News — aaron deshaw
Handling Spinal Injury Cases - Sessions 3 and 4
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Resources for Spinal Injury Lawyers
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Demand Letters Review
Monday, January 20, 2020
Review By: Justin Zachary Esq originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association's publication The Docket. So often, CLEs, Trial Guides and workshops are geared toward trial skills. How often have you seen a CLE or speaker discuss cross-examination or closing? While those skills are admittedly vital, I was excited to sit down and dive into a different aspect of a trial lawyer’s practice that does not quite get as much attention: Demand Letters. One of Trial Guides newest products is an eight (8) disc collection of some of Trial Guides top speakers discussing in-depth their thoughts on Demand...
Why Understanding TBI is Critical for Personal Injury Attorneys
Thursday, May 09, 2019
I thought I would provide some insights into why the upcoming Trial Guides Brain Injury CLE is directly applicable to plaintiffs' lawyers. By way of background, I am a retired doctor who now practices personal injury law in addition to running Trial Guides. At any given time, approximately 90–95 percent of my clients have traumatic brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury legal cases involve a number of issues that must be established during a case-in-chief. They also involve some unique defenses that are not normally encountered in personal injury cases. In addition to dealing with these issues in a trial, the...
Trial Guides 15th Anniversary, a word from our Founder
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Fifteen years ago this month, I turned down offers from three major legal publishers and published the first two books for Trial Guides. The books were on one of the auto insurance industry’s secret weapons—the Colossus software used to evaluate bodily injury claims. At the time, I had only been practicing law (starting my own solo firm) for three years. I had very little experience as a lawyer, no experience in publishing, and I had no interest in starting a legal publishing company. But because of the sensitivity of the material, carefully written and cited with over three years of...
Increasing Claim Value on Neck Injury Cases video
Friday, March 01, 2013
Working with Chiropractors on Auto Cases Live Webinar CLE
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
According to the Insurance Research Council, 32% of all people injured in a motor vehicle crash seek chiropractic care. Despite the Doctors of Chiropractic program being over 4000 hours (similar to that of a Medical Doctorate), lawyers, judges and in some cases jurors demonstrate a clear bias against chiropractic testimony.
In this webinar, lawyer Aaron DeShaw, a former Doctor of Chiropractic, shows you how to work more effectively with chiropractors.
Writing Demand Letters in Auto Cases Live Webinar CLE
Monday, October 01, 2012
Increasing Claim Value on Neck Injury Cases Live Webinar CLE
Monday, October 01, 2012
Many personal injury practices center on soft tissue injuries from car accidents. For many lawyers, these are not particularly valuable cases. But what if you could find objective evidence that some of these cases are worth much more?
In this webinar, Aaron DeShaw discusses new medical imaging that can help you objectively prove serious ligament injuries in the neck that will cause permanent injuries and can only be resolved with costly fixation surgery.
Announcing Trial Guides' iPad App
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Trial Guides revolutionized the practice of law by providing you with products that help you win. In the process, we did away with mind-numbing $500 binder books with expensive annual updates.
We'd like to completely change everything...again.
Introducing the Trial Guides iPad app. The app provides a custom made application for lawyers. It provides an excellent quality reader app for eBooks and eArticles, a video viewer, and a playback system for audio recordings. Every Trial Guides product can now be purchased online with immediate delivery.
Announcing a New Version of the Colossus Forms CD for Doctors
Friday, January 01, 2010
A new version of our popular Colossus Forms CD for doctors is being released today. It is an update to one of Trial Guides' earliest products.
The majority of all auto insurers in the U.S. use computerized assessment software to determine bodily injury settlement offers. Most of them conceal its use or allege they no longer use the software. The most widely used bodily injury claim software is called Colossus, but there are others regularly used by large insurers including Liability Navigator, and ClaimIQ. Colossus and other bodily...
Trial Guides Points the Way
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I have started going to more seminars, reading more books, watching more video—trying to get beyond "the law" and generic trial techniques, and focusing specifically on how to win plaintiffs’ personal injury trials. It soon became apparent that a new publishing company predominates this niche, publishing and distributing some of today’s most important plaintiffs’ trial materials—Trial Guides.
New! Moe Levine on Advocacy
Sunday, April 19, 2009
After over three years of work, Trial Guides is proud to announce the release of Moe Levine on Advocacy, the most comprehensive book ever released on Levine's lectures, trial transcripts and articles.
Moe Levine practiced in New York in the 1940s to early 1970s, trying over 2000 civil trials. He was one of the first members of the Inner Circle of Advocates, and was close friends with Inner Circle founder Richard Grand. He helped create the concept of "qualitative damages" while helping Grand re-frame one of his cases by taking a concept from the Bible and using it as a way to describe the client's loss. (The case is discussed in the book.)
Mastering Motor Vehicle Cases
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Trial Guides is pleased to present an intensive two-day seminar on handling motor vehicle cases with Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq.
The seminar will cover advanced topics in how to handle motor vehicle cases in a modern insurance environment. As author of the definitive text on Colossus, DeShaw will discuss how claims are segmented at auto insurers, and how each of these claims is handled.
AAJ Lists Top 10 Worst Insurance Companies in America, Cites Trial Guides' Books and Authors for Uncovering Insurance Bad Faith Practices
Saturday, August 09, 2008
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has named the Top 10 Worst Insurance Companies in America. In doing so, it cites Trial Guides' book From Good Hands to Boxing Gloves and articles arising from publicity around that book as the basis for naming Allstate the #1 worst insurer in America.
