2021 Annual Convention
Event Schedule
Schedule will continue to be updated in the coming weeks
In-person and virtual
In-person and virtual
Virtual only
Virtual only
Tuesday
(In-person and virtual)
PLENARY SESSION
1 CLE General Hour
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Michael Mogill, Crisp Video
NEW TRENDS IN CIVIL LITIGATION
5 CLE General Hours
9:45 - 10:30 AM Law Firm Coaching and Leadership Roundtable
Moderator: David Meyer, Esq.
10:30 - 11:15 AM Growing Your Law Firm with Purpose
Randall Gerber, Founder and Principal, Gerber LLC
11:15- 12:00 PM Blue Line Brutality
Steven Romines, Esq.
Lonita Baker, Esq.
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 PM
Charles Cooper, Esq.
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Christian Patno, Esq.
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 4:30 PM The New Normal: Emerging from the COVID Cocoon Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lindsay Lawrence, Esq.
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
2.5 Professional Conduct CLE
1:30 - 2:15 PM A New Era—Ohio Adopts the Federal Rules Governing Discovery: What Ohio Attorneys Need to Know About Their Ethical and Professional Obligations Under the New Rules
Dustin Herman, Esq.
2:15 - 3:00 PM Ethics in the Digital Age: How to Combat Negative Online Reviews, Engage with Social Media, and Market your Firm Online
Jami Oliver, Esq.
3:00 - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM Professionalism in a Post-COVID World
Daniel Michel, Esq.
Clayton Crates, Esq.
NEW LAWYERS TRAINING
3 New Lawyers Training CLE
9:45 - 10:45 AM Ethics
1:30 - 2:30 PM Law Office Management
2:30 - 3:30 PM Client Fund Accounts
EMPLOYMENT LAW
2.25 CLE General Hours
9:45 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday
(In-person and virtual)
LITIGATION AT SUNRISE WITH FINDLAW
1 CLE General Hour
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
5 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM
9:45 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:15 PM
3:30 - 4:00 PM
SUBROGATION
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM Practical Tips to Achieve Lien Resolutions
Matt Nakajima, Esq.
9:45 - 10:30 AM ERISA
Robert Kerpsack, Esq.
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM To Add or Not to Add? Deciding Whether to Add the Subrogated Carrier as a Party to the Case
Lori Luka, Esq.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Ethical Considerations When Dealing with Subrogated Interests
William Mann, Esq.
CIVIL RIGHTS LAW
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM
9:45 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 10:45 Networking break
10:45 - 11:30 AM
11:30 - 12:00
TRUCKING LITIGATION
2.25 CLE General Hours
1:30 - 2:30 PM The First 48: The Things You Must Do to Make Your Case
Matthew Wright, Esq.
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking break
2:45 - 3:15 PM
Ellen McCarthy, Esq.
3:15 - 4:00 PM
Ashley Rutherford Starling, Esq.
WOMEN'S CAUCUS
2 CLE General Hours
1:30 - 2:30 PM Panel Discussion
2:30 - 2:45 PM Networking Break
2:45 - 3:45 PM
Judge Terri B. Jamison
Thursday
(Virtual only)
SUBROGATION SESSION
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 9:45 AM Help Us Help you: Tips for Lawyers Dealing with Medicaid Subrogation
Matt Smith, VP Operations, HMS
Kristina Hill, Senior Operations Manager, HMS
9:45 - 10:30 AM Medicare Set-Asides and Secondary Payer Compliance: Where do Things Stand?
Joe Anderson, CMSP, Vice President of Business Development, Medivest
Michael Goodman, CSSC, President, NFP Structured Settlements
Elena Lidrbauch, Esq.
10:30 - 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM Resolving Medicare Liens – Nuts, Bolts, and the Web Portal
Norman Ullom-Morse, Esq.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Special Needs Trusts and Medicaid Benefits
Anne Lawter, Esq., Ringler
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SESSION
2.5 CLE General Hours
1:00 - 1:45 PM COVID-19 Jury Research Data
Daniel Wolfe, J.D., Ph.D.
Rachel York Colangelo, Ph.D.
1:45 - 2:30 PM Walking the Audit Trail: Obtaining, Organizing, and Presenting
Jonathan Lomurro, Esq.
2:30 - 3:00 PM Overcoming the Peer Review Privilege
Lindsay Lawrence, Esq.
3:00 - 3:30 PM Getting Your Electronic Medical Records Post-Ciox
Matthew Wessler, Esq.
Friday
(Virtual only)
TECHNOLOGY
2.75 CLE General Hours
9:00 - 10:00 AM Using Your iPad At Trial – What is TrialPad?
Jay Vaughn, Esq.
Justin Kahn, Esq.
10:00 - 10:45 AM Adobe Acrobat for Attorneys (and staff)
Justin Kahn, Esq.
Jonathan Lomurro, Esq.
10:45 - 11:00 AM Networking Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM Dropping the Digital Anchor: Preparing and Presenting Your Case with Technology
Justin Kahn, Esq.
Jonathan Lomurro, Esq.
OAJ will apply for credit and await approval from the Ohio Supreme Court Commission and Kentucky Bar Association on Continuing Legal Education.