Program Details
2026-05-08 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-05-08 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ESTBuilds a proof map covering duty, clinical decision points, and breach timelines using the ALI Restatement (Third). Contrasts plaintiff and defense narratives and teaches attorneys to translate medical standards for juries while avoiding guideline overclaiming and “perfect care” traps.
Mary A. Azzarito
Katherine Sepcich Drummond
Kenny Stein 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ESTCovers but-for, substantial factor, and proximate cause models with elder-care stress-tests involving falls, pressure injuries, and cascade harm. Introduces the alternative etiologies playbook and addresses damages linkage by separating event injuries from downstream complications on both sides.
Mary A. AzzaritoKatherine Sepcich DrummondKenny Stein 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm ESTCovers expert selection by specialty, recency, and bias exposure; report architecture that addresses contrary facts; deposition techniques that lock reasoning steps; and winning themes versus failure modes in post-2023 Rule 702 motions practice.
Mary A. AzzaritoKatherine Sepcich DrummondKenny Stein 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm ESTExamines what EMR audit logs capture and identifies high-value ESI targets, order-entry timestamps, late entries, copy-forward indicators, and retention policies, alongside authentication foundations, trial demonstratives, and proportionality strategies for negotiating production formats.
Mary A. AzzaritoKatherine Sepcich DrummondKenny SteinMary A. Azzarito is a Partner at Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman & Guekguezian, LLP, one of New England’s premier medical malpractice defense firms, where she has been litigating since 1994. Her practice centers on the defense of medical professionals across a wide range of specialties, including internal medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, interventional cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and maternal fetal medicine. Beyond medical malpractice, Mary brings substantial experience in criminal defense, white collar defense, administrative law, general liability, and Hague Convention matters involving the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. She has appeared before the Board of Registration in Medicine, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mary became a Partner at Adler Cohen effective February 2023.
Katherine “Katie” Sepcich Drummond is an attorney at The Bowling Law Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she handles pharmacy error, personal injury, and medical malpractice cases. She joined the firm in January 2023 following judicial clerkships that grounded her in complex civil litigation practice. Katie devotes 100% of her practice to litigation, with a caseload concentrated in the areas most directly relevant to patient injury and healthcare negligence.
Kenneth A. “Kenny” Stein, MD is a board-certified physician and medical-legal expert serving as an expert witness in emergency medicine, critical care, and internal medicine for both plaintiff and defense in cases involving negligence, causation, and damages. Based in Chesterfield, Missouri, Dr. Stein has practiced Emergency Medicine for 29 years and Critical Care/Intensive Care Medicine for 27 years, and has provided expert witness testimony—at deposition and trial—more than 200 times. He is formerly an Assistant Professor at St. Louis University School of Medicine.
Mary A. Azzarito is a Partner at Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman & Guekguezian, LLP, one of New England’s premier medical malpractice defense firms, where she has been litigating since 1994. Her practice centers on the defense of medical professionals across a wide range of specialties, including internal medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, interventional cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and maternal fetal medicine. Beyond medical malpractice, Mary brings substantial experience in criminal defense, white collar defense, administrative law, general liability, and Hague Convention matters involving the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. She has appeared before the Board of Registration in Medicine, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mary became a Partner at Adler Cohen effective February 2023.
Katherine “Katie” Sepcich Drummond is an attorney at The Bowling Law Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she handles pharmacy error, personal injury, and medical malpractice cases. She joined the firm in January 2023 following judicial clerkships that grounded her in complex civil litigation practice. Katie devotes 100% of her practice to litigation, with a caseload concentrated in the areas most directly relevant to patient injury and healthcare negligence.
Kenneth A. “Kenny” Stein, MD is a board-certified physician and medical-legal expert serving as an expert witness in emergency medicine, critical care, and internal medicine for both plaintiff and defense in cases involving negligence, causation, and damages. Based in Chesterfield, Missouri, Dr. Stein has practiced Emergency Medicine for 29 years and Critical Care/Intensive Care Medicine for 27 years, and has provided expert witness testimony—at deposition and trial—more than 200 times. He is formerly an Assistant Professor at St. Louis University School of Medicine.
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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