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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Personal Injury and Med Mal

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, May 13, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$197.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will provide practical guidance to personal injury attorneys for pursuing or defending traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims. Our panel will explain best practices for assessing a potential TBI injury client, collecting and presenting medical records and materials, developing high impact expert witness testimony, and pulling together other evidence to position a TBI case for settlement or trial.

Faculty

Brennen S. Jenkins
Partner
Crosley Law

Mr. Jenkins joined Crosley Law in 2019. He has practiced as a plaintiff’s attorney since 2014, and has experience with personal injury, insurance litigation, intellectual property, and estate planning.

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Saman Hazany
CEO and Chief Neuroradiology Expert Witness
Neuro Experts, PC

Dr. Hazany is an award-winning, Harvard trained neuroradiologist and concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) imaging expert in active clinical practice at major academic centers (greater Los Angeles VA,UCLA, and USC).

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Description

Nearly two million people sustain TBIs each year in the U.S. TBI claims involve unique challenges at every stage of the case, making the pursuit or defense of these claims complex for attorneys.

For plaintiffs' counsel, carefully screening a potential claim is essential to ensure that TBI injuries do not go undetected or misdiagnosed. Communicating with clients suffering from a TBI takes special skills and sometimes requires the appointment of a guardian. Defense counsel must understand the mechanics of deposing experts and evaluating their allegations.

TBI settlement negotiations are complicated because insurance carriers apply a much higher level of scrutiny when a TBI is alleged. Negotiations require the sophisticated collection and presentation of evidence. If a case progresses to trial, counsel must know how to leverage expert and lay witnesses to present their very best case and illustrate the impact of a TBI injury.

Listen as our experienced panel examines the unique challenges TBI cases present. The panel will discuss their experiences with TBI clients and cases, classifying injuries, and assessing potential TBI damages, as well as best practices to navigate claims during settlement and at trial.

Outline

  1. Client intake
    • Characteristics of TBI clients
    • Assessing injuries
    • Quantifying damages
  2. Settlement considerations
    • Insurance carrier negotiation challenges
    • Collecting and presenting evidence
  3. Trial considerations
    • Effective use of expert witnesses
      • Types of expert witnesses in TBI cases
      • Neuroimaging
    • Effective use of a lay witness

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • The systems available to personal injury attorneys to screen potential TBI clients and begin cases on solid footing
  • How attorneys on both sides of a case should evaluate medical causation and quantify TBI damages
  • Best practices for selecting experts and assessing the need for a TBI victim to seek out specialist care, undergo neuropsychological testing, and receive further diagnostic testing
  • Strategies for presenting evidence of cognitive and behavioral dysfunction to adjusters, defense counsel, and jurors
  • Effective use of neuroimaging in support of your case
  • How expert and lay witnesses can impact your TBI case during discovery, litigation, and trial