Agenda
Attorney's Resource Conference™
August 11 - 13, 2026 | The BOB - Grand Rapids, MI
17 Expert-Led Sessions | Exclusive Judge's Panel | Real Medical-Legal Strategy
TUE, AUG 11, 2026
Day 1
Check-In
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Welcome & Opening Statements
12:45 pm (Noon)
Session 1
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Epilepsy Behind the Wheel: Navigating Medical Evidence in Criminal Cases
Dr. Philip McCarthy
Expert
Break
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Session 2
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
A Simple way to Meet the “Preponderance” Standard: Break it into Steps
Dr. Sandip Buch
Expert
Break
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Session 3
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Code Blue: Clinical Evidence, Documentation, & Legal Defensibility
Mary Beth Kerstein
LNC
Break
4:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Session 4
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
When Care Meets the Courtroom: The Interface of Medical Professionals and the Criminal Justice System
Christine M. Tober
Attorney
Break
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Session 5
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Panel of Judges
Judge Kirsten Holz
Judge Sara Smolenski
Honorable Christina Mims
Hon. Paul J. Denenfeld
Meet the Judges Dinner & Networking with Medical-Legal Trivia
7:00 pm
WED, AUG 12, 2026
Day 2
Breakfast
7:45 am – 9:00 am
Session 6
9:00 am – 10:00 am
The Power of Personal Branding on LinkedIn
Sheikh C. Ali
Speaker
Break
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Session 7
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Missed Lung Nodules and Delayed Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Dhruv Bansal
Expert
Break
11:15 am – 11:30 am
Session 8
11:30 am – 12:30 pm (Noon)
Spine Emergencies on Trial: Timing, Recognition and Liability
Barbara Levin
LNC
Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Session 9
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
The Malpractice Minefield in Colorectal Surgery
Dr. Stephen Cohen
Expert
Break
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Session 10
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Was it the Resident’s Fault? Legal Implications of Trainee Participation in Patient Care
Dr. Michael Amendola
Expert
Break
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 11
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Depositions: The Importance of Preparation.
William Azkoul
Attorney
Break
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Session 12 — Keynote
5:15 pm – 6:45 pm
Unified by Purpose: Building Collaborative Bridges
Jacob Brown
Keynote Speaker
Dinner & Networking with Karaoke Night
6:45 pm
THU, AUG 13, 2026
Day 3
Breakfast
7:45 am – 9:00 am
Session 13
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Vitamin D Deficiency in Patient Care
Dr. Beth Sanford
LNC
Break
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Session 14
10:15 am – 11:15 am
From Tracings to Testimony: Decoding Obstetric Evidence in Birth Injury
Ashley Jefferson
LNC
Break
11:15 am – 11:30 am
Session 15
11:30 am – 12:30 pm (Noon)
Hardwiring with Artificial Intelligence: 2026 Update
Dr. Kayur V. Patel
Expert
Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Session 16
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
When Expertise Isn't Enough: Testing the Reliability of Expert Opinions
Stephanie Arndt
Attorney
Break
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Session 17
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Settlement Strategies in Catastrophic Cases
Thomas Behm
Attorney
Closing Remarks
3:45 pm
The Attorney’s Resource Conference offers legal and healthcare professionals a relaxed setting to network, gain case support, and enhance skills.
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