TORTS MADE PERFECT
"Settlement and Mediation"
April 22 & 23, 2010
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7:00 to 8:00am 8:00 to 9:00am |
Registration & Continental Breakfast Knowing, Understanding & Appreciating What the Adjuster & Insurance Claims Department Needs, Wants & Has to Have in Order to Settle the Case (and Why Clueless Plaintiff Lawyers ALWAYS Leave Significant Dollars on the Table) |
Exhibit Hall Jeffrey Kroll |
| 9:00 to 10:00am | Messages and Signals Plaintiff Lawyers Send to Adjusters and Defense Lawyers which strengthen or weaken your position in negotiation...Off-the-cuff comments are often atomic bombs, both good and bad | Judith Wolfe & Brian Goodwin |
| 10:00 to 10:15am | Coffee Break | Exhibit Hall |
| 10:15 to 11:15am | Special Presentation: Intellectual battles being an effective advocate at settlement and mediation...the negotiation skills and lessons that can be learned from playing poker | PJ Scheiner & Vanessa Rousso, #1 Women's Poker Player |
| 11:15 to 12:15pm |
"Lawyers Making a Real Difference" The 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees |
Morris Dees, Fred Levin & Bobby Lee Cook |
| 12:30 to 2:15pm |
Luncheon With Guest Speaker The American Trial Lawyer 2010 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honoring… Phil Corboy, Richard Haynes, Russ Herman, Paul Luvera, & JB Spence |
Elie Wiesel |
| 2:30 to 3:00pm | Looking Behind the Scenes into the Insurance Claims Department—Tracking the Claim from Accident through Case Resolution—Who is Involved, What is Happening, Who Decides What and When | Joe Vaccaro Las Vegas, NV |
| 3:00 to 4:00pm |
The Anatomy of Solid and Winning Negotiations: What makes some lawyers poor negotiators and other lawyers superb negotiators |
Michael Burg & Peter Burg |
| 4:00 to 5:00pm | Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know | Dr. Aaron DeShaw |
| 5:30 to 7:30pm | Cocktail Party for you and a guest featuring a performance by the "Alley Cats" (Opening music act for Jay Leno's Vegas show) |
Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 to 8:30am | Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Hall |
| 8:30 to 9:30am |
The Pedal to the Metal: Accelerating Toyota Recall Litigation (Panel Discussion) |
Scott Weinstein, Danny Becnel, Seth Katz, Kim Evers, Tim Howard, Andrew Meyer & Martin Jaffe |
| 9:30 to 10:30am | "The State of The Art"—Spotting and Avoiding Professional Responsibility Issues In Settlements (consolidated MDL, firm-by-firm, and single event) |
Matt Garretson & Joe DiNardo |
| 10:30 to 11:45am | 10 Steps that are a must in the first 10 hours after taking a case - Finding and proving the existence and application of coverage with emphasis on reserves | John Romano |
| 11:45 to 1:30pm |
Hot Topics and Creative Strategies for Settlement and Mediation: |
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-Timing and content of Demand Package
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Spencer Aronfeld
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| -Content of Mediation Settlement Statement and Summary | Todd Romano | |
| -Advantages You Gain at Settlement When the Defense Experts are on Video Tape | Peter Schosheim, M.D. | |
| -Responding to the Insult Offer During Mediation | Brian Cooke | |
| -The Benefits of the Right Calendar | Theodore Schwartz | |
| -Doubling the Coverage When there are Two Occurrences | John Romano |