Trial Law: Recent Episodes
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On Trial Lawyer View, Jerry Zhou of SUPIO and Aaron Rademacher of Thomson Reuters share how AI is transforming personal injury practices, enabling small firms to compete with larger defense teams and deliver better results for clients.
In this episode of Trial Lawyer View, Pamela DeNeuve shares how lawyers can manage morning anxiety, reclaim energy, and improve daily productivity.
John S. Berry, veteran and founder of Berry Law, shares how military leadership, core values, and client service drive success in trial law.
Sean C. Domnick, Florida civil trial lawyer and past AAJ President, is nationally recognized for winning multi-million dollar verdicts in catastrophic injury cases.
Michael Lynch is a nationally recognized trial attorney leading a complex litigation firm advocating for victims of defective drugs, toxic exposure, NEC, personal injury, and more.
Dan Miner is a finance and legal industry leader with 20+ years' experience, currently serving as President of Mass Torts at Angeion Group.
A powerful father-son conversation on mass tort leadership. Vance Andrus, seasoned trial attorney, and Cameron Andrus, mass tort manager, share insights from decades of litigation, MDL strategy, and client-centered advocacy.
Troy Rafferty, top trial lawyer and shareholder at Rafferty Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa, known for landmark mass tort verdicts and billion-dollar settlements.
Bob Simon is Co-Founder of Justice HQ, Justice Team, Attorney Share, and Justice Team Network—a nationally recognized trial lawyer and advocate for injury victims, legal innovation, and foster care reform.
Chad Dudley started Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers with his partners, Steven DeBosier and James Peltier, in 2009.
Thomas Tona is the Founder and Managing Attorney of The New York Personal Injury & No-fault Collections Law Firm, P.C.
Mike Morse is the founder of Mike Morse Law Firm, the largest personal injury law firm in Michigan.
Glenn B Fair, founder and attorney at Oakmont Law Group, is a nationally known and respected trial attorney.
James Swartz, managing attorney at Swartz & Swartz, P.C., is a nationally known and respected trial attorney and consumer advocate.
Joe Tunstall has tried over 100 cases throughout the Superior Courts of North Carolina on behalf of seriously injured folks.
Philip FairleyPresident844-724-6625The Rainmaker Institute Philip Fairley is the President and owner of The Rainmaker Institute, the nation’s largest law firm marketing company that focuses exclusively on client generation, lead conversion, and data analytics. During his time at Rainmaker, he co-developed Turbine®: the only software platform that automates the intake process and Rainalytics®: the only tool […]
James GrantAttorney | Partner678-667-8965jgrant@8334thewin.comGeorgia Trial Attorneys James Grant is the co-founder of Georgia Trial Attorneys, a revolutionary law firm that is redefining the traditional practice of law by serving as the outsourced litigation department for personal injury lawyers across Georgia. Eliminating the hassle of juggling pre-litigation and courtroom duties for other firms, James lives by […]
Michael Bonamarte IV is a skilled and passionate attorney who has achieved outstanding results in a number of high-profile cases.
Joe Mechlinski, Founder and CEO of SHIFT, New York Times bestselling author and TEDx speaker sits down with Jason Lazarus for this episode.
Play in new window | Download Craig GoldenfarbFounder/CEO/Attorney561-222-2222cgoldenfarb@800goldlaw.comGOLDLAW After a successful career as a litigator, Craig’s primary focus is building the teams that directly manage client cases, and overseeing the firm’s largest cases. He remains involved in pre-suit and litigation matters that involve significant loss, such as catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and wrongful […]
Play in new window | Download Bryan SmithAttorney888-486-3022bsmith@tamakilaw.comTamaki Law Bryan Smith grew up in Yakima, Washington. After obtaining a psychology degree from Western Washington University and a law degree from Seattle University, he came back to Yakima to practice law in the community where he was raised. Before becoming an attorney, he worked […]
Play in new window | Download Brian Breiter Trial LawyerLaw Offices of Brian Breiter(323) 954-9955improv@lawbreiter.comImprov for Trial Mr. Breiter was nominated for Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2020 & 2019 by CAALA (Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles) for his numerous 7 figure verdicts over the past few years. He is a […]
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Alejandro Blanco Attorney 602-494-4800 ablanco@theblancolawfirm.com Trial Structure
Alejandro Blanco is a Lawyer on two continents. Receiving his law degree in Argentina at age 23, he became the youngest-ever General Counsel for one of its state’s International Trade Secretaries.
