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Medical Malpractice Boot Camp


CLE Hours: 6 including 6 General, 0 Ethics, 1 Professionalism, 3 Trial Practice

Categories:
Professionalism |  Trial Practice
Location:
State Bar of Georgia - Atlanta, Georgia

Dates


Description

 

  • Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.
  • Ethics | Professionalism | Trial Practice

 

  • Presiding:
  • Lee P. Gutschenritter, Program Chair; Partner, Cash Krugler & Fredericks LLC, Atlanta, 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
  • Lee P. Gutschenritter

  • 8:40
  • Strategies for Impeaching Experts (Trial Practice CLE Hour)
  • Lee P. Gutschenritter

  • 9:20
  • Professionalism in Medical Malpractice Cases in Discovery & Trial (Professional CLE Hour) (Trial Practice CLE Hour)
  • Hon. Kimberly K. Anderson, Judge, DeKalb County State Court, Decatur, GA

  • 10:20
  • Break

  • 10:30
    INSTITUTIONAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS (Trial Practice CLE Hour)
    Daniel Moriarty, Moriarty Injury Lawyer LLC, Atlanta, GA

  • 11:30
    Effective Strategies for Mediating Medical Malpractices Cases
    Eric J. Frisch, Partner, Copeland Stair Valz & Lovell LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 12:10
  • Lunch

  • 12:55
  • Current Trends in Maternal Death
  • Xavier O. Carter, Partner, Lourie, Chance, Forlines, Carter & King PC, Atlanta, GA
    Stephan R. Chance, Lourie, Chance, Forlines, Carter & King PC, Atlanta, GA
    Lindsay A. Forlines, Partner, Lourie, Chance, Forlines, Carter & King PC, Atlanta, GA

  • 1:55
  • Break

  • 2:10
  • What I Learned Defending Medical Malpractice Cases
  • David C. Hanson, Partner, Hanson Fuller LLC, Atlanta, GA

  • 3:10
  • Strategic Considerations for a Plaintiff’s Order of Proof (Trial Practice CLE Hour)
  • Richard W. Hendrix, Partner, Finch McCranie LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 3:50
  • Adjourn

 

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Handouts

Speaker

Mr. Lee Patrick Gutschenritter's Profile

Mr. Lee Patrick Gutschenritter Related Seminars and Products

Cash Krugler & Fredericks LLC


Lee Gutschenritter is a trial lawyer dedicated to the representation of individuals and families who have suffered serious injuries or death due to the negligence of others. Lee has won numerous jury trials on behalf of his clients.  His most recent trial resulted in a historic $38.6 million jury verdict against one of the largest hospitals systems in the State of Georgia. 

In the past five years alone, Lee has recovered in excess of $100 million in verdicts and settlements. Every year since 2016, Lee has been selected as an Atlanta Magazine Super Lawyers' "Rising Star" & “Super Lawyer”, an award reserved for the top 2.5% of attorneys in Georgia. He has also been named in America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys®.

Lee primarily handles cases in the areas of medical malpractice, tractor-trailer accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death cases. He has represented clients in cases throughout Georgia and has successfully litigated over one hundred cases in both state and federal courts. Lee limits his practice to handling a small number of cases at a time. This approach allows him to develop meaningful relationships with his clients and to invest substantial time and resources into every one of his cases.




Mr. Eric Jeffrey Frisch's Profile

Mr. Eric Jeffrey Frisch Related Seminars and Products

Copeland Stair Valz & Lovell LLP


Eric is an AV-rated partner with Copeland Stair Valz & Lovell and a registered ADR neutral with Miles Mediation and Arbitration. Eric graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1996. For the first five years of practice, Eric represented plaintiffs in personal injury and commercial litigation matters. Since 2001, Eric has primarily represented professionals in malpractice matters, including all types of healthcare providers and legal professionals. Eric has tried over 35 cases in the state and Federal courts of Georgia as well as appeal matters in the Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Eric is a frequent writer and speaker on legal topics. Since 2021, Eric has been a registered mediator and since 2022 has been an arbitrator 


Mr. Xavier Ottowa Carter's Profile

Mr. Xavier Ottowa Carter Related Seminars and Products

Chance Forlines Carter & King PC


Since becoming an advocate for the victims of negligence, Xavier has fought tirelessly on behalf of individuals who have been seriously injured and on behalf of families who have lost loved ones as a result of the negligence of others. His practice focuses primarily on medical negligence committed by health care institutions and providers as well as nursing home and assisted living facility abuse and neglect of the elderly and disabled. 

