News — Continuing Education for Lawyers
New Trial Guides CLE featuring David Ball, Artemis Malekpour and Joshua Karton
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Announcing a new Trial Guides live CLE in Los Angeles featuring:
October 5, 2018: David Ball, and Artemis Malekpour covering David Ball on Damages Advances and Innovations.
October 6, 2018: Joshua Karton - Communication Tactics for Persuasive Advocacy using methods from Theater for Trial.
Trial Guides Announces New Trucking CLE
Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Trial Guides is proud to announce a new trucking seminar November 2-3, 2018 in Scottsdale Arizona.
This live Continuing Legal Education event features three of the leading trucking lawyers in the United States; Michael Leizerman, Joe Fried and Morgan Adams.
Trial Guides Jury Bias Live CLE Event
Monday, April 02, 2018

Trial Guides is pleased to announce a jury bias continuing legal education event in Atlanta Georgia on September 21-23, 2018. The event is titled: Understanding Juror Bias and Decision Making: Using Social Science to Prepare a Winning Case.
This jury bias CLE features leading researchers and trial consultants Greg Cusimano, David Wenner, David Bossart, and Ed Lazarus. Cusimano and Wenner who created the Jury Bias Model, and are widely recognized as the legal profession's leading experts on jury bias.
Official Rules of the Road Live Continuing Legal Education Event
Monday, January 01, 2018

Trial Guides is proud to announce an officially sanctioned Rules of the Road™ Continuing Legal Education live event June 1-2, 2018. The event will be a landmark event for Trial Guides' best selling book of all time, and is being held at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Trial Guides is hosting a special party at the event to celebrate the book of this important book.
The event features Rules of the Road co-author Patrick Malone, Cliff Atkinson, Dennis Donnelly, Michael Kelly, Jim Lees, and Zoe Littlepage.
Trial Guides Live CLE featuring David Ball, Artemis Malekpour and Keith Mitnik
Friday, December 15, 2017

Announcing a new Trial Guides live CLE in Washington DC featuring:
April 6, 2018: David Ball, and Artemis Malekpour covering David Ball on Damages Advances and Innovations.
April 7, 2018: Keith Mitnik - Foil their Plan to Spoil Your Case.
Trial Guides' Case Framing CLE in Boston
Thursday, November 02, 2017

Announcing a live continuing legal education conference on May 4-5, 2018 in Boston MA.
Speakers include Mark Mandell, Craig Fox, David Wenner, Randi McGinn, Ben Rubinowitz, Judith Livingston and Joseph A. Power, Jr.
Trial Guides Announces Rick Friedman's Take Back the Courtroom IV
Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Trial Guides is proud to announce Rick Friedman's Take Back the Courtroom IV Continuing Legal Education Live Event.
This event features an all star group of the nation's leading trial lawyers. Primary speakers include Rick Friedman, Randi McGinn and Roger Dodd. Guest speakers include Nick Rowley, Keith Mitnik and trial consultant Sari de la Motte.
Increasing Claim Value on Neck Injury Cases video
Friday, March 01, 2013

Roger Dodd Joins Take Back the Courtroom III Live Seminar CLE with Rick Friedman
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Take Back the Courtroom III Live Seminar CLE with Rick Friedman
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Twice in the last four years, Trial Guides has convinced Rick Friedman to present a two-day seminar. Titled "Take Back the Courtroom," these seminars have helped a select group of plaintiffs’ lawyers take their trial skills to the next level.
Now, Trial Guides is proud to announce the third "Take Back the Courtroom" seminar, in Miami, Florida, on February 22–23, 2013.
Resolving ERISA Liens Live Webinar CLE
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Resolving ERISA Liens Continuing Legal Education Webinar
Since the Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in Sereboff, claims made by ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) qualified plans against third party recoveries has been a growing area of attention for trial attorneys and their clients. While these plans can create strong rights of reimbursement, it is essential to understand how and when these rights are created. Furthermore, in the wake of the Sixth Circuit’s 2009 opinion in Longaberger v. Kolt, the obligation of an attorney to an ERISA plan has been a hotly contested area. Get the latest decisions on this and other important areas of ERISA.
New Reptile in MIST Cases Webinar by David Ball and Gary Johnson
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Auto cases the insurers designate as "Minor impact" due to minimal visible vehicle damage are amongst the most difficult plaintiff cases to win, despite there being no correlation between vehicle damage and occupant injury.
Join trial consultant David Ball and veteran trial lawyer Gary Johnson for a webinar called "Reptile in MIST Cases." This webinar will discuss the use of the Reptile method to win "Minor Impact Soft Tissue" cases.
The Ethics of Confidentiality Agreements Live Webinar CLE
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

The Ethics of Confidentiality Agreements
Secrecy agreements at the end of a civil lawsuit are commonplace. But as leading attorney Patrick Malone explains, they are usually unethical, almost always bad for the plaintiff, and bad for the plaintiff attorney’s practice. The Rules of Professional Conduct give plaintiffs’ lawyers the weapons to fight back against defendants who insist on overbroad confidentiality agreements.
Medicare Set Asides in Liability Settlements Live Webinar CLE
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

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.
Overcoming "Minor Impact" Defenses in Auto Cases Live Webinar CLE
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Show the Story: Winning with Visual Advocacy Live Webinar CLE
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Announcing a new webinar titled Show the Story: Winning with Visual Advocacy based upon the Trial Guides book Show the Story by Robert Bailey and lawyer and law professor William Bailey.
Social Media Ethics: Attorneys’ Affirmative Duty to Address Social Media Evidence
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Introducing a new live continuing legal education webinar regarding social media ethics, with John Patzakis of X-1 Discovery on December 5, 2012.
Have you heard about the lawyer who was sanctioned $542,000 for instructing his client to “clean up” his Facebook page? What other ethical traps await lawyers in this new era of social networking and electronic communications?
Social media evidence is relevant to just about any type of civil and criminal case and must be routinely addressed in discovery.
State of the Law on Medicare Reimbursement Live Webinar CLE
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Announcing a Live Medicare CLE webinar featuring Matt Garretson of the Garretson Resolution Group.
Is your firm in compliance with Medicare? The MMSEA (The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007) ensures that Medicare is the secondary payer on settlements involving Medicare eligible claimants.
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.
Take Back the Courtroom II - Rick Friedman on Handling Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Take Back the Courtroom II - Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation.
You asked for it and we delivered. Join Trial Guides for an exclusive 2-day live CLE on February 25-26, 2011 featuring trial superstar Rick Friedman. You know him from his best selling books Rules of the Road and Polarizing the Case. Rick has built his career by working his way up from a one person office in remote Alaska to obtaining significant jury verdicts for people in insurance bad faith, personal injury, traumatic brain injury, medical malpractice, product liability, and wrongful death cases. This is not a seminar to be missed!
Dorothy Clay Sims Exposing the Deceptive Defense CLEs in California
Friday, October 01, 2010

New: Eric Oliver - Case Story Theme Webinar Recording
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Many trial attorneys are acquainted with the idea of a case theme. Certainly all trial lawyers know the critical importance of establishing and reinforcing the strongest possible theme for your case story.
New David Ball CLE "Welcome to the Revolution"
Monday, January 19, 2009

Paul Luvera on Trial Strategy (DVD)
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Paul Luvera has obtained a $40 million verdict in Washington, $44 million in Oregon, $29 million in Idaho, as well as dozens of multi-million settlements, including one for $75 million. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame.
Trial Guides is honored to announce the release of Paul Luvera on Trial Strategy, a four-DVD set, capturing his acclaimed lecture at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle.
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.
New! Good Hands to Boxing Gloves Webinar CLE
Friday, September 19, 2008
Introducing a webinar CLE recording "Good Hands to Boxing Gloves: Allstate, McKinsey and the Enron Business Model" featuring speakers David Berardinelli & Amy Bach.
From Good Hands to Boxing Gloves is the most talked about legal text in the last generation. It's received feature stories on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, as well as in BusinessWeek and Money.
Now get the background about why settlement offers are down. Why insurers spend more to defend claims than to resolve them, and drag litigation out as long as possible. It's time that every lawyer understand the "Deny-Defend-Delay" strategy being used by insurers.