Coming to the US in 1986, he passed the California bar on his first attempt without going to law school in this country. In 1988 he became the third lawyer with an Argentinian law degree to become licensed in California.
He now has over 35 years of trial work and experience in civil work, with over 130 civil trials, and one criminal murder trial. He has tried cases in over 15 states and multiple federal district courts. He is currently involved in catastrophic brain and spinal cord injury cases as well as helping our marines and their families in the Camp LeJeune litigation.
Some of his accomplishments include;
- the 2002 Trial Lawyers College Warrior of the Year award (trial lawyer of the year) for the Western US Region,
- being one of the 2014 Finalist for CAOC (Consumer Attorneys of California) trial lawyer of the year,
- and having obtained record-setting Verdicts in TBI and Spinal Chord Injuries in different states (CA & TX)
Consultant to over 20 seven and eight-figure verdicts in the last 5 years from medical malpractice to civil rights to brain injury cases, he is a sought-after Speaker on Trial Skills & Verdict results for over 15 AAJ & TLAs.
He is the Senior Founder of TrialStructure®
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Chris Zachar Attorney 602-494-4800 czachar@zacharlaw.com Zachar Law Firm
Personal Experience
Chris is a personal injury trial lawyer who has practiced law in Arizona since 1992. He graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science, and in 1992 from the University of Arizona College of Law in Tucson with his Juris Doctor Degree. He is admitted to practice law in all city, county and state courts in Arizona. In addition, Chris is admitted to practice law in the United States District Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
As an experienced litigator, Mr. Zachar has earned a respected reputation among peers and satisfied clients for obtaining favorable settlements and verdicts. Although most personal injury claims do settle out of court, our firm prepares diligently to take every case to trial, when necessary. We understand how important it is for you to speak directly with your attorney. We encourage direct e-mails and phone calls as part of the personal service we offer to injured people, and we do our best to return our calls the same day in the event we cannot talk to you immediately.
Verdicts & Settlements
Chris Zachar has obtained over $150,000,000.00 in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. The following cases are some of the verdicts and settlements that Mr. Zachar has obtained on behalf of his clients:
$ 47.8 Million – Humphrey v. State of AZ $ 7.8 Million – Glazer v. State of AZ $ 3 Million – Multiple other cases v. State of AZ $ 2.6 Million – Case (confidential) v. Major Auto manufacturer $ 2 Million – Wrongful death case (confidential) car accident case
Organizations & Memberships
Chris, is a former member of the Board of Directors of Arizona Association for Justice and has achieved a lifetime member status in AzAJ. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice and the State Bar of Arizona. Chris has attended the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, and attends many seminars and conferences each year to maintain his high standards of knowledge and excellence in the practice of law. Chris is a member of the National AIEG and the American Board of Trial Advocates. Christopher J. Zachar is proud to be included in the listing, of Southwest Super Lawyers, 2007-2019.
Play in new window | Download Michael Mogill Speaker 404-531-7691 connect@crispvideo.com Crisp
Michael Mogill is the Founder & CEO of Crisp, the nation’s number one law firm growth company, and author of The Game Changing Attorney. He’s also the host of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast and founder of the Game Changers Summit, the largest law firm growth conference on Earth. He’s helped thousands of attorneys—from solo and small firms to large practices—differentiate themselves from competitors and earn millions in new revenue. A sought-after speaker, Michael often presents at national conferences on innovative ways to create exponential business growth. His advice has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Avvo, ABA Journal, The Trial Lawyer, Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
Play in new window | DownloadGalen HairAttorney800-229-7989hair@hairshunnarah.comHair Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Galen M. Hair, an aggressive and relentless litigator, is licensed in multiple states and boasts clients from around the world. With large wins both at home and across the country and an impressive record of favorable results, Mr. Hair gained a reputation for getting the job done both inside and outside the court room early on in his career.