In 2022, Xavier was a co-lead member of two trial teams that secured record-setting trial verdicts on behalf of victims of neglect by long term care facilities. Xavier and his partners secured a $15.3 million dollar verdict in McKinney v. Life Care Centers of America, et al, by demonstrating to the jury how systemic understaffing caused chronic neglect that ultimately led to the death of their 77-year old client.The firm followed that verdict up with a $2.8 million verdict in Perloe v. Somerby Senior Living, LLC. In that case Xavier and CFCK Law trial team held accountable an assisted living facility that allowed a fire ant infestation to develop until their client was attacked by fire ants on multiple occasions, ultimately leading to her death less than a week later.

Most recently, in June 2023, Xavier was co-lead counsel on a Lourie Chance trial team that obtained a $40 million dollar verdict against a physicians’ group and a hospital in a complicated medical malpractice case in Bibb County, Georgia.  


Mr. Stephen Roberts Chance's Profile

Mr. Stephen Roberts Chance Related Seminars and Products

Chance Forlines Carter & King PC


Stephen Chance has been practicing law since 1995, but his love of the law began long before then.  Stephen was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia where his father and grandfather both enjoyed successful legal careers.  After graduating from the Academy of Richmond County in 1985, Stephen attended Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.  Stephen then returned to Augusta to work in his father’s law firm in preparation for becoming a third-generation trial lawyer. He then moved to Atlanta and attended Georgia State University from 1990-1995 where her earned a Master of Business Administration and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude.  During that time Stephen also worked as a law clerk for two of the preeminent law firms in Atlanta – one a plaintiff’s firm and the other a defense firm- where he learned the technical skills necessary to succeed in highly complex areas of law including medical malpractice, trucking accidents, fires and explosions, industrial catastrophes, and products liability.

Upon passing the bar, Stephen began his career as a lawyer primarily defending medical professionals and hospitals in medical malpractice cases.  Just two weeks later, Stephen’s father died after a battle with lung cancer that never took away his dignity, sense of humor, or love for the law. Stephen stepped into his father’s solo practice and resolved the remainder of the pending cases – some of which were tried to successful verdicts.

In 1999, Stephen left his insurance defense practice to join Joe Watkins, Lance Lourie, and Rob Roll at Watkins, Lourie & Roll, LLP, all of whom had also worked in the prior defense firm.  Even during his career as a medical malpractice defense lawyer Stephen handled cases on behalf of families devastated by tragedy when he could. Since 1999, Stephen has dedicated his professional time to helping those most in need. His empathetic nature that emerged at the young age of 27 through the premature death of his father would only grow.

In 2006, Stephen three-year old son, Patrick, was diagnosed with Stage IV neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system. Patrick passed away after a grueling six-year battle on January 9, 2012, his ninth birthday.  Remarkably, in addition to meeting the duties required by a thriving law practice, a young family, and a cancer fight, Stephen and, his wife, Erin founded Press On, a field of interest fund with the mission to identify and support feasible and groundbreaking alternative therapies for childhood cancers and to invest in the science and infrastructure needed to cure childhood cancer within our lifetime. This effort earned the recognition of the Georgia Trial Lawyer Association’s Executive Committee resulting in Stephen and Erin being awarded GTLA’s Community Service Award in 2008.

Stephen went on to serve on GTLA’s Executive Committee as one of GTLA’s delegates to the American Association of Justice’s Board of Governors.  Stephen and Erin were members of the Leadership Georgia Class of 2015. Stephen has also served on non-profit boards leading committees focused on governance, legal affairs, and human resources.

