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Answer Bar: Taking on the Car Crash Client
Contains material from Sep 2017 to Aug 2018
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Session 2: Case Selection-Rejection and How to Manage Client Expectations - Listen to a discussion about what factors go into deciding to accept or reject a case, how to make a case rejection a win/win, and how to manage your practice in terms of client expectations.
Session 3: Investigation and Insurance - Examine critical aspects of the crash investigation, including the identification of potential parties and the myriad of potentially applicable insurance coverages.
Session 4: Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorist - Learn strategies to present and defend uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Session 5: Notice to Potential Defendants and Pre-Suit Demands - Review what to include in your pre-suit demand, as well as how to provide notice to potential defendants and their insurers.
Session 6: Pre-Suit Settlement - Discuss considerations such as IOLTA requirements, liens and subrogation, and the potential net to your client.
Session 7: Subrogation and Liens - Examine the ever-changing rules regarding Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA, workers' comp, hospital liens, state employees, local employees, and disability plans. Focus on safeguards created by a state law which protects first party and portions of third-party recoveries from many insured plans.
Session 8: Medical Records - Who is looking for what and why? Learn to analyze, understand, and use medical records to increase pre‑litigation settlement values.
Session 9: Negotiating with the Insurance Adjuster - Learn how to maximize case value through preparation and presentation of the demand package.
Session 10: The Noble Lawyer and the Ethics of Client Management - Analyze the ethical quandaries of client intake, case selection, and client communications. Learn how to manage healthy and unhealthy client relationships, setting expectations for clients, and withdrawing from bad relationships.
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Ross S. Crossland
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Session 1
—46 mins
A Day in the Life of a Car Wreck Defense Lawyer (Sep 2017)
Discuss the laundry list of issues that the car wreck defense lawyer can expect to address in a typical day.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
Ross S. Crossland,
The Crossland Law Firm - Austin, TX
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Brent Carpenter
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Session 2
—31 mins
Case Selection-Rejection and How to Manage Client Expectations (Sep 2017)
Discuss what factors go into deciding to accept or reject a case, how to make a case rejection a win/win, and how to manage your practice in terms of client expectations.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
Brent Carpenter,
Carpenter & Carpenter, P.C. - Sugar Land, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, William M. Toles
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Session 3
—17 mins
Investigation and Insurance (Aug 2018)
Examine critical aspects of the crash investigation, including the identification of potential parties and the myriad of potentially applicable insurance coverages.
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
William M. Toles,
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo - Dallas, TX
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Thomas A. Herald
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Session 4
—32 mins
Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorist (Aug 2018)
Learn strategies to present and defend uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Car Crash Seminar
Thomas A. Herald,
The Noteboom Law Firm - Hurst, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, William M. Toles
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Session 5
—34 mins
Notice to Potential Defendants and Pre-Suit Demands (Aug 2018)
Review what to include in your pre-suit demand, as well as how to provide notice to potential defendants and their insurers.
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
William M. Toles,
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo - Dallas, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, Donald H. Kidd
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Session 6
—24 mins
Pre-Suit Settlement (Aug 2018)
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
Donald H. Kidd,
Perdue & Kidd - Houston, TX
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Judy Kostura
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Session 7
—45 mins
Subrogation and Liens (Aug 2018)
Examine the ever-changing rules regarding Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA, workers' comp, hospital liens, state employees, local employees, and disability plans. Focus on safeguards created by a state law which protects first party and portions of third-party recoveries from many insured plans.
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Car Crash Seminar
Judy Kostura,
Judge, Kostura & Putman, P.C. - Austin, TX
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William M. Toles
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Session 8
—16 mins
Medical Records (Sep 2017)
Who is looking for what and why? Learn to analyze, understand, and use medical records to increase pre‑litigation settlement values.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
William M. Toles,
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo - Dallas, TX
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Scott F. DeShazo, Tom Lang
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Session 9
—45 mins
Negotiating with the Insurance Adjuster (Sep 2017)
Learn how to maximize case value through preparation and presentation of the demand package.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
Scott F. DeShazo,
DeShazo & Nesbitt LLP - Austin, TX
Tom Lang,
Cunningham Lindsey - Austin, TX
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William J. Chriss
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Session 10
—30 mins
The Noble Lawyer and the Ethics of Client Management (Sep 2017)
Analyze the ethical quandaries of client intake, case selection, and client communications. Learn how to manage healthy and unhealthy client relationships, setting expectations for clients, and withdrawing from bad relationships.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
William J. Chriss,
Law Office of William J. Chriss, P.C. - Corpus Christi, TX