He focuses not only on the litigation in front of the client, but the long term personal and business effects that his clients’ issues will cause. Viability is key and no small victory is worth it if the client is put in a more detrimental position. With both large firm and boutique firm experience, he combines a large firm comprehensive approach to a small firm low-cost model to achieve impressive results with minimal financial expense. His clients are family to him and it shows.
Mr. Hair has been fortunate enough to have several clients enlist him in “bet the company” litigation and has been tasked with protecting clients’ assets during litigation. He enjoys nothing more than fighting for his clients and his uses his unique work ethic, his diverse background, and his courtroom skills to do just that.
Mr. Hair is involved in several community-based organizations including Access Louisiana, and has raised close to $60,000 for Real Men Wear Pink, an American Cancer Society fundraising campaign. When he is not fighting for clients or raising money for a good cause, he is focused on skills enrichment – often attending continuing education “just to brush up.”
This unwavering success to continual improvement has led him to be named as a Super Lawyer Rising Star, a Top Lawyer by New Orleans Magazine, the Pro Bono Publico Award and numerous other accolades
Play in new window | DownloadBrian PoulterAttorney310-954-2000brian@stalwartlaw.comStalwart Law Group
Brian Poulter, Partner at Stalwart Law Group, is an experienced trial attorney who devotes his practice to representing individuals and their families in matters of personal injury and wrongful death. Brian has litigated and tried to verdict numerous commercial trucking, premises liability, and products liability cases, as well as countless auto, dangerous condition, security excessive force, and severe pedestrian and bicyclist injury cases. Brian also has extensive experience representing minors and the elderly in school liability and elder abuse cases. Through hard work, compassion, and creativity, Brian has obtained amazing results at trial and through settlement, recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for his deserving clients over the years against negligent individuals, public entities, school districts, and corporations.
Brian joined the team at Stalwart Law Group in December of 2018 to run the firm’s personal injury practice. Before joining the team, Brian cut his teeth at Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP (formerly known as Panish Shea & Boyle LLP) —one of the nation’s pre-eminent personal injury law firms. While at PSB, Brian was fortunate enough to work side-by-side with some of the best plaintiff’s personal injury trial lawyers in the country, including Rahul Ravipudi (2017 CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year) and Spencer Lucas—both ABOTA members.
Brian litigated highly complex catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases while at PSBR. He also served as the firm’s handling attorney for the Porter Ranch litigation, which stemmed from the October 23, 2015 massive gas injection well blowout of well SS-25 in the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility operated by Southern California Gas Company. Brian personally oversaw over 6,000 clients’ cases. The Porter Ranch litigation settled for $1.8 billion dollars in 2021.
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Joey Coleman Author/Professional SpeakerJoey Coleman
I help companies keep their customers and employees. As a keynote speaker, workshop leader, and consultant, I help businesses design creative ways to engage their customers and employees - especially in the crucial First 100 Days® of the relationship lifecycle.
I have an eclectic background that has seen me defend "alleged" criminals, sell custom research to Fortune 500 executives, race along the Great Wall, juggle in front of the Taj Mahal, emcee charity auctions, work in the White House, sing a solo at the Kennedy Center, and travel to 51 countries (and counting).
As a professional speaker who has given thousands of speeches all over the world, I also work with a small number of private coaching clients to develop and hone their speaking skills.
My #2 Wall Street Journal best selling book Never Lose a Customer Again discusses the 8 phases your customer has the potential to travel through as part of their customer journey and the 6 tools you can use during that journey to create remarkable experiences for your customers. You can find it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your favorite indie bookstore.
My next book, Never Lose an Employee Again will be published by Portfolio/Penguin on June 27, 2023. You can pre-order up a copy here.
Specialties: Customer retention, customer experience, employee retention, employee experience, keynote speeches, workshop and meeting facilitation, design, marketing, personal branding, speaker training, and hitting high notes (first tenor).
