SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
Date: June 11, 12, 2008
Topic: Petitioning for - and Winning Attorney's Fees Under ERISA
Organization: American Conference Institute, 11th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Claims, Boston, MA, Invited Speaker
Date: July 21st, 2007
Topics: Women With Multiple Sclerosis, When to Stop Working;
How to Obtain Disability Benefits Through an Employer Sponsored Plan or Private Insurance
Organization: South Florida Chapter, Multiple Sclerosis Society Annual Women's Retreat, Miami FL, Invited Workshop Leader
Date: June 6 & 7th, 2007
Topic: The IME Doctor, "Paper Reviewer", and Treating Phyisician: Challenging the Assessment of the Claimant
Organization: American Conference Institute, 10th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Claims, Boston, MA, Invited Speaker
Date: April 26, 2007
Topic: Women and the Law, A Roundtable Discussion
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Moderator
Date: February 24, 2007
Topic: Protecting Your Practice & Clients When Faced With Death or Disability
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Invited Speaker
Date: February 11, 2007
Topic: Use of the Consumer Fraud Act in States Without Developed Bad Faith Law or Statutes
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Winter Convention, Miami, Florida, Invited Speaker
Date: Sept. 21 & 22 2006
Topic: The Year in Review: Discussion of Important Bad Faith Decisions in Disability and Life Insurance
Organization: Mealey's Bad Faith Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Invited Speaker
Date: April 27th-28th, 2006
Topic: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know About Disability
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Annual Convention Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Invited Speaker
Date: April 27th, 2006
Topic: The Voice of Women on the Bench, the Judge's Perspective
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Women Litigators' Luncheon, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Co-Chairperson
Date: February 23rd and 24th, 2006
Topic: How To Prove Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and Other Self Reported Symptoms
Organization: American Conference Institute, 9th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Claims, Miami, Florida, Invited Speaker
Date: December 2, 2005
Topic: Bad Faith Discovery in New Jersey
Organization: NJ American Trial Lawyers Association, New Jersey, Chairperson of NJATLA Bad Faith Committee and Speaker
Date: November 14th and 15th, 2005
Topic: States with the Fairly Debatable Standard for Bad Faith
Organization: American Conference Institute, 10th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, Miami, Florida, Invited Speaker
Date: May 25 & 26, 2005
Topics: Litigating Mental Illness Disability Claims, the Role of the IME; Case Study, Cross Examining the Independent Medical Examiner in Trials
Organization: American Conference Institute National Advanced Forum on Litigating Mental Illness Disability Insurance Claims, New York City, NY, Invited Moderator for the entire conference, Invited speaker
Date: April 20, 2005
Topic: Hot Topics in Disability Insurance Presented to Brokers and Financial Consultants
Organization: Brokerage Concepts Incorporated and International Planning Alliance, LLC, Invited Speaker
Date: March 29, 2005
Topic: Disability Insurance for Professors of Dentistry and Dentists in Private Practice, The Myths and Reality of Coverage
Organization: University of Medicine & Dentistry, Newark, NJ, Invited Speaker
Date: March 22, 2005
Topic: Update, Bad Faith, ERISA and The UnumProvident Reassessment
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Teleconference,Invited Speaker
Date: March 4 & 5, 2005
Topic: IMEs, Treating Physicians and Paper Reviewers- Who Legitimately Makes the Decision As to Disability?
Organization: American Conference Institute 8th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, Miami Florida, Invited Speaker
Date: January 11, 2005
Topic: Hot Topics in Disability Insurance
Organization: International Planning Alliance, LLC, A Financial Services Organization, Wayne, NJ, Invited Speaker
Date: Sept. 27 & 28, 2004
Topic: Advice on prosecuting a Summary Judgment Motion in a bad faith case.
Organization: Mealey's Bad Faith Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Invited Speaker
Date: June 10 & 11, 2004
Topic: Latest trends in Fibromyalgia, Moderator.
Organization: American Conference Institute 7th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, Boston, Mass., Invited Speaker
Date: March 29 & 30, 2004
Topic: Success with Bad Faith Claims in States with the "No Debatable Reason" Standard
Organization: American Conference Institute, 10th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, San Francisco, California, Invited Speaker
Date: February 15, 2004
Topic: Daubert Challenges in Bad Faith Litigation
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Mid-Year Convention, Orlando, Florida, Invited Speaker
Date: July 19th-23rd, 2003
Topic: Current Trends in Disability
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, Invited Speaker
Date: May 13, 2003
Topic: Litigating Long-Term Disability Claims Under ERISA Long-Term Disability Practice
Organization: ATLA National College of Advocacy, Invited Speaker
Date: May 10, 2003
Topic: ERISA: Treating Physician Rule- Nord
Organization: Mealy's Conference, Washington, D.C.
Date: April 28th and 29th, 2003
Topic: Legal, Tactical, and Practical Guide for Litigating Your Bad Faith Case
Organization: American Conference Institute, 9th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, San Francisco, California, Invited Speaker
Date: April 24th-25th, 2003
Topic: Disability Law: Finding the Diamond in the Rough,
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Annual Convention Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Invited Speaker
Date: March 24 and 25th, 2003
Topic: Utilizing and Monitoring Vocational Assessment and Rehabilitation: Current Trends and Court Decisions
Organization: American Conference Institute 6th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, Boston, Mass., Invited Speaker
Date: October, 2002
Topic: Discovery in Disability Claims
Organization: NOCCSR, San Francisco, California
Date: July, 2002
Topic: Confidentiality: What's So Secret Anyway?
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Atlanta, Georgia
Date: February, 2002
Topic: Confidentiality
Organization: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Miami, Florida
Date: July 2001
Topic: Mock Trial of a Disability Case
Organization: ATLA, Montreal, Canada
Date: June 2001
Topic: Bad Faith in the Handling of Disability Claims
Organization: American Conference Institute, Boston, MA
Date: July 2000
Topic: Bad Faith Litigation and ERISA, A Change is in the Air
Organization: ATLA, Chicago, IL
Date: ]une 2000
Topic: Material Duties of the Occupation and Employer Contact
Organization: American Conference Institute, Boston, MA
Date: April 2000
Topic: Unforeseen Pitfalls When Filing for Disability
Organization: Local Dental Association
Date: ]uly 1999
Topic: Discovery of Company Documents That They'd Rather Not Disclose
Organization: ATLA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA
Date: January 28, 1997
Topic: Special Needs Trusts
Organization: Essex County Bar Association
Date: 1996
Topic: Proof of Traumatic Injuries
Publication: Cyclopedia of Trial Practice
Date: October 15, 1996
Topic: Paralegal's Utilization in a Major Law Firm
Organization: The Legal Assistant's Association of New Jersey
Date: 1995
Topic: Products Liability Sample Complaint
Publication: Handling Accident Cases
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