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Tentative schedule. TIDA will be applying for continuing education credits through CEU Institute for the seminar. Check back as additional details will continue to be added. 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

2:30 - 6:00 p.m.

 Registration Open
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

AI and its Impact on Truck Driver Depositions
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception

 

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

 Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15 - 9:15 a.m. Strategic Importance of Truck Driver Depositions
Sophia Bernard, Partner, Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL and Charles Albrecht, Partner, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
This panel will address why driver depos matter, what to do if you have a bad driver, how to rehabilitate the driver on the front end of the case, FMCSR regs, etc.
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Advanced Deposition Prep: Setting up the Driver for Success

Cindy Andrews, Founder, President and Chief Trial Consultant, Firehorse Trial Consulting, LLC; Jeff Stupp, Partner, Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL; Kyle Weaver, Assistant General Counsel, Transportation Resource Management
This panel will address how to train drivers for a deposition, deposition prep, and more.
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Networking Break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Utilizing Driver Deposition from a Position of Strength
This panel will address strategic testimony for potential dispositive motion, motion in limine, etc. Attendee will also learn how to evaluate a case based on driver testimony.
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
12:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Interview of Actual Truck Driver
Angie Leathers, Director of Risk Management Legal Affairs at Averitt Express & Averitt Driver
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.

Mock Truck Driver Deposition
Larry Hall, Partner, Chartwell Law; Ryan Heller, Partner, Callahan & Fusco; Chris Pape, Member, Bishop Brooks, LLC;
2:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks