Trial Lawyers Summit 2013 Transform Your Business, Your Practice & Your Skills

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1 Trial Lawyers Summit 2013 Transform Your Business, Your Practice & Your Skills Sunday, January 27th Special APITLA Bonus Session Open to Registered Attendees Only Poinciana Ballroom 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Voir Dire Making the Jury Your Tribe Kent Spence, The Spence Law Firm 9:30 a.m. Challenges in the Early Preservation of Evidence Robert Crandall, Commercial Vehicle Consultants 10:00 a.m. Thomson Reuters 11:15 a.m. When Can a Pick-up Truck be a Commercial Motor Vehicle and Understanding Rules Applicable to Non-CDL Commercial Drivers Joe Fried, Fried Rogers Goldberg 10:45 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. When the Big Truck Case Calls Your Office Dan Munley, Munley, Munley & Cartwright 11:30 a.m. Proving Damages in Interstate Trucking Cases Robert Eglet, Eglet Wall Trial Attorneys 12:00 noon Jack Meligan 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:15 p.m. The Use of Persuasion in a Truck Accident Case from Voir Dire through Argument Frank Branson, Law Offices of Frank L. Branson 2:00 p.m. The Amazing APITLA Learning Center Jon Gardner, Race Point Legal 2:15 p.m. APITLA s Truck Accident Emergency Response Team Howard Nations, The Nations Law Firm 3:00 p.m. Break

2 3:15 p.m. Jury Selection: 10 Psychological Questions Which Will Determine How the Jurors Will Vote Three Weeks Later Tom Girardi, Girardi Keese 3:45 p.m. The Back Up Conspicuity Case John Romano, The Romano Law Group 4:30 p.m. Finding Punitive Damages in Interstate Trucking Cases Dan Ramsdell, APITLA 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Conference Registration in the Americana Foyer for all Attendees 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception at the Americana Lawn & Pool (casual attire) Loews Hotel Monday, January 28 th Business: Cultivate Your Success in 2013 Americana Ballroom 3 Breakfast and Lunch Included 8:00 a.m. Social Media: How to Make Money Using Social Media from Those Who Have and How to Manage Your Reputation Adrian Dayton, Marketing Strategy and the Law 8:50 a.m. Intake Can Make or Break Your Practice: Learn How to Pick the Right (aka Profitable) Cases and Not Chase the Dogs Kerry Jardine, Burg Simpson Michael DeMayo, Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo 9:40 a.m. 10 Most Important Changes to Make to Your Website SEO Dan Goldstein, Page One Solutions Lisa Vaughn, Web Marketing Consultant 10:10 a.m. Web Videos: The Must Have to Grab the Web Market Gerry Oginski, Law Office of Gerald M. Oginski Harlan Schillinger, Network Affiliates 10:40 a.m. Coffee Break in the Sponsors Hall 10:50 a.m. Creating a Call to Action in All Aspects of Your Marketing that will Assure You Get the Great Cases Website, Television, Print Jerry Parker, Parker Waichman Ken Hardison, PILMMA

3 11:35 a.m. KPI: Key Profit Indicators Are You Making Money on the Promotional Money You are Spending Micki Love, Parker Waichman 12 noon Tracking Your Practice: Knowing to the Penny Where Your Money is Coming From and Going To Chad Dudley, Dudley DeBosier 12:25 p.m. Branding: Building your Credibility Thru Print and TV Exposure Nick Nanton, Celebrity Branding Agency 12:45 p.m. Turning the Tide: How PI Lawyers Can Create Positive Buzz for Themselves, their Practices and the Legal Community to Make Clients Want You as their Lawyer Mike Papantonio, Levin Papantonio 1:30 p.m. President s Luncheon in Americana Ballrooms 1 and 2 (Registered Attendees Only) 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Special Session Hosted by the 40 Under 40 for Young Lawyers Our Future Mike Papantonio Common Mistakes Young Lawyers Make Judge Thomas M. Lynch How to Live an Unbalanced Life Cheryl Leone, author How to Live an Unbalanced Life Social Media Boot Camp: A tactical Workshop Adrian Dayton Tuesday, January 29th Trial Skills: Are You Being Heard? Endowed by Giradi Keese, Los Angeles, CA Americana Ballroom 3 Breakfast Included 8:00 a.m. Jury Selection: The Pool Looks Different Now. Philosophies are More Important that the Facts. What are the Right Questions to Ask? Tom Girardi, Girardi Keese 9:00 a.m. Opening Statement: Anticipation When to Hold Time to Get the Bad Stuff Out

4 10:00 a.m. Witness Preparation: Old School No Longer Works with Both Fact and Expert Witnesses John Gomez, The Gomez Law Firm 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break in the Sponsors Hall 11:00 a.m. Arguing and Winning Daubert Challenges 11:45 a.m. How to Get the Jury Verdict Number at Mediation: The Necessary Steps from Mediator Selection to Presentation 12:30 p.m. Closing Argument: When You Sit Down, They Say Yes 8 to 10:00 p.m. Pool Party at the National Hotel (casual attire) Wednesday, January 30th The Practice: Overcome Your Litigation Hurdles Endowed by Searcy Denney, West Palm Beach, FL Breakfast Included 8:00 a.m. Beating Mensing and Generic Preemption David Sales, Searcy Denney 8:35 a.m. The Tobacco Wars Trying Tough Cases Against Tough Defendants Jimmy Gustafson, Searcy Denney 9:20 a.m. Use of Cutting Edge Trial Technology and Demonstratives to Level the Playing Field Zoe Littlepage, Littlepage Booth 9:55 a.m. Proving Cancer Causation Rainey Booth, Littlepage Booth 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break in the Sponsors Hall 10:45 a.m. Overcoming Learned Intermediary Erik Walker, Hissey Kientz 11:20 a.m. Techniques for Avoiding Being Home-Towned at Trial Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm

5 12:10 p.m. Is Your Case a Potential Class Action: The Protocols that Should Begin at Intake So You Don t Miss the Potential Adam Levitt, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz 12:45 p.m. Understanding the Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA Liens To Prevent Lost Cash