Elevated Advocacy: Advanced Personal Injury Conference Flagstaff 2026- Day 3

David S Shughart III Related Seminars and Products

Beale Micheaels Slack & Shughart PC

specializes in the areas of personal injury and insurance litigation. He primarily represents injured individuals and insurance policyholders. Mr. Shughart became a partner in the law firm of Beale, Micheaels, Slack & Shughart, P.C., in 2013. From 2000 to 2012, Mr. Shughart had his own firm, David S. Shughart P.C., and handled personal injury and insurance-related cases. Prior to that, from 1993 to 2000, he was a partner in a Phoenix law firm representing civil defendants and insurance companies. Throughout his more than twenty years of practice, Mr. Shughart has successfully tried more than 25 cases to verdict and arbitrated hundreds of others in the areas of insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, products liability, and medical malpractice. He has argued many cases in the Arizona Court of Appeals and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Shughart holds an AV Preeminent rating in the Martindale-Hubbell national registry of preeminent lawyers, and has been listed annually for several consecutive years in Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and Arizona's Finest Lawyers. He is certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a specialist in injury and wrongful death. Barrett's Honors College, B.A. (English), 1990. (6/2019)

David S Cohen Related Seminars and Products

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.

In his litigation practice, David represents every type of healthcare provider. He successfully represents and defends these clients in matters involving alleged medical malpractice, violations of the Adult Protective Services Act, wrongful death, and medical battery. He also represents healthcare providers in matters pending before administrative licensing boards. In addition to representing healthcare providers, David represents individual and institutional clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Highly regarded in the Arizona long-term care industry, David has successfully served as an expert witness for the industry in the passage of several tort reform bills. These bills have positively impacted all Arizona healthcare providers by reducing the statute of limitations from seven years to two years and eliminating the attorneys' fees provision in cases filed under the Adult Protective Services Act. David also serves as a mediator in all types of civil cases, including medical malpractice cases, and has been inducted in the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

James W Kaucher Related Seminars and Products

Gust Rosenfeld PLC

Jim Kaucher graduated with distinction with a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Colorado in 1980. While there, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1983. In law school, he was Articles Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review, a Harno Fellow, and a Rickert Scholar. He is a partner in the Arizona law firm Gust Rosenfeld, PLC. He is the managing partner of the firm’s Tucson office and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. His practice consists of health care litigation, employment law, and general civil litigation. He has published and lectured extensively on medical-legal issues and on employment law. He is co-author of one and sole author of three employment law chapters of the 2024 edition of the ARIZONA BUSINESS LAW DESK BOOK. He is listed as AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, he was named “Best of the Best” in health care law by the Arizona Business Magazine, and he is listed in BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA in professional liability defense and health care litigation. In his spare time (what little he has), he likes to ride his motorcycle, train in Krav Maga, and spoil his grandson.

Thomas M Ryan Related Seminars and Products

Dominique Koss Barrett Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA

is a partner of the Scottsdale, Arizona office ofQuintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. Ms. Barrett is an experienced trial lawyer with an emphasis on medical negligence, long-term health care negligence, motor vehicle liability, premises liability and the defense of various types of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims. She has tried significant cases to verdict in both Arizona and California. Ms. Barrett's practice includes a variety of complex litigation matters including dram shop and liquor liability defense, construction matters and professional licensing board defense.

Ms. Barrett is licensed to practice and actively practices in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

Amy Hernandez Related Seminars and Products

Owner

Amy Hernandez received her law degree in 2003 from Drake University (with Honors). After law school she served as a law clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals. Amy has served on the Civil Practice & Procedure Committee for the State Bar of Arizona and as the Chair of the State Bar Trial Practice Section. She is a former member of the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court and a former board member for the Arizona Association of Justice. She now serves on the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors. Amy served in the United States Army from 1996 - 2000 as a military intelligence analyst. Amy is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Amy owns Amy Hernandez Law, PLLC where she focuses her practice on plaintiff’s medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and general personal injury.

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