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The Brain Injury Association of America will present Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2009 in Las Vegas on April 30 – May 1, 2009. I will present a seminar on Thursday April 30, entitled Strategies for Dealing with the Plaintiff who has a Pre-morbid History of Depression, Prior Concussions or Other Medical Conditions.

Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2009 is the only national legal conference that brings together plaintiff and defense experts in the brain injury litigation field. The conference will discuss winning strategies of the nation’s most experienced brain injury plaintiff’s and defense lawyers. The conference features plenary sessions for all participants followed by separate breakout sessions for plaintiff’s attorneys or defense counsel and insurance professionals.

 

 

I am very excited to announce that the Sara Jane Brain Foundation announced details yesterday for the 15-city "American PABI Heroes Tour" set for May 2009. The American PABI Heroes Tour will begin on May 3rd at Tufts University in Boston and end on May 17th at the University of Washington in Seattle. The tour will recognize musical artists around the country who have helped or are interested in helping families of children/young adults with pediatric acquired brain injury.

This will be an incredible way to honor the “PABI heroes” while also raising awareness of PABI and money for families who are dealing with PABI. In each of the 15 cities, one finalist will be selected from the 10-20 semifinalists who will be performing in each city to come to New York City on June 5th (Sarah Jane’s birthday) for the Grand Finale where they will be competing live to be crowned The American PABI Hero.

In each city, there will be a Judging Committee from the world of politics, entertainment, business and academia. The tour will also raise money in each city with all the net proceeds being split between the national pool and the winning artists and their PABI family.

For more information on the American PABI Heroes Tour and for the official entry form, visit the website online here.

I am very pleased and honored to announce that I will be presenting a plenary address at MTBI 2009 – An International Conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. This will be the first International multidisciplinary conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia August 12th – August 15th, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.

The MTBI Conference Program will be structured around 6 core themes: Sports Concussions, Diagnosis and Treatment, Rehabilitation, Combat Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Litigation, and I will focus my presentation on MTBI and the law.You can access additional information online here.

Last week I attended the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey’s annual gala in Whippany, New Jersey.  It was a wonderful success and congratulations go out to John Tiene, chairman of the board of trustees as well as to Barbara Geiger-Parker, president and CEO.

The gala was chaired by mistress of ceremonies Becky Quick, anchor of CNBC’s signature morning program, “Squawkbox.”  Miss Quick, whose brother Brian is a brain injury survivor, gave a wonderful and heartwarming keynote address discussing the need for prevention on one hand and discussing the Association’s wonderful Trek program, a summer camp for individuals with acquired brain injury. 

This year, the Association honored Corinne “Cookie” Slade, founder and former president of Rehabilitation Specialists along with Paul Anzano, Esq. and Steven Benvenisti, Esq.

Special thanks also go out to Richard Bagger, senior vice president Worldwide Public Affairs and Policy, Pfizer, Inc. and Tony Dickson, president and CEO (Ret.), past recipients of the BIANJ leadership award and this year’s honorary chairman who through their hard work ensured that this year’s gala was once again a wonderful success.

I am honored to serve on the board of trustees of BIANJ and congratulate all involved in making this event such a success.

The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities have created a new, and free, program entitled Partners in Policymaking (PIP) which is an innovative leadership training program for adults with disabilities and for parents of young children with disabilities. The program provides information and training for participants to help develop and build on their advocacy skills needed to obtain appropriate services for themselves and family members.

 You can learn more on the Partners in Policymaking program online here.