The 29 page report has a section for each of the ten worst insurers. The section on Allstate notes at footnote 11 "There is no better analysis of [Allstate's] McKinsey documents than the book, 'From Good Hands’ to Boxing Gloves,' by David Berardinelli, Michael Freeman, and Aaron DeShaw. Many of AAJ's citations to articles about Allstate's institutional "Deny, Delay, Defend" policy cite the book as the authoritative source on Allstate's policies and procedures as well as the way they have impacted the rest of the insurance industry. These include the feature articles by BusinessWeek, Money magazine, CNN and others.
Maximizing Auto Accident Settlement Offers
Friday, April 07, 2006
Nearly 70% of auto accident cases in the U.S. are evaluated by bodily injury claims assessment software. Now there is a guide that helps you and your clients - triggering thousands of "value drivers," and helping you ethically maximize settlement offers based upon the facts of your clients' cases. What lawyers do not realize is that most auto insurers are using computer programs to determine their settlement offers in personal injury cases. Medical timeline demand letters do not work because the computer systems are looking for very specific case facts or factors, which are then entered into the computer system, which...
Colossus Text Helps You Ethically Maximize Settlement Offers
Friday, April 07, 2006
Turner / CNN Interviews Trial Guides Authors on Allstate's Insurance Claim System
Friday, March 17, 2006
Trial Guides authors David Berardinelli and Aaron DeShaw are being interviewed by Turner Network for CNN and Money Magazine regarding Allstate Insurance's claim handling method called Claims Core Process Redesign ("CCPR").
New Mexico lawyer, David Berardinelli, is the primary author of Trial Guides' upcoming book From Good Hands to Boxing Gloves.
Trial Guides Authors Interviewed by BusinessWeek Regarding Allstate
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Chiropractic Economics: Aaron DeShaw's Article on Bill Review Software in Personal Injury Cases
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Article in Chiropractic Economics:
An Excerpt from Billing and Procedure Denials: What Every Physician Needs to Know, by Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq.
"Have you ever played a game without knowing the rules? It’s difficult to win. Over the last 10 years, chiropractors have been playing a “game” with personal-injury insurers without knowing the rules.
Sometimes they win and get paid for their personal-injury (PI) and healthcare claims; sometimes they lose.
Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers Publishes Excerpt of Aaron DeShaw Colossus Text
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Chiropractic Economics Reviews Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know
Monday, August 08, 2005
Book Review by Chiropractic Economics:
Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know
by Aaron DeShaw, DC, JD. Loose leaf, 465 pages.
According to the author, approximately 70 percent of auto injuries are evaluated by computer assessment software. The best known assessment software is known as Colossus.
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Publishes Excerpt of Aaron DeShaw's Colossus Text
Monday, August 08, 2005
ATLA Motor Vehicle Collision Section publishes on Aaron DeShaw's Colossus Text
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Trial Briefs Publishes Excerpt on Aaron DeShaw's Colossus Text
Friday, August 05, 2005
The Gavel Publishes an Excerpt of Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
Thursday, August 04, 2005
The Verdict Publishes an Excerpt of Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
The Advocate publishes on Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
Monday, August 01, 2005
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Reviews Aaron DeShaw's Colossus Text
Monday, June 06, 2005
Montana Trial Lawyers Association Publishes on the Colossus Text
Sunday, June 05, 2005
The Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal publishes on Colossus Text
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Trial Guides publishes "Procedure & Billing Denials: What Every Physician Needs to Know"
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Trial Guides is proud to announce its new book Procedure & Billing Denials: What Every Physician Needs to Know by Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq.
The new book provides physicians & staff with the background necessary when dealing with a modern insurance company on a personal injury case. DeShaw describes procedures and codes frequently flagged by insurers, and insurance medical bill review software. The book also discusses coding methods and procedures which are flagged for audits, or rejected. DeShaw further discusses modern necessity for charting to substantiate treatment and reduce payment problems.
New Colossus Form CD for Personal Injury Lawyers
Sunday, February 01, 2004
A new legal Colossus forms CD is released today, to supplement the new book Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know.
Approximately 70 percent of all auto insurers in the U.S. use bodily injury assessment software to determine claim value. Most of them conceal its use. The most widely used bodily injury claim software is called Colossus, but there are others also used by large insurers including Claims Outcome Advisor. Bodily injury assessment programs require specific information in order to generate claim value in a client's case.
The Colossus Forms CD provides lawyers with the legal forms necessary when dealing with modern insurance companies on personal injury cases.
New book on Colossus for Lawyers Reveals Best Practices for Insurance Demand Letters
Thursday, January 01, 2004
Colossus Physician Forms CD Now Available
Thursday, January 01, 2004
A new physician forms CD is released today, to supplement the new edition of Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know.
Approximately 70 percent of all auto insurers in the U.S. use bodily injury assessment software to determine claim value. Most of them conceal its use. The most widely used bodily injury claim software is called Colossus, but there are others also used by large insurers including Claims Outcome Advisor. Bodily injury assessment programs require specific information in order to generate claim value in a patient’s case. And often they use different terminology from treating doctors. The difference in terminology between health care professionals and the insurance industry can result in improperly low settlement offers to injured people.
Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know - Updated Version Available
Thursday, January 01, 2004
Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know is the definitive resource for doctors who handle personal injury cases on the insurance claims process involving their patients.
The book provides physicians clear guidance on dealing with personal injury cases that will be analyzed by claims assessment software including Colossus.
Presently, nearly 70% of auto accident cases in the U.S. are evaluated by claims assessment software. The book provides physicians an insider’s view of the medical and legal defects in the programs used by 16 of the Top 20 auto insurance companies in the US.