Workers’ Comp Case Tactics: Analyzing Attorney’s Top Mistakes in Case Preparation (2024 Edition)

David W. Langham | Office of Judges of Compensation Claims

David W. Langham is Florida Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims, a position he has held since 2006. His legal experience includes workers compensation, employment litigation, and medical malpractice. He has delivered more than 1,950 professional lectures, published over 40 articles in professional publications and has published over 1,800 blog posts regarding the law, technology, and professionalism. He is the author and editor of Florida Workers’ Compensation: Its History, Evolution, and Function (2023); Floridiana and the Workers’ Compensation Adjudicators (2024), and The Mock Trial Performance (2023). David is a student, a teacher, a critic, a coach, and a leader. He lives in Pensacola, Florida with his wife Pamela Langham, Esq.

I. Successful planning for discovery and pretrial | 3:00pm – 3:30pm

II. Presentation of direct evidence, objections, and responses | 3:30pm – 4:00pm

Break | 4:00pm – 4:10pm

III. Predicate facts, alternatives, and arguments | 4:10pm – 4:40pm

IV. Effective summation, order outcome evaluation, rehearing and appeal | 4:40pm – 5:10pm