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Have you ever wondered what in the heck accident reconstruction experts really do? Do you wonder sometimes if they’re worth the investment? And what the heck do you do with them once you’ve hired them?

DRI is proud to announce a 4-part podcast with Mike H. Bassett of The Bassett Firm in Dallas, Texas, and Mr. Steve Irwin with Scientific Analysis, Inc., also out of Dallas.

Mike and Steve have collectively been involved in trucking litigation for nearly 70 years. This-4 part podcast is a conversation about: (1) what do to when you get the call after a truck wreck, (2) working with the reconstruction expert during the discovery phase, (3) getting ready for trial and how to leverage your reconstruction expert to build your defense, and (4) how to harness you reconstruction expert’s work to put on the strongest possible case for your clients.

Irreverent and conversational, this podcast is a “must listen to” – whether you’re defending your first trucking case or have been doing as long as Mike and Steve.

Glenn Vallach of USAIG in New York, New York talks with Jason Bloom, founder of Bloom Strategic Consulting in Dallas, Texas.

Tracy Morris of AIG Aerospace in Atlanta, Georgia talks with Armando Carlo, Director of Insurance Claims and Litigation at Boeing in Chicago, Illinois.

Stacy Linn Moon of Gordon Rees Sully Mansukhani, LLP, Brian Rubin of Thomas Rubin & Kelley, P.C., and Stephanie Reed Traband of Levine Kellogg will discuss the challenges of continuing networking and business promotion while shut down or travel is still limited. Attendees will hear practical solutions for how to continue to promote their small or boutique firms without having industry meetings or CLE. Some of these solutions likely will become more of a norm even after the current emergency is over.

Under the current atmosphere, more lawyers recognize the possibility that they may lose a lawyer or valued employee unexpectedly, whether to illness or accident. Handling and surviving that loss takes forethought, flexibility, and understanding. Our panel, John C. Trimble of Lewis Wagner LLP. and Diane Pumphrey of Wilkins Patterson, will discuss what they have learned, whether firsthand or through observation, regarding the emotional toll of such a loss, as well as ways to plan for the unexpected.

Since the advent of the global COVID-19 pandemic, people are looking for insight into their mental health and are experiencing different or increased stress due to the pandemic. Host Alex Haggan of Ellis & Winters LLP welcomes Susan E. Gunter LL.M. of Dutton Brock, LLP
and Doron Gold, Staff Clinician at Homewood Health, for a discussion of the impact of the pandemic on those in the legal profession and strategies for maintaining health and improving well-being during the pandemic.

For those new to the defense of law enforcement professionals, this podcast is a perfect beginner’s course. An insurance professional, Sharon A. Linenfelser-Blevins of One Beacon, and outside defense counsel, R. Jeffrey Lowe of Kightlinger & Gray LLP., will discuss the basics of law enforcement liability insurance. The discussion will include an overview of the standard law enforcement liability policy, what is covered, who is covered, common policy exclusions, and common issues arising in defense of litigated claims from an insurer’s perspective and outside counsel’s perspective.

Join host Michael G. Jones of Martin Pringle for a conversation with retired NASA astronaut Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson. Hear how he draws on his experience as a naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer when he is brought into a case as an expert witness.

The pandemic has disrupted home, work, and school routines and schedules. It has also provided opportunities to spend more time with family. Host Sara M. Turner of Baker Donelson with guests Stephanie F. Jones of Gordon & Rees, Nicholas D. Garrard of Wilkins Patterson, Laura D. Eschleman of Nall & Miller LLP, and Thomas E. “Ted” Dunlap of the National Transportation Safety Board share creative solutions and tips for balancing the practice of law, parenting, and homeschooling during the pandemic and into the next phases.

Host Chris W. Martin of Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom discusses the implications of the Coronavirus pandemic on various insurance policies and coverage law going forward, with guests Paul S. White of Wilson Elser and Dan D. Kohane of Hurwitz & Fine.