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Proving Pain & Suffering Through Every Stage of Your Trial

Fri, February 17, 2023   |   8:55 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.   |  
Virtual and  NCAJ Headquarters, 701 Corporate Center Dr., St 450, Raleigh NC 27607
  |   CLE Hours: 6.0 CLE Hours

Program Chairs David Mason and Courtney Mann have put together what is anticipated to be one of the most heavily attended seminars of the year.

This seminar teaches you how to get maximum value out of your personal injury case at trial without relying on blackboard medical bills as a damages floor:

  • Have you ever wondered how to try an auto case without introducing a single medical bill?
  • Have you ever struggled to find a way to get the jury to understand the true value of your client’s soft tissue injuries and treatment course?

This program has been uniquely engineered to focus on proving all aspects of pain and suffering damages through every phase of trial: jury selection, opening statement, direct exam of your injured client, direct exam of a treating physician, use of exhibits, cross exam of the defendant driver, cross exam of a defense physician, and closing argument.

An incredible list of trial lawyers have been assembled to address each of these critical topics. This will be a power-packed seminar for attorneys of all skill and experience levels.

Simply put, if you represent injured people you cannot afford to miss this one-of-a-kind seminar.

Speakers & Topics

8:55 a.m. Welcoming Remarks for Program Chairs
  • Courtney Mann, Law Office of W. Daniel Grist, PLLC, Charlotte
  • David Mason, Henson & Fuerst, PA, Raleigh
9:00 a.m. Jury Selection: Introducing the Concept of Pain and Suffering During Voir Dire
  • Robert Herford, Ted A. Greve & Associates, PA, Charlotte
9:45 a.m. Opening Statements: Forecasting Pain and Suffering Evidence in the Most Persuasive Way
  • Elizabeth Robertson, CR Legal Team, LLP, Greensboro
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Direct Examination of Your Injured Client: Helping Your Client Tell Their Pain and Suffering Story
  • Donald Higley, Lanier Law Group, Burlington
11:30 a.m. Direct Examination of Treating Physician: Showing the Medical Truth Behind the Pain and Suffering
  • Rebecca Britton, Britton Law, P.A., Fayetteville
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. Exhibits: The Most Effective Ways to Illustrate and Highlight Pain and Suffering
  • Timothy Sheriff, CR Legal Team, LLP, Charlotte
2:00 p.m. Cross Examination of Defendant: Getting the Negligent Driver to Bolster Your Pain and Suffering Case
  • Joseph Tunstall, III, O’Malley Tunstall, PLLC, Tarboro
  • Amiee Nwabuike, O’Malley Tunstall, PLLC, Tarboro
2:45 p.m. Cross Examination of Defense Medical Expert: Turning Defense Medical Opinions into a Pain and Suffering Strength
  • James Roane, Roane Law, Greensboro
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Closing Argument: Persuasive Summation Points and How to Ask the Jury for a Pain and Suffering Number
  • F. Davis Poisson, III, Poisson Poisson & Bower, PLLC, Wadesboro
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
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Thanks to Our Sponsors

Cattie & Gonzalez

Cattie & Gonzalez is the nation’s preeminent law firm providing clients legal advice about resolving liens and protecting future healthcare benefits like Medicare and Medicaid.

Our team of experienced attorneys, paralegals, nurses and analysts knows how to get great reductions for Medicare conditional payments, Medicaid liens, and other liens.

We also provide clients with services such as future medical cost projections, Medicare Set-aside (MSA) Allocations, and the ability to submit MSAs to Medicare for review and approval. Perhaps our most innovative service though is our MSA Legal Opinion, which is used by thousands of clients nationwide to protect a client’s future Medicare benefits and protect the client and firm from Medicare’s potential overreach for MSA proceeds.

We call it the Cattie Promise, and we stand behind the legal conclusions of our MSA Legal Opinions 100%. Cattie & Gonzalez is based in Charlotte, and we look forward to resolving liens and preservation future government benefits on behalf of the victims of Camp Lejeune and its contaminated water.

Carr Legal Nurse Consulting

Carr Legal Nurse Consulting is a firm assisting attorneys by supporting them with medical cases. I will save my clients time and money, using my 35 years of nursing experience to clarify the important issues in cases. Your Legal expertise. My Medical knowledge. Client wins. Services at www.carrlegalnurse.com.

MoveDocs

MoveDocs is a cloud-based personal injury platform helping attorneys and healthcare providers reimagine workflows and drive efficiency through a patient’s journey to recovery. Our mission is to apply technology to make healthcare more accessible for under and uninsured personal injury patients, so they have access to the healthcare they need and deserve. Our HIPAA compliant platform makes it easy for patients to find and schedule care, and for attorneys and providers to quickly share case-critical documents. This eliminates countless phone calls, emails, and faxes, and frees up staff so firms and providers can focus on growing their own businesses while achieving the best outcomes for their clients.

MoveDocs was founded in 2003 by physicians who saw the pain created by the manual, cumbersome process servicing personal injury cases. We have grown aggressively, providing personal injury servicing support for thousands of medical providers and attorneys across the country. And we’re just getting started.