Attorneys will learn the legal framework governing defense obligations, jurisdictional variations in trigger rules, reservation of rights, conflicts of interest, and breach litigation risks.
Attorneys will gain practical guidance on navigating complex claims, managing the tripartite relationship, and understanding when independent counsel rights are triggered.
Attorneys will learn the legal framework governing defense obligations, jurisdictional variations in trigger rules, reservation of rights, conflicts of interest, and breach litigation risks.
Attorneys will gain practical guidance on navigating complex claims, managing the tripartite relationship, and understanding when independent counsel rights are triggered.
Agenda
Session 1
Understanding the Duty to Defend Fundamentals
Session 2
Triggering Defense: Legal Framework and Jurisdictional Variations
Session 3
Reservation of Rights Letters and Strategic Implications
Session 4
Conflicts, Cumis Counsel, and Defense Control Issues
Session 5
Break
Session 6
Litigation Risks and Bad Faith Exposure Analysis
Session 7
Complex Claims, Allocation, and Emerging Trends
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
This session distinguishes the duty to defend from the duty to indemnify, explaining how defense obligations serve as litigation insurance for policyholders. Participants will learn why defense costs typically don’t erode policy limits and explore the strategic significance of triggering defense obligations early in litigation.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
This session examines the four corners and eight corners rules governing when insurers must defend, including how jurisdictions differ on using extrinsic evidence. Participants will compare policyholder-friendly jurisdictions like Massachusetts with more restrictive approaches and understand how policy language influences trigger analysis.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
This session covers how to structure effective reservation of rights letters and when disclaimers are appropriate, including New York’s strict timing requirements. Participants will explore how reservations impact defense control, create conflicts of interest, and affect potential reimbursement rights under doctrines like California’s Buss decision.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
This session addresses the tripartite relationship tensions between insurers, insureds, and defense counsel, including varying jurisdictional approaches to attorney loyalty. Participants will learn when independent Cumis counsel is required, how rate disputes are resolved, and best practices for billing to avoid reimbursement conflicts.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
A short intermission allowing participants to refresh before the final sessions. Use this time to reflect on concepts covered and prepare questions for the remaining material.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
3:10 pm - 3:25 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
This session examines the significant consequences insurers face for wrongfully refusing to defend, including liability exceeding policy limits. Participants will explore damages recoverable by insureds, estoppel doctrines, and how policyholders gain strategic advantages when insurers breach their defense obligations.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
3:25 pm - 3:40 pm EST
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
This session tackles mixed claims spanning multiple policy years, examining all sums versus pro rata allocation methods and various trigger theories. Participants will explore multijurisdictional considerations, MDL implications, and emerging issues in cyber, privacy, environmental claims, and AI-driven claims handling.
Haynes Boone
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
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.
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.
Haynes Boone
Adrian Azer exclusively represents corporate policyholders in complex insurance coverage matters, including insurance recovery for cybersecurity breaches, mass tort claims, general liability coverage disputes for toxic tort and environmental claims, and directors’ and officers’ coverage disputes.
Haynes Boone
Adrian Azer exclusively represents corporate policyholders in complex insurance coverage matters, including insurance recovery for cybersecurity breaches, mass tort claims, general liability coverage disputes for toxic tort and environmental claims, and directors’ and officers’ coverage disputes.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Kevin is a commercial litigator focusing on insurance coverage disputes and counseling on behalf of policyholders, with expertise spanning commercial property, cyber, builders’ risk, D&O, E&O, general liability, representations and warranties, and professional liability matters.
Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP
Josh Weinberg’s practice is at the forefront of representing insurers in mass tort bankruptcy cases, ranging from asbestos, talc and product liability cases to sexual abuse cases, and maintains an active insurance and commercial litigation practice.
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Why Attend
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!
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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.
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Closed-captioning available
2025-09-05 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
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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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