2012 DRI Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar

By: J. Richard Moore
BleekeDillonCrandall Attorneys

The 2012 DRI Nursing Home/ALF Litigation seminar will be held on September 19-21, 2012, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. I have the privilege of serving as Program Chair for the seminar. In this position, I oversee development of the program agenda and roster of speakers, and recruit members of the DRI Medical and Health Care Law committee to assist in various leadership roles in connection with the seminar, including sponsorships, marketing, and coordination of long-term care companies who hold meetings of their regularly-retained lawyers during the course of the seminar.

In this context, “oversee” really means that I and members of the steering committee brainstorm and collaborate to develop our program, and then I rely on the talent and ingenuity of our committee members and speakers. This has been my second year as Program Chair for the seminar, which is held annually. Our agenda and speaker roster for 2012 has been heavily influenced by comments and feedback we received from attendees of the 2011 seminar, which was held in Boston. One of the consistent themes we heard in that feedback was that our audience wants to hear pragmatic and successful strategies for defending civil actions against the health care professionals that care for the elderly and infirm in a residential setting. Accordingly, we have tried to move away from more esoteric topics and focus on the basics: The law, legal strategies and medicine that are involved in long-term care cases.

BleekeDillonCrandall is deeply involved in DRI activities, and we enjoy participating in its seminars, contributing to its publications and getting involved in leadership opportunities. Involvement in an organization like DRI really defines what we find most enjoyable about practicing law: Sharing contacts and ideas with professional colleagues and clients in a setting that also incorporates opportunities for recreational activities.