Tuesday, April 30th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Drive for LAW PAC at Back 9 Golf & Entertainment
Registration Link (free event, everyone is invited to attend)
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Past President's Dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House
Registration Link (for Past Presidents only)
Drive for LAW PAC at Back 9 Golf & Entertainment
Registration Link (free event, everyone is invited to attend)
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Past President's Dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House
Registration Link (for Past Presidents only)
Wednesday, May 1st |
Thursday, May 2nd |
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8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome, Introductions & Announcements Daniel Pfeifer, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Practice Tips for Deposing the Organization Todd Barsumian, Barsumian Armiger LLC 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. MSAs: What Are They, and Should I Care? Roger Finderson, Finderson Law LLC 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Courtroom Chronicles: 2023/2024 Trial Verdict Review Alex Limontes, Hurst Limontes LLC 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 2024 Top 10 Outside the Box Tips to Help Your Case Tina Bell, Christie Farrell Lee & Bell P.C. Holly Wojcik, Theodoros & Rooth P.C. 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Redefining Success - Tips for Young Lawyers Matt Bigler, Ladendorf Fregiato & Bigler 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. How to Maximize Damages in Traumatic Brain Injury and Other Catastrophic Injury Cases Dan Chamberlain, Cohen & Malad LLP 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Special Needs Trusts, Medicaid, Oh My! Elizabeth Homes, Law Office of Elizabeth A. Homes LLC 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Handling Jail Death Cases in Indiana Steve Wagner, Wagner Reese 11:00 a.m. –11:15 a.m. Reframing the Narrative Emily Guenin-Hodson, Guenin Law Office P.C. 11:15 a.m. –11:30 a.m. 15 for 15 Power AI Workflows to Use Everyday Matt Schad, Schad Law 11:30 a.m. –11:45 a.m. The Evolution of Bad Faith Claims Nabeela Virjee, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Ryan Leager, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Michigan PIP for Indiana Attorneys Jeff Stesiak, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Social Media Was a Mistake Kyle Ring, Doehrman Buba Ring 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Case Selection. Weeding Out the Bad, Maximizing the Good Kathy Farinas, DOBS & Farinas 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Utilizing AI in Your Personal Injury Practice Rudy Longman, McCready Law 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Try That in a Small Town (A Theory About National Politics and Rural Indiana Juries) Mike Phelps, Hankey Law Office 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Why Bifurcation Works in Hotly Disputed Liability Trials Katie Karres, Hurst Limontes LLC 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Hack Your Practice Noah Thomas, Chapman Law LLC 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Proving Up Your Police Chase Case Kent Winingham, Wilson Kehoe Winingham 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. A 93-Year-Old Injured Person Is an Injured Person: Upending Our Assumptions About Compensation in the Golden Years Jamison Allen, Marc Lopez Law Firm 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Coverage Considerations for Trial Lawyers Nick Deets, Hovde Dassow + Deets 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. "What Does the Fox Say?": Tips for Mediation Caroline Gilchrist, Baker & Gilchrist 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Upskilling Young(ish) Lawyers Matt Whitley, Greene & Schultz Trial Lawyers 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Objections Necessary at Deposition Katie Marshall, Christie Farrell Lee & Bell 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Three Roads, No Pavement: Prosecuting Privacy Torts in Indiana Reese Sobol, Garau Germano PC 5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ITLA-What I Have Learned from Membership Tess White, White & Champagne 5:15 p.m. Adjourn to Lifetime Achievement Reception for Mark Ladendorf at The Westin Details |
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 Daniel H. Pfeifer 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Tech Toolkit: Modern Tools in Personal Injury Trials James Barth, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Evaluating 1983 Claims Chase Wilson, Hurst Limontes LLC 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Finding a Life Balance- Reflections from an Old Lawyer Mark Guenin, Guenin Law 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Telling the Story of Your Clients Trial and Turning Down a Policy Maximum Offer Brandon Tate, Waldron Tate Bowen Land LLC 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Trial Do and Mostly Dont’s Sarah Graziano, Hensley Legal Group P.C. 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Parental Apportionment Under the Child Wrongful Death Statute Thomas Manges, Manges Law Firm 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Cell Phone Discovery Fred Schultz, Greene & Schultz Trial Lawyers 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Summary Judgment Affidavits in Medical Malpractices Cases After Korakis v. Memorial Hospital and Zaragoza v. Wexford Steve Langer, Langer & Langer 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Ethics of Advertising: How Much Is Too Much? Cari L. Sheehan, JD, Indiana University Kelley School of Business 12:00 p.m. –1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch Board of Directors Meeting in Rooms 120-124 Young Lawyers Luncheon at Social Cantina 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Mass Tort Update Ned Mulligan, Cohen & Malad LLP 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Immunity for Home Inspectors? Tony Patterson, Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse LLP Jesse Smith, Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse LLP 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Refresher on Federal Tort Claims Tara Worthley, Worthley Law 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Using Focus Groups on the Front-End Alex Craig, Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Overlooked Rules of Evidence Rich Cook, Rich Cook Law 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. It's Not Just Millennials: Proving Adult Child Dependency Under the GWDA Emily Chimenti, Wilson Kehoe Winingham LLC 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Resurrecting Coverage in Trucking Litigation with the MCS-90 David Singleton, Blackburn Romey 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. How To Be A Great Lawyer John Daly, Golitko & Daly P.C. 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Using Experts to Increase the Value of your Case Paul Belch, Stephenson Rife LLP 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Protect The Marital Communications Privilege Brad Catlin, Williams Law Group, LLC 4:15 p.m. Adjourn |