7.0 TOTAL MCLE CREDITS
3.0 IN THE AREA OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND 4.0 IN SKILLS
Description
The Committee on Continuing Legal Education,
the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section and the Trial Lawyers
Section are pleased to present Prosecuting and Defending Medical Malpractice
Claims.
A must for both new
and experienced attorneys, this practical seminar will provide an
overview of the key issues in medical malpractice litigation through a
combination of lectures and practical demonstrations. Learn how to determine the relevant standard of care, how to prepare your case, how to
avoid common pitfalls and how to examine expert
witnesses.
Faculty members will
examine critical skills involved in analyzing medical records, fact
gathering, defense strategies, finding and making effective use of
experts, proving the standard of care and preparation and
cross-examining physician defendants and experts.
Panelists will take you step-by-step through the trial and offer
invaluable insight on pre-suit activities, discovery, jury selection and
judgment calculation. Opening statements, motions during trial, closing arguments and
trial strategies involved in medical malpractice cases will also be
discussed.
This seminar will
be filled with valuable tips and useful information. Don’t miss this opportunity
to learn trial strategies and techniques in medical malpractice actions
from top-notch litigators.
Topics
include
-Initial client interview and evaluation
of case
-Screening and investigation
-Identifying
defendants
-Establishing the theory of the case
-Evaluating strengths and weaknesses
-Retaining experts
-Analyzing a medical brief
-Deposing and examining the defendant physician
-Conducting direct
and cross examinations of expert witnesses
-Making a successful opening statement
Bound course materials
prepared especially for this program will be distributed to registrants
on the morning of the program.
Agenda
8:30-9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
(outside of the meeting room)
9:00-9:10 WELCOME AND
INTRODUCTION
9:10-10:00
I. PREPARATION OF THE CASE
Investigating the Factual Background
— Obtaining and Examining Medical Records
— Obtaining Related Documents
— Identifying Defendants and Witnesses
Assessing and Evaluating the Malpractice Case
— Statute of Limitations
Finding, Retaining and Preparing Experts
10:00-10:50
II. PLAINTIFF'S DISCOVERY
Scope of Discovery
Discovery and Inspection of Documents
Deposition Guidelines
— Preparing to Depose the Defendant
— Taking the Deposition of a Non-Party
10:50-11:05 COFFEE BREAK
11:05-11:55
III. DEFENDANT'S DISCOVERY
Investigation
Discovery Demands and Inspection of Documents
Defending a Defendant’ Deposition
11:55-12:45 p.m.
IV. JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE
Common Problems and Mistakes
Practice Pointers
Proper Questioning and Trial Strategy
12:45-1:45 LUNCH (on your own)
1:45-2:35
V. VOIR DIRE**
Communicating the Right Message to the Right Jury
How to Select the Most Favorable Jury
Objectives and Procedures
Challenges and Rulings
Batsonand J.E.B.
(**This segment will be "Hot Legal Topics" at
the Albany program location)
2:35-2:50 COFFEE/SOFT DRINK BREAK
2:50-3:40
VI. EXPERTS
Cross-Examining the Medical Expert
— Qualifications and Objectivity
— Use of Authoritative Texts
— Use of Other Case Testimony
— The Expert's Attacking Opinions
3:40-4:30
VII. TRIAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
Opening Statements - What to Include and What to Omit
Keys to a Powerful Closing
The Concept of Fair Comment
Working with Witnesses to Increase their Jury Appeal
Persuasion Techniques
4:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Faculty
Overall Planning
Chair
Andrew S. Kaufman,
Esq.
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
New York
City
Local Panels
Syracuse: James D. Lantier, Esq.(Chair), Smith,
Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., Syracuse. * Anthony S. Bottar,
Esq., Bottar Leone,
PLLC, Syracuse *
Hon. John C. Cherundolo, New YorkState Supreme Court Justice, Onondaga County, Syracuse *
Laurence F. Sovik, Esq., Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet,
P.C., Syracuse.
