An injury can impact the quality of someone's life for years to come - or permanently. Representing an injured party is an enormous responsibility. The techniques you use during a case will impact both your client's future well-being and your viability as a competent practitioner. Do you have the knowledge you need to ensure a favorable outcome?

Build your skills from the convenience of your desk! You'll learn best practices for assessing a variety of personal injury cases. Take a closer look at the statutes that affect liability evaluation, as well as the laws of damages. Walk through the basics of civil practice and procedure, so you'll know what to do. Discover when it's in your client's best interest to settle, and when you'll need to go to trial. Order today!

1. Statutes Which Affect Liability Evaluation
2. Understanding the Law of Damages
3. Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure
4. Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff's Attorney
5. Personal Injury Settlements
6. Trial of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case

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1. STATUTES WHICH AFFECT LIABILITY EVALUATION
   8:30 - 9:45, Michael A. Koning
   1. Statutes of Limitation
   2. Automobile Accident Statutes
   3. Injuries on Recreational Lands
   4. Sovereign Immunity
2. UNDERSTANDING THE LAW OF DAMAGES
   9:45 - 10:30, Michael A. Koning
   1. Economic Damages
   2. Non-Economic Damages
   3. Wrongful Death and Survival Claims
3. BASICS OF CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
   10:45 - 12:00, Farhan Naqvi
   1. Assessment of Particular Case Types - Interviews and Investigation
      1. Automobile Accident Cases
      2. Slip and Fall Cases
      3. Product Liability Cases
      4. Others
   2. The Discovery Process
      1. Written Discovery
      2. Informal Discovery Including Public Sources of Information
      3. Taking and Defending Depositions
   3. Initial Court Filings
   4. Preparing Evidence Prior to Trial
      1. Understanding the Rules of Evidence
      2. Documentary Evidence
      3. Testamentary Evidence
      4. Demonstrative Evidence
4. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY
   1:00 - 2:00, Farhan Naqvi
   1. The Contingent Fee
   2. The Costs of Litigation - What is a Legitimate Cost?
   3. Advertising Legal Services
   4. Candor Toward the Tribunal
   5. Meritorious Claims and Contentions
5. PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS
   2:00 - 3:15, James R. Nance
   1. Negotiation Techniques
   2. Mediation as a Settlement Tool
   3. Subrogation Interests
   4. Structured Settlements
   5. Understanding the Joint Tortfeasor Release and Other Releases
6. TRIAL OF THE PLAINTIFF'S PERSONAL INJURY CASE
   3:30 - 4:40, James R. Nance
   1. How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes Made by New Attorneys
   2. Jury Selection - Voir Dire and Jury Questionnaires
   3. The Basics of an Opening Statement
   4. Presentation of Evidence
   5. Direct and Cross-Examination of Witnesses
   6. Proving Economic and Non-Economic Damages
   7. Delivering a Powerful Closing Argument
   8. Post-Trial Relief

MICHAEL A. KONING has been a personal injury litigation trial attorney for more than 30 years. He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada. Mr. Koning worked the first eighteen years of his legal career as an insurance defense attorney. He has represented plaintiffs for the last fourteen years and presently practices as a sole practitioner. During the course of his career, Mr. Koning has participated in and directed the litigation of thousands of personal injury lawsuits, including having been lead attorney in approximately eighty trials. Mr. Koning presently serves as a Judge Pro Tempore in the Nevada Short Trial Program and as a volunteer judge for the Clark County Bar Association's Trial by Peers Program. He earned his J.D. degree from American University, Washington College of Law.

FARHAN NAQVI is the managing shareholder and owner of Personal Injury of Nevada. His practice is focused entirely in the area of personal injury law. Over the past eight years, he has successfully handled over one thousand personal injury matters through various stages of the claims and litigation phases. Between 2004 and 2008, Mr. Naqvi litigated hundreds of cases at one of Nevada's largest personal injury firms, where he often managed a litigation caseload of more than 200 cases at a time. Prior to that, he was an insurance defense lawyer, representing, in large part, the rights of corporations and insurance companies. He graduated, cum laude, from the University of Arizona, where he was also a recipient of the Dean's Academic Achievement Award Scholarship and served as a member of the College of Law Executive Committee. Prior to law school, Mr. Naqvi studied in Canada, where he graduated as both an Ontario Scholar and Merit graduate - titles bestowed upon those among the top of their class academically.

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