Course Overview
Attorneys will learn why mediations fail, including political dynamics underlying disputes, optimal timing, mediator selection criteria, and techniques for navigating roadblocks to resolution.
Attorneys will gain practical strategies for improving settlement outcomes by understanding back stories, preparing clients, and using creative non-monetary terms effectively.
Attorneys will learn why mediations fail, including political dynamics underlying disputes, optimal timing, mediator selection criteria, and techniques for navigating roadblocks to resolution.
Attorneys will gain practical strategies for improving settlement outcomes by understanding back stories, preparing clients, and using creative non-monetary terms effectively.
Agenda
Session 1
Understanding Where the Client Needs to End Up
Session 2
Identifying Cases Best Suited for Mediation Success
Session 3
Navigating the Politics That Govern Settlement Outcomes
Session 4
Determining the Optimal Time to Mediate
Session 5
Selecting the Right Mediator for Your Case
Break
Break
Session 6
Understanding Different Formats for Conducting Mediation
Session 7
Cutting Issues and Educating the Mediator Effectively
Session 8
Defining Roles of Counsel and Clients in Mediation
Session 9
Using Mediation as a Fact-Finding Learning Mechanism
Session 10
Mastering Mediation as a Complete Settlement Process
1:00 pm - 1:12 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
This session explores the fundamental reasons parties enter mediation, from bridging communication gaps to validating resolutions. Participants will learn how to assess whether clients genuinely want to settle and how court-ordered mediation impacts party attitudes.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
1:12 pm - 1:24 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Learn which types of disputes are inherently difficult to settle due to emotional baggage, including fraud, discrimination, and family law matters. The session contrasts these with straightforward business disputes and insurance cases that tend toward easier resolution.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
1:24 pm - 1:36 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
This session examines the critical back story behind disputes and the stakeholders who truly call the shots. Participants will identify common roadblocks including lawyers who won’t part with cases, clients drinking their own Kool-Aid, and decision-makers with personal stakes.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
1:36 pm - 1:48 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Timing is an art—cases can be mediated too soon or too late. This session explores strategic timing considerations from defense and plaintiff perspectives, with attention to case-specific factors like domestic disputes and complex litigation.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
1:48 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Discover why your opponent’s respect for the mediator may matter more than your own preferences. Key selection criteria including persistence, subject matter familiarity, and the counterintuitive benefits of selecting mediators from the opposing practice area are examined.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
A short break to refresh before continuing with the remaining sessions on mediation formats, techniques, and settlement processes.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
2:10 pm - 2:22 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Traditional joint opening statements have evolved as many mediators now avoid confrontational formats that impede resolution. This session covers alternative approaches including staggered arrivals, separate caucuses, and considerations for remote versus in-person mediation.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
2:22 pm - 2:34 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Learn what critical information to provide mediators, emphasizing back stories over legal technicalities. Participants will discover how to present efficiently using chronologies and cheat sheets rather than overwhelming with exhaustive documentation.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
2:34 pm - 2:46 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Mediation involves multiple concurrent negotiations between lawyers, clients, and insurers. This session addresses the bulldog lawyer problem and the importance of preparing clients for difficult conversations they will encounter during the process.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
2:46 pm - 2:58 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
Beyond resolution, mediation serves as a mechanism to test facts, theories, and defenses. Learn how mediators can help educate clients about case weaknesses and conduct essential risk assessments that go beyond simply delivering numbers.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
2:58 pm - 3:10 pm EST
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
This session identifies the four critical pinch points where mediations fail and provides strategies for navigating each. Topics include describing resolutions creatively, leveraging non-monetary terms, and avoiding the dangerous term sheet stage pitfalls.
Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC
Wurz Financial Service
SESSION I
Deposing trucking company personnel…
SESSION II
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION III
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SESSION IV
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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.
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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!
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.
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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
Closed-captioning available
2026-05-08 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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