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Driving Personal Injury Damages: Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives

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Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 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 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina 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
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah 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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Peter Ostermiller
Kevin Knight
Barry Snyder
Stanton Mathews
Pauline Will
Amir Ghaeenzadeh
James Weston
With Peter L. Ostermiller from Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law + 6 others

Fri, Jul 17, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102152

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Overview

A Damages Playbook Filled With Strategies for Both Sides

To effectively control damages in a personal injury case, you need a full arsenal of strategies - and you need to know what's in theirs. Join experienced plaintiff's and defense attorneys for a full day of insights on negotiating and litigating damages in personal injury litigation. From initial damages assessment to settlement or trial, get the techniques you need to ensure clients get what's fair. Register today!

  • Learn how damages are valued from a plaintiff's attorney and insurance company perspective.
  • Find out how to use discovery to build up (or tear down) claims for damages.
  • Get practical negotiating techniques from both sides of the table.
  • Find out how to get your proof of damages admitted into evidence - and keep theirs out.
  • Discover how to pick a jury that is more likely to award the damages you seek.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Calculating Damages: Plaintiff's Attorney vs. Insurer Perspectives
  2. Discovery and Depositions: Building a Case for (or Against) Damages
  3. Plaintiff's Negotiating Techniques: Driving Up Damages at Settlement
  4. Defense Negotiating Techniques: Driving Down Damages at Settlement
  5. Get Your Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out)
  6. Jury Selection - Flushing Out High or Low Damages Jurors
  7. Trial Tips for Plaintiff's Lawyers: Taking the Lid Off of Damages
  8. Trial Tips for Defense Attorneys: Keeping a Lid on Damages
  9. Legal Ethics

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Product ID 102152

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 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 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina 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
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah 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. Calculating Damages: Plaintiff's Attorney vs. Insurer Perspectives

  2. Discovery and Depositions: Building a Case for (or Against) Damages

  3. Plaintiff's Negotiating Techniques: Driving Up Damages at Settlement

  4. Defense Negotiating Techniques: Driving Down Damages at Settlement

  5. Get Your Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out)

  6. Jury Selection - Flushing Out High or Low Damages Jurors

  7. Trial Tips for Plaintiff's Lawyers: Taking the Lid Off of Damages

  8. Trial Tips for Defense Attorneys: Keeping a Lid on Damages

  9. Legal Ethics

    1. Client Communications
    2. Negotiation Ethics
    3. Safekeeping Clients' Funds
    4. Ethical Issues with Liens
    5. Ethics of Evidence

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Insurance professionals and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Peter L Ostermiller
Peter L.
Ostermiller
Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law
Kevin T Knight
Kevin T.
Knight
DSK Law
Barry M Snyder
Barry M.
Snyder
Law Office of Barry M. Snyder, P.A.
Stanton T Mathews
Stanton T.
Mathews
Bear Republic Law APC
Pauline C Will
Pauline C.
Will
Bennett Schechter Arcuri & Will LLP
Amir Ghaeenzadeh Esq.
Amir
Ghaeenzadeh, Esq.
Amethyst Law Group, LLC
James K Weston II
James K.
Weston, II
Phelan Tucker Law, LLP
Speaker bio
Peter L Ostermiller

Peter L. Ostermiller

Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law
Peter Ostermiller

is a sole practitioner concentrating in legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. In 1980 he obtained his license to practice law in Kentucky. His legal ethics and professional responsibility law practice began in the mid -1980s and, since the mid-1990s has been his practice concentration. He represents attorneys in disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings, judges in judicial ethics matters, and bar exam applicants. Mr. Ostermiller has also represented parties in attorney's fee dispute proceedings, and attorneys in legal proceedings in which sanctions have been sought against the attorney. He has represented parties in attorney disqualification proceedings and counseled lawyers and law firms in their respective rights, responsibilities and duties to other attorneys and their clients. He also serves as an expert witness at the state and federal level regarding legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Ostermiller is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Ostermiller earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Louisville.

Speaker bio
Kevin T Knight

Kevin T. Knight

DSK Law
Kevin Knight

is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.

