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Livestream - Expert Testimony


CLE Hours: 6 including 1 Ethics, 0 Professionalism, 4 Trial Practice


Dates


Description

 

Presiding:

 

Mary Donne Peters, Program Chair; Author: Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Georgia (Thomson Reuters 2005-2023); Gorby Peters & Associates LLC, Tucker, GA

 

 

8:00

IN-PERSON REGISTRATION

 

 

8:30

INTRODUCTION

 

Julia D. Neighbors, ICLE Director, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

 

 

8:35

WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 

Mary Donne Peters

 

 

8:40

Expert Testimony in Family Law Cases 

 

Randall M. “Randy” Kessler, Kessler & Solomiany LLC, Atlanta, GA

 

 

9:25 

The New Expert Testimony Rules In Criminal Cases: Practical and Legal Concerns 

 

Sheila A. Ross, Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, Morrow, GA

 

 

10:10

BREAK

 

 

10:20

What Lawyers Need to Know About The Use of a Forensic Psychiatrist in Civil and Criminal Cases 

 

Dr. Matthew Norman, Forensic Psychiatrist, Atlanta, GA

 

 

10:50

How to Preserve Expert Testimony Objections for Appeal and Framing Appellate Arguments 

 

J. Darren Summerville, The Summerville Law Firm, Atlanta, GA

 

 

11:20

Expert Testimony in Family Law Cases 

 

Randall M. “Randy” Kessler

 

 

12:05

BREAK

 

 

12:50

Expert Testimony in Medical Cases 

 

Taylor C. Tribble, Huff Powell & Bailey, Atlanta, GA

 

 

1:20

The Ethics Hour 

 

Speaker TBD

 

 

2:20

BREAK 

 

 

2:35

What Lawyers Need to Know About the Peer Review Process for Expert Publications (It’s Not Always What It Seems!)

 

Dr. Sonja Rasmussen, Prof. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 

 

3:20

Expert Testimony In Premises Liability Cases

 

Michael J. Gorby, Author: Premises Liability In Georgia (Thomson Reuters, 2000-2022); Gorby Peters & Associates LLC, Atlanta, GA

 

 

3:50

ADJOURN

Speaker

Mr. Randall Mark Kessler's Profile

Mr. Randall Mark Kessler Related Seminars and Products

Kessler & Solomiany LLC


Randall M. Kessler is the founder of Kessler & Solomiany, LLC., a domestic relations law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Kessler is the author of many family law books including Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future, The GA Library of Family Law Forms, and How to Mediate a Divorce. He is also an adjunct professor of Family Law Litigation at Emory Law School and has served as the Chair of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. Mr. Kessler has represented some of the highest profile clients in the country including judges, national and local
politicians, professional athletes, TV Stars and other celebrities, entertainers and artists.


Mr. Michael J. Gorby, Founder / Partner's Profile

Mr. Michael J. Gorby, Founder / Partner Related Seminars and Products

Founder / Partner

Gorby Peters & Associates LLC


Mike Gorby has tried hundreds of cases and handled thousands of matters for corporations and individuals across the United States throughout his legal career. Mike’s practice focuses on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Commercial Litigation and Liability for Owners and Managers of Property. He is also a certified mediator.

Mike is a passionate teacher. He’s chaired the Premises Liability Seminar for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia (now a Division of the Georgia State Bar) for over twenty years. He is a frequent speaker for state and national legal education programs, including the ICLE.

Mike is the author of Premises Liability in Georgia, which was originally published by Thomson-Reuters® in 1998 and which is updated annually. Mike is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law.

Mike is rated AV-Preeminent ® (the highest level of professional excellence) by the Lexis-Nexis Peer Review Ratings™ system and has been selected as a Super Lawyer® by the Thomson Reuters® peer review system.


Ms. Mary Donne Peters's Profile

Ms. Mary Donne Peters Related Seminars and Products

Founder/Partner

Gorby Peters & Associates LLC


Mary Donne Peters’ background includes extensive commercial and tort litigation experience across over thirty states. Mary Donne holds licenses to practice law in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama and has received the peer-reviewed rating of AV-Preeminent® (the highest available) by Martindale-Hubbell and has been honored as a Georgia Super Lawyer®.

Mary Donne is the author of The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Georgia, published by Thomson-Reuters, the world’s largest legal publishing company. Her book has been updated annually since 2005.

Beyond her legal expertise, Mary Donne is an active member of various civic and business organizations, including the Women President’s Organization, an international business organization open to second-stage companies that are owned and operated by women. Mary Donne also has a strong commitment to philanthropy, notably having served on the Boards of the Red Cross (Metropolitan Atlanta) and Girls Inc. of Greater Atlanta.

A passionate educator, Mary Donne is also the co-founder of Land of Opportunity Training, LLC, an online, on demand training platform that helps businesses achieve growth through government contracting.


Ms. Sheila Ann Ross Related Seminars and Products

Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia


Mr. James Darren Summerville's Profile

Mr. James Darren Summerville Related Seminars and Products

The Summerville Firm LLC


Darren Summerville is a Principal in The Summerville Firm, LLC, a boutique trial and appellate shop in Atlanta.  Darren graduated from Emory University on full academic and debate scholarships, then pursued a career as a biologist for several years before returning to law school.


Darren graduated summa cum laude at the top of his class at Georgia State, winning every major writing award offered by the school during his three years there.  He started at the Bondurant Firm before shifting his focus to a more plaintiff- oriented practice, and formed The Summerville Firm in 2011. 


Darren is the only lawyer in Georgia to be recognized both by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and as a Top 100 SuperLawyer in the area of appellate practice.  In the appellate arena, he has argued and defended some of the most impactful Georgia decisions in the past fifteen years, including decisions governing the constitutionality of the medical malpractice damages cap, the proper interpretation of the Emergency Department statute, the Apex Doctrine, and numerous arbitration clause disputes.  


Before and after the COVID shutdown, he averages ten to twelve trials a year, typically with an eye toward securing a clean record that would hold up on appeal.  As trial counsel, he has secured two nine-figure verdicts, and approximately 20 seven and eight figure results. 


Mrs. Taylor Chamberlin Tribble's Profile

Mrs. Taylor Chamberlin Tribble Related Seminars and Products

Huff Powell & Bailey LLC


TAYLOR TRIBBLE | MANAGING PARTNER

HUFF POWELL BAILEY, LLC

 

Taylor is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Huff Powell Bailey. She is also the Managing Partner of the law firm. Her practice is devoted primarily to the defense of medical malpractice claims and cases. She represents hospitals, nurses, physicians, mid-level providers, health systems and other entities in all phases of claims and litigation including trial and appellate work. She specializes in complex medical malpractice cases with a particular focus in obstetrical cases and radiology cases. Taylor also represents a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in professional negligence and ordinary negligence and premises liability cases.

 

Taylor is a trial tested litigation attorney. She has tried well over 30 complex and medical malpractice cases to verdict in some of the worst venues for the defense in the country.

 

Taylor obtained her undergraduate degree in political science and Spanish, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia and her juris doctorate degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Team and Articles Editor for the Journal of International and Comparative Law. Before private practice, Taylor completed a federal clerkship with the Honorable G. R. Smith, Federal Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Georgia.

In recognition of her medical malpractice and litigation expertise, Taylor is frequently asked to give presentations to attorneys, physicians, insurance carriers and healthcare companies.


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