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Ensure a Favorable Finding for Your Client
An injury can impact the quality of someone's life for years to come - or permanently. Representing an injured party is an enormous responsibility. The techniques you use during a case will impact both your client's future well-being and your viability as a competent practitioner. Do you have the knowledge and skills you need to ensure a favorable outcome? At this information-packed online seminar, you'll identify best practices for assessing a variety of personal injury cases, take a closer look at the statutes that govern liability and damages, and walk through the basics of settlement and litigation procedure. Whether this is your first case, or you just need a refresher, this is the course for you. Register today!
- Build a solid foundation for your personal injury practice with an incisive overview of its key procedures and tactics.
- Learn how to assess particular case types, including slip and fall, auto accident, and product liability cases.
- Get practical tips for conducting thorough investigations and productive interviews.
- Come away with techniques for taking and defending depositions.
- Understand the rules of evidence so yours doesn't get thrown out.
- Find out how to determine when it's best to settle - and get the negotiating techniques you need for a favorable outcome.
- Get a step-by-step overview of the personal injury trial and learn how to avoid the most common mistakes of new attorneys.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Statutes Which Affect Liability Evaluation
- Understanding the Law of Damages
- Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure
- Personal Injury Settlements
- Trial of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case
- Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff's Attorney
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| Credit | Status | Total |
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| Virginia CLE |
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6 Total |
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Agenda
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Statutes Which Affect Liability Evaluation
- Statutes of Limitation
- Automobile Accident Statutes
- Injuries on Recreational Lands
- Sovereign Immunity
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Understanding the Law of Damages
- Economic Damages
- Non-Economic Damages
- Wrongful Death and Survival Claims
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Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure
- Assessment of Particular Case Types - Interviews and Investigation
- Automobile Accident Cases
- Slip and Fall Cases
- Product Liability Cases
- Others
- Initial Court Filings
- The Discovery Process
- Written Discovery
- Informal Discovery Including Public Sources of Information
- Taking and Defending Depositions
- Social Media and Discovery
- Preparing Evidence Prior to Trial
- Understanding the Rules of Evidence
- Documentary Evidence
- Testamentary Evidence
- Demonstrative Evidence
- Assessment of Particular Case Types - Interviews and Investigation
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Personal Injury Settlements
- Negotiation Techniques
- Mediation as a Settlement Tool
- Subrogation Interests
- Medicare Set-Asides
- CMS Update
- Recent Case Law
- Tips for Communicating with CMS
- Speeding up the Approval Process
- Structured Settlements
- Understanding the Joint Tortfeasor Release and Other Releases
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Trial of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case
- How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes Made by New Attorneys
- Jury Selection - Voir Dire and Jury Questionnaires
- The Basics of an Opening Statement
- Presentation of Evidence
- Direct and Cross-Examination of Witnesses
- Use of Expert at Trial
- Proving Economic and Non-Economic Damages
- Delivering a Powerful Closing Argument
- Post-Trial Relief
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Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff's Attorney
- The Contingent Fee
- The Costs of Litigation - What is a Legitimate Cost?
