2017 Winter Workshop - January 27, 2017
CLE Partial Credit Form Advance Attendee List Seminar Schedule
Morning General Session Papers
I. Case Law Update: Top Decisions of 2016
Leslie Packer, Ellis & Winters LLP
II. Managing Blind Spots: Uncovering Bias in the Practice of Law
a. Managing Bias: Uncovering Blindspots in the Practice of Law
b. State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review 2016
c. Written in Black & White: Exploring Confirmation Bias in Racialized Perceptions of Writing Skills
d. Racial Disparities, Social Science, and the Legal System
Judith Welch Wegner, UNC School of Law, & Ada Wilson-Suitt, UNC Diversity & Multicultural Affairs
III. The Ethics of Discovery Under the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Jessica Tyndall, Nationwide Insurance
IV. OPTIONAL Video Replay: Lawyer Risk & Resliency--An NC LAP Program
sponsored by NCADA Young Lawyers Committee
Practice Group Session #1
Construction: a. Introduction to Collaborative Law: Another Tool in Your Toolbox
b. Collaborative Law Slides
Nicole Slaughter, Hamlet & Associates PLLC; Robin Seelbach, Wall Templeton & Haldrup, PA; John Surratt, Harris Surratt & Hodges, LLP
c. An Expert Opinion (on Construction Defect Litigation)
Howard Rigsby, M.E., P.E., & Johnnie Hennings, P.E., Accident Reconstruction Analysis, Inc.
Employment: Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Workplace: Best Practices and Risk Avoidance for LGBTQ Issues at Work Edward S. Schenk III, Williams Mullen PC
Government: a. Dash & Body Camera Video: Balancing Public and Legal Concerns
Mark Newbold, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police
b. Hot Topics in Law Enforcement: Tasers, Body Cams & Media Scrutiny
James Thornton, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog
Product Liability: Breaking the Chain: Strategies for Attacking the Issue of Causation
a. Causation in Product Liability Cases
b. Biomechanical Analysis for use in Product Liability Litigation
c. Methods of Accident Reconstruction: Biomechanical and Human Factors Considerations
C. Rob Wilson, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP & Amber Rath Stern, Ph.D., P.E., ESI
Practice Group Session #2
Commercial: Warn and be Forewarned: The Importance of Clear Upjohn Warnings
Jeremy M. Falcone & Thomas H. Segars, Ellis & Winters LLP
General Liability: a. ALI's "Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance"
b. General Liability Slides Brady Yntema & David Harris, Goldberg Segalla
c. Connected & Automated Vehicles Amanda Goode, Kimley Horn
Medical Malpractice: a. North Carolina Medical Board's Safe Opioid Prescribing Initiative (SOPI)
Sara Lincoln, Lincoln Derr
b. Gross Negligence as an Exception to the Cap on Non-Economic Damages
John Beyer, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
Workers' Compensation: Case Law Update: The Important Cases of 2016, including Bentley, Wilkes and O'Neal
Tracey L. Jones, Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP, & Melissa K. Walker, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP
