Agenda / Content Covered

1. Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage - Advanced Issues
   9:00 - 10:00, George M. McGregor
   
2. Maximizing Pain and Suffering and Loss of Earnings
   10:00 - 10:45, George M. McGregor
   
   1. Real-Life Auto Injury Case Example of Pain and Suffering Damage Calculations
   2. Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Injuries
   3. Maximizing Traumatic Injury Compensation
   4. How to Use Medical Records, Charts, X-Rays, CT-Scans and More to Maximize Pain and Suffering
   5. How to Determine Psychological Impact
   6. Effectively Working up the Medical Issues
   7. Putting a Dollar Amount to Issues of Anxiety and Depression with Traumatic Brain Injuries
   8. Proving Residual Earning Capacity (Diminution)
   9. Using Experts (Life Care Planners) to Help Determine Future Medical Costs
   10. Pain and Suffering in Closing Arguments - Approaching the Jury with a Dollar Amount
   11. Advanced Defenses for Minimizing Pain/Suffering and Loss of Earnings
3. Negotiating with Insurance Companies
   11:00 - 12:00, Mark L. Clark
   
   1. Using Medical Records Effectively During Negotiations
   2. Wrongful Death Claims
   3. Creatively Addressing Damages and Maximizing Compensation
   4. Using Sophisticated Negotiation Techniques
   5. Going Beyond the Adjuster's Authority
   6. What to do When Negotiations Fail
   7. Advanced Settlement Conference Strategies
4. Insight From the Insurance Defense
   12:00 - 12:45, James J. Bolner Jr.
   
   1. Assessing the Plaintiff's Injuries and Past Medical History: Finding the "Holes"
   2. Analyzing Surveillance and Photographs
   3. Minimizing the Value of the Injuries
   4. Sophisticated Mediation Defense Techniques
   5. Arbitration Defense Strategies
   6. The Use of IMEs
5. Key Strategies for Deposing Doctors
   1:45 - 2:30, Donald L. Hyatt II
   
   1. Keys to Establishing Credibility and Overcoming Bias
   2. Questions to Always (and Never) Ask Your Doctor Expert Witness
   3. Using Doctors to Maximize the Value of the Injury Through Medical Records, X-Rays, CT-Scans, MRIs and Photographs and Images
   4. Overcoming Admissibility Challenges of Expert Testimony
   5. Deposing Difficult Opposing Physicians
   6. Setting up the Opposing Doctor for Cross-Exam and Laying the Foundation for Impeachment
   7. Creative Ways to Establish Bias
   8. Applying FRE to Hearsay Objections and Exceptions
6. Ethical Issues in Settlement Negotiations
   2:45 - 3:45, Donald L. Hyatt II
   
   1. Candor in Contentions of Facts and Law
   2. Creating/Avoiding/Addressing Conflicts of Interest
   3. Addressing Coverage Issues
   4. Issues in Wrongful Death Claims
   5. Rights and Claims of Non-Parties
7. Advanced Subrogation Issues
   3:45 - 4:30, Laurence Cohen
   
   1. The Interplay of PIP, UIM and Subrogation
   2. Complexities of the "Made Whole" Doctrine
   3. Advanced Negotiations of Subrogation Liens
   4. Issue of Subrogation with Med-Pay and Health Insurance
   5. Protecting Medicare's Interest in Auto Injury Settlements

JAMES J. BOLNER JR. is a solo practitioner. His areas of practice are business litigation, personal injury, and matters relating to private schools. He has jury trial experience in a number of different areas, including contractual disputes, wrongful death, medical malpractice, class action toxic tort litigation, motor vehicle accidents, expropriation, and construction disputes. Mr. Bolner has represented clients in the state and federal appellate courts and has appeared before the Louisiana Supreme Court. He earned his B.S. degree in geology from Louisiana State University. Mr. Bolner received his J.D. degree from Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. He graduated cum laude and was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Bolner was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1992.

MARK L. CLARK is a partner with Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP. His practice focuses on the defense of insurers in coverage and bad faith disputes in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. While Mr. Clark's practice covers almost every type of insurance dispute, he has developed significant experience in coverage disputes centered on maritime policies in the offshore industry, including the analysis and defense of primary and excess carriers in hull, P&I, collision and towers, maritime employers' liability, and wreck removal coverage. Insurance disputes concerning employers' liability, auto liability, and general liability issues have also become a regular part of Mr. Clark's usual practice. He earned his B.A. degree from Abilene Christian University and his J.D. degree from South Texas College of Law.

LAURENCE COHEN is a sole practitioner who has practiced automobile law, maritime law, and personal injury law in New Orleans since 1982. He has represented thousands of people who have been injured and hurt in all types of occurrences from the simple to the severe and complex. Mr. Cohen has tried hundreds of cases all over the state. He earned his B.S. degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and his J.D. degree from Tulane University.

DONALD L. HYATT II is a sole practitioner in New Orleans, where he practices in the areas of employment law; professional malpractice; and other intentional torts, including fraud and defamation. He previously has spoken for various professional groups on his areas of practice. Mr. Hyatt is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association; the U.S. 5th and 9th circuits; and the Eastern, Middle and Western districts of Louisiana. He earned his B.A. degree from Centenary College and his J.D. degree from Loyola University, New Orleans.

GEORGE M. MCGREGOR is an attorney at Burgos & Associates, L.L.C. His practices focuses on representing plaintiffs who have sustained personal injuries, primarily in automobile accidents, slip and falls, or workplace accidents - both onshore and offshore, criminal defense, and business litigation. He serves as general counsel for local businesses. He is admitted in all Louisiana state and federal courts. Mr. McGregor earned his B.A. degree at Louisiana State University and his J.D. degree at Loyola University College of Law. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association, and Louisiana Association for Justice.