Thursday
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
General Session
Welcome and Introduction

Michael Leizerman

Joe Fried

Tim Whiting

Thursday
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
General Session
The Long Game: Building a Reputation for Success with Trucking Cases

Joe Fried

Michael Leizerman

Thursday
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
General Session
Don't Leave Money on the Table: Learn How to Get the Best Settlement in Your Truck Case

Deena Buchanan

Pete Kestner

Thursday
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
General Session
The Truck Lawyer as Safety Advocate 

 

Andy Young

Thursday
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
General Session
Forge Attorney Services: Your Needs, Our Experts, Trusted Advice

 

Marshall Allen

Thursday
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
General Session
Pleading the Right Causes of Action Against the Right Defendants

 

Morgan Adams

Thursday
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM
General Session
Finding the Rules That Apply to Your Case

 

Robert Collins

Thursday
4:40 PM - 5:40 PM
General Session
Using Visceral Images to Persuade Jurors

 

Cliff Atkinson

Friday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
General Session-TBI in Trucking Cases
What Treaters and Experts You Need to Prove Your Brain Injury Case

 

Tom Crosley

Friday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
General Session-TBI in Trucking Cases
Telling the Client's Story in a TBI Case

 

Tom Metier

Friday
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
General Session-TBI in Trucking Cases
How to Prove a TBI Case from Screening to Testing to Specialists to Common Defenses

Dorothy Clay Sims

Dr. Oregon Hunter

Friday
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Whether and When to Hire Experts

 

Steve Laird

Friday
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Establishing Rules and Proving Liability Without Retained Experts

 

LaShonda Council-Rogers

Friday
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Power Tools for Trial Lawyers

 

Jack Meligan

Friday
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Common Injuries and Proving Causation

 

Dr. Isabel Huang

Friday
3:15 PM - 3:50 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Motivating Jurors to Allow Big Damages in Non-Catastrophic Cases

 

Sara Williams

Friday
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Demonstrative Evidence on a Budget

 

Jordan Jones

Friday
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
General Session-Non-Catastrophic Cases
Working with Treating Physicians

 

Danny Ellis

Friday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Choosing Who to Depose and the Sequence of Depositions

 

Joe Camerlengo

Friday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Corporate Representatives: Drafting the Notice and Taking the Deposition

 

Maxey Scherr

Friday
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Learn How to Dramatically Increase Case Value & Courtroom Victories Through Use of Non-Recourse Litigation and Medical Care/Treatment Funding Programs

 

Brett Findler

Friday
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Custodian of Records Depositions: Drafting the Notice and Taking the Deposition

 

Ken Levinson

Friday
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Preparing Clients for Deposition

 

Kate Harvey-Lee

Friday
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Deposing Dispatchers - How and Why to Do It

 

Bryan Green

Friday
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session-Key Depositions
Using Telematics Data in Depositions

 

Stefano Portigliatti

Friday
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout Session-When $1 Million Isn't Enough
Chassis/Intermodal Liability

 

Larry Simon

Friday
1:45 PM - 3:10 PM
Breakout Session-When $1 Million Isn't Enough
Establishing Liability Against Amazon

Matthew Wright

Michael Sievers

Friday
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Breakout Session-When $1 Million Isn't Enough
Spotting Potential Product Liability Claims in Trucking Cases

 

Kent Emison

Friday
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM
Breakout Session-When $1 Million Isn't Enough
Proving Negligent Selection

 

Ed Ciarimboli

Saturday
8:20 AM - 8:50 AM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
What to do Right Away in a Trucking Case

 

Janelle Bailey

Saturday
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Rolling Treasure Troves of Digital Evidence

 

Scott Greene

Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Demonstrative Evidence in Trucking Cases

 

Malorie Peacock

Saturday
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Deposing Police Officers (Proving Up Good Opinions, Dealing with/Excluding Bad Opinions)

 

Sonia Rodriguez

Saturday
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
The Art and Craft of Getting to Trial on the Papers

 

Rena Leizerman

Saturday
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Examining the Corporate Rep/Safety Director

 

Troy Chandler

Saturday
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Harnessing the Power of Focus and Clarity-Winning Bigger by Presenting Less

 

Joe Fried

Saturday
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Ethics of Confidentiality in Settlement Agreements

 

Joe Ervin

Saturday
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Getting Jurors to Cast the Trucking Company as the Villain in Your Trial Story

 

Michael Cowen

Saturday
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
TAKE: The Power of Linking Liability to Damages (Even with Admitted Liability)

 

Michael Leizerman

Saturday
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
General Session-Cutting Edge Trial Tactics
Crafting the Trial Story

Tim Whiting

Eric Penn

PRINTABLE 2022 GENERAL SESSION  AGENDA

PRINTABLE 2022 ATTORNEY BREAKOUT SESSION  AGENDA

• 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.  
• I do not subscribe to any defense only bar or organizations and/or listservs.

• 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);
• I will not sell or distribute for profit any information and/or materials obtained through attendance at any ATAA program;
• I  will not distribute or share ATAA resources or ATAA program materials to any non ATAA members.