Our Online Seminar Provides You with the Cutting-Edge CLEs You Need!
Attend Virtually from Your Home or Office!
For more than 60 years, the West Virginia Association for Justice has provided West Virginia attorneys with the best high-quality, low-cost CLEs available. Due to COVID-19, our 2021 Mid-Winter Seminar is being moved online.
- CLE sessions presented by leading West Virginia and national attorneys
- Special sessions on how to practice law effectively during the pandemic
- LIVE seminar program with question and answer period for each session
Seminar Program
General Convention Information
Cancellation Policy
Sponsors and Advertisers
Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities
Learn More about Our Featured National Speakers & Additional Faculty
Zoe Littlepage Joe Fried Tom Scolaro
Houston Atlanta Miami
Zoe Littlepage Zoom Your Way to Success: Get the Virtual Practice Strategies You Need
Tom Scolaro Law Firm Marketing: What Works and What Doesn't When Building Your Practice
Seminar Program
Thursday, February 18
8:50 - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Jonathan R. Mani, President – West Virginia Association for Justice
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Medical Malpractice 2021: What You Need to Know Now to Get Justice for Your Client
Tony O’Dell – Tiano O’Dell, Charleston
9:50– 11:05 a.m.
Effective Cross Examination: A Lost Art?
John Cooper – Cooper and Preston, Parsons
Allan Karlin – Allan N. Karlin and Associates, Morgantown
David Romano – Romano Law Office, Clarksburg
11:05 – 11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 – 12:30 p.m.
Speed Trial: How to Try Cases Quickly and Get Great Results
Joe Fried – Fried Goldberg, Atlanta, Georgia
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Practicing Law in a Virtual World: Tips and Tricks on Zoom Depositions, Remote Hearings and More
Zoe Littlepage – Athea Trial Lawyers and Littlepage, Booth and Leckman, Houston, Texas
2:45 – 2:55 p.m.
Break
2:55 – 3:45 p.m.
Art or Science: Tips and Techniques for an Effective Mediation and Negotiation
The Honorable Michael J. Aloi, Magistrate Judge - United States District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Donald O'Dell - O'Dell Law and Mediation, Huntington
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Managing Your Practice When You Have to Go Virtual: Remote Offices, Cloud-Based Computing and the Tools You Need to Remain Productive and Increase Efficiency
L. David Duffield – Duffield, Lovejoy and Boggs, Huntington
Stephen P. New – New, Taylor and Associates, Beckley
Friday, February 19
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Medicare Set Asides and Lien Resolution: How to Maximize and Protect Your Client's Net
Sean J. Coleman, President - Forge Capital; Michael Gunn - Forge Consulting; Donald Jowers - Forge Consulting; Joe Anderson - Medivest
8:50 – 9:40 a.m.
Beyond the Obvious: Overlooked Injuries Related to Motor Vehicle Accidents
Joe G. Gonzales, MD, FAAPMR – Physician Life Care Planning
9:40 – 9:55
Break
9:55 – 10:45
Trial Advocacy in the Time of COVID: Strategies and Tactics to Maximize Your Client's Jury Verdict
Peter Pentony – WilliamsFord, Leesburg, Virginia
10:45 – 12:00 p.m.
Law Firm Marketing: What Works and What Doesn’t When Building Your Practice
Thomas Scolaro – Leesfield Scolaro, Miami, Florida
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
The View from the Bench: West Virginia's Trial Courts During the Pandemic and Beyond
The Honorable Jason Cuomo, Judge – 1st Judicial Circuit Court
The Honorable David Hammer, Judge – 23rd Judicial Circuit Court
The Honorable James Matish, Judge – 15th Judicial Circuit
2:15 – 3:05 p.m.
Dark Waters: The Law Behind the Story and Lessons You Can Use
Harry Deitzler and R. Edison Hill - Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee and Deitzler, Charleston
3:05 – 4:05 p.m.
Attorneys, Ethics and Social Media: Know the Rules So You Don't Twitter Away Your Law License
Rachael Fletcher Cipoletti, Chief Lawyer Disciplinary Counsel – West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Counsel
The 2021 WVAJ Mid-Winter Seminar is presented with the assistance of a sponsorship from Charleston City Reporters.
General Convention Information
CLE
This seminar is worth 15.9 CLE hours, including 3.9 in ethics and law office management. In states with 60-minute credit hours, it is worth 13.25 hours, including 1.0 in ethics and 2.25 in law office management.
Convention Materials
Seminar materials will be provided to registrants electronically free of charge. A link will be provided to registrants so you can download materials prior to the program.
Seminar Open to Paralegals
The seminar program is open to paralegals employed by WVAJ attorneys.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be provided to WVAJ in writing. For a refund, minus a $25 processing fee, your cancellation must be received by February 12, 2021. There will be no refunds after February 12, but convention materials will be provided to you.
Questions? Email Debra Lee.
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Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities
Do you need to market your products and services to West Virginia attorneys and paralegals? WVAJ has worked to put together special opportunities for you to promote your business in conjunction with our online Mid-Winter Convention & Seminar program. To learn more, download the 2021 Mid-Winter Convention and Seminar Sponsorship and Advertising Package. If you have questions, email Debra Lee.
Jonathan R. Mani, President
Seminar Chairs
Thomas P. Boggs
Laura C. Davis
John Einreinhofer
Damon Ellis
Cheryl A. Fisher
Cynthia Loomis Hardesty
Amanda Taylor
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CONTACT WVAJ
Telephone: (304) 344 - 0692
Fax: (304) 343 - 7926
WVAJ OFFICE
208 Capitol Street, Suite 100
Charleston, WV 25301
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