AAJ Winter Convention 2019

Earn a Year’s Worth of CLE IN JUST FOUR DAYS!

Designed by plaintiff lawyers, for plaintiff lawyers, AAJ’s Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs are an unmatched resource for staying ahead of the curve and enhancing your practice. AAJ Education programs feature nationally renowned faculty, updates in a wide range of practice areas, and the latest in trial advocacy topics.

While attending the 2019 Winter Convention in Miami, be sure not to miss:

The cutting-edge CLE programs offered over four days;
The newest litigation strategies from AAJ’s Sections and Litigation Groups;
A wealth of outstanding reference materials prepared by AAJ faculty for additional learning;

AAJ’s Winter Convention CLE programs offer something for everyone. Make the most of your convention experience and customize your CLE schedule to maximize your learning potential.

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Saturday, February 2, 2019
9:00am-12:10pm

Advocacy Track: Everyone Has Baggage: Don't Let Your Case Get Weighed Down

Room: Poinciana Ballroom

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Casey R. Johnson, Aitken*Aitken*Cohn

9:10am-9:40am	The "Unlikeable" Plantiff: Mitigation Strategies for Trial Antonio Romanucci, Romanucci & Blandin, LLC
9:40am-10:10am	Causation: Limiting Evidence Tad Thomas
10:10am-10:40am	The Eggshell Plaintiff: Preexisting Conditions as an Advantage Kenneth Levinson, Levinson & Stefani
10:40am-11:10am	Customs, Culture, and Language: Representing Immigrants Rick Barrera, Buckingham Barrera Law Firm
11:10am-11:40am	The Social Butterfly: Your Client's Digital Life Stacey E Burke, Stacey E. Burke, P.C.
11:40am-12:10pm	Art of Motions in Limine or How to Remove the Trash, Clutter, and Stink from Your Case Christopher T. Nace, Paulson & Nace, PLLC

Saturday, February 2, 2019
9:00am-12:25pm

Specialized Track: Discovery and Litigation Strategies for Drug and Device Cases

Room: Americana 1

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

9:10am-9:40am	Interpreting Epidemiology Studies 101 Janet Abaray, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC
9:40am-10:10am	Trends in Phased Discovery: Making It Work for Your Client's Case Jennifer Mae Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC
10:10am-10:40am	The "That's Not My Job" Witness: Establishing Standards of Care and Conduct Leslie Pescia, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.
10:40am-11:10am	Pulling Back the Curtain: Tapping into FDA Reports and Other Regulatory Resources Kate Jaycox, Robins Kaplan LLP
11:10am-11:40am	Deposing the Treater: The Learned Intermediary Karen Barth Menzies, Gibbs Law Group LLP
11:40am-12:25pm	Hot Button Issues in Mass Torts Thomas V. Ayala, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA Michael Daly, Pogust Millrood Sindhu Susan Daniel, Baron & Budd, PC

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Sunday, February 3, 2019
7:30am-8:30am

Early Morning CLE Program

Room: Americana 1

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

7:30am-8:30am

Mindfulness and Intentional Living to Improve Your Life and Legal Practice

Helen Gülgün Bukulmez, NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Rene Heinrich, The Heinrich Firm

Sunday, February 3, 2019
9:00am-12:30pm

Advocacy Track: Exposing the Cracks: Deposing and Cross-Examining Experts

Room: Poinciana Ballroom

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

James Scoptur, Aiken & Scoptur, SC

Dedicated in memory of Paul J. Scoptur

9:10am-9:45am	To Depose or Not to Depose? Phillip H Miller, Miller Law Offices
9:45am-10:20am	Get to Your Goal: Boxing-In, Bracketing, and Exhaustion Robyn L. Wishart, Wishart Brain and Spine Law
10:20am-10:55am	Cost-Effective Tactics for Expert Depositions Carl L. Solomon, The Solomon Law Group
10:55am-11:30am	Preparing an Expert for Deposition Shayla Reed, Reed Law Offices, PC, LLO
11:30am-12:30pm	Handling Deposition Obstruction (Ethics) Mark Kosieradzki, Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm, LLC

Sunday, February 3, 2019
9:00am-12:10pm

Specialized Track: Keep Your Eyes on the Road: The Latest Strategies in Litigation

Room: Americana 1

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Helen Gülgün Bukulmez, NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law

9:10am-9:40am	Revealing the Invisible Injuries in Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases Kristina Kastl, Kastl Law, PC
9:40am-10:10am	Who Is At Fault? Evaluating Potential Crashworthiness Cases Christine Spagnoli
10:10am-10:40am	The Legal Landscape of Driverless Vehicles Daniel Hinkle, American Association for Justice Elise Sanguinetti, Arias Sanguinetti Wang Torrijos, LLP
10:40am-11:10am	Looking Beyond Automobiles: Bicycles and Electric Scooters Michael Keating, Keating Law Offices, P.C.
11:10am-11:40am	Handling Rideshare Injury Cases and Insurance Coverage O. Zamora, The Orlando Firm, P.C.
11:40am-12:10pm	Negotiation Matters: Tying Down Your Trucking Case Peter Kestner, McEwen & Kestner, PLLC

