Mike Hostetter presented on a panel at the annual Trucking Defense Advisory Council (TDAC) conference in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He spoke on trucking industry challenges presented by current tactics used by plaintiff’s attorneys and strategies for confronting them. The conference drew over 250 [...]

Laura Eschleman tried a case in 2021 to a masked jury behind her in the public gallery area.  This article explores issues attorneys who try cases face post 2020: https://www.echemi.com/community/drunk-sleeping-jurors-during-virtual-malpractice-trials_art2203291193_876.html

Congratulations to Laura D. Eschleman, who was recently elected to join the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC). The FDCC comprises U.S. and international civil defense litigators, senior corporate counsel, and insurance claims executives and is dedicated to promoting knowledge, [...]

Laura Eschleman spoke to physicians on risk management in 2022 and on administrative defense issues. The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in [...]

Laura Eschleman completed a yearlong speaking tour both virtually and in person on behalf of one of her medical malpractice insurer clients. She and physician Christopher Reeves presented to the following organizations in 2021 on Risk Management & Complex Medical Claims Surgeons Face Today: [...]

Jessica Seares was featured on Court TV as a contributor on February 23, 2022.  Ms. Seares was asked to comment on two highly prominent ongoing trials.  The first case was the so-called “popcorn murder trial” in Florida, in which former police captain Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulson [...]

Laura Eschleman, who served as Vice Chair of DRI’s Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, was honored to share her take on defending 30(b)(6) depositions with attendees at this annual seminar.  Having devoted many hours throughout her career to defending corporate representatives [...]

Laura Eschleman and Molly McCall presented the Theater of the Courtroom workshop at DRI’s 2021 Annual Meeting on October 14, 2021.  They spoke to other DRI members about trying cases in the Covid-era, with socially distanced, masked jurors who wish they had never been summoned.  Laura and Molly [...]

Laura Eschleman and Henry Williams, a former judge and long-time medical malpractice defense attorney, combined talents to present the Theatre of Courtroom workshop on October 15, 2021 at DRI’s Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.  They offered other DRI members their most effective trial [...]

Laura Eschleman was appointed to serve as Chair of the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, a Committee made up of around 1,500 medical liability and health care attorneys and claims professionals across the country. Ms. Eschleman is a trial lawyer whose practice includes [...]