On Trial

In our latest episode, John goes in depth attorney Jay Stefani about all things regarding commercial motor vehicle and trucking litigation.  From the importance of acting quickly upon retention to preserve evidence to proving your case using federal regulations and state CDL manuals, Jay provides tremendous insight into this complex area of injury law.

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 Matt and John for a discussion on the ins and outs of nursing home litigation!  Topics include dealing with arbitration clauses, investigating claims, frameworks for care, how to properly plead your case and more!

On today’s episode, we are joined by Margaret Battersby Black, partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago, who shares with us her insights on how to maximize the effectiveness of your depositions.  Listen as she details proven techniques on how to deal with unexpected deposition answers, anticipating and undermining defenses, establishing systemic failures, eliciting damages testimony from defense witnesses and more!

Join us for a conversation with Patrick Salvi II, managing partner of the Chicago office of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C.  Learn techniques and lessons from one of the best young trial lawyers in the country about presenting your damages case, sequencing your evidence, digging into the details of your damages, effectively using your jury instructions, the importance of your visual presentation, pushing the envelope on your ask and more!

Welcome to On Trial!  In our first episode, hosts John Risvold and Matt Heimlich have a free-flowing discussion about working remotely during coronavirus, starting and specializing your personal injury practice, how our experiences as defense attorneys have improved our ability to represent injured plaintiffs, and more!

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.  

Email us at [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @OnTrialPodcast

If you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform.