Seminars, CLE and CME

I believe that the key to successfully defending clients in civil and medical liability litigation is to be knowledgeable in both medical and legal issues pertaining to their cases. This includes remaining up to date on advances in medical technology and scientific advances that can be involved in claims. Following is a representative list of ongoing legal and medical educational seminars that I have attended.

• Nursing Home Litigation, American Bar Ass'n, Chicago, Illinois, March, '99.
• Ethical Aspects of Genetics, American Bar Ass'n, Atlanta, Ga, Aug, '99.
• Experts Analyze Brain Damaged Babies II, Amer Bar Ass'n, Cal, Sept, '99.
• Defending Nursing Homes, Defense Research Institute, Dallas, Tex, Oct, '99.
• Health Information Systems, Global Business Research, San Diego, Jan, '00.
• Online Health Care, Nat'l Health Lawyers Ass'n, Washington, DC, March, '00.
• Internet Health Care 2000, NY, NY, Apr, '00 ("iHealthcare Weekly.com")
• Healthcare Privacy and the Internet, Ct Medical Defense Lawyers Ass''n, New Haven, Ct, May, '00.
• Liability & Causation, Emergency Services, St. Paul Ins, Las Vegas, Nov, '00.
• Online Healthcare, ABA Medicine and Law Committee, NY, NY, July, '00.
• ABA 2000 Annual Meeting, London, England, July, '00.
• Working Group - Hospital Bed Safety, Gaithersburg, Md., March, '01.
• Crittenden Medical Liability Insurance, Wash, DC, May, '01.
• New England Soc of Healthcare Risk Management, Brewster, Mass, May, '02
• Nursing Home Liability, ABA Annual Meeting, Wash, DC., Aug, '02 (7 hrs)
• NHLA: Prompt Payment Statutes, Oct 10, '02.
• NHLA: HIPAA, Baltimore Md, Oct - Nov, '02 (6 hrs)
• Sun Healthcare Group Counsel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Apr., '03.
• New England Soc for Healthcare Risk Management, Mystic, Ct, May, '03
• "Nursing Home Litigation," Prof Education Systems Inst., Melville, LI, White Plains, NY, Aug., '03 (5 hrs)
• "How HIPAA Affects Clients, Practice and Employees," ABA, Sept. '03 (2 hrs)
• AHLA, NY NY, June, 2004 (15 hours)
• New England Soc Healthcare Risk Management, Vt, May, '05. (2 days)
• DRI, Medical Liability. March, '06, Phoenix, Ariz. (18 credits)
• "Personality Disorders" NY Acad of Medicine, NY, Dec. 8, '06
• Obstetrics, Med-Attorney, Boston, Mass., Jan., 2007 (6 credits)
• DRI Medical Liability. Mar, 2007, Atlanta, Ga. (18.2 credits, 1 ethics credit)
• Litigation Counsel of America, June 21 - 22, '07, NY City, (8 credits).
• Obstetrical Malpractice, AC Inst, June 19 - 20, '07, Phila, Pa, (15 credits).
• Non-Compete Agreements Under Fire, Aug 2, '07 (Stafford 1.5 credits)
• Pay-for-Performance Initiatives, Beard Audio Conf July 18, '07, (1.5 credits)
• Pay-for-Performance– Bridges to Excellence's Spine Care Link," Audio Conf July '07 (1 credit)
• Drug / Medical Device Litigation, Dec. 12-14, '07, NY, NY (16 credits)
• Healthcare 2008, Yale Sch. of Management, Apr 11, '08, New Haven, CT
• Crittenden Medical Liability Ins Conf, Apr 13-14, '08, San Diego, Cal
• Clinical Geriatric Care, NY Acad of Medicine, Apr 22, '08. NY, NY
• Litigation Counsel of America, May, '08, Miami (11.30 credits, .9 ethics)
• New England Soc. Healthcare Risk Management, May 3-5, '08, Ledyard, Ct
• Medmarc Medical Product Liability Litigation, June, 2008
• Obstetric Malpractice, AC Inst, June17-18, 08, Boston, Mass. (14.5 credits)
• Pay for Performance (Integrated Healthcare Assoc. / Health Affairs), ehcca.com, (1.5 hrs).
• American Society Healthcare Risk Management, Oct, 2008 Boston
• "Placental Pathology," Harvard CME, Oct 4-5, Boston, (14 hrs).
• Managed Care Law Inst, AHLA, Oct. 13, 2008, Boston, (7 hrs).
• Physician Insurers Ass'n (PIAA), Oct. 22, 2008, Wash. D.C. (8 hrs).
• Bad Faith Law, Defense Research Inst (Ct), Nov 18, 2008, (3 hrs).
• Conn. Medical Group Mgrs Ass'n Law Review, Nov 21, 2008 (3 hrs).
• Obstetric Liability, IQPC, Phila, Pa , Feb 24-25, 2009 (14 hrs).
• Creating, Operating LLCs, NBI Teleconf , Mar 10, 2009 (1.5 hrs)
• Bad Faith Litigation, NBI Teleconference, Mar 27, 2009 (1.5 hrs)
• Bad Faith, Extra-Contractual Claims (DRI), Boston, June, '09 (12.5 hrs)
• Litigation Counsel of America, Renaissance Symposium, Chicago, Aug. 14, '09
• Medical Malpractice Ins. Execu-Summit, Mohegan Sun, Ct., Sept.'09
• Crittendon Insurance Coverage / Medical Liability, Phila, PA., Oct. '09
• The Humanities in Medicine, NY Acad of Medicine, Oct 8. '09
• PIAA Claims Conf, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. '09.
• Litigation Counsel of America, Charleston, S Car, Oct , '09, 12.2 (1.8 ethics) hrs
• DRI Law Firm Best Practices, NY, NY, Dec., '09, (9 hrs)
• Mock Trial Competition, Yale, New Haven, Dec 5 - 6, '09 (3 ethics hrs.)
• Harvard Med Sch CME, "The Physician in Court," Boston, Dec 11-12, '09