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Stephanie EverettAttorney/CEO/Lab Coach/SpeakerLawyerist612-424-9855stephanie@lawyerist.comLinkedIn
Stephanie understands what it’s like to practice law and run a business. She started her career at a big law firm before co-founding her own real estate litigation firm. As the managing partner, Stephanie watched her firm grow from two lawyers to a team of twenty people in just seven years.
Her passion for running a business led her to pursue coaching and consulting so she could help other lawyers who work hard, but often felt stuck in their business. In 2016, a joint venture comprising the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court, and Georgia’s five law schools tapped Stephanie to design and launch Lawyers for Equal Justice, an incubator helping newer lawyers start socially conscious law firms.
Stephanie joined the Lawyerist team in 2018 and launched our Lawyerist Lab program—helping lawyers grow and sustain a healthy business. She still works closely with the lawyers in our Lab program but splits her time and also oversees our business operations.
She is a co-author of Lawyerist’s best-selling book The Small Firm Roadmap, and host of The Lawyerist Podcast.
Stephanie leads team Lawyerist and coaches lawyers on how to grow and sustain healthy businesses. She hosts The Lawyerist Podcast and is a co-author of the best-selling book, The Small Firm Roadmap.
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Play in new window | DownloadJohn Blumberg Trial LawyerBlumberg Law Corporation(562) 437-0403jblumberg@blumberglaw.com
John P. Blumberg specializes in tort litigation and is triple-board certified: as a trial lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, as a medical malpractice specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, and as a legal malpractice specialist by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. In 1991, he was accepted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); he is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell; and he has been designated a Southern California Super Lawyer since 2004. Mr. Blumberg has served on
the boards of local, state and national trial lawyer organizations and is the current president of a chapter of the American Inns of Court. He has published over 50 articles on trial advocacy, and his ground-breaking book, “Persuasion Science for Trial Lawyers,” is published by Full Court Press and available in print, ebook, PDF and audio here.
Play in new window | DownloadMichael MillsLawyerInjury Assistance Law Firm321-414-9903mmills@injuryassistance.org
Attorney Michael Mills is no stranger to the Orlando area, having attended the University of Central Florida where he received his B.A. in Political Science in 1995. Michael Mills then went on to study law at Florida State University College of Law where he was a Virgil Hawkins Scholar and Editor of the Journal of Transnational Law and Policy. He received his Juris Doctorate in April of 2000.
As an Attorney, Michael Mills has spent over 6 years practicing Insurance Defense Litigation for law firms, such as The Cicchetti Law Firm and Conroy Simberg Ganon Kevans & Abel. He spent 2 years at a mid-size Plaintiff firm practicing PIP and Bodily Injury before venturing out on his own with a longtime friend from law school in 2008. For the last 6 years, Mr. Mills helped build a very successful personal injury department with Graham and Mills, Attorneys at Law. Where he focused on representing clients in the areas of: Personal injury, Wrongful Death, Auto Accidents, and Slip and Falls. From there, Michael founded the Injury Assistance Law Firm, where for the last 8 years he has represented 100s of car and truck accidents and slip and fall victims retrieve millions for their injuries.
Most recently, Michael founded the Injury Assistance Network, which is an online medical and service provider network, that makes it easier for Personal injury attorneys and the general public to find attorney vetted, conveniently located medical and service providers to help care for their clients. Michael is aiming to coverage in the whole state in the short term but eventually, nationwide.
Play in new window | Download Keith MitnikTrial LawyerMorgan & Morgan 407-420-1414 kmitnik@forthepeople.com
Keith Mitnik is the author of Trial Guides’ bestselling classic book,
DON’T EAT THE BRUISES: How to Foil Their Plans to Spoil Your Case;
He is also known for his popular for monthly audio podcasts, called Brushstrokes and is a frequent keynote speaker at seminars for trial lawyers across America.
During the Corona shutdown, he has developed a sought after written series, At Home, But Not Alone Brushstrokes, that is available on his listserv. Keith has been teaching extensively across the country on webinars while trials are suspended.
Keith is Senior Trial Counsel for Morgan & Morgan.
In that role, he is in trial almost every month, often times 2 or 3 times a month, trying everything from suits against cigarette companies, class action pharmaceutical cases, medical malpractice, and product cases, to car crashes and premises cases.
His has a long list of 7 and 8 figure verdicts in all kinds of cases.
He has been a commentator on many national television broadcasts and has been interviewed by Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes.
Keith is recognized for creating and teaching systems that simply work – for any lawyer, in any case. Lawyers all over the country attribute significant verdicts to his methods.
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Keith MitnikTrial LawyerMorgan & Morgan 407-420-1414 kmitnik@forthepeople.com
Keith Mitnik is the author of Trial Guides’ bestselling classic book,
DON’T EAT THE BRUISES: How to Foil Their Plans to Spoil Your Case;
He is also known for his popular for monthly audio podcasts, called Brushstrokes and is a frequent keynote speaker at seminars for trial lawyers across America.
During the Corona shutdown, he has developed a sought after written series, At Home, But Not Alone Brushstrokes, that is available on his listserv. Keith has been teaching extensively across the country on webinars while trials are suspended.
Keith is Senior Trial Counsel for Morgan & Morgan.
In that role, he is in trial almost every month, often times 2 or 3 times a month, trying everything from suits against cigarette companies, class action pharmaceutical cases, medical malpractice, and product cases, to car crashes and premises cases.
His has a long list of 7 and 8 figure verdicts in all kinds of cases.
He has been a commentator on many national television broadcasts and has been interviewed by Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes.
Keith is recognized for creating and teaching systems that simply work – for any lawyer, in any case. Lawyers all over the country attribute significant verdicts to his methods.
Play in new window | Download Ilya Lerma Trial Lawyer Ilya Law (602) 899-3035 ilya@ilyalaw.com
As an experienced attorney and current President of the Arizona Association for Justice, Ilya E. Lerma represents plaintiffs in complex personal injury cases in Greater Phoenix and throughout Arizona. She routinely travels all over the United States to work with top trial lawyers on large, complex cases to either co-counsel, structure, and/or witness prep.
Ilya has presented at the National Trial Lawyers Association in Miami, and the American Association of Justice “Weekend with the Stars” just to name a few.
For greater than 20 years, Ilya Lerma has represented Plaintiffs in a wide array of complex personal injury matters including dram shop actions, nursing home negligence, insurance bad faith, civil rights abuse and discrimination, and serious auto crashes involving traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. She has successfully prevailed in claims involving governmental entities, hospitals, multi-national corporations, heavy equipment and transportation companies, and mainline insurance carriers. Her national trial experience involves multi-district litigation, medical negligence and brain injury claims. She is a frequent lecturer and educator in business and personal liability, negligence actions, and trial practice. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.
James Holland Trial Lawyer Holland Law (904) 549-5600 jamie@holland.law
James Holland II (known as “Jamie” to his clients and friends) has two decades of trial experience in railroad, trucking and traumatic brain injury cases. In spite of a very busy trial schedule, Jamie has dedicated significant time mentoring younger lawyers and helping them learn the technology, techniques and skills to be successful in the courtroom. Jamie can be found coaching trial advocates, teaching CLE’s and has helped develop the format for the Florida Justice Association’s Al Cone Trial Advocacy College. This work led to him being twice honored by the Mickey Smiley award from the FJA young lawyers for his mentoring.
Successful lawyering depends on the power of persuasion. Before law school, Jamie pursued a career as a professional actor in Los Angeles after obtaining a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Southern California. Following several appearances in the soap operas Santa Barbara and Young and the Restless, Jamie left his union cards with the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artist behind to put his persuasion skills to use in the courtroom. Jamie obtained his law degree from The University of Alabama.
Jamie received his Board Certification in Civil Trial Law in 2004 and is a frequent lecturer on trial advocacy and technology. He is actively serving on the Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the Florida Justice Association and was the former chair of the AAJ railroad law section. He has also been honored as “Nation’s Top One Percent” by National Association of Distinguished Counsel.
Jamie has also been recognized as a Top Rated Transportation and Maritime Attorney, receiving the Super Lawyers award since 2007 and continues to hold this honor currently in 2021.
