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Trucking Accident Litigation: From Initial Response to Trial Strategy

Master trucking accident litigation from both the plaintiff and defense perspectives. Gain practical strategies for investigation, evidence preservation, expert use, discovery, and trial-ready case management.

2026-04-28 13:00:00

Program Details

2026-04-28 13:00:00

Program Details

2026-04-28 13:00:00

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2026-04-28 13:00:00

Course Overview

Crash to Verdict: Complete Litigation Strategies

2026-04-28 13:00:00

Develop practical skills for handling trucking accident cases across every litigation stage, from initial response through trial, by examining both plaintiff and defense strategies to strengthen your practice.

Format

CLE Credit

2h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

2

Key topics that will be covered

01
Rapid response
Identify the need for immediate action following a trucking accident.
02
Defendant identification
Spot liability theories and identify all potential defendants in trucking cases.
03
Evidence preservation
Conduct early investigation and preserve key evidence.
04
Expert strategy
Work with accident reconstruction and engineering experts effectively.
05
Presuit defense
Develop strategies for investigating and defending trucking matters from the outset.
06
Trial management
Conduct discovery and present cases effectively at trial.

Program schedule

clock 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Plaintiff Strategy: From Intake to Trial

This session focuses on how to identify, investigate, and build trucking cases from the plaintiff’s perspective, providing a practical framework for developing liability theories, preserving key evidence, and leveraging expert testimony through trial.

David W. CraigDavid W. Craig
Frank RamosFrank Ramos
clock 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm EST

Defense Strategy: From Presuit to Trial

This session covers how to defend trucking matters from the date of the accident through the end of trial, addressing presuit strategy, accident investigation, discovery, and courtroom advocacy from the defense perspective.

David W. CraigDavid W. Craig
Frank RamosFrank Ramos
David W. Craig

David W. Craig

Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC

Frank Ramos

Frank Ramos

Goldberg Segalla

David W. Craig

David W. Craig

Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC

David W. Craig is the Managing Partner and a founding partner of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC, a personal injury law firm headquartered in Indianapolis with offices across Indiana and in St. Louis, Missouri. Board Certified in truck accident law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, David is a nationally recognized trucking litigation attorney with more than 26 years of experience handling cases against commercial vehicles on behalf of injury victims and their families, with involvement in trucking matters handled nationally.

Education & Credentials

David holds a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and a B.S. in Business from Indiana University. He is admitted to the Indiana Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the National Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.

Recognition & Leadership

David has been selected as an Indiana Super Lawyer every year since 2011, named to the Top 50 Indiana Super Lawyers since 2023, and recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America® in Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs for multiple years, including the 2026 edition, holds the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He also sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and received the Thurgood Marshall "Fighting for Justice" Award.

Professional Involvement

David is a frequent speaker on trucking litigation at both state and national levels, including presentations for the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and West Legal Ed Center. He chairs and speaks at the annual Winning Truck Wreck Cases seminar, co-presented with his partner Scott Faultless through the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. He is also the author of two books, “Semitruck Wreck: A Guide for Victims and Their Families and It's Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney — and hosts After the Crash, a nationally ranked Top 10 personal injury podcast.

Experience

Throughout his career, David has focused exclusively on cases involving commercial vehicles, handling matters in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas. He has favorably resolved thousands of injury and wrongful death cases, and regularly takes cases to trial when insurers and trucking companies refuse to negotiate reasonably. He has written and lectured nationally on evidence preservation, liability theories, and trial strategy in trucking cases, and has been recognized with Litigator Awards for Truck Accidents for his case results.
Frank Ramos

Frank Ramos

Goldberg Segalla

Frank Ramos is a partner in the Miami office of Goldberg Segalla, where he has defended clients in civil litigation for more than 26 years and has taken numerous trials and arbitrations to verdict or award. His defense practice centers on catastrophic personal injury, premises liability, trucking, and product liability claims, and he is widely known as the “Miami Mentor” for training hundreds of young trial lawyers.

Education & Credentials

Mr. Ramos earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1997 and his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Florida International University in 1993. He is admitted to practice in Florida and before the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and he holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating.

Recognition & Leadership

The Best Lawyers in America named Mr. Ramos the 2025 Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Lawyer of the Year in Miami and the Miami Product Liability Lawyer of the Year for 2020 and 2023. He has been selected for Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2013 and was named to Forbes’ America’s Best-in- State Lawyers in 2025. The Florida Bar named him its 2025 Mentor of the Year.

