Program Details
2025-11-21 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-11-21 14:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ESTThis session explores how personal injury attorneys can build stronger cases by fostering collaboration among medical, vocational, economic, and life care planning experts. Participants will learn how a unified expert team prevents contradictions at trial and transforms subjective injury claims into objective, quantifiable damages.
Daniel WolsteinPaul J. BourgeoisChristopher Skerritt 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm ESTMedical experts establish the foundation for all downstream testimony by documenting diagnosis, prognosis, functional limitations, and causality. This session examines how vocational experts then translate these medical findings into employability assessments and earning capacity determinations using accepted methodologies like the RAPEL model.
Daniel WolsteinPaul J. BourgeoisChristopher Skerritt 3:10 pm - 3:40 pm ESTTiming is one of the biggest predictors of expert effectiveness, with early engagement preventing downstream issues and discovery deadline failures. This session covers how to align assumptions across disciplines, facilitate expert communication, and avoid the pitfalls of late retention that compromise report quality.
Daniel WolsteinPaul J. BourgeoisChristopher Skerritt 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm ESTEconomists and life care planners quantify total damages by applying rigorous methodology to vocational findings and future care needs. This session demonstrates how to build a cohesive damages story connecting injury to impairments to financial impact, supported by visual aids and demonstratives that help juries understand complex technical information.
Daniel WolsteinPaul J. BourgeoisChristopher SkerrittDr. Dan Wolstein is President of Kincaid Wolstein Vocational and Rehabilitation Services. He is a highly experienced vocational evaluator who actively contributes to advancing science and professionalism in the vocational field.
Paul J. Bourgeois, Ph.D., is the Chief Innovation Officer at Kincaid Wolstein Vocational & Rehabilitation Services and a testifying vocational expert and life care planner. He is an Associate Professor of Counseling at the University of New Haven and Editor-Elect of the Journal of Forensic Vocational Analysis.
Christopher Skerritt is a highly skilled and accomplished expert in the fields of vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, employability assessment, and economic analysis. He provides top-tier vocational rehabilitation, job placement support, and economic analysis to clients at Kincaid Wolstein Vocational and Rehabilitation Services.
Dr. Dan Wolstein is President of Kincaid Wolstein Vocational and Rehabilitation Services. He is a highly experienced vocational evaluator who actively contributes to advancing science and professionalism in the vocational field.
Paul J. Bourgeois, Ph.D., is the Chief Innovation Officer at Kincaid Wolstein Vocational & Rehabilitation Services and a testifying vocational expert and life care planner. He is an Associate Professor of Counseling at the University of New Haven and Editor-Elect of the Journal of Forensic Vocational Analysis.
Christopher Skerritt is a highly skilled and accomplished expert in the fields of vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, employability assessment, and economic analysis. He provides top-tier vocational rehabilitation, job placement support, and economic analysis to clients at Kincaid Wolstein Vocational and Rehabilitation Services.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
Formats
