11:30 - 12:30 PM - Breakout Session 2
Choose from one of the following sessions: 

 

Session Descriptions 

Risky Business: The Art of Drafting and Negotiating an Airtight Contract
The construction industry is rife with risk- and so are the contracts intended to protect the
parties. This panel will explore provisions, protections and pitfalls inherent in all construction
contracts and counsel parties how to ensure risk is properly transferred via indemnification,
additional insurance, subrogation, OCIPs, CCIPs and more.

  • Diana Gliedman, Senior Shareholder – Anderson Kill PC
  • Jason Kosek, Shareholder – Anderson Kill

 

Ripped From the Headlines: The Impact of Current Events on Claims
The Economy, Climate, Third Party Funding, Legal Advertising. We will discuss the impact of
these external factors on individual claims strategies and outcomes and on the industry as a
whole. 

  • Michele Bates, VP Claims - Agilis
  • Beth Christian, Director, Casualty & Litigation - Swyftt
  • Mary-Ellen King, Partner – Lucosky Brookman LLP
Don't Make Promises Your Documents Can't Keep
Safety manuals and electronic monitoring may be effective tools to increase safety, but in
litigation they can be land mines for motor carriers and gold mines for plaintiff lawyers.
Nothing increases the value of a case more than a motor carrier violating its own policies and
procedures. Learn the importance of early analysis during case evaluation, and how to stop
opposing lawyers from using your own policies and data against you.
  • Sheetal Brahmbhatt, Partner – Stone Kalfus LLP
  • Brian Brantley, Partner – McGuire Woods, LLP
  • Shawn Kalfus, Founding Partner – Stone Kalfus LLP
  • Natalie Zagari – Partner – McGuire Woods, LLP
We Have Workers' Compensation Coverage. Why Are We Being Sued?
Join us for a discussion of the erosion of the Exclusive Remedy and Employers' Immunity
defenses in workers' compensation cases and the resulting rise of civil litigation, presented
through a multi-state case law survey.
  • Jonathan Gerdes, Consultant
  • Gina Jacobs, Partner – Hamilton Miller & Birthisel