| 2025 CDLA Trial Academy! Motor Vehicle Accident, April 3-5, 2025 Practicum organized by: Gregg Rich, Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis Limited to 18 participants Applied for 29 hours+ 1 Ethics credit. TEACHING FEATURES
- TYPE OF CASE: Intersection Left-Turn Traffic Accident, moderate impact.
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Suitable for all skill levels
- LIABILITY: Disputed.
- CAUSATION: Disputed.
- MEDICAL ISSUES: Allegations of injury to the neck (soft tissue), back (facet injury and aggravation of Bertolotti's congenital partial fusion of L5- S1), and elbow injuries (epicondylitis with possible cyst). There is some prior chiropractic care to the neck and back. Post-accident treatment includes chiropractic, facet injections, and rhizotomies / radiofrequency ablations.
- OTHER DAMAGES: Medical Specials, lost income, permanent impairment.
- WITNESSES: There is one eyewitness per side with a corresponding witness statement. Each party also has its witness statement. The plaintiff has a chiropractic expert and an orthopod/physiatrist. The defendant has an IME and an engineering expert.
- DISCOVERY: Mutual exchange of party interrogatories and depositions; photos of the vehicles and scene. Each expert has reports, and both experts on each side have been deposed.
- TEACHING TOOLS: This case provides sufficient materials for all aspects of trial for each side, including theme development, opening statements, medical concepts and terminology, direct and cross-examining lay and expert witnesses, impeachment exercises, objections, and closing arguments with jury instructions.
Cost $850 Per Participant for a 3-day practicum. Includes breakfast, lunch, and a closing-day happy hour A Three-Day (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) Investment Providing Invaluable Benefits Participating Mentors: Jackie Booker, Sutton Booker Kathy Chaney, Lambdin & Chaney Rosie Derieux, Bradley Schulz & Associates Adam Goldstein, White & Steele Rob Hinkley, Buchalter Rob Ingram, Martinez Dieterich Zarcone Stuart Jorgenson, Colorado Attorney General's Office Andrew Lafontaine, Bradley Schulz & Associates Ellis Mayer, Previous CDLA Board Member Meredith McDonald, O'Hagan Meyer Peter Morgan, Ottenson Shapiro, LLP Brendan Powers, Spies Powers Gregg Rich, Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen Jan Spies, Spies Powers Emily Swanson, Lasater & Martin Katelyn Werner, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer
A three-day workshop aimed at developing trial practice skills through lectures, practicum exercises, and a mock trial. The Colorado Defense Lawyers Association Trial Academy offers this trial advocacy program of exceptional quality at a very reasonable cost in a convenient two-work day and one Saturday trial format held locally in Denver. This intensive program blends small group faculty (3:1 student to mentor) instruction and demonstration with individual student implementation drills. The two days are devoted to on-point lectures by some of CDLA's most experienced trial attorneys, followed by mentored practicum exercises. This practicum format has proven successful in the development of trial presentation skills in a relatively short period. Some preparation time is also reserved for the end of each day. The third and final day of Trial Academy consists of the attendees' trial of a motor vehicle accident. Trial Academy attendees will be divided into three trial teams: Plaintiff and Defendant. Advocacy skills will be honed through the use of facts and exhibits that are helpful and harmful to each party. This year's problem will also afford participants practice in direct and cross-examination of lay and expert witnesses. The trials will be overseen by real judges and decided by a panel of mock jurors. A moderated debriefing will occur between the judges, the participants, and the mock jurors following the verdict. |