Jamie is a proud father to his three daughters, Elizabeth, Caroline, and Catherine.
Play in new window | Download Kate ConwayTrial LawyerPower Rogers 312-236-9381 kconway@powerrogers.com
Kathryn “Kate” Conway is a trial lawyer with the Chicago law firm of Power Rogers, LLP, where she represents individuals and their families in personal injury and wrongful death actions, including medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, automobile, and transportation negligence cases. She has successfully tried cases in both state and federal court and has helped recover millions of dollars for her clients, including a recent $6.45 Million recovery for the family of a woman who died due to complications from a cardiac procedure.
In 2019, Kate was named one of the Law Bulletin’s 40 attorneys under 40 to watch. Kate has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star every year since 2014, and an Illinois Emerging Lawyer every year since 2015. In 2020, Kate was named one of the top 10 Emerging Women Lawyers in the State of Illinois. Kate is active in several bar associations and is serving as the President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois for the 2020-21 bar term. Kate also serves on the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, as a council member of the Illinois State Bar Association, and as a member of Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Alumni Board of Governors.
Kate graduated from Loyola's School of Law with Certificate in Advocacy. During law school, she earned numerous awards related to trial practice and appellate advocacy, including the Friedman Award for Outstanding Performance in Trial Practice, Loyola’s Intra-School Moot Court Competition Best Oralist Award, National Runner-up in the Child Welfare & Adoption Law Moot Court Competition, and the Second Best Oralist Award in the Welfare & Adoption Law Moot Court Competition.
Play in new window | Download Margaret Battersby Black Trial Lawyer Levin & Perconti 312-332-2872 mpb@levinperconti.com
Margaret Battersby Black is an award-winning attorney who has played a key role in a number of nursing home and medical malpractice cases at Levin & Perconti. Her commitment to her practice has achieved noteworthy results for clients in all types of personal injury, nursing home and malpractice matters. Margaret is also committed to the advancement of women in the legal profession and serves as a mentor to law students and younger lawyers. In 2015 Margaret was honored by Chicago-Kent Law School as Outstanding Young Alumna of the year. This award recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to the law school and the legal community.
Margaret grew up in Beverly Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, in a large Irish Catholic family full of lawyers and judges. She watched her father, a Plaintiff’s lawyer, spend his career helping the underdogs and the good guys, and this made a lasting impression. From a young age, Margaret embraced leadership roles in school, sports, and within her own family as the oldest child. Later, her ambition and vision helped earn her an undergraduate degree from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, build a successful career as a financial analyst at JP Morgan Chase in Chicago, and go on to earn her law degree from Chicago-Kent Law School. Family has remained central to her life, and she lives in Chicago with her husband, Jeff, and children, Evelyn and William. Margaret joined Levin & Perconti as a law clerk in 2006, was promoted to associate attorney in 2008 and was named Partner in 2014.
Play in new window | Download **Thomas S. Feher, Esq.*Trial Attorney/FounderFeher Law, APC.***310-340-1112 tom@feherlawfirm.com
Thomas S. Feher, Esq. is a personal injury and product liability trial lawyer. Within the last year alone, he has obtained $40 million in verdicts. He has worked on hundreds of injury cases with a focus on spine, brain, and catastrophic injuries.
Tom has tried over 40 cases to verdict and been honored with several awards for his work as a trial lawyer including, 2018 CAALA’s “Rising Star” award, 2017 OCTLA’s “Young Gun” award, and 2016 CAOC’s Street Fighter award.
He regularly gives lectures, presentations, and workshops on trying cases throughout the country and on behalf of CAALA, OCTLA, and CASD. He is a board member of the Brain Society of California, Consumer Attorneys of California and the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charity where he volunteers his time in the community. Tom is also a 2013 graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College.
Play in new window | Download *Conal Doyle*Trial Attorney/FounderDoyle Law APC 310-385-0567 Conal@conaldoylelaw.com
Conal Doyle is an award winning trial lawyer who has received national recognition for his courtroom victories that have had broad reaching impact on society. He is one of the few attorneys in history to argue before the United States Supreme Court and obtain multiple seven and eight figure jury verdicts.
His international human rights victory in Castaneda v. United States was a catalyst for the reform of the United States immigration healthcare system, and garnered widespread acclaim from his peers, legal publications and the international media.
Play in new window | Download Laura Reaves, ACPCertified ParalegalBeasley Allen Law Firm 1-800-898-2034 Laura.Reaves@BeasleyAllen.com
Laura is an Advanced Certified Paralegal with Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. in Montgomery, Alabama where she works for Chris Glover, Managing Attorney for the firm’s Atlanta office. She has worked for Beasley, Allen for 20 years and currently works in the firm’s Personal Injury and Product Liability section. Laura has a B.A. in International Business from Huntingdon College and an A.S. in Legal Studies from Faulkner University. She is on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Association of Paralegals, Inc., where she currently holds the position of NALA Liaison. Laura is also on the Continuing Education Council Committee for NALA, The Paralegal Association; and serves on the Paralegal Advisory Committee of the Paralegal Program at the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School on Maxwell Air Force Base.
Play in new window | Download J. Clancey Bounds Trial Lawyer Bounds Law Group 877-644-5122 clancey@boundslawgroup.com
J. Clancey Bounds graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s in Political Science in 1990 and thereafter obtained his Juris Doctorate Degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1993. Mr. Bounds is the founder and principal of Bounds Law Group, which limits its practice to medical negligence litigation throughout the Country. Mr. Bounds is a member of the California, Arizona, Texas, District of Columbia Bar and Florida Bars. He is a member of multiple legal associations including the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Melvin Belli Society, the American Association for Justice, the Florida Justice Association and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. He is a frequent lecturer and writer on the topic of medical negligence litigation on the state and national level.
Play in new window | Download Rasa FumagalliDirector of MSP Compliance Services*Synergy Settlement Services* 407-853-3194 RFumagalli@synergysettlements.com
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F is an Illinois-licensed attorney and the Director of MSP Compliance Services for Synergy Settlement Services. Rasa and her team provide plaintiff attorneys with initial consultations to address any Medicare Secondary Payer compliance issues that may arise in connection with their clients’ personal injury or workers’ compensation cases.
Prior to joining Synergy Settlement Services, Rasa worked as a workers’ compensation insurance defense attorney in the Chicago area. She has spent the last ten years focusing her practice on Medicare Secondary Payer compliance issues. As the former Director and VP of MSP Compliance for a national vendor, she has extensive experience in working with parties to effectuate settlements while addressing Medicare’s interests in a reasonable manner. Rasa’s knowledge, experience and passion for navigating the intricacies of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, supporting regulations and CMS allow her to provide valuable and pragmatic guidance in all stages of settlement discussions.
Rasa and her husband live in the Chicago area. They are the proud parents of two brilliant daughters. Over the years, they have also become dog lovers and currently have an energetic pack of three mutts.
Play in new window | Download Antonio Romanucci Founding Partner Romanucci & Blandin, LLC 321-815-2326 mfontana@rblaw.net
Antonio M. Romanucci is a founding partner in the Chicago-based law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, a national trial practice committed to fighting for victims of negligence, abuse and wrongful death arising from corporate negligence, civil rights actions, medical malpractice, mass torts and class actions, as well as police misconduct. Most recently, he had the honor of representing the family of George Floyd in the civil lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and four of its police officers alongside Lead Counsel Ben Crump. Romanucci has a steadfast commitment to fighting for those seeking justice across the country in complex, high profile mass tort cases such as the fight against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL, Boeing for its faulty 737 MAX aircraft, the carcinogenic environmental pollution caused by Sterigenics International in Willowbrook, Illinois and in the MGM Las Vegas Shooting. Outside the courtroom, Mr. Romanucci participates in many professional and charitable organizations. He recently completed his 2019-2020 term as President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and currently serves on the Chicago Bar Association’s Board of Managers, the Board of Governors for the International Society of Barristers’ and in multiple leadership roles for the American Association for Justice. In February of 2021, Mr. Romanucci was recognized by Chicago Magazine on their ‘New Power 30’ list for his work securing justice for George Floyd and his many contributions to justice in the Chicago community. He is a founding chairman of the Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse, which is devoted to optimizing the lives and recovery of people affected by brain injuries or strokes. Mr. Romanucci is also the founder of the Justinian Society of Lawyers Charitable Endowment Fund, where thousands of dollars annually are awarded to needy organizations. Often called upon as an expert, Mr. Romanucci appears regularly on local and national television to comment on his own cases, as well as other high profile legal matters and trends throughout the country.
