On Trial

This episode was worth the wait!  Sara Davis, partner at Cogan & Power in Chicago goes through what it takes to win a $51 million verdict in a conservative county during a pandemic.  Sara shares trial tips, techniques for proving up catastrophic damages, and what she learned from her trial experience. 

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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Our guest Jesse Wilson is a nationally renowned trial consultant, author and communications expert.  He has helped countless trial lawyers tell their clients' stories to juries in an effective and human way, and has been "behind the scenes" of numerous multi-million dollar verdicts.  Learn techniques for formulating your case's narrative, language and themes.  Explore proven methods on how to illustrate your client's damages to the jury.  Examine your role as the storyteller and how to connect with an audience, whoever that audience may be.  This episode has it all!

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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This episode we welcome Patricia Gifford of Malman Law who provides incredible insight into the business of running a law firm.   Learn about actions she has taken to solidify and improve firm leadership, values and operations that have been key to Malman Law's expansion and continued success during COVID.  This unique episode shines a light on how to take a vision for a firm and put it into practice.

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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Jordan Powell of Passen & Powell in Chicago joins us to discuss his recent jury trial in DuPage County, Illinois.  He provides invaluable information about trial logistics, jury selection and lessons learned him his experience.  This is a must-listen episode as the courthouses continue to open up and we begin trying cases again!

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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John and Matt return to discuss techniques for taking effective depositions of defense medical experts.  Learn tips and tactics for discrediting expert opinions, undercutting common defenses, qualifying your medical testimony and more!

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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And we're back!   After a long (too long) break, John and Matt return to discuss mediation tips, tactics and tried and true methods to get your clients maximum results.

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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On this episode, John walks us through what he did to achieve a settlement of more than 3 times the insurance policy limits on the eve of trial.   He goes through how to set up insurance companies for bad faith, use that leverage to open up the policy and get full value on cases with big injuries and small insurance limits.  Take notes and follow John's steps to unlock the potential in your cases when insurance companies aren't treating your clients fairly!

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Walsh, Knippen & Cetina, Chartered, with offices in Wheaton and Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, motor vehicle collision, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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On this episode, we turn back the clock to 2019 to reflect on a verdict achieved by Matt Heimlich and his firm on behalf of an 84 year-old nursing home resident who suffered a fall and hip fracture due to the facility's failures in  care.  John and Matt discuss the strategy behind some of the key decisions made before and during the trial that ultimately led to a successful outcome.  What worked?  What didn't work?  What are the takeaways that you can apply to your practice?  Listen to find out in this in-depth discussion on the application of tactics and advocacy in a real trial setting.

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Walsh, Knippen & Cetina, Chartered, with offices in Wheaton and Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, motor vehicle collision, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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Class actions and mass torts often grab headlines due to their profound impact on large numbers of people.  On this episode, John and Matt are joined by David Neiman and Bryce Hensley, both of Romanucci and Blandin in Chicago for a roundtable discussion about all things aggregate litigation.  This is a must-listen for anyone interested in what goes on behind the scenes of some of the biggest cases out there.

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Walsh, Knippen & Cetina, Chartered, with offices in Wheaton and Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, motor vehicle collision, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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Join us for a conversation with attorney Christopher Norman, a true subject matter expert in the area of birth injury litigation.  Chris touches on everything from what to look for during a case intake and evaluation, to the various experts that need to be retained to prove all the elements of your case and everything in between.  For anyone involved in this high-stakes subset of medical malpractice, this is a must listen!

Host Matthew Heimlich is an attorney at Walsh, Knippen & Cetina, Chartered, with offices in Wheaton and Chicago, Illinois.  Matt’s law practice is focused on the representation of injured victims and their families in nursing home negligence, motor vehicle collision, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. He is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.   

Host John Risvold is a personal injury trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., with offices in Naperville, Illinois.  He has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He focuses his practice on medical negligence, nursing home neglect, and catastrophic personal injury. John is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.  A link to his firm’s website and biography and be found here.  

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