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Meetings and Programs Process Development and Maintaining Interest

Meetings and Programs Process Development and Maintaining Interest. Bob Redmond Williams Mullen rredmond@williamsmullen.com 804-420-6439. Challenges for Program Committees. Team Members are Successful Members with busy practices Programs often assigned to Junior or Intermediate members

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Meetings and Programs Process Development and Maintaining Interest

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  1. Meetings and Programs Process Development and Maintaining Interest Bob Redmond Williams Mullen rredmond@williamsmullen.com 804-420-6439

  2. Challenges for Program Committees • Team Members are Successful Members with busy practices • Programs often assigned to Junior or Intermediate members • Enthusiasm tempered by Time Constraints • Temptation to “Big Ideas”

  3. Challenges for Program Committees • Providing Enough Structure That Quality Programs Can Be Readily Prepared • Providing Enough Freshness That Members Are Interested and Engaged in the Program

  4. Challenges for Program Committees • Balance for an Effective Annual Meeting Program • Provide General Structure that is Practical • Provide “Wild Card” Sessions That Can Fill In with Topical Programs

  5. Model of An Inn Program • Two Year Program • Program mirrors “Life of A Case” • Monthly Programs focus on phases of a lawsuit • Every Third Program is a “Wild Card”

  6. Model of An Inn Program • Program One: Initial Case Evaluation • Plaintiff • Ethical Issues in Case Intake • “Screening” Mass Tort Claims • Obtaining Information from Company Insiders

  7. Model of An Inn Program • Defendant • Ethical Issues • Relationship Between Insurer and Defense Counsel • Billing Guidelines and the Duty to the Insured

  8. Model of An Inn Program • “Life of A Case” • Initial Pleadings • “Twigbal” in the State Courts • Discovery • Discovery of Plaintiff’s Social Network • Governing Deposition Conduct

  9. Model of An Inn Program • Motions for Summary Judgment • Preemption • Motions on Affirmative Defenses • Pretrial Motions • Standards for Expert Witness Testimony • Employer Knowledge in Failure to Warn Cases

  10. Model of An Inn Program • Trial • Presenting and Crossing Fact Witnesses • Relative Value of Fact and Expert Testimony • Post Trial • Preserving Issues on Appeal • Appellate Oral Argument

  11. Model of An Inn Program • “Wild Cards” • Defense Counsel in D.C. Sniper Case • Substance Abuse Discussion by Prosecutor in “Fatal Vision” Case • Appellate Counsel in Health Care Act Challenge

  12. Summary • Provide a Structure so that overworked members can anchor their Programs in the practical • Provide flexibility to seize interesting opportunities • Avoid the theoretical or dramatic

  13. Thank You Bob Redmond Williams Mullen

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