Tuesday, May 2nd |
Wednesday, May 3rd |
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8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome, Introductions & Announcements Program Chair: Daniel A. Ladendorf 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Trial Lessons Recently Learned Joseph Williams, Williams & Piatt LLC 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Having the Courage to Say No Sarah Graziano and Chris Czernik, Hensley Legal Group, PC 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Cause and Origin: Timely Securing Fire Scenes and Your Experts, and The Importance of Speed Brandon Tate, Waldron Tate Bowen Spandau LLC 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Craighead & Kearschner UIM Set Off Cases Scott Faultless, Craig, Kelley & Faultless 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Talking Them Into the Building: What Pro Wrestling can Teach Us About Persuading a Jury Matt Bigler, Ladendorf Law 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Can We Still Connect with Jurors Timothy Rowe, Rowe & Hamilton 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Avoiding Pleading Pitfalls in Sexual Assault Litigation Ashley Hadler, Garau Germano PC 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: ITLA's Amicus Brief to SCOTUS and How the Case Will Affect Indiana Nursing Home Claims Ashley Hadler, Garau Germano PC and Rich Cook, Yosha Cook & Tisch 11:00 a.m. –11:15 a.m. Review of Notable Trial Verdicts From 2022 Alex Limontes, Hurst Limontes LLC 11:15 a.m. –11:30 a.m. A Case Study in Negligent Security Torts in Indiana Fred Schultz, Greene & Schultz 11:30 a.m. –11:45 a.m. Murder Boards: Brainstorming, Organizing and Communicating like a Detective Matt Schad, Schad Law 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. “Try this…”- Mediation Tips Caroline Gilchrist, Baker & Gilchrist 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Annual Meeting and Awards Lunch 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. How Did That Case End Up in Federal Court? Kyle Ring, Doehrman Buba Ring 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. How to Prevail at Trial Against Difficult Defense Counsel: Winning Over the Jury Ned Mulligan and Justin Kuhn, Cohen & Malad, LLP 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. NIED in Fire Loss Cases (Bradley v. Ceres) Dan Pfeifer, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. What a Tangled Web We Weave: Negotiating Liens and Rights of Reimbursement in Federal Worker’s Compensation, Tri-Care, VA and Health Insurance Claims Doug Mulvaney, Mulvaney Law Office 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Litigators Tony Patterson, Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse, LLP 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Claim Negotiations. Are We Doing it Right? David Hamilton, Rowe & Hamilton 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Broker and Shipper Liability – Have You Exhausted All Avenues of Recovery? Brady Rife, Stephenson Rife LLP 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Settling with the State—Pitfalls and Opportunities Brad Catlin, Williams & Piatt LLC 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Re)Connecting with Clients Jennifer Mckibben, McKibben Law, LLC 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Tips for Dealing with Non-Party Defenses Nick Deets, Hovde Dassow + Deets, LLC 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Caught in the Act: Sexual Assault Cases in the Medical Malpractice Context Greg Laker and Gabriel Hawkins, Cohen & Malad, LLP 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Keeping the Process Honest Mark Guenin, Guenin Law 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. How to Avoid Legal Malpractice like the Plague Ashley Dayhuff, The Nice Law Firm, LLP 5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Contributory Negligence in No-Fault Work Comp Cases? A Recycled Defense Tactic Could Leave Workers with No Remedy to Pursue in Indiana Matt Golitko, Golitko & Daly, P.C. 5:15 p.m. Adjourn to Lifetime Achievement Reception |
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Women's Caucus Breakfast @ Patachou Click Here to RSVP 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome, Introductions & Announcements Program Chair: Daniel A. Ladendorf 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Catching the Shipper Red-Handed in a Commercial Motor Vehicle Wreck Case David Craig, Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. 2023 Top 10 Outside the Box Tips To Help Your Case Tina Bell, Christie Farrell Lee & Bell, P.C. and Holly Wojick, Theodoros & Rooth, P.C. 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Maybe They Do Have to Respond! The Crime Fraud Exception to Attorney Client Privilege Emily Guenin-Hodson, Guenin Law 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Potential Pitfalls When Serving Indiana Tort Claim Notice John McLaughlin, Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Protecting Causation Principles in Medical Malpractice Steve Langer, Langer & Langer and Tara Worthley, Worthley Law 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Legionella: A Silent Killer Dan Chamberlain, Cohen & Malad, LLP 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Presenting A Favorable MRP Witness Dennis Geisleman, Geisleman Law 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Everything You Need to Know about Life, Law, Ethics, and a Good Life You Can Learn From Baseball Judge Margret Robb, Court of Appeals of Indiana 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Board of Directors Meeting Young Lawyers Luncheon 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Ain't No Estopping Us Now: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Summary Judgment Defeat Based on Judicial Estoppel Lance Ladendorf, Pavlack Law, LLC 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. With Apologies to Jeff Saturday… Is this Client Coaching? Enrique Flores, Flores Law Group 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Working Up Carbon Monoxide Cases Kent Winingham, Wilson Kehoe Winingham 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. What You Can Learn in the Audit Trails That’s Not in the Medical Record Kate Franke, Broadwing Legal 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. When Might A Special Needs Trust Be Useful? Elizabeth Homes, Law Office of Elizabeth A. Homes 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Class Actions: From Mass Fraud to Massive Liability Scott Gilchrist, Cohen & Malad, LLP 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Prejudgment Interest—Don’t Leave Money on The Table James “Jay” Ludlow, Ludlow Law 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Three Cross-Examinations that Produced Big Verdicts Ron Waicukauski, Williams & Piatt LLC 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. "There’s a Flag on the Play” – Playing by the Rules. Indiana Trial Rule 36 Dustin Fregiato, Ladendorf Law 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Update on Mass Tort Litigation Jonathan Knoll, Cohen & Malad, LLP 4:15 p.m. Adjourn |