Professional Involvement

Mr. Ramos is a longtime leader of the defense bar. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel as its 2026 Secretary-Treasurer, chaired its 2026 Winter Meeting, and has received the organization’s Andrew C. Hecker Award, President’s Award, and Joseph R. Olshan Award. He is a past President of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, a former board member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and the Miami-Dade Defense Bar Association, and a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. He has written more than 500 articles and 20 books on litigation and law practice, including Deposition Drills (FDCC, 2020), and has delivered more than 400 presentations on pretrial and trial skills, claims handling, and litigation management.

Experience

Mr. Ramos defends retailers, hotels, resorts, restaurants, developers, and fitness chains against negligent security, premises, catastrophic injury, and trucking claims, and he defends manufacturers and distributors in product liability and toxic exposure cases involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, asbestos and silica, machinery, safety equipment, recreational vehicles, and automobiles. His practice also includes construction, employment, and commercial disputes.
David W. Craig

David W. Craig

Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC

David W. Craig is the Managing Partner and a founding partner of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC, a personal injury law firm headquartered in Indianapolis with offices across Indiana and in St. Louis, Missouri. Board Certified in truck accident law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, David is a nationally recognized trucking litigation attorney with more than 26 years of experience handling cases against commercial vehicles on behalf of injury victims and their families, with involvement in trucking matters handled nationally.

Education & Credentials

David holds a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and a B.S. in Business from Indiana University. He is admitted to the Indiana Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the National Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.

Recognition & Leadership

David has been selected as an Indiana Super Lawyer every year since 2011, named to the Top 50 Indiana Super Lawyers since 2023, and recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America® in Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs for multiple years, including the 2026 edition, holds the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He also sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and received the Thurgood Marshall "Fighting for Justice" Award.

Professional Involvement

David is a frequent speaker on trucking litigation at both state and national levels, including presentations for the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and West Legal Ed Center. He chairs and speaks at the annual Winning Truck Wreck Cases seminar, co-presented with his partner Scott Faultless through the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. He is also the author of two books, “Semitruck Wreck: A Guide for Victims and Their Families and It's Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney — and hosts After the Crash, a nationally ranked Top 10 personal injury podcast.

Experience

Throughout his career, David has focused exclusively on cases involving commercial vehicles, handling matters in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas. He has favorably resolved thousands of injury and wrongful death cases, and regularly takes cases to trial when insurers and trucking companies refuse to negotiate reasonably. He has written and lectured nationally on evidence preservation, liability theories, and trial strategy in trucking cases, and has been recognized with Litigator Awards for Truck Accidents for his case results.
Frank Ramos

Frank Ramos

Goldberg Segalla

Frank Ramos is a partner in the Miami office of Goldberg Segalla, where he has defended clients in civil litigation for more than 26 years and has taken numerous trials and arbitrations to verdict or award. His defense practice centers on catastrophic personal injury, premises liability, trucking, and product liability claims, and he is widely known as the “Miami Mentor” for training hundreds of young trial lawyers.

Education & Credentials

Mr. Ramos earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1997 and his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Florida International University in 1993. He is admitted to practice in Florida and before the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and he holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating.

Recognition & Leadership

The Best Lawyers in America named Mr. Ramos the 2025 Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Lawyer of the Year in Miami and the Miami Product Liability Lawyer of the Year for 2020 and 2023. He has been selected for Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2013 and was named to Forbes’ America’s Best-in- State Lawyers in 2025. The Florida Bar named him its 2025 Mentor of the Year.

Professional Involvement

Mr. Ramos is a longtime leader of the defense bar. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel as its 2026 Secretary-Treasurer, chaired its 2026 Winter Meeting, and has received the organization’s Andrew C. Hecker Award, President’s Award, and Joseph R. Olshan Award. He is a past President of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, a former board member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and the Miami-Dade Defense Bar Association, and a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. He has written more than 500 articles and 20 books on litigation and law practice, including Deposition Drills (FDCC, 2020), and has delivered more than 400 presentations on pretrial and trial skills, claims handling, and litigation management.

Experience

Mr. Ramos defends retailers, hotels, resorts, restaurants, developers, and fitness chains against negligent security, premises, catastrophic injury, and trucking claims, and he defends manufacturers and distributors in product liability and toxic exposure cases involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, asbestos and silica, machinery, safety equipment, recreational vehicles, and automobiles. His practice also includes construction, employment, and commercial disputes.

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