Social Media and Lawyers Maintaining an Ethically Sound Web Presence 

1.0 technology/ethics hour

Topics & Speakers 

Social Media and Lawyers Maintaining an Ethically-Sound Web Presence

• Uta Zacharias, Senior Claims Counsel, Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Co, Cary

Ethical Considerations in Mediation

1.0 ethics hour

Ethical Considerations in Mediation 

•  Joseph B. Chambliss, Jr., JBC Mediations LLC, Durham
  •  NC Dispute Resolution Commission – Roles & Duties
  •  The Rules of Mediation and the Ethical Mediator
  •  What is Useable vs. What is Admissible After Mediation?
  •  Confidential Information – How Mediators Use It
  •  The Mediation Agreement – Is it Enforceable?
  •  Complaints to the NC Dispute Resolution Commission
  •  Can The Mediator Testify in Disputes?

Getting Lost in Our Own Lives 

1.0 Substance Abuse hour

Ben Brown, NC Lawyers Assistance Program, Raleigh

Real Life Ethics in a Virtual World

1.0 ethics/technology 

Topics & Speakers 

• This CLE will broadly discuss a lawyer’s professional responsibility in using technology, with a specific focus on operating a virtual office and utilizing the increasingly online legal systems/processes.  Primarily, the discussion will focus on Rules 1.1 (Competency) and 1.6 (Confidentiality), with some discussion of Rule 5.5 (Unauthorized Practice of Law). This CLE will also highlight recent and relevant ethics opinions and amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct.
• Brian Oten, Chief Ethics Counsel, North Carolina State Bar.

Winning Without Trial: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, Pleading and Motions Practice

6.0 CLE hours 

Topics & Speakers 

 Welcoming Remarks by Program Chair

•  Ann Ochsner, Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh

 Pleadings: Leveraging a Settlement Through Effective Pleading 

• Jeremy Wilson, Ward & Smith, Wilmington 
• Taylor Rodney, Ward & Smith, Wilmington 

Motions Practice: Tap into the Power of Rule 12

• Anna Claire Turpin, Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh 

Negotiation: Effective Use and Timing of Demand Letters

• Jon Ward, Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, PLLC, Greensboro

Litigation Techniques to Leverage a Settlement/Win Your Case Without Submitting Medical Bills

• Meredith Hinton, Ricci law Firm, PA, Greenville 

UM/UIM Arbitration

• Hunt Willis, Martin & Jones, Raleigh 

Mediation

• Jon Moore, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte  

Panel Discussion –Things That Have Worked, and Things We Wished Had Worked

• Jon Moore, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
• Jackie Clare, Raleigh (either via Zoom or by pre-recorded statement) 
• Chris Nichols, Nichols Law Firm, Raleigh

 Adjourn

Keys for Unlocking a Successful Mass Torts or Products Liability Practice

3.0 CLE Hours (inc. 1.0 Ethics) 

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks by Program Chairs

• Jeremy Williams, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh

Developing Personal Jurisdictional Precedent in Product Liability Cases

• Melissa Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh

Chemical Exposure Litigation Ins and Outs

• Chris Bagley,  Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham

Leveraging Udtp Claims In Class Actions And Products Liability Cases 

• Mark Sigmon, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh

Common Ethical Considerations for Class Actions and Product Liability Cases

• Josh Walthall, Boerema Blackton LLP, Raleigh

From Start to Finish: A Review of the Social Security Claim from DDS to Federal Court

6.0 CLE Hours (inc. 1.0 Ethics) 

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks by Program Chairs

• Ashley Sappenfield, Lanier Law Group, Greensboro
  Billie Guthrie, Billie J. Guthrie Attorney at Law, Morrisville

Consultative Examinations

• John Warnken, MS, Charlotte

Medicaid/Medicare

• Miriam Heard, National Health Law Program, Chapel Hill

 Presentation on Worker’s Compensation

• Todd King, Lanier Law Group, Charlotte 

Getting Lost in Our Own Lives

• Ben Brown, NC Lawyers Assistance Program, Raleigh

Best Practice Tips

• Barbara von Euler, Social Security Administration, Greensboro

Appeals Council Update

• Milande Watson, Social Security Administration, Virginia

Federal Court Update

• Charlotte Hall, Arrowood & Hall, PLLC, Raleigh

29th Annual Workplace Torts & Workers' Comp 

6.0 CLE hours 

Topics & Speakers 

Welcoming Remarks by Program Chairs  

• Stewart Poisson, Poisson Poisson & Bower, PLLC Wilmington 
• Vernon Sumwalt, The Sumwalt Group Workers' Compensation and Trial Lawyers, Charlotte

