Brain Injury Lawyer

The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey (formerly the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey) will host the 2012 Gala Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The event will take place at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, New Jersey.

The gala will honor individuals who have displayed extraordinary leadership in our New Jersey communities:

• Peter A. Inverso, President & CEO, Roma Financial Corporation
• Al Maghazehe, President & CEO, Capital Health Systems, Inc.
• Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District

Becky Quick, Co-Anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box, will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies and Honorary Chair. For information about tickets or sponsorship opportunities, contact Kit Hall at khall@bianj.org or 732.745.0200.

I just returned from Denver, Colorado where it is 3 degrees and snowing. I had the pleasure of being featured speaker at the Traumatic Brain Injury and Emotional Injury Summit. I was invited to speak on the topic of “Overcoming the Barriers of Daubert-Fries to the Admissibility of Modern Neuroscience.” 

The presentation focused on the evidentiary issues required to present expert testimony. The presentation also discussed the necessity for expert testimony based on sound scientific methodology. The lecture also directed attorneys on how to keep junk science out of the courtroom.

The summit brought together a faculty of seventeen of the country’s leading doctors, psychiatrist, psychologists, and trial attorneys who specialize in treating and representing persons who have sustained traumatic brain injuries. It was a great event, although I'm happy to be back in New Jersey, where it is much warmer...a steamy 40 degrees! 

Earlier this year I blogged about the upcoming Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury which will be hosted by the International Brain Injury Association this March in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

The Congress will be relevant to professionals who work with people with acquired brain injury. It will provide a forum for education, formal and informal discussion and debate. The event will include talks from internationally renowned experts in the field of brain injury, scientific poster and paper presentations, candlelight sessions with experts, as well as pre- and post-conference symposia. Up to date research will be presented on a variety of topics ranging from neurobiology to neurorehabilitation and from the theoretical to the very applied.

Information about sponsoring and exhibiting at this year’s conference can be accessed online here. (PDF)

Last Friday, November 11, 2011, I had the honor of being asked to serve as a lecturer at the Consumer Attorneys of California’s (CAOC) 50th Annual Convention in San Francisco, California. CAOC is an organization of more than 3,000 attorneys who represent plaintiffs and consumers who seek responsibility from wrongdoers.

My presentation topic was Identification, Handling and Preparation of a Traumatic Brain Injury Case. During my presentation, I discussed ways in which the signs and symptoms of a traumatic brain injury can be identified, and I also reviewed the components one would need in order to prepare and handle one of these challenging cases.


 

On August 2, 2011, I presented a webinar in conjunction with the Louisiana Association for Justice. The webinar was a national presentation for attorneys throughout the entire United States and focused on brain injury litigation. 

My topic was identifying, preparing and handling the traumatic brain injury case. According to the CDC, 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. The vast majority of these injuries are classified as mild, yet these injuries can have significant and permanent consequences. During my program, I spoke on how to identify the signs and symptoms of TBI as well as what is needed in order to prepare and handle one of these challenging cases.




 

The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Disability Services will present a free seminar entitled, Brain Injury and Substance Abuse: A Dangerous Mix. The seminar will be held on two occasions: the first will be held June 2, 2011from 9:15 AM – 3:30 PM at the JFK Conference Center in Edison, New Jersey; and the second will be held June 7, 2011from 9:15 AM – 3:30 PM at the Cherry Hill Library in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

The seminar will cover topics such as:

• Brain injury and substance abuse – theoretical perspective on a co-occurring disorder
• State services for people with brain injuries
• Substance abuse treatment approaches for TBI and co-occurring disorders

For additional information, or to register for the seminar, please visit the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey’s website, or call Nina Daniel at 732-745-0200.

On Friday, May 20, 2011, I had the pleasure of speaking at the American Association for Justice’s seminar on interstate trucking collisions. My topic was the use of rules and cross-examination of the interstate trucking safety director. The seminar, located in Atlanta, Georgia, brought together some of the country’s top interstate trucking attorneys who participated in a three day program on interstate trucking litigation. I was very honored to have been invited to participate in this outstanding program.
 

The North American Brain Injury Society will hold its annual meeting on September 14-17, 2011, at the InterContinental Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. During the conference, on September 14, 2011, there will be Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop for  Brain Injury Professionals. This one day interactive workshop for professionals working with adults who have cognitive problems focuses on practical activities that can be used in the rehabilitation of attention, visual processing, information processing, memory and executive functions.

For additional information on this year's conference, visit the conference's website online here.

 

Safe Kids, St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, and Trenton Steel invite you to join them for the 2011 Bike Rodeo Sports Safety Clinic. The clinic will feature presentations by: Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, PhD, Director, Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey and Madhu Jain, MD, Medical Director, St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center Brain Injury Unit .

The clinic will take place Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 11:00 AM - 12 Noon at the St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, 2381 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. To register, email: JMillner@SLRC.ORG or call 609-896-9500, Ext. 2215.

 

It is estimated that approximately 41,000 to 45,000 traffic deaths occur each year within the United States. Approximately 9% of those deaths involve commercial vehicles (i.e. tractor trailers). According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are over 500,000 tractor trailer collisions each year with over 131,000 people suffering from serious injuries as a result.
 
I was recently honored to be invited to participate in a trucking collision litigation seminar sponsored by the American Association for Justice which will be held on May 19-22, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. My topic will be Cross-Examination of the Defense Safety Director