Personal Injury & Negligence

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11 Defense Tactics in Personal Injury Litigation and How to Counter Them

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Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 48 minutes
Anna Carroll
Matthew Jorden
John Metz
Jennifer El-Kadi
W. Chase Gore
With Anna M. Carroll from Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC + 4 others
Recorded September 23, 2025.
Product ID 100785

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Overview

Outmaneuver Defense Tactics and Protect Your Client's Interests at Every Turn

In personal injury litigation, the defense is always looking for ways to discredit your case and minimize your client's damages. To effectively counter these tactics, you need to understand the defense lawyer's mindset - how they approach the case, what strategies they rely on, and how to stay ahead of their maneuvers. This course offers a deep dive into the defense's most effective techniques and provides you with practical strategies for overcoming them. Learn how to handle common challenges like defense medical exams, ready clients and witnesses for trick deposition questions, and more! Arm yourself with the knowledge to fight back with confidence - register today!

  • Discover ways to counteract the defense's time-wasting maneuvers.
  • Cut through irrelevant affirmative defenses and to the heart of the case.
  • Counteract defense attempts to undermine your case through misleading deposition questions.
  • Defend your client's credibility when defense attorneys go on the attack.
  • Find out why your picture of an ideal juror may be all wrong and actually beneficial to the defense.
  • Learn how to level the playing field when arguing for pain and suffering damages.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2025 Content Advisory Committee Member Robert J. Kasieta.

Abbreviated Agenda

  • Thinking Like a Defense Lawyer
  • #2: "Independent" Medical Examinations and Doctor Depositions: Pointers for Coming Out on Top
  • #3-6: Deposition and Cross-Examination Tricks and "Gotcha" Questions
  • #7: Converting Suffering to Dollars: The Defense Has the Advantage - How to Level the Playing Field
  • #8: Avoiding Self-Sabotage in Jury Selection: Why the Ideal Defense Juror and Ideal Plaintiff's Juror Can be Counterintuitive
  • #9: Eroding the Quality of the Plaintiff as a Witness - Creative Tips to Flip the Script
  • #10: Motions in Limine: How Defense Lawyers Craft the Case They Want (and How You Can Too)
  • #11: Defense Closings Are Inherently Weak - What to Do When Faced With a Strong One

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Product ID 100785

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Thinking Like a Defense Lawyer

    • Litigation Approach: Defense Lawyers Need to Dehumanize the Case
    • Stuck in the Middle: Client, Insurer, and Adjuster Pressures They're Dealing With
    • The Billable Hour Encourages Inefficiency: How You Can Deal With Their Time-Wasting Maneuvers

  2. #2: "Independent" Medical Examinations and Doctor Depositions: Pointers for Coming Out on Top

  3. #3-6: Deposition and Cross-Examination Tricks and "Gotcha" Questions

    • Complicating the Case to Undermine the Plaintiff's Ability to Carry the Burden
    • Undermining the Reasonable Degree of Professional Certainty and Admissibility of Expert Testimony
    • Proving Cause Against Defense Tactics
    • Challenging the Proof of Future Damages - "We Just Don't Know"

  4. #7: Converting Suffering to Dollars: The Defense Has the Advantage - How to Level the Playing Field

  5. #8: Avoiding Self-Sabotage in Jury Selection: Why the Ideal Defense Juror and Ideal Plaintiff's Juror Can be Counterintuitive

  6. #9: Eroding the Quality of the Plaintiff as a Witness - Creative Tips to Flip the Script

  7. #10: Motions in Limine: How Defense Lawyers Craft the Case They Want (and How You Can Too)

  8. #11: Defense Closings Are Inherently Weak - What to Do When Faced With a Strong One

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for plaintiff's lawyers. It will reveal actionable strategies to not only defend against the common tactics used by defense lawyers but to also use their methods against them.