During the summer of 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, tragedy struck again.  Stephen’s mother, who had worked at Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance for over a decade, suffered a series of debilitating strokes that required placement in a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation and long-term care. This experience, much like the loss of his father in 1995 and the loss of his son in 2012, simply made Stephen a better, more passionate advocate for his clients - this time for families seeking justice for loved ones injured or killed by neglect and abuse in southeastern nursing homes. 

When tragedy strikes a family, whether through the loss of a spouse, child, parent, or through the devastating consequences of spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, or life-threatening burns, Stephen takes the responsibility of protecting his clients’ financial future very seriously and, through it all, personally.

Stephen’s legal ability and ethical standards have been recognized by the nation’s most authoritative attorney rating services. Stephen has enjoyed Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent Peer Rating every year since 1999 – the first year he was eligible for rating. Stephen is also listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and has received the Judicial Edition AV Preeminent Rating. Stephen was listed by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2005 and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer every year since 2009. Stephen also enjoys a Superb rating by Avvo.

Stephen’s primary place of practice is the State of Georgia, but Stephen is also licensed to practice law in North Carolina and Tennessee.


Ms. Lindsay Alexandra Forlines's Profile

Ms. Lindsay Alexandra Forlines Related Seminars and Products

Chance Forlines Carter & King PC


Lindsay Forlines is a partner with Forlines Law LLC. Her background stems from multiple years of experience representing defendants in medical negligence and wrongful death cases. In that role, Forlines defended physicians, nurses, hospitals, and other healthcare providers against alleged professional negligence. During this time, she gained experience representing corporate defendants throughout the litigation process, giving her intimate knowledge into the way these cases are defended. This also gave Forlines insight into how these cases are handled by the risk management teams and, importantly, evaluated by the insurance carriers.

Forlines graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia in 2003 with a degree in Journalism, specializing in broadcast journalism. She was proud to anchor Georgia Gameday, an award-winning collegiate television show. In that role, Forlines auditioned against dozens of other accomplished broadcasting students, and was selected as one of two lead anchors. She was a member of multiple academic societies, including Order of Omega and Phi Beta Kappa, organizations honoring students who achieved high academic success and exemplified leadership qualities. Following her undergraduate education, Forlines attended law school at the University of Georgia School of Law, where she graduated in 2008. Forlines was chairperson of the Mock Trial Team and selected to the Lumpkin Inn of Court. Her proudest law school accomplishment was being selected for the Willis J. “Dick” Richardson Jr. Student Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy.

From 2012-2015, Forlines proudly served her hometown as an elected official on the Avondale Estates Board of Mayor and Commissioners. She also served as president of the DeKalb County Municipal Association in 2013. Forlines has been a repeat instructor at the Emory University Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques, and a repeat featured speaker and panelist at numerous events, including the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers’ Leadership Academy. Additionally, Forlines is the chairperson for Georgia’s Medical Malpractice Institute, the state’s premiere continuing legal education seminar and conference in the field of medical malpractice.



Mr. Richard Wayne Hendrix's Profile

Mr. Richard Wayne Hendrix Related Seminars and Products

Finch McCranie LLP


Richard W. Hendrix
229 Peachtree St, NE, Suite 2500
Atlanta, GA 30303
rhendrix@finchmccranie.com
404.658.9070

Mr. Hendrix is the Senior partner at the Atlanta law firm, Finch McCranie, LLP. He has been a trial lawyer for over 45 years formerly serving as both a state and federal prosecutor. He has been in private practice for 38 years specializing in complex civil and criminal litigation. His trial practices focuses on Wrongful Death, Serious Injury Litigation, including medical malpractice; excessive force, civil rights, and police pursuit cases.  He graduated from Davidson College, cum laude in 1974 and from Emory Law School in 1977.  He has tried to a jury over 85 cases and his multiple million dollar plus jury verdicts including the largest ever medical malpractice verdict against Emory University ($38.6 million) returned in November, 2023.

Mr. Hendrix has served as an Adjunct Professor of Litigation at the Georgia State Law School in Atlanta for over 20 years.


Location

State Bar of Georgia

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104 Marietta St. NW, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
(404) 527-8700
www.gabar.org

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