Damages Seminar

7:15 - Registration Desk Opens (Continental breakfast provided.) 

 

Program Planning Chairs and Moderators:

Sean M. Houlihan, Power Rogers LLP, Chicago

Kenneth H. Levinson, Levinson & Stefani, Chicago

Stephen J. Phillips, Vice Chair, Phillips Law Offices, Chicago

 

Topics include –

Using Demonstrative Evidence to Maximize Damage Awards - Daniel M. Kotin,  Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC / Chicago

Presenting Damages for Foreign Nationals - Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices PC / Chicago

Maximizing Loss of a Normal Life - Mark R. McKenna, Hurley McKenna & Mertz  / Chicago

Crafting Your Closing Argument to Maximize Your Damage Award - Francis P. Morrissey, Morrissey Legal Group, LLC / Chicago

Judicial Perspective - The Honorable Brendan A. O’Brien, Circuit Court of Cook County / Chicago

Maximizing Damage Awards with Rural Jurors - Mark D. Prince, Prince Law Firm / Marion

Preparing Your Client and Witnesses for Deposition and Trial - James P. Lynch, Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman LLC / Chicago

Using Life Care Plans and Vocational Economists - Michelle M. Kohut, Corboy & Demetrio / Chicago

Attacking the Defense Bio-Mechanical Expert - Thomas G. Siracusa, Power Rogers / Chicago

Deposing and Cross Examining the Defendant’s Pain Expert - Brian L. Salvi, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. / Chicago

Allocation of Damages Amongst Multiple Tortfeasors - Timothy J. Cavanagh, Cavanagh Sorich Law Group / Chicago

 

Course material is distributed electronically prior to the seminar and course handbooks will NOT be available at the door.  Admittance cannot be guaranteed for at door registrations.

 

IF YOU NEED A ROOM at Westin Chicago River North (single/double $229), click on this link or call the Westin at 312-744-1900 BY JANUARY 24, 2025.   Indicate that you are attending an Illinois Trial Lawyers Association function.

 

Call ITLA at 800-252-8501 for further information.

This program has been approved for credit in the following jurisdiction(s):

MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Credit has been approved with the MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois for 4.25 General credits.

Westin River North, Chicago

320 N. Dearborn, Chicago / 312-744-1900

Materials available with registration:

A full refund will be given for seminar cancellations received prior to February 11, 2025. There will be NO refund NOR program DVDs or on-demand viewings NOR TRANSFER to an upcoming ITLA seminar for cancellations received after that date.