Legal Issues in Brain Injury - North American Brain Injury Society

Legal Issues in Brain Injury - North American Brain Injury Society

The 28th Annual Conference on
Legal Issues in
Brain Injury
Westin Riverwalk Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
April 30-May 2, 2015
The 28th Annual Conference on
Legal Issues in
Brain Injury
Westin Riverwalk Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
April 30-May 2, 2015
Conference Planning Committee
Stewart Casper, Esq.
Simon Forgette, Esq.
Kenneth Kolpan, Esq.
Bruce Stern, Esq.
Invited Faculty
Michael Bee, Esq.
Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee, & Deitzer
Randal Benson, MD
Center for Neurological Studies
Joshua Brothers, Esq.
Dussalt Law Group
Gordon Johnson, Esq.
Brain Injury Law Group
Doug Rennie, Esq.
Montgomery, Rennie & Johnson
Robert Karns, Esq.
Karns Law Group
David Ross, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute of
Neuropsychiatry
Kenneth Kolpan, Esq.
Kenneth I. Kolpan PC
Randall Scarlett, Esq.
Scarlett Law Group
Stewart Casper, Esq.
Casper & De Toledo LLC
Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD
Department of PM&R, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Simon Forgette, Esq.
Simon H. Forgette Law Group, PS
Kenneth Kutner, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Michael Freeman, Esq.
Law Offices of Michael Freeman
John Leddy, MD
University of Buffalo School of Medicine &
Biomedical Sciences
Terry Tainter
Tainter & Associates
Brent Masel, MD
Transitional Learning Center of Galveston
Nadia Webb, PsyD
Nadia Webb & Associates
Howard Nations, Esq.
Howard L. Nations Law Firm
Elisabeth Wilde, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Eric Oliver, Esq.
Lewis & Oliver
Barry Willer, PhD
State University of New York at Buffalo
Jennie Ponsford, PhD
Monash University, Australia
Mariusz Ziejewski, PhD
North Dakota State University
Steven Gerdes, Esq.
Law Offices of Steven Gerdes
Brian Greenwald, MD
Center for Head Injuries, JFK Medical Center
Woody Igou, Esq.
Igou & Smith, LLC
Harvey E. Jacobs, PhD
Private Practice
William Singer, MD
Newton Wesley Hospital, Massachusetts
General Hospital
Bruce Stern, Esq.
Stark & Stark
Bonus Concurrent Medical Sessions
All registrants to the Legal Conference have the option to attend any of the concurrent medical
sessions of the NABIS 12th Annual Conference on Brain Injury. This conference, for clinicians and
other medical professionals, is the leading North American annual event for brain injury professionals.
A full schedule of this concurrent medical meeting can be obtained at the registration desk or by
scanning the QR code below.
Continuing Legal Education
NABIS has applied for and expects approval of 20.75 hours for a 60 minute state (24.90 hours for a 50
minute state) of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit from states with mandatory requirements, including one hour of ethics. Actual hours based on recording systems for individual states will be available at the
Conference. NABIS will process your MCLE credits for in each state you need to report. Pick up your CLE
paperwork at the registration desk at check-in and leave it with us on the last day of the conference.
Photography, audio or video recording on the premises of any NABIS conference or NABIS exhibition area is
strictly prohibited without express and written permission from NABIS. NABIS reserves the right to bar from
this and future meetings any attendee who fails to adhere to these policies. Attendees seeking copies of slide
decks and ppt files are encouraged to speak directly with the presenter.
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North American Brain Injury Society
PO Box 1804, Alexandria, VA 22313
Tel: (703) 960-6500 Fax: (703) 960-6603
Email: [email protected] Web: www.nabis.org
Thursday, April 30, 2015 (Navarro B)
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am – 8:45 am
Understanding TBI
Brian Greenwald, MD
8:45 am – 9:15 am
Pediatric TBI – The Medicine
William Singer, MD
9:15 am – 9:45 am
Sport Concussion
Kenneth Kutner, PhD
9:45 am – 10:15 am
Neuroquant
David Ross, MD
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Neuropsychology for Attorneys
Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Effort Testing
Nadia Webb, PsyD
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Advances in Neuroimaging
Elisabeth Wilde, PhD
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Physical Examination and Evaluation of Concussion
John Leddy, MD
Barry Willer, PhD
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
TBI Outcomes
Jennie Ponsford, PhD
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm
PTSD and TBI
Nadia Webb, PsyD
6:15 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Friday, May 1, 2015 (Camino Real)
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
8:15 am – 8:45 am
DSMV and TBI
Steven Gerdes, Esq.
8:45 am – 9:30 am
TBI Biomechanics
Mariusz Ziejewski, PhD
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Traumatic Pituitary Injury
Brent Masel, MD
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Life Care Planning and the ACA (Obamacare)
Harvey E. Jacobs, PhD
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Assessing and Establishing Causation in TBI Litigation: Methods, Fallacies, and Myths
Michael Freeman, Esq.
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch on your own
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Proving TBI with Demonstrative Evidence
Stewart Casper, Esq.
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Gordon Johnson, Esq.
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
A View from the Defense
Doug Rennie, Esq.
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Visual Persuasion in TBI Cases
Howard Nations, Esq.
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Story Telling
Terry Tainter
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Untangling the Tangles
Woody Igou, Esq.
Saturday, May 2, 2015 (Camino Real)
7:30 am – 1:30 pm
Registration
8:00 am – 8:30 am
The TBI Client Communication and Management
Robert Karns, Esq.
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Randall Benson, Esq.
Neuro-Optometry and TBI
Michael Bee, Esq.
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Overcoming Claims that Plaintiff is Minimally Conscious
Kenneth Kolpan, Esq.
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Trial Consultant’s Point of View
Eric Oliver, Esq.
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Deposing and Cross-Examining Defense Medical and Neuropsychological Experts in TBI
Cases
Simon Forgette, Esq.
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Pediatric TBI – The Trial
Randall Scarlett, Esq.
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ethnics and TBI Issues: Medicare Set-Asides, Settlement Issues, and Coordination of
Government Benefits in TBI Cases
Joshua Brothers, Esq.
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Admissibility of DTI, Neuroquant, Etc.
Bruce Stern, Esq.
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North American Brain Injury Society
PO Box 1804, Alexandria, VA 22313
Tel: (703) 960-6500 Fax: (703) 960-6603
Email: [email protected] Web: www.nabis.org