Preparing and Empowering the Plaintiff to Testify

Wednesday, March 10, 2021  11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Free CLE Event

CATA welcomes a panel of esteemed CATA members, Pamela Pantages, Ellen Hirshman, and Allen Tittle, to discuss issues and strategies to prepare and empower the plaintiff to testify at deposition and at trial.

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This CLE is pending approval for 1 CLE credit.

Presenters:


Pamela Pantages, Esq.
Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy

Pamela Pantages has over 30 years of experience as a trial attorney. Having earned a master’s degree in speech pathology/audiology, she successfully pursued a medical career before going to law school. Her current law practice includes all areas of medical negligence, but with particular expertise in obstetric and pediatric malpractice.

Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Pamela is also an invited member of the distinguished Melvin M. Belli Society and the International Society of Barristers (ISOB). ISOB membership requires a rigorous screening process that considers a lawyer’s ability, experience, accomplishments and ethical standards as rated by other trial lawyers and judges. Pamela has been recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2009-2011, 2013-2021.

Throughout her career, she has advocated for children and their families in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Virginia, Delaware, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.

Ellen Hobbs Hirhsman, Esq.
Loucas Law

Ellen Hobbs Hirshman has been a trial attorney in the fields of medical negligence, wrongful death and personal injury law since 1982.  In 1994, Ellen formed her own law firm where she vigorously pursued claims on behalf of injured patients in medical negligence, wrongful death and personal injury cases.  Ellen is uniquely situated in Greater Cleveland and throughout Ohio to serve as lead counsel in representing families.  Few women have the depth or breadth of her legal experience.  Ellen possesses a passionate commitment to representing those people who need her most, patients and their families whose lives are forever changed by medical negligence, wrongful death and prescription drug overdose.  She is well respected as a leading trial attorney by her peers and judges throughout Ohio.

Ellen is a Past President of CATA and remains an active Board member. She is the current Chair of the Community Outreach Committee through which she spearheads the organization’s involvement with the End Distracted Driving program and law student outreach programs.

Allen Tittle, Esq.
Tittle & Perlmuter

 

Allen Tittle, co-owner and founder of Tittle & Perlmuter, practices exclusively in the area of personal injury with an emphasis on medical malpractice and nursing home neglect state-wide. Allen has quickly risen through the ranks to be recognized as one of Ohio’s leading personal injury lawyers by services such as Super Lawyers, where he has been chosen to their Rising Stars list for 6 consecutive years, The National Trial Lawyers organization, where he has been named to their 40 under 40 list, and the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocate’s Forum, where membership is exclusive to only those attorneys who have received multi-million dollar results on behalf of their clients.

Allen has been invited to speak to multiple bar associations and legal associations, such as the Ohio Association for Justice, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the Lorain County Bar Association, and the Westshore Bar Association. Additionally, Allen serves as Chair of the medical malpractice section of the Ohio Association for Justice, Ohio’s only statewide association of attorneys whose mission is to protect individuals’ right to a fair civil justice system, and sits on the board of directors of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Alumni Association.

This event is FREE for all attendees.

A Zoom link for the webinar will be emailed to all registrants for easy access prior to the event which may be accessed 3-5 minutes before the commencement of the webinar.

This will be an interactive presentation/discussion, so please connect by video, ask questions, and return an evaluation for credit.

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