Speakers

Anna M Carroll
Anna M.
Carroll
Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC
Matthew B Jorden
Matthew B.
Jorden
Jorden Law Group
John H Metz
John H.
Metz
John H. Metz, Esq.
Jennifer J El-Kadi
Jennifer J.
El-Kadi
JEK Law, LLC
W. Chase Gore
W. Chase
Gore
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Speaker bio
Anna M Carroll

Anna M. Carroll

Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC
Anna Carroll

is an attorney at Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC where she represents individuals and businesses all over the state in a wide variety of cases. Ms. Carroll began working at Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, in 2016 upon graduation from the University of Alabama School of Law. She has devoted her career to representing people or businesses that have suffered injuries, whether physical, emotional, mental, or financial. Ms. Carroll strives to meet her clients' needs and to help make the legal process understandable and accessible for everyone. Her practice focuses primarily on personal injury and wrongful death, including medical malpractice, motor vehicle collisions, and premises liability. In addition to practicing in Alabama, Ms. Carroll is also licensed in New Jersey and Tennessee. She earned her B.A degree from Birmingham-Southern College and her J.D degree from University of Alabama School of Law.

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Matthew B Jorden

Matthew B. Jorden

Jorden Law Group
Matthew Jorden

is founding member at Jorden Law Group, where his practice focuses on plaintiff's personal injury, criminal defense and representation of licensed professionals in administrative proceedings. He has handled complex litigation involving products liability, transportation accidents, and governmental liability. Additionally, Mr. Jorden has defended clients in high profile cases prosecuted by the SEC and has had the opportunity to argue before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, California, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Jorden earned his B.A. degree from Allegheny College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley School of Law.

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John H Metz

John H. Metz

John H. Metz, Esq.
John Metz

is an attorney at his own practice, John H. Metz, Esq. He focuses his practice on in torts, automobile accidents, and personal injury litigation. Mr. Metz earned his B.A. degree from the University of Cincinnati and his J.D. degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Ohio; Supreme Court of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western districts of Kentucky; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal; U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; and U.S. Supreme Court.

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Jennifer J El-Kadi

Jennifer J. El-Kadi

JEK Law, LLC
Jennifer El-Kadi

is a litigation attorney and founder of JEK Law, where she advocates for survivors of sex abuse and human trafficking, as well as individuals injured in motor vehicle accidents. Her practice is rooted in the belief that those who have been silenced or harmed deserve fierce, trauma-informed legal representation—and she brings both compassion and precision to every case she handles. Ms. El-Kadi has built her career fighting for plaintiffs who cannot fight for themselves. She previously served as Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Babin Law, where she led the firm's Human Trafficking Department and helped file the first civil TVPRA lawsuit in the country. Under her leadership, the docket expanded from 100 to more than 2,100 active cases. She helped coordinate national litigation strategy across jurisdictions after the denial of MDL centralization, spearheading complex multi-defendant actions against corporate enablers and contributing to early case law development under the TVPRA and CAVRA. In addition to her leadership in sex abuse litigation, Ms. El-Kadi provides high-quality co-counsel support to firms nationwide—stepping in on an overflow or project basis to draft complaints, discovery, and motions, and guide litigation strategy in high-stakes cases. Her background spans personal injury, mass torts, and trauma-informed justice alternatives. As COO at Babin Law, she scaled national dockets involving Uber, Lyft, NEC, Hernia Mesh, CPAP, Hair Relaxer, and Valsartan, optimizing intake workflows and CRM systems. She also clerked under Judge Zottola in Pennsylvania's Veterans Court, where she supported diversion programs for justice-involved veterans facing service-related trauma.

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W. Chase Gore

W. Chase Gore

Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
W. Chase Gore

is an attorney at Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, and a member of the firm's Mass Tort and Complex Litigation Group. His litigation focus includes products liability, toxic torts, aviation and industrial accidents, and cases involving wrongful death and serious personal injuries. Prior to working with our team, Mr. Gore's practice focused on commercial and civil litigation matters including industrial accidents, product and premise liability, and motor vehicle accidents. He earned his bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University and his J.D. degree from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU. Mr. Gore is a member of the American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, Baton Rouge Bar Association, and Alexandria Bar Association. He is admitted to practice law in Louisiana.

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