- Advertising Legal Services
- Candor Toward the Tribunal
- Meritorious Claims and Contentions
- Conflicts of Interest in Plaintiff Cases
- Ethical Dangers of Using Social Media
Who Should Attend
This basic level online seminar will provide plaintiff personal injury attorneys, paralegals, and other practitioners with practical strategies for handing personal injury cases.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Nathan D. Finch
has over 30 years of experience representing people who were hurt or killed by corporations that put profits over people's health. In the early 1990s he represented coal miners who were injured or killed after their employers failed to follow their own safety rules. Beginning in the late 1990s, Mr. Finch began representing victims of asbestos exposure. His experience includes both individual cases before juries, as well as multi-plaintiff cases in bench trials before federal district court judges after asbestos companies and shareholders tried to use the bankruptcy process to defeat the claims of approximately 100,000 injured workers. Mr. Finch has extensive experience trying cases involving a wide variety of asbestos-containing products, including gaskets, automotive brakes, floor tiles, joint compounds, baby powder and various forms of insulation. Two of his most recent asbestos individual plaintiff jury trials resulted in jury verdicts in favor of his clients - a jury verdict of $3.45 million* for the family of an 80-year-old mesothelioma victim against an asbestos gasket company (Katcham v. John Crane, Inc. Newport News Virginia Circuit Court 2024) and a jury verdict of $2.7 million* in favor of a mesothelioma victim against a power company that used asbestos in its operations (Forehand v. VEPCO, Newport News Virginia Circuit Court 2025). Another relatively recent trial received national attention when Mr. Finch reached a settlement mid-trial against Baby Powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. In bench trials involving asbestos defendants, he has tried four cases to judgment where he won verdicts in favor of his clients that exceeded $1 billion* each: MOTLEY RICE CASE - In re Bondex ($1.1 billion*) (W.D. Pa. 2013). PRIOR TO MOTLEY RICE - In re Owens Corning ($7 billion*) (D.Del. 2005); In re Armstrong World Industries ($3 billion*) (D. Del. 2006); In re Turner & Newall ($9 billion*) (D.Del. 2005) When he isn't trying cases against asbestos companies, Mr. Finch represents individual smokers in cases against Big Tobacco, which intentionally designed their cigarettes to be highly addictive without telling smokers they were doing so. He has obtained plaintiffs' verdicts in several cases for smokers who started smoking in the 1960s (or earlier) before warnings were on the packages. Martindale- Hubbell® has recognized Mr. Finch as an AV® rated attorney for more than 20 years. He was a member of the Virginia Law Review and the Order of the Coif and is a former scholarship athlete on the varsity track and cross-country teams at the University of Virginia.
Speaker bio
Seth R. Lindberg
is a native Virginian and an attorney at Burnett & Williams, PC. He has practiced law in Virginia for 15 years and joined the firm's Leesburg office in 2014. Throughout his tenure, he has successfully resolved numerous cases exceeding one million dollars, and many more valued in the hundreds of thousands. He navigates legal matters through negotiation, mediation, and litigation, always seeking creative solutions to client challenges. Mr. Lindberg routinely has the privilege of representing practicing attorneys, executives, and medical providers. He is an active member of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Loudoun County Bar Association, as well as the Virginia State Bar's Technology and Future of Law Committee. His commitment to legal education includes past service in the Rule of Law Foundation, and volunteer judging at high school and collegiate-level mock trial competitions. Additionally, Mr. Lindberg has delivered numerous presentations to physicians on medical malpractice and has been featured in Virginia Lawyers Weekly. His work has also been published in the Virginia Lawyer magazine. He graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts before earning his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Lindberg enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters in Ashburn. He is also a Loudoun Soccer Club youth coach.
Speaker bio
Frank M. Clay
is an attorney at Gentry Locke Attorneys. He is a member of the firm's plaintiff group, where he represents individuals who have suffered life-altering injuries resulting from car crashes, sexual assault, medical malpractice, product defects, and other forms of negligence. Mr. Clay proudly served in the United States Army as a paralegal. During his service, he participated in numerous courts-martial and administrative separation hearings and advised military commanders on a wide range of legal matters. The leadership, discipline, and commitment Mr. Clay developed in the Army continues to shape how he advocates for his clients. Before joining the firm, his legal experience was shaped through mentorship from judges at every level of the judiciary. Mr. Clay served as a Law Clerk for the judges of the Virginia Beach Circuit Court, an Intern for Judge April C. Wood of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and an Extern for Justice D. Arthur Kelsey of the Supreme Court of Virginia. These experiences have given him valuable insights he now uses to benefits his clients. Mr. Clay earned his B.S degree, summa cum laude, from Old Dominion University, and his J.D degree from Regent University School of Law.
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