Workers' Compensation Appellate Court Decisions Since November 2021

• Stewart Poisson, Poisson Poisson & Bower, PLLC Wilmington 
• Vernon Sumwalt, The Sumwalt Group Workers' Compensation and Trial Lawyers, Charlotte

Workers' Compensation Appellate Panel 

• Neill Fuleihan, Brevard 
• Justice Robin Hudson, NC Supreme Court, Raleigh
• Honorable Valerie Zachary, NC Court of Appeals, Raleigh
• Mark Hullender, NCIC Deputy Commissioner, Raleigh
• Adrian Phillips, NCIC Commissioner, Raleigh 

Panel Discussion: Pain and Psychological Treatment in Workers' Compensation Claims

• Kathleen Glancy, Moderator, Kathleen Shannon Glancy, PA, Wilmington
• Jeffrey B. Feldman, Ph.D, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem (virtual presenter)
• Griffin Pollock Sutton, PhD, Tidal Neuropsychology, PLLC, Hampstead
• David Zub, MD , EmergeOrtho Coastal Region, Leland

Industrial Commission Update 

• Philip Baddour Chair, NCIC, Raleigh 

First Responders: Protecting the Protectors in WC Claims and Beyond

• Annemarie Pantazis, Wilder Pantazis Law Group, Charlotte

Belli Nuggets: Line of Duty Death Claims, Futility; All You Need to Know: Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters

• Michael Bertics, Lennon, Camak & Bertics, PLLC, Raleigh 
• Sheila Chavis, Brent Adams Law Offices, PC, Raleigh 
• Annemarie Pantazis, Wilder Pantazis Law Group, Charlotte 

Claims that Fall Outside of the Exclusive Remedy Doctrine 

• Noah Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh 

Survey of All the North Carolina State Bar Ethics Opinions involving Workers' Compensation Issues

• Brian Oten, NC State Bar, Raleigh

Adjourn 

Criminal Masters in Advocacy 2022: Holding the State to Their Burden–Making the State Rule Out All Reasonable Doubts

6.25 CLE Hours 

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks by Program Chairs

• Anthony Monaghan, Assistant Public Defender, Charlotte
  Sarah Olson, IDS Forensic Resource Attorney, Durham

Introduction to Rule Out Method: Principles

• David Ball, Malekpour & Ball, Durham

Jury Voir Dire for Rule-Out Method

• David Ball, Malekpour & Ball, Durham
• Artemis Malekpour, Malekpour & Ball, Durham

Rule-Out Method Affordable/Easy Focus Groups 

• Artemis Malekpour, Malekpour & Ball, Durham

Demos: Voir Dire, Openings, Direct & Cross, Closing & Critiques

• Emilia Beskind, Johnson Moore Trial Lawyers, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Shannon Tucker, Office of the Public Defender, 14th District, Durham
• Roger Dodd, Dodd & Burnham, Trial Lawyers, Valdosta GA
• Patricia Kuendig, Dodd & Kuendig, Park City, Utah
• David Ball and Artemis Malekpour

View from the Bench- Overcoming Objections to the Rule Out Method

• David Ball (moderator)
• Honorable Josephine Kerr Davis, Superior Court Judge, Durham
• Honorable Alyson Grine, Superior Court Judge, Pittsboro
• Honorable Gregory Weeks (Ret), Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, Fayetteville

Damages: How to Prepare Your Case and Yourself to Maximize Your Recovery

6.0 CLE Hours 

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks by Program Chair

• David Pishko, Pishko Kalarites, P.A., Winston-Salem

VOIR DIRE: Priming the Jury to Value Human Losses

• William Goldfarb, The Law Offices of William K. Goldfarb, Monroe, NC

LOSS OF MOBILITY: Demonstrating the Daily Impact of a Devastating Injury

• Karonnie Truzy, Crumley Roberts, LLP, Greensboro, NC

WRONGFUL DEATH DAMAGES; Placing a Value on the Loss of a Loved One

• John Chilson, Comerford, Chilson & Moser, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC

Preparing Your Client and Yourself to Present Your Damages Case

• Jody C. Moore, Johnson Moore Trial Lawyers, Thousand Oaks, CA

Let Your Jury Solve Your Problems

• Sari de la Motte, Trial Consultant, Portland

Putting it All Together

• Jody Moore and panelist