2026 Nursing Homes Regional Meeting Sacramento

                                                  Advanced Nursing Home Litigation:
                               Building Stronger Cases from Intake Through Verdict

AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group – Second Annual Western Regional Meeting
Co-hosted by The University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law — Sacramento,
CA

March 20, 2025 | 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM

Agenda

8:15–8:45 AM — Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45–9:30 AM — Deposing the Corporate C-Suite: Strategies for Accountability at the
Top (Laraclay Parker, Esq.)

9:30–10:15 AM — A Forensic Journey: Real Case Examples from Discovery to Using
Medical Records and Audit Data at Trial for a Successful Outcome (Michele Gonsman,
RN)

10:15–11:00 AM —Tying Systemic Understaffing in Assisted Living to Negative
Outcomes (Cristina Flores, RN, PhD)

11:00–11:45 AM — What the Facility Knew—and When: Staffing Data as Notice and
Knowledge Evidence (Robert McLaughlin, Healthcare Data Analyst)

12:00–12:30 PM — Box Lunch

12:30–1:45 PM — Commanding the Courtroom: Persuasion Techniques That Win
(Ed Dudensing, Esq.)

1:45–2:30 PM — Home Care Organizations as Defendants: Emerging Risks and
Litigation Strategies (Wendy York, Esq.)

2:30–3:15 PM — Exposing Fraud and Systemic Failures to Maximize Case Value
(Lesley Clement, Esq.)

3:15–4:00 PM — AI in Practice: Real-Time Demonstration of how to use AI for
Litigation Support (Anytime AI Demonstration)

4:00–4:30 PM — Panel Discussion & Closing Remarks: Trends, Tactics, and Takeaways

4:30 pm — Networking Reception