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Free for ADLA Members

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
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Brief Course Description:
Defense attorneys in complex litigation routinely confront complex medical questions and unpredictable experts. This program, drawn from experience across more than 18,000 matters, delivers battle-tested, actionable strategy for selecting, managing, and presenting medical experts in a manner that strengthens case theory, controls cost, and prevents 11th-hour surprises. You’ll learn from real-world examples, including a catastrophic expert meltdown that contributed to a $22.5 million verdict, and examine practical methods to navigate perils and build trust with your experts. Attendees will leave with a clear approach for aligning experts, structuring expectations, managing deliverables, and positioning testimony for maximum impact at deposition and trial. 

Speaker:
Burton Bentley II, MD, FAAEM
CEO, Elite Medical Experts

Dr. Bentley is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and nationally recognized authority on medical liability, informed consent, and the interface between Medicine, Business, and Law. He earned his medical degree from the University of Arizona, completed his Emergency Medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and practiced for more than two decades in high-acuity clinical settings. In 2010, Dr. Bentley founded Elite Medical Experts, a nationally respected consulting firm that aligns top-tier university physicians and surgeons as experts in complex litigation. Under Dr. Bentley’s leadership on over 18,000 cases, Elite delivers actionable strategic insight to law firms, insurers, and corporate clients in high-exposure defense matters.

This course or a portion thereof has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission of Alabama for a maximum of 1 hours’ credit.