Damages Seminar

4.25 MCLE hours

 

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

Marisa C. Schostok, Vice Chair, Dudley & Lake LLC

 

Topics include –

Maximizing Survival Damages with Limited Evidence of Conscious Pain & Suffering, Michael D. DiTore, Corboy & Demetrio / Chicago

Damages: The Beginning, The Discovery Phase & The Trial, Stephen D. Phillips, Phillips Law Offices / Chicago

Maximizing Psychological Damages, Brian L. Salvi, Salvi Schostok & Pritchard / Chicago

Litigating Quadriplegia Cases, Timothy J. Cavanagh, Cavanagh Sorich Law Group / Chicago

Using Focus Groups to Maximize your Client’s Damages, Kenneth H. Levinson, Levinson & Stefani / Chicago

Perspective from the Bench, The Honorable Scott D. McKenna, Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division, Trial Section / Chicago

Demonstrative Evidence, Alex Campos, Dudley & Lake, LLC / Chicago

Maximizing Wrongful Death Awards, Thomas G. Siracusa, Power Rogers / Chicago

Maximizing Damages Through Voir Dire, Sarah F. King, Clifford Law Offices / Chicago

Damages in Birth Injury Cases, Margaret P. Battersby Black, Levin & Perconti / 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.

 

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

IF YOU NEED A ROOM at Westin Chicago River North (single/double $239), click on this link or call the Westin at 312-744-1900 BY FEBRUARY 6, 2026.   Indicate that you are attending an Illinois Trial Lawyers Association function.

A full refund will be given for seminar cancellations received prior to February 24, 2026. There will be NO refund NOR program DVDs or on-demand viewings NOR transfer to an upcoming ITLA seminar given for cancellations or no-shows after this date.