SAVE THE DATES - UPCOMING CLE SEMINARS OF NOTE

PENNSYLVANIA DEFENSE INSTITUTE


“Tort Reform in Pennsylvania: Is it Really Going to Happen This Time?”

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course


Grantville, Pennsylvania



Thursday, May 19, 2011



1:00 – 1:30 PM Registration

1:30 – 2:30 PM “Tort Reform:
A View from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department”

Hon. Michael Consedine, Acting Insurance Commissioner


2:30 – 2:45 PM Break




2:45 – 3:45 PM “Tort Reform: Is it Really Going to Happen This Time?”

Gene Barr,
Vice President, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

Karen Coates,
Director of Legislative Affairs, House Majority Leader

David Tideman, Esq.,
Counsel, State Farm Insurance

Timothy Bittle,
Bigley & Blikle



3:45 – 4:00 PM Break





4:00 – 5:00 PM “Tort Reform: The Next Round?”

Civil Practice & Procedure:
Wesley Payne, Esq.,
White & Williams

Scott Millhouse, Esq.,
Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck

Products Liability:
C. Scott Toomey, Esq.,
Littleton, Joyce, Ughetta, Park & Kelly


Medical Malpractice:
Daniel Grill, Esq.,
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer

Insurance Bad Faith:
R. Bruce Morrison, Esq.,
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin

Charles Haddick, Jr., Esq.,
Dickie, McCamey &Chilcote



5:00 PM Cocktail Reception


To Register Contact:
David Cole, Executive Director of the PDI
(coled01@padefense.org)

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43rd Pennsylvania Defense Institute Annual Conference


BEDFORD SPRINGS RESORT


Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania


July 21-22, 2011

GREAT SEMINAR AND MORE!


“Modern Litigation”


• Effect of Social Networking on Litigation

• E-Discovery Law Update

• Current Insurance Fraud Schemes

• Civil Practice, Auto, Products Liability and Med Mal Law Updates


and more…



Registration material is coming soon!

Contact David Cole, Executive Director of the PDI for more info
(coled01@comcast.net)



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PENNSYLVANIA DEFENSE INSTITUE


and


NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION


Continuing Legal Education Seminar

Mohegan Sun Casino


Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

August 24, 2011

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm



Cocktail Reception to Follow


Course Planners Matthew Keris, Esquire and Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire
are currently working on the program which will at least include the following topics:

Civil Litigation Practice Tips

Social Media and the Law

A View From the Bench



More details to follow....


Contact David Cole, Executive Director of the PDI for more info
(coled01@comcast.net)