Play in new window | Download Dorothy Clay Sims Founding Partner Law offices of Dorothy Clay Sims, Esq.352-816-4517 dcs@dorothyclaysims.com
Dorothy Clay Sims is the founding partner of Law offices of Dorothy Clay Sims, Esq.
She was also on the trial team and was in charge of forensics in State of Florida vs. Casey Marie Anthony, one of the most televised trials of this nation’s history,
For three decades Dorothy ran one of the largest worker’s compensation practices in North Central Florida. After watching her clients suffer at the hands of dishonest DME’s she studied psychological and physical tests, taking the tests herself, meeting the authors to find out how bad doctors spin the science.
Thereafter, she was asked to write a book about her experience by nationally known jury consultant, David Ball.
Her book, Exposing the Deceptive Defense Doctor published by James Publishing was a number one best seller three years in a row. It has grown to two volumes and is over 1,000 pages with an additional CD of sample depositions.
Dorothy now limits her practice to assisting other lawyers in researching expert witnesses and assisting in cross examination. She also consults with lawyers in two hour blocks to walk them through what, when and how to ask questions regarding a particular expert. She is the only lawyer in the nation to so limit her practice.
She has given over 350 speeches internationally on medical/legal issues throughout the world and is often invited as the state keynote speaker.
As of last week, she has now spoken in every state in the United States including Hawaii and Alaska with the exception of Nebraska and Wisconsin. She has also been a featured speaker in France, Jaipur, India, Havana, Cuba, and twice in Kyoto, Japan.
Sims has been featured in the Wall Street Journal for her work on malingering tests as well as having been an invited author for AAJ’s Trial magazine on multiple occasions and For the Defense, a national criminal defense journal. She’s also been featured in international publications as well as, Lawyers USA.
Sims has been interviewed on multiple television shows including Greta Van Sustern, In Sessions, and Piers Morgan.
She authored many articles and chapters of books devoted to “outing” dishonest doctors.
Sims and her work has been referred to in other books as follows:
Ball, David Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution
Listed on page 263 of his book, Mr. Ball gives non-optional reading and refers to Dorothy’s book as “it provides tool after tool for undermining the great shame of the American justice system: Physicians who’s personal oath is to do no harm to their wallets. Sims’s book is to these public menace physicians as is the heel of your shoe to a roach”
Pittman, Gary, Toxic Torts “She was really compassionate and understanding”
As to her work as the defense attorney in the most televised trial in the world, State of Florida v. Casey Anthony, books refer to her as follows:
Baez, Jose, Presumed Guilty “At this point, Dorothy, our secret weapon, took over. Dorothy set up her research team at the Quality Inn that resembled Gene Hackman’s team-all those people doing research—in The Runaway Jury.”
“She is the ultimate giver. Dorothy did a great deal behind the scenes helping me prepare and making sure we had all the information we wanted on the experts and on the jury. When it came to work, she was a machine…” page 272
Mason, Cheney Justice In America “ She was…serious and committed…with these qualities she had already established a wide network of researchers to assist her and she brought substantial computer skills to boot.” “Dorothy was relentless…”
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Thomas S. Edwards, Jr. is the Senior Partner of Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. Tom has been a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer since 1991. He has a Tier 1 Best Law Firms rating in both Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury. He is also rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, was awarded the Spartans at Thermopylae award for extraordinary work in protecting the court system, is included in Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, and is recognized by Florida’s Super Lawyers. His achievements as a trial lawyer are extraordinary. Tom and his team have won million and multi-million-dollar verdicts in multiple states. He has been practicing personal injury law since 1984.
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