lawyers Need to Read
Ken Levinson, Esq., Chicago, IL
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Dark Waters: The Story Behind the Enviornmental Legal Battle Exposing Corporate Coverup
Robert Bilott, Esq. Cincinnati, OH
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 PM Negotiation Strategies to Achieve the Best Settlements
Mikal Watts, Esq., San Antonio, TX
2:15 - 3:00 PM Fun with Shrinks: Psychological Evidence in Personal Injury
Jonathan Karon, Esq., Boston, MA
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 3:45 PM Utilizing a Case Manager as Your Client’s Patient Advocate to Achieve the Best Outcomes for Your Client and the Case
Shanna Huber RN, BSN, MSN/Ed, CCM, CLCP, CNLCP, Aging Life Care Manager, Columbus, OH
3:45 - 4:45 PM Mediation Tips Every Plaintiff’s Lawyer Should Know
Robert Erney, Esq., Columbus, OH Magistrate Mark Petrucci, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Craig Scott, Esq., Columbus, OH Frank Ray, Esq., Columbus, OH
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Moderator: Peter Friedmann, Esq. Columbus, OH
2.25 CLE General Hours
9:45 - 10:45 AM FLSA Collective Actions
Greg Mansell, Esq., Columbus, OH Rachel Sabo Friedmann, Esq., Columbus, OH Peter Friedmann, Esq., Columbus, OH
10:45 - 11:15 AM Strategies for Successful Mediations and Settlement Conversations
Hans Nilges, Esq., Massillon, OH
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Recent Changes in Wage and Hour Laws Under the Trump Administration
Robert DeRose, Esq., Columbus, OH
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
2.50 CLE Professional Conduct Hours
1:30 - 2:15 PM Hollywood Ethics: Do They Ever Get it Right?
Charles Kettlewell, Esq., Columbus, OH
2:15 - 3:15 PM Ethics & the Practice of Law: What Would you do for $357?
Joseph Caligiuri, Esq., Disciplinary Counsel at The Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus, OH
3:15 - 3:30 PM Networking Break
3:30 - 4:15 PM Know When to Hold ‘Em – Know When to Shred ‘Em – Don’t Gamble with Client Files
Gretchen Mote, Esq., Director of Loss Prevention, Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Company
TECHNOLOGY
2.50 CLE General Hours
1:30 - 2:30 PM Microsoft Teams: Bringing the Remote Office Together
Drew Baker, Esq. Columbus, OH
2:30 - 3:00 PM Utilizing Focus Group Technology for Trial Presentation
David Skall, Esq., Elyria, OH
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 3:45 PM Running Technology at Trial
Tyson Mutrux, Esq., St. Louis, MO
3:45 - 4:15 PM Presenting Evidence to Focus Groups
Anca Niederkorn, Firm Manager, Eadie Hill Trial Lawyers, Cleveland, OH William Eadie, Esq., Cleveland, OH
NEW LAWYERS TRAINING
Moderator: Jordan Lebovitz, Esq., Cleveland, OH
6 New Lawyers Training CLE Hours
8:30 - 9:30 AM Hidden Damages That Can Add Millions to Your Cases
Steven Gursten, Esq., Farmington Hills, MI
9:45 - 10:30 AM Effective Opening Statements
Bobby Rutter, Esq., Cleveland, OH Nicholas DiCello, Esq., Cleveland, OH
10:30 - 11:15 AM What’s Left of Product Liability
Sean Harris, Esq., Columbus, OH
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Meditations (Virtual or Otherwise); Techniques to facilitate Settlement
John Alton, Esq., Columbus, OH
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM Client Fund Management
Yukiko Yee, General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer, Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, Columbus, OH
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:45 PM Critical First Steps: Medical Malpractice Intake/Investigation
Lindsay Lawrence, Esq., Covington, KY
3:45 - 4:30 PM Proving Traumatic Brain Injuries Without Radiologic Evidence
Jeffrey Heller, Esq., Cleveland, OH
Friday
LITIGATION AT SUNRISE WITH FINDLAW
1 CLE General Hour
8:00 - 9:00 AM Starting From Scratch: 5 Ways to Bolster Your Firm’s Social Media Presence
Mike Brown, Senior Client Development Consultant, FindLaw, Cincinnati, OH
WOMEN’S CAUCUS PANEL
Moderator: Lori Luka, Esq., Cleveland, OH
1.50 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 10:30 AM Women’s Caucus Panel Discussion
Sydney McLafferty, Esq., Columbus, OH Meghan Connolly, Esq., Cleveland, OH Megan Frantz Oldham, Esq., Canton, OH
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Moderator: Troy Duffy, Esq., Columbus, OH
5 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM Industrial Commission Update
Jim Hughes, Chairman, Columbus, OH
Karen Gillmor, Ph.D., Public Member, Columbus, OH
9:45 - 10:30 AM Deciphering the New BWC Fusion Rule: What We’ve Learned So Far
Esther Barrett, Esq., Columbus, OH
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:15 AM Update from BWC Administrator