Speaker bio
Barry M Snyder

Barry M. Snyder

Law Office of Barry M. Snyder, P.A.
Barry Snyder

is the owner of the Law Office of Barry M. Snyder, P.A. He has more than 40 years of litigation experience focusing in the fields of personal injury, wrongful death, and criminal defense. Mr. Snyder is a board-certified civil trial lawyer, mediator and qualified arbitrator. He is also a NBTA certified trial lawyer. Mr. Snyder is AV rated with Martindale-Hubbel and voted Top Lawyers in Florida, Super Lawyer, and National Trial Lawyer's Top 100 Civil Plaintiff. He is admitted to practice in Florida, as well as federal court (Southern, Middle and Northern districts). Mr. Snyder is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Justice Association; committee member of the Miami-Dade Branch of Professionalism for Attorneys; past guest speaker at University of Miami Law School, St. Thomas Law School, and Miami-Dade College; and is a trial consultant with Trial Consultants Inc. He is also a former past president of the North Dade Bar Association. Mr. Snyder earned his B.A. degree from the University of Miami and his J.D. degree from the University of New Hampshire Law School (Franklin Pierce Law Center).

Speaker bio
Stanton T Mathews

Stanton T. Mathews

Bear Republic Law APC
Stanton Mathews

is the principal in the trial law specialty firm Bear Republic Law APC, located in Orange County, California. The firm focuses its expertise on the prosecution of civil wrongdoers, individual, corporate and governmental, whose conduct causes personal injury and economic loss. Mr. Mathews is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a selected member of the Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers in America, and his jury verdicts seat him with the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is the co-author of the widely used California Practice Guide, California Causes of Action, published by James Publishing. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California, Orange County Trial Lawyers, and Western Trial Lawyers Association.

Speaker bio
Pauline C Will

Pauline C. Will

Bennett Schechter Arcuri & Will LLP
Pauline Will

is a founding partner of Bennett Schechter Arcuri & Will LLP and focuses her practice on complex tort litigation including trucking and transportation law, toxic torts, products liability, and insurance defense litigation. She started her career as a prosecutor with the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Ms. Will entered private practice in 2002 where she began representing insured and self-insured companies as well as insurance carriers and their policyholders in state and federal courts. She has taken cases to jury verdict and has extensive experience representing clients in alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Will handles catastrophic and wrongful death matters from their investigation through all stages of litigation.She has spoken on a variety of topics on the transportation and insurance industries and currently chairs the TIDA Marketing and Engagement Committee for the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA). In the area of toxic torts, Ms. Will has extensive experience with the defense of lead paint litigation throughout New York State. She is admitted to practice in New York.  

Speaker bio
Amir Ghaeenzadeh Esq.

Amir Ghaeenzadeh, Esq.

Amethyst Law Group, LLC
Amir Ghaeenzadeh

is a founding attorney of Amethyst Law Group, LLC, where he represents individuals, families, and businesses across Florida in complex litigation and high-stakes legal matters. With over a decade of legal experience, Mr. Ghaeenzadeh has built a reputation as a strategic and results-driven trial lawyer dedicated to protecting the interests of his clients. Prior to founding Amethyst Law Group, Mr. Ghaeenzadeh practiced at a prominent statewide defense firm where he represented insurance carriers, corporations, and large institutional clients in cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury, trucking accidents, premises liability, and high-exposure litigation involving millions of dollars in claimed damages. This defense background provides him with a unique strategic advantage in understanding how insurance companies evaluate and defend claims. Today, Mr. Ghaeenzadeh focuses on representing injured individuals, consumers, and businesses, using his knowledge of defense tactics to aggressively advocate for his clients. His practice frequently involves serious personal injury litigation, wrongful death claims, insurance disputes, complex liability cases, and business or property-related litigation. Mr. Ghaeenzadeh regularly practices throughout Florida state and federal courts, and his work has involved litigation against major corporations, insurance carriers, transportation companies, property owners, and other institutional defendants. He has successfully achieved jury verdict and settlements in complex matters. Known for his analytical approach and persuasive advocacy, Mr. Ghaeenzadeh works closely with clients to evaluate case merits, develop litigation strategy, and pursue the most effective path toward resolution. During law school, Mr. Ghaeenzadeh served as a judicial intern for the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach, Florida, and the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Viera, Florida, where he gained early exposure to appellate and trial court decision-making.

Speaker bio
James K Weston II

James K. Weston, II

Phelan Tucker Law, LLP
James Weston

is a board-certified civil trial lawyer at Phelan Tucker Law, LLP, in Iowa City, Iowa. He has been a practicing trial lawyer since graduating from law school in 1996. Mr. Weston practices in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death, professional negligence/malpractice, commercial litigation and general civil litigation. In addition to his trial practice, he regularly speaks to lawyers' groups on litigation and trial issues, insurance law, and other subjects. Mr. Weston earned his B.A. degree from the University of Iowa and his J.D. degree from Drake University School of Law. He is a fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers.

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