NATA Annual Meeting and Fall Seminar "Practice Pointers"
Friday, October 8, 2010
Downtown Holiday Inn, Lincoln Nebraska

Program Chair: Vincent M. Powers

Speakers' Materials - Table of Contents

PROFESSIONALISM: NOT JUST A WORD, BUT A CAREER PATH
Kermit Brashear, Brashear LLP, Omaha

TORT CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF ROAD DEFECTS/DESIGN
Royce Norman, Norman, Paloucek & Herman, North Platte

HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND HANDLE FMLA CASES
Jeff Kirkpatrick, Haszard, Hansen Roth & Hupp, P.C., L.L.O., Lincoln

STORY TELLING  WHY, HOW AND WHEN
Robert G. Pahlke, The Robert Pahlke Law Group, Scottsbluff

DISCOVERY STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE SETTLEMENT AND/OR SIMPLIFY TRIAL
Steven H. Howard, Dowd, Howard & Corrigan LLC, Omaha

HANDLING THE SCHAFERSMAN/DAUBERT MOTION
Richard J. Dinsmore, Law Offices of Richard J. Dinsmore, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha

PICKING A JURY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Clarence Mock, Johnson & Mock, Oakland

ETHICS OF HANDLING THE CLIENT WHO WANTS TO PUBLISH A BOOK, MAKE A MOVIE, GO HOLLYWOOD
Richard Dooling, Novelist, Screenwriter, Professor of Law, UNL College of Law, www.richarddooling.com

TRIAL: THE REAL ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION TOOL
David A. Domina, DominaLaw Group pc llo, Omaha

INTRODUCING THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE AT TRIAL: BILLS, RECORDS, OPINIONS, etcetera.
Mark E. Novotny, Lamson, Dugan & Murray, LLP, Omaha

PREPARING FOR AND HANDLING THE ADVERSE MEDICAL EVIDENCE: FROM APPOINTMENT TO CROSS EXAMINATION
Mandy L. Strigenz, Sibbernsen & Strigenz, P.C., Omaha

TITLE VII -SEX IN THE OFFICE CAN MEAN SEX IN THE COURTROOM
Kathleen Neary, Vincent M. Powers & Associates, Lincoln

ETHICS OF REPRESENTING THE STRESSED OUT, DIFFICULT CLIENT WITHOUT GETTING SUED OR HEARING FROM THE COUNSEL FOR DISCIPLINE
Natalie Stone-Burns Hazen, Ballew Covalt P.C. L.L.O., Lincoln

CLOSING ARGUMENT DEMONSTRATION
Closing Argument on Behalf of the Non-English Speaking Injured Plaintiff
Vincent M. Powers, Vincent M. Powers & Associates, Lincoln

CLOSING ARGUMENT DEMONSTRATION
Closing Argument for Damages for the Wrongful Death of an Infant
Terrence J. Salerno, The Law Office of Terrence J. Salerno, Omaha