Stephanie McCloud, BWC Administrator, Columbus, OH
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Drug Impaired Behavior Leading to Injury at Work: Interpretation of Forensic Toxicology in Worker’s Compensation Cases
Dr. John Wyman, PhD, DABT, DABFT, Centerville, OH
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM Case Law Update
Jon Goodman, Esq., Worthington, OH
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:30 PM Social Security Disability and Your Clients: Your Questions Answered
Carol Herdman, Esq., Columbus, OH
3:30 - 4:00 PM Legislative Changes That Will Impact Your Practice
Brad Ingraham, OAJ Director of Government Affairs, Dublin, OH
TRUCKING SAFETY LITIGATION
Moderator: Scott Smith, Esq., Columbus, OH
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM Strategies to Maximizing the Catastrophic Truck Case
Peter Kestner, Esq., Inver Grove Heights, MN
9:45 - 10:30 AM Accident Reconstruction in Trucking Cases: Initial Perception, Actual Perception, & Reaction
James Crawford, Introtech Forensic Services, Grafton, OH
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM Be Careful What you Wish for: Consequences of the Megaverdict in a Truck Crash Case
D.J. Young, Esq., Cleveland, OH
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM How to Get Other Records on Truck Drivers and Trucking Companies
Florence Murray, Esq., Sandusky, OH
SUBROGATION
Moderator: Daniel Mordarski, Esq., Columbus, OH
5 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM We can Completely Ignore Subro Claims From Non-ERISA, Private Health Insurance. Right? Not so Fast my Friend
Daniel Mordarski, Esq., Columbus, OH
9:45 - 10:30 AM ERISA Subrogation Trends and Management Strategies
Robert Kerpsack, Esq., Dublin, OH
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM Preserving Clients’ Rights: Special Needs Trusts and Medicare Set-Asides
Anne Lawter, Esq., Ringler, Troy, MI
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Med-Pay Migraines: Is there an Rx?
Brian Wilson, Esq., Canton, OH
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 PM Use Consumer Laws to get Subro/ Reimbursement Collectors to Pay Your Client
Daniel Myers, Esq., Cleveland, OH
2:00 - 2:30 PM R.C. 2323.44; the Satus of Ohio’s Pro Rata Statute
Matt Nakajima, Esq., Lebanon, OH
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:15 PM Workers’ Compensation & Subrogation: Practices, Pitfalls, and Maximizing the Best Result for your Client
Vincent Scebbi, Esq., Cleveland, OH
3:15 - 4:00 PM Super Liens: Medicare and Medicaid
Margaret Murray, Esq., Sandusky, OH
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
2.50 CLE Professional Conduct Hours
1:30 - 2:15 PM Ethics Update and (Un)professionalism Horror Stories
Charles Kettlewell, Esq., Columbus, OH
2:15 - 3:15 PM Understanding Addiction: Squirrel Logic
Dr. Brad Lander, PhD, LICDC, Columbus, OH
3:15 - 4:00 PM Personal Conduct, Political Conduct, and Ethical Guardrails
Gary Leppla, Esq. Dayton, OH
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Moderator: Allen Tittle, Esq., Cleveland, OH
2.25 CLE General Hours
1:30 - 2:30 PM Cases in Hospital Administration Liability
Craig Felty, RN, New Palestine, IN
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:30 PM Understaffing: by the Numbers
Ernest Tosh, Esq., Grapevine, TX
3:30 - 4:00 PM E-Discovery in Medical Malpractice Cases: Medical Records are Just the Beginning!!
Dustin Herman, Esq., Cleveland, OH
NEW LAWYERS TRAINING
Moderator: Jordan Lebovitz, Esq., Cleveland, OH
6 New Lawyers Training CLE Hours
8:00 - 8:30 AM Employment Law 101
Peter Friedmann, Esq., Columbus, OH
8:30 - 9:15 AM Deposition Techniques: How to Get At the Truth
William Jacobson, Cleveland, OH
9:15 - 10:15 AM Workers’ Compensation and Law Office Management
Sam Marcellino, Esq., Columbus, OH
10:15 - 10:30 AM Networking Break
10:30 - 11:00 AM How to Increase Value in Your Pre-Suit Settlements
Jami Oliver, Esq., Dublin, OH
11:00 - 11:30 AM Special Considerations for Crashes Near Schools
Ashley Rutherford Starling, Esq., Hilliard, OH
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Every Single Case Involves the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information: What Every Lawyer Must Know and Understand to Successfully Employ E-Discovery in Every Case
Dustin Herman, Esq., Cleveland, OH
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 PM Basics of Bad Faith Claims
Florence Murray, Esq., Sandusky, OH
2:15 - 2:30 PM Networking Break
2:30 - 3:30 PM The Essential CLE for Solos, Small and Medium Firms
Philip King, Esq., Columbus, OH
3:30 - 4:00 PM Probate for Personal Injury Lawyers
Nicholas Laudato, Esq., Independence, OH