Program Details
2026-10-14 14:30:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-10-14 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis session examines the wave of legislative reforms in Virginia that have fundamentally restructured UM/UIM coverage limits, permitted resolution with the liability insurer before pursuing UIM, eliminated tortfeasor liability offsets allowing for UIM stacking. Attorneys will learn how to analyze coverage layers under both old- and new-law policies, identify stacking waiver defects, and sequence demands against tortfeasor liability carriers and UM/UIM carriers to maximize recovery without forfeiting benefits. Participants leave with a repeatable coverage-analysis checklist and a demand sequence calibrated to the post-offset-elimination landscape.
Robert C. T. ReedRobert F. Friedman 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis session equips plaintiff-side attorneys with a litigation framework for pursuing first-party UM/UIM bad faith claims under recently amended Virginia Code §§ 38.2-2206 and 8.01-66.1 (effective July 1, 2024), which create a mechanism to obtain significant penalties against UIM carriers who delay claims and make unreasonable offers. Attorneys will learn how to trigger statutory liability, build the evidentiary record from first demand through trial, and follow the post-trial procedure to obtain bad faith penalties. Attendees will leave able to identify actionable carrier conduct, draft demands that start the statutory clock, assess UIM carrier bad faith conduct, and posture their cases to recover a verdict in addition to double damages, attorney’s fees, litigation costs, and prejudgment interest.
Robert C. T. ReedRobert F. FriedmanRobert C. T. Reed is a shareholder and personal injury attorney in the Richmond, Virginia office of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, P.C., where his practice is devoted to representing seriously injured clients and their families in car accident, trucking accident, product liability, and premises liability matters. He is known throughout Virginia for his work in motor vehicle insurance law and for taking on difficult and complex cases.
Robert F. Friedman is a partner at Friedman Fisher Verity PLLC in Richmond, Virginia, where he devotes his practice to insurance coverage litigation on behalf of claimants and policyholders. He has practiced insurance coverage law for nearly fifteen years and, before founding the firm, led the coverage team at a Richmond insurance defense and coverage firm.
Robert C. T. Reed is a shareholder and personal injury attorney in the Richmond, Virginia office of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, P.C., where his practice is devoted to representing seriously injured clients and their families in car accident, trucking accident, product liability, and premises liability matters. He is known throughout Virginia for his work in motor vehicle insurance law and for taking on difficult and complex cases.
Robert F. Friedman is a partner at Friedman Fisher Verity PLLC in Richmond, Virginia, where he devotes his practice to insurance coverage litigation on behalf of claimants and policyholders. He has practiced insurance coverage law for nearly fifteen years and, before founding the firm, led the coverage team at a Richmond insurance defense and coverage firm.
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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