Traumatic Brain Injury Case Trial Skills College

Registration/Welcome Networking Breakfast

Continental Breakfast Available

Welcome Announcements and Introductions

Modern TBI Intake Strategies: Recognizing the Invisible Injury

Case Theory at Intake: Records & Pre-Injury Baselines

• Is A MTBI Mild?

Workshop 1: Designing a High-Level Intake Framework & Practice

Morning Break

Medical Referrals

• Neurologist? Neuropsych? Who else?
• What testing does and doesn’t show
• What does “mild” TBI and GCS 15 mean?

Brain Imaging I: CT Versus MRI Versus DTI, FMRI, MEG, PET, EEG, Biomarkers and Advanced Modalities

Workshop 2: Integrating Certain Medical Practices and Imaging Into Early Case Theory

TBI Cases in State Versus Federal Court - Know the Differences

Designing Your Trial Exhibits Before the First Deposition

Workshop 3: Working With Imaging Experts to Strengthen Causation

Afternoon Break

Workshop 4: Crafting Winning Themes and Demonstratives Early On

Daily Wrap-Up and Q&A

Registration/Welcome Networking Breakfast

Continental Breakfast Available

Welcome Announcements

Defense Neuropsychologists: Attacks & Rebuttals

Defense Neurologists & Neuroradiologists: “Normal Imaging” Arguments

Workshop 1: Developing Cross-Examination Themes for Medical Defense Experts

Morning Break

Biomechanical Experts: Debunking “Not Enough Force” Claims

Defense Psychiatrists & Psychologists: Handling Alt-Cause Theories

Workshop 2: Using Science & Literature Against Defense Experts

Defense Economists & Life-Care Planners: How to Minimize Their Minimalization of Damages

Integrating All Defense Attacks into a Unified Strategy

Workshop 3: Building a Multi-Expert Defense Rebuttal Strategy

Afternoon Break

Workshop 4: Mock Cross-Examinations Based on Real Defense Reports

Daily Wrap-Up and Q&A

Registration/Welcome Networking Breakfast

Continental Breakfast Available

Welcome Announcements

Eliminating Standard “Surprise” Defenses and Jury Bias Before Trial

TBI Voir Dire into Opening Statements: Brain Anatomy 101

• What to teach the jury and when

Workshop 1: Practice Voir Dire/Opening

Morning Break

How To Daubert-Proof and Seamlessly Examine Treaters & Plaintiff Experts at Trial

Plaintiff’s Before and After Witnesses - Storytelling to Show Human Impact

Workshop 2: Practice TBI Direct Examinations

Defeating the Defense Experts in Daubert and On the Stand

Watch a TBI Closing from a Real Case

Workshop 3: Delivering a TBI Closing Argument (Live Practice)

Program Wrap-Up & Certificates

Adjourn