Playbook Live 2025

Erika Vasquez and Sean Manee lead this workshop that addresses how to give individual attention to clients in group representation, gather client data and claims information efficiently, keep clients informed throughout the litigation, manage clients’ emotions, and prepare your case for success before and after filing.

Toxicology admissibility is a complicated legal area that often arises in personal injury cases. Substances like alcohol, prescription drugs, and illegal drugs can impair judgment, coordination, and reaction times, and toxicology can provide concrete evidence to support or refute suspicions of impairment. In this session, Alex Behar and Diana Panish explore how toxicology evidence...

Understanding the legal framework and evidentiary showing necessary to preserve claims for predeath pain and suffering are critical to maximizing the value of your client’s wrongful death case. Using examples from actual PSR cases, Paul Traina and John Shaller will discuss what must be done to preserve and prove a claim for these damages.

Defendants aren’t always held accountable for discovery abuses, destroying evidence, or other sanctionable conduct. This session presented by Jesse Creed and Ian Samson will explore the various options available when the defense doesn’t play fair, including a discussion of recent victories by PSR attorneys who have obtained six-figure sanction awards and terminating sanctions.

Summary judgment motions can determine the fate of your case. Successfully avoiding and opposing them is challenging, and starts with the drafting of your complaint. This session lead by Andrew Owen and Bernadette Bolan will provide actionable tips and strategies for effectively utilizing substantive law, evidence, and meticulous procedural compliance to help make your...