Registration

Event:
Wed, April 28, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PT

Details

CAALA Case Collaboration: How to Prepare Your Damages and Prove Them at Trial

Summary

CAALA invites you to join experienced trial lawyers for an in-depth discussion on how to better prepare your evidence on damages and present it at trial. This virtual Case Collaboration shall provide you with the opportunity to ask important questions about your cases and learn how to maximize your clients’ recoveries. The discussion will address the right types of experts to employ, how to go about assembling your evidence on damages, how to introduce evidence of damages at trial, and methods for effectively communicating your clients’ damages to a jury. In this informal setting, you will get the opportunity to field your questions to two experienced ABOTA trial lawyers, who will offer their unique perspectives on the best strategies you can use to optimize your clients’ ultimate recovery.

Program is not recorded. MCLE credit is not offered for this program.

Presenters

Torsten Bassell is a partner at Lari-Joni & Bassell, LLP. He is a trial lawyer, who has secured significant settlements, verdicts, and judgments for his clients in cases involving personal injury and insurance bad faith. Since starting his practice, he has tried cases throughout Northern and Southern California. His verdicts have been featured by The Recorder and The National Law Journal as some of the "Top 100 Verdicts" in California and the nation.

Shawn McCann is a partner at Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid. He graduated from Loyola Law School in 2003. Shawn handles a broad variety of cases regarding personal injury and product liability. He has obtained numerous multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Additionally, Shawn has tried cases involving claims of personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, and medical malpractice. He is a Past President of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and serves on the board for Consumer Attorneys of California and serves on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of ABOTA. Shawn was named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and a Super Lawyer in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and named Top 100 lawyers by Super Lawyer 2017 and 2018. In 2011, he received the F. Scott Baldwin Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Lawyers Division of the American Association for Justice.

Lyssa A. Roberts is an attorney with Panish Shea & Boyle LLP and specializes in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, professional negligence, products liability and environmental torts. She is deeply committed to the preservation of the jury trial as well as the protection of the rights and interests of individuals who have been harmed by the negligent acts of others. Ms. Roberts has extensive experience litigating single plaintiff lawsuits as well as cases involving thousands of claimants and has secured over $40 million in verdicts and settlements for her clients over her career.

Program Agenda

5 Minutes – Introduction
55 Minutes – Program