Download the Legal Strategies 2009 Agenda (Updated 11/17/2009 4:20 PM)
Friday, November 20, 2009
Moderator – Tom Methvin
- 8:30 am – 9:45 am
Registration and Sign In - 9:45 am – 10:00 am
Invocation: Eric Armster – Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Welcome: Honorable Todd Strange, Mayor, City of Montgomery
Introduction: Tom Methvin, Managing Shareholder; President, Alabama State Bar - 10:00 am – 10:30 am
My Life as a Trial Lawyer (30 minute CLE)
Jere Beasley, Founding Shareholder - 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Product Liability Update (90 minute CLE)- Successful Auto Product Cases – Greg Allen, Lead Products Lawyer
- On the Job Product Liability Cases – LaBarron Boone, Shareholder
- Heavy Truck Rollovers – Ben Baker, Shareholder
- Toyota Unintentional Acceleration – R. Graham Esdale, Jr, Shareholder
- Mesothelioma Cases – Mike Andrews, Shareholder
- 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch with Sports Commentator Paul Finebaum - 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
18 Wheeler Cases (15 minute CLE)
Cole Portis, Products/Personal Injury Section Head - 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
The Future of Mass Torts Litigation (60 minute CLE)- Fleet Phosphosoda – Leigh O’Dell, Shareholder
- Pain Pumps – Frank Woodson, Shareholder
- Reglan – Andy Birchfield, Mass Torts Section Head
- 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Break – Sponsored by Asbury Newton - 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
How to Market Your Firm on the Internet (15 minute CLE)
Brian Farrell, LexisNexis - 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Winning Works – How Jurors Make Decisions! (60 minute CLE)
Reason or Emotion? What is Try-ology? How to Use It?
Greg Cusimano, Attorney – Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Knowles & Raley, LLC - 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
“A Trial Lawyer’s Biggest Payoff – The Clients You Help” (45 minute CLE)
Morris Dees, Founder & Chief Trial Counsel Southern Poverty Law Center - 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Break - 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Dinner & Dessert Reception
Artur Davis, Congressman for Alabama’s 7th District (15 minute CLE)
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Moderator – Kendall Dunson
- 7:30 am – 8:30 am
Prayer Breakfast
John Croyle, Big Oak Ranch - 8:45 am – 9:00 am
Access to Justice (15 minute CLE)
Tom Methvin, Managing Shareholder; President, Alabama State Bar - 9:00 am – 9:15 am
Seamless Medical Records Retrieval 15 minute CLE)
Adam Casto, Executive Vice President, MediConnect - 9:15 am – 10:00 am
Fraud Update (45 minute CLE)- Class Actions – Dee Miles, Fraud Section Head
- State AWP Litigation & Issues – Dee Miles, Fraud Section Head
- FLSA (Fair Labor Standard Act) – Lance Gould, Shareholder
- Securities Litigation – Dee Miles, Fraud Section Head & Scarlette Tuley, Shareholder
- 10:00 am – 10:30 am
National Politics and the Law (30 minute CLE)
Senator Richard Shelby, United States Congress - 10:30 am – 11:15 am
Break – Sponsored by Jackson Thornton - 11:15 am – 11:30 am
Politics, and How It Affects Your Practice (15 minute CLE)
Gibson Vance, Shareholder; President-Elect, American Association for Justice - 11:30 am – 11:45 am
Lien Resolution (15 minute CLE)
Matt Garretson, Garretson Firm Resolution Group - 11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Litigation (15 minute CLE)
Rhon Jones, Toxic Torts Section Head - 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Ethics Update (1 hr. 15 minute CLE)- Candor Toward the Court – Former Governor Albert P. Brewer
- Practical Ethical Tips for the Plaintiffs’ Lawyer -
Slippery Slopes Are Made for Dopes
Tony McLain, General Counsel – Alabama State Bar
- 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Question & Answer Session (15 minute CLE) - 1:15 pm
Final Thoughts
Gibson Vance, Shareholder; President-Elect, American Association for Justice
