
Fri, February 26, 2021
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM MT
Kristy D. Jones
505-243-6003
Insurance Bad Faith Refresher
Virtual CLE Seminar
5.5 CLE Credits (4.5 General + 1.0 EP)
Friday, February 26, 2021
A seminar for NMTLA Plaintiff Attorney "General" Members
Program:
8:30 AM Legal Distinctions between Unfair Insurance Practices and Common Law Bad Faith Practices
Speaker – Ray M. Vargas, II, Esq. (45 min. - 0.7 credit)
9:15 AM Understanding Actual Insurance Practices: What Constitutes Good Faith?
Speaker – Elliot Flood, Esq. (45 min. - 0.7 credit)
10:00 AM Strategizing the Lawsuit – Raskob and Bifurcation
Speaker – Sean Fitzpatrick, Esq. (45 min. - 0.7 credit)
10:45 AM BREAK
10:55 AM Discovery in Bad Faith: What to ask for and Who to Depose?
Speaker – Mollie McGraw, Esq. (45 min. - 0.7 credit)
11:40 AM Insurance Bad Faith Trial Themes and Defense Tactics
Speakers – Margaret Strickland, Esq. and Mollie McGraw, Esq. (45 min. - 0.7 credit)
12:25 PM BREAK
12:35 PM Damages: What is an Insurance Bad Faith Claim Worth?
Speaker – David Houliston, Esq. (45 min. - 0.7 credit)
1:20 PM Ethical Considerations in Handling Insurance Bad Faith Claims
Speaker – Brian Grayson, Esq. (60 min. – 1.0 EP credit)
2:20 PM Adjourn
Check-in begins at 8:15 AM - Program begins at 8:30 AM
Program Chairs: Samuel H. Walker, Esq. and Julio Romero, Esq.
Please Note: This seminar will not be recorded nor will the materials be available for purchase.
Links to virtual seminar and course materials will be provided prior to the start of the program.
Questions - call the NMTLA office at 505.243.6003
Links to webinar and course material will be provided prior to the start of the program.
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Requests for refunds received after course materials have been sent out cannot be honored but a substitute NMTLA Plaintiff General Member may attend.

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