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Dear DTCI members:
Join your DTCI Colleagues at the 30th Annual Conference Nov. 16 and 17 at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington. The complete agenda will be circulated soon, but in the meantime, here are the preliminary topics and events.
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Not a member? You can join DTCI in conjunction with this conference and save 50% off your first year dues! For more information, contact Lisa Mortier [email protected] or 317-580-1233.
Norris Cunningham, conference chair
Thursday, Nov. 16 — Substantive Law Section Breakouts
Morning Sessions
• Health Care – The Issues That Affect Settlement
• Employment Law – AI Issues in Employment Law
• Worker’s Compensation – Violence in the Workplace
• Construction Law – Rapid Response and Scene Investigations
• Insurance Law – Adjusters’ Panel for Q&A Session
Lunch & Legislative Update
Afternoon Sessions
• Product Liability – Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: Best Practices for a Failure Analysis Investigation
Learn how to start a failure analysis investigation and how to select proper tools and technology to solve mechanical problems. The “do’s and don’ts” of performing an unbiased failure analysis investigation will be highlighted to avoid the pitfalls of mistakenly equating correlation with causation. Joseph C. Tucker, Exponent; Jordan M. Slusher, Frost Brown Todd
• Trial Tactics – Future Motion: Panel Discussion
Trial practices, focusing on voir dire but also discussing post-COVID juries and jury selection. Dennis Devine, ThemeVision
Friday, Nov. 17 — General Session
Morning Sessions
WOMEN IN THE LAW BREAKFAST (ticketed event)
Panel Discussion – Taking a Case to Trial
Participants/Moderators:
Kayla Goodfellow, Law Office of Cincinnati Insurance
Kelly Pitcher, Pitcher Thompson
Marian Drenth, O’Neill McFadden & Willett
Other participants TBD
• Implicit Bias in Jury Selection
A discussion of issues of implicit bias in the jury selection process. Methods to understand it and reduce its impact on civil jury trials. Phil James, J.D., PhD. Trial Solutions Inc.
• Cultural Competence and Representation in Civil Juries
A panel discussion moderated by Angela Rinehart, chair, DTCI Diversity Committee
Lunch & CLE
Afternoon Sessions
• Lessons Learned: How to Dissect and Analyze Your Trial Wins and Losses
A panel discussion moderated by Michele Bryant, Stoll Keenon Ogden
• Ethics Topic TBD
Adjourn
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