Monday, February 4, 2019

Monday, February 4, 2019
6:30am-8:00am

Litigation at Sunrise Program

Room: Americana 1

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Sommer Luther, The Gold Law Firm

6:40am-6:50am	Gadolinium Deposition Disease Margot Cutter, Cutter Law, PC
6:50am-7:00am	The Anatomy of a Data Breach Hadley L. Matarazzo, Faraci Lange, LLP
7:00am-7:10am	Bitcoin as Property in Insurance Claims Bobby Rutter, Rutter and Russin, LLC
7:10am-7:20am	Wright Medical/MicroPort Hips George McLaughlin, McLaughlin Law Firm
7:20am-7:30am	Social Security Benefits for Your Client Kajal Alemo, Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano Disability Thomas J Giordano Jr Jr., Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano Disability
7:30am-7:40am	Climate Change--Can We Control It Through Litigation? Paul Bland Jr., Public Justice
7:40am-7:50am	Technology at Trial: How to Shine a Light on Your Best Practice Kevin Biniazan, Breit Drescher Imprevento, PC
7:50am-8:00am	Representing a Client Going Through Bankruptcy Barbara N Nevin, Milavetz Gallop & Milavetz

Monday, February 4, 2019
9:00am-12:30pm

Advocacy Track: Understanding and Empowering the Decision-Maker: Considerations for Persuading Jurors

Room: Poinciana Ballroom

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Steven C Laird, The Law Offices of Steven C. Laird, P.C.

9:10am-9:50am	Unearthing Bias in Voir Dire Jerome F. O'Neill, Gravel & Shea, PC
9:50am-10:30am	Looking at the Jury Pool: A Reflection of Changing Demographics Edward Ciarimboli, Fellerman & Ciarimboli
10:30am-11:10am	Wake Up! How to Capture and Keep the Jurors' Attention Christopher O'Brien, O'Brien & Ford, PC
11:10am-11:50am	Persuasion Tactics for Today's Jurors Artemis Malekpour, Malekpour & Ball Consulting
11:50am-12:30pm	Helping Jurors Help Themselves to Maximize Your Client's Damages John Leighton, Leighton Law, PA

Monday, February 4, 2019
9:00am-12:25pm

Specialized Track: Sexual Harassment and Assault: The Trial Bar's Role in Promoting Safety and Security in the #MeToo Era

Room: Americana 1

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Jennifer Lipinski, Gordon & Doner, PA

9:10am-9:40am	Employer Liability: When Employees Don't Act Professionally Jami S Oliver, Oliver Law Office
9:40am-10:10am	Institutional vs. Individual Liability Nadeem Bezar, Kline & Specter, PC
10:10am-10:55am	Preparing a Sexual Assault Survivor for His or Her Day in Court John Manly, Manly Stewart Finaldi
10:55am-11:25am	Pursuing Civil Claims When There Is a Concurrent Criminal Prosecution Leto Copeley, Copeley Johnson & Groninger, PLLC
11:25am-11:55am	A Crash Course in Litigating Campus Sexual Assault Lindsay Cordes, Thomas Law Offices, PLLC
11:55am-12:25pm	Messaging is Key: Handling Media During a Sexual Assault Case Jessica Pride, The Pride Law Firm

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
9:00am-12:10pm

Advocacy Track: Piecing Together Your Client's Case Throughout Trial

Room: Poinciana Ballroom

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Emily Mills, Cusimano, Roberts & Mills, LLC

9:10am-9:55am	Focus Groups: Developing Your Case Themes Through Feedback and Critique Lauren Fraser, The Fraser Firm, LLC
9:55am-10:25am	The Power of Narrative: Preparing Your Client to Tell the Story at Depositions and Trial Deborah Chang, Panish Shea & Boyle, LLP
10:25am-10:55am	A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Storytelling Using Visuals Effecitvely Rachel Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm
10:55am-11:25am	Closing Argument: Tying It All Together John F Romano, Romano Law Group
11:25am-12:25pm	Four Hot Spots to Avoid Legal Malpractice (Ethics) Lori Andrus, Andrus Anderson LLP Stephen Herman, Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC Jeffrey O. Katz, The Patterson Law Firm

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
9:00am-12:25pm

Specialized Track: Taking Control of the Medicine and Medical Records

Room: Americana 1

Venue: Loews Miami Beach

Rebecca Langston, Langston & Langston, PLLC

9:10am-9:40am	When WebMD Just Won't Cut It: Resources for Researching Medicine Brian Snyder, Snyder & Wenner
9:40am-10:10am	Making the Complex Simple: Explaining Medicine to Jurors Kathleen Nastri, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC
10:10am-10:40am	Looking Back for Liability: Tools to Use Today Jonathan Lomurro, Lomurro Law
10:40am-11:10am	Medicare and Other Healthcare Liens Betsy Greene, Greene & Schultz
11:10am-11:40am	Medicaid Liens and Ahlborn Hearings Franklin Solomon, Solomon Law Firm
11:40am-12:25pm	Beyond Folders and Files: Audit Trails and Litigation Isobel S Thomas, Thomas Keel & Laird LLC

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