Buffalo: Michael J. Roach,
Esq.(Chair), Connors & Vilardo, LLP,
Buffalo * John P. Danieu,
Esq., Roach, Brown,
McCarthy & Gruber, PC, Buffalo * John M. Dempsey,
Esq., Dempsey &
Dempsey, Buffalo *
Laraine Kelley, Esq., Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP,
Buffalo * Hon. Joseph D. Mintz, New York State Supreme Court, Erie
County, Buffalo *
Robert B. Nichols, Esq., Paul Wiliam Beltz, P.C., Buffalo * Kathleen M. Sweet, Esq., Gibson, McAskill & Crosby,
LLP, Buffalo *
Brian J. Weidner, Esq., Brown & Tarantino, LLP,
Buffalo.
Albany: William D. Yoquinto,
Esq., (Chair), Carter, Conboy, Case,
Blackmore, Maloney & Laird, P.C., Albany * Timothy J. Higgins, Esq., Powers & Santola, LLP, Powers &
Santola LLP, Albany* Nancy E.
May-Skinner, Esq., Fager
& Amsler, L.L.P., Latham* Peter J. Moschetti, Esq.,
Anderson, Moschetti & Taffany, PLLC, Latham
* Hon. Vincent J.
Reilly, Jr., New York
State Supreme Court, Schenectady County *
Daniel R. Santola, Esq., Powers & Santola, LLP, Albany *
Jeffrey J. Tymann,
Esq., Thorn Gershon Tymann and Bonanni, LLP,
Albany.
Plainview LI: W. Russell Corker,
Esq. (Chair), Shayne, Dachs, Corker, Sauer
& Dachs, LLP, Mineola * Alan
W. Clark, Esq., Alan Clark & Associates,
LLC, Levittown * Alan J. Fumuso,
Esq., Fumuso, Kelly, DeVerna, Snyder, Swart
& Farrell, LLP, Hauppauge * Peter C. Kopff, Esq., Kopff, Nardelli
& Dopf LLP, New York City * Steven E. Pegalis, Esq., Pegalis
& Erickson, LLC, Lake Success * Stephen I. Widlitz, Esq., Widlitz
& Stern, P.C., Huntington * Hon. F. Dana Winslow, New York State
Supreme Court Justice, Nassau County, Mineola.
Rochester: Peter T. Rodgers,
Esq.(Chair), Lacy Katzen LLP, Rochester * David E. Brown,
Esq., Brown and Tarantino, LLC,
Rochester * Angelo G. Faraci, Esq.,
Faraci Lange, LLP, Rochester *Harold A. Kurland, Esq.,
Ward, Norris, Heller & Reidy LLP, Rochester *
David L. Murphy, Esq., Weinstein Murphy, Rochester * Hon. Matthew Rosenbaum, New York
State Supreme Court Justice, Monroe County, Rochester * Stephen G. Schwarz, Esq., Faraci Lange, LLP, Rochester * Margaret E. Somerset, Esq., The
Somerset Firm LLC, Canadaigua * Elizabeth K. Zorn,
RN, BSN, LNCC, Faraci Lange, LLP,
Rochester.
New York City: Andrew S. Kaufman,
Esq. (Chair), Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP,
New York City * Hon. Eileen
Bransten, New York State
Supreme Court, New York County, New York City * George J. Kehayas,
Esq., Garbarini &
Scher, P.C., New York City * Peter C. Kopff, Esq., Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLP, New
York City * Stephen H. Mackauf, Esq.,
Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf, New York
City * Stephen W. O’Leary, Jr., Esq., Kanterman O'Leary & Soscia,
LLPJamaica * Paul Simonson, Esq., Simonson, Hess & Leibowitz, P.C., New York
City.
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(Sunnyside Blvd.); turn right to end of road, turn right, hotel is on
left side. FROM HICKSVILLE TRAIN STATION: Take 107 North to the Long
Island Expressway East to Exit 46 (Sunnyside Blvd.); turn left at light;
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