Course Overview
Identify and counter emotional jury appeals.
Assess risk through focus groups objectively.
Prepare defendants to avoid damaging admissions.
Apply professional civility to improve outcomes.
Course Overview
Identify and counter emotional jury appeals.
Assess risk through focus groups objectively.
Prepare defendants to avoid damaging admissions.
Apply professional civility to improve outcomes.
Why Attend
Agenda
Session 1
Understanding Reptile Theory Arguments in Nuclear Verdicts
Session 2
Impact of Third-Party Litigation Funding on Cases
Session 3
Personal Injury Attorney Advertising and Jury Perceptions
Break
Scheduled Break for Attendees
Session 4
Historical Context of Corporate Misconduct and Accountability
Session 5
Social and Political Factors Influencing Jury Decisions
Session 6
Evaluating Human Life and Avoiding Defense Bias
Session 7
Preventing Surprise Verdicts Through Empathy and Strategy
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm EST
Walsworth LLP
Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
This session examines how plaintiff attorneys use Reptile Theory to trigger jurors’ primal fear responses and self-preservation instincts. Participants will learn to identify these tactics during discovery and depositions, and develop effective countermeasures including motions in limine and witness preparation strategies.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm EST
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Explore how outside investors funding litigation in exchange for settlement portions has transformed the legal landscape. This session covers why funded cases are less likely to settle, more likely to proceed to trial, and how sophisticated algorithms identify high-value cases for investment.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm EST
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Analyze the prevalence of attorney advertising and its potential effects on jury expectations regarding verdict amounts. This session presents both defense concerns about normalized large verdicts and plaintiff perspectives on how advertising may actually create negative juror reactions.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm EST
Walsworth LLP
Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
A brief intermission allowing participants to refresh and prepare for the remaining sessions. Use this time to reflect on the morning’s discussions and formulate questions for upcoming topics.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
3:10 pm - 3:20 pm EST
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Review the American experience with corporate misconduct from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire to the 2008 financial crisis. Understanding this history helps defense attorneys recognize why jurors may harbor distrust toward corporate defendants and factor this into case evaluation.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm EST
Walsworth LLP
Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Examine widespread frustration across political divides and declining trust in institutions that shapes juror attitudes. This session explains why jury service represents a moment of agency for people who feel unheard and how this affects verdict decisions.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
3:40 pm - 3:50 pm EST
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Learn to recognize evaluation errors stemming from confirmation bias and the ‘defense bubble’ phenomenon. This session challenges attorneys to escape professional echo chambers and honestly assess case values from multiple perspectives.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm EST
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Master practical strategies including avoiding self-deception, maintaining professional civility, and conducting effective focus groups. This session emphasizes that the best prevention for nuclear verdicts is ensuring high-exposure cases do not reach a jury through proper evaluation and timely resolution.
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Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
SESSION I
Deposing trucking company personnel…
SESSION II
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION III
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION IV
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
Attorneys will learn strategies for preventing nuclear verdicts, including identifying Reptile Theory tactics, preparing witnesses for depositions, and understanding how third-party litigation funding impacts cases.
Attorneys will gain practical techniques for proper case evaluation, empathy-based defense strategies, and early risk management to avoid unexpected jury awards.
Attorneys will learn strategies for preventing nuclear verdicts, including identifying Reptile Theory tactics, preparing witnesses for depositions, and understanding how third-party litigation funding impacts cases.
Attorneys will gain practical techniques for proper case evaluation, empathy-based defense strategies, and early risk management to avoid unexpected jury awards.
Plans
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| Number of New Webinars Added Yearly | Limited |
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Ability to Ask Questions During the Presentation via a Chat Box |
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Special credits (Ethics, Elimination of Bias, etc.) |
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speakers
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
Walsworth LLP
Todd Lezon is a partner at Walsworth who focuses his practice on transportation and general liability matters. He is an accomplished trial attorney with extensive experience handling all phases of civil litigation, including case strategy development, discovery planning, depositions, and client representation in arbitrations, mediations, and trial.
Walsworth LLP
Todd Lezon is a partner at Walsworth who focuses his practice on transportation and general liability matters. He is an accomplished trial attorney with extensive experience handling all phases of civil litigation, including case strategy development, discovery planning, depositions, and client representation in arbitrations, mediations, and trial.
Vaziri Law Group Personal Injury Attorneys
Dave Shay is an experienced trial lawyer with a proven record of confronting corporations and their lawyers, having obtained tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of injured Californians and grieving families.
Being an attorney is hard enough without the bookkeeping/IOLTA nonsense. Ready to keep more of what you earn? Whether you’re launching a new law practice or been in your own practice for forty years, this program is your roadmap to slashing your tax bill and building real wealth. Want to write off that second home, or discover how to deduct your vacation? In this dynamic, eye-opening session, civil and criminal tax controversy attorney Eric Green will walk you through often-overlooked strategies to dramatically cut taxes, increase deductions, and protect your law practice from IRS audit adjustments. You’ll walk away armed with actionable insights you can put to work immediately and easily earn back 8-10X what you invested in this seminar!
The program will cover not just how to deduct these expenses but what documentation you need to maintain to make sure you are audit proof if Uncle Sam comes calling!
In this new expanded webinar, Eric and Leighanne will review other benefits like converting your practice to an S Corporation, retirement planning and discuss apps that can help tie all this together and make your record keeping a breeze!
Who Should Attend:
Don’t miss this opportunity to transform the way you think about taxes—and take home the tools you need to save thousands year after year.
Key topics to be discussed:
Date / Time: December 31, 2025
Closed-captioning available
2026-03-27 13:00:00
This program begins with the foundations of generative AI, introducing large language models and transformer architecture, then moves into practical applications for legal professionals. Participants will learn how to design and deploy custom GPTs in OpenAI and build agent-based automations in Microsoft Copilot, both of which enable legal teams to streamline repetitive work across transactional matters, litigation management, and broader legal operations. The program also highlights how to use OpenAI projects and Microsoft’s integrated tools to scale and organize AI-driven efficiencies across the legal function.
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Date / Time: December 19, 2025
Closed-captioning available
2025-10-30 14:00:00
Session I – Considerations: Revocable vs. Irrevocable – Georgia Bender
In this session, attorney Georgia Bender will present a brief analysis of the structures and considerations involved in revocable and irrevocable trusts and when each type of trust may be appropriate. Next, Ms. Bender will go into a broad discussion of revocable trusts and the advantages they bring in flexibility of administration, probate avoidance, and estate tax planning. She’ll then review who might be an ideal candidate for this type of trust.
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Session II – Irrevocable Trusts and Trust Administration – Joseph Donohue
In this session, Attorney Joseph Donohue will review four common types of irrevocable trusts and the contexts in which they are best used. Next, Mr. Donohue will offer some helpful drafting tips for trusts. Lastly, he will dive into topics surrounding trust administration from tax reporting to key phases, avoiding trust contests, and drafting documents to protect your fiduciary clients.
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Date / Time: December 11, 2025
Closed-captioning available
2026-03-30 14:00:00
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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.
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