Your client wants a settlement in their favor and as their counsel you want what's best for your client. Do you have the skills you need to get the results your client wants? Order today to further your knowledge on common issues that can arise in the personal injury settlement process and how to make potential obstacles work to your advantage to obtain the best possible settlement for your client. Whether you're a defense or plaintiff attorney, you'll gain practical skills you can apply immediately to speed up the settlement process and obtain the best outcome for your client.

1. Know Where to Start
2. Work Effectively With Subrogations, Reimbursements, Liens and Privileges
3. Understand the Role of Medicare and ERISA
4. Consider Key Issues That Arise During the Settlement Process
5. Settle Personal Injury Claims with Ethical Integrity
6. Plan Your Strategy for Effective Settlement Drafting

1. KNOW WHERE TO START
   9:00 - 10:00, Paul J. Doolittle
   1. The First Step: Know the Types of Settlements
   2. The Timeline for Settlement Explained
   3. The Court's Role in the Settlement Process
   4. Keys to Successful Alternative Dispute Resolution
   5. Proven Methods for Evaluating Liability and Damages
   6. What Needs to be in Writing - What Doesn't?
   7. Problems to Expect When Obtaining the Client's Consent
2. WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH SUBROGATIONS, REIMBURSEMENTS, LIENS AND PRIVILEGES
   10:15 - 11:15, Jody V. McKnight Jr.
   1. When Releases and Hold Harmless Agreements are Useful
   2. Handle Payments to Physicians, Hospitals, Physical Therapists and Medical Insurers
   3. What You Must Understand About Workers' Compensation
   4. The Role Charity, V.A. and Military Hospitals Play
3. UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF MEDICARE AND ERISA
   11:15 - 12:15, Jody V. McKnight Jr.
   1. When Lien is Effective
   2. Who to Contact - Insider's Tips
   3. How to Negotiate Successfully
   4. Your Responsibility as Attorney
   5. Impact on Subrogation and Reimbursement
4. CONSIDER KEY ISSUES THAT ARISE DURING THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS
   1:15 - 2:15, Rhett D. Klok
   1. Sort Through the Tax Consequences of Settlements
   2. Spouses of Clients - Community or Separate Property?
   3. Exercise Your Right to Claim a Lien
   4. How-to's for Preserving Claims Against Other Parties
   5. The Requirements When Filing a Minor's Compromise
   6. Ways to Collect Your Fees From Third-Party Claimants
5. SETTLE PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS WITH ETHICAL INTEGRITY
   2:30 - 3:30, Paul J. Doolittle
   1. Rules of Professional Conduct and How They Apply
   2. How to Confront Conflicts of Interest as Soon as They Arise
   3. The Ethics of Fee-Splitting Arrangements
   4. When Can You Withhold Amounts Due to Third-Party Persons Without Lien Rights?
   5. Fulfill Your Duty to Negotiate Liens and Privileges on Behalf of the Client
   6. What Could Happen if Those With Claims on the Settlement are Not Paid
6. PLAN YOUR STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE SETTLEMENT DRAFTING
   3:30 - 4:30, Rhett D. Klok
   1. Understand How Fee Agreements Work
   2. Tips for Writing Letters to Insurers/Claimants
   3. How to Draft Airtight Settlement Letters and Packages
   4. How to Perfect Your Lien/Privilege/Subrogation Claim

PAUL J. DOOLITTLE is a partner and co-founder of Jekel-Doolittle LLC in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Mr. Doolittle's practice areas include personal injury, nursing home, medical malpractice and criminal law. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Doolittle is a member of the South Carolina State Bar.

RHETT D. KLOK is a partner with Klok Law Firm LLC, where he represents individuals in crisis. His practice includes products liability, injury, qui tam/whistleblower, domestic and family law cases. As a U.S. citizen raised in Mexico City, Mr. Klok is not only bilingual, but has a multicultural worldview that has served him well when representing the diverse needs of plaintiffs. He possesses an interdisciplinary background and has the flexibility and know-how to successfully tackle a client's problems. Mr. Klok's hands on approach, along with pursuing each case through an interdisciplinary approach, has served his clients well throughout the years. Prior to founding the Klok Law Firm LLC, he worked on complex litigation. He has litigated cases involving railroad crossings, medical prescription errors, nursing homes, medical devices, medical malpractice and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Klok has also litigated cases involving aviation, asbestos, tobacco and vehicle and tire defects. He has served as vice chair of the American Association for Justice's Preemption Law Litigation Group. He is also a regular speaker at legal seminars on a variety of topics such as settlement, litigating personal injury cases, and preemption. Mr. Klok is a volunteer Guardian Ad Litem. In addition, he negotiates with loan services on behalf of homeowners in financial crisis to help them keep their homes through loan modifications and refinancing at no charge to homeowners. He is licensed in South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and the District of Columbia. Mr. Klok is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals (10th Circuit), and the U.S. District Court (District of South Carolina, District of Colorado, Eastern and Western districts of Louisiana, District of New Mexico and the Eastern District of Texas). He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Tulane University and his J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law.

JODY V. McKNIGHT Jr. is a partner with Riesen Law Firm LLP, where his main areas of practice include truck accident, auto accident, products liability, workers' compensation and personal injury. He has spoken at the Charleston Act of Trial Advocacy Workshop and to various organization on trial advocacy. Mr. McKnight published works include "Offensive and Defensive Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel: Due Process Implications of the Sword and Shield," South Carolina Trial Lawyer Bulletin, Spring 1997; and "Unite and Conquer With a Local Trial Lawyer Workshop," South Carolina Trial Lawyer Bulletin, Spring 2001. Mr. McKnight founded the Charleston Act of Trial Advocacy Workshop and has two websites, www.jmcknightlaw.com and www.sctruckaccidentlaw.com. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of South Carolina. Mr. McKnight is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar (House of Delegates 1995-1997), the American Association for Justice, the South Carolina Association for Justice (Board of Governors), the Charleston Act of Trial Advocacy Workshop (founder) and the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Claimant's Association (sustaining member).

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