Lectures
Mr. Winer has been asked to moderate and lecture on over one hundred programs in their areas of specialty and emphasis including serious personal injury, psychological injury, employment litigation, psychotherapist malpractice, health care provider sexual abuse, workplace sexual harassment, elder abuse, traumatic brain injury and catastrophic injury cases in addition to settlement and trial techniques. See Practice Areas page for complete list.
2012 Lectured on Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries—Litigation Techniques at the Oakland Law Library
2011 Lectured on “Litigation Strategy: Tailoring a Case with a Not-So-Perfect Client” to the Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Hawaii Seminar
2010 Lectured on Motions In Limine and Objections in Employment Trials to the Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Convention
2010 Lectured on Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries to lawyers attending a seminar at the Oakland Law Library
2008 Lectured on Closing Argument to The Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Seminar
2007 Moderated a panel on Pre-Trial Strategies to the Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Tahoe Ski Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Discovery 101” for the California Employment Lawyers Association
2007 Moderated a panel on “A Road Map to the Mega Verdict From Case Selection to Closing Argument, Learn How to Identify and Try Major Employment Cases” at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Employment Law Seminar
2007 Lectured on “Initial Case Intake” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Employment Law Seminar 2007 Presented on “Settlement Documentaries in Electrical Accident Cases” to the Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Ski Seminar 2007 Lectured on “Closing Argument Techniques” at the Consumer Attorneys of California Tahoe Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Sexual Harassment Litigation” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Employment Discrimination” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries” to the American College of Forensic Psychiatry 24th Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychiatry
2006 Lectured on “Closing Arguments” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Gaining the Competitive Edge: Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Proving Traumatic Brain Injuries” to the San Francisco California Trial Lawyers Association (SFLTA) Medical Injuries and Proof Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Sample Closing Argument” as 1of the 4 finalists for SFLTA Trial Lawyer of the Year at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Closing Arguments Seminar
2006 Lectured on “Demonstrative Evidence” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Gaining the Competitive Edge: Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Sexual Harassment Litigation” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Employment Discrimination Litigation” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Sexual Harassment Litigation” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “How to Effectively Prepare a Case for Judge and Jury” to the State Bar of California Winter 2005 Section Education Institute Seminar
2005 Lectured on “General Law in Nursing Home Negligence/Elder Abuse Cases” to the Lorman Education Services Nursing Home Negligence in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Initial Considerations and Pre-Trial Procedure” to the Lorman Education Services Nursing Home Negligence in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Trial Skills” to the Lorman Education Services Nursing Home Negligence in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Trial and Punitive Damages in a Sexual Harassment Case” to the Consumer Attorneys of California College of Trial Arts Annual Tahoe Ski Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Using Jury Selection to Increase your Success at Trial” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Opening Statement – Setting the Stage for a Successful Verdict” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Direct Examination – An Important Building Block to your Case’s Foundation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Using Demonstrative Evidence to Enhance Juror Understanding” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Comprehensive Direct and Cross Examination” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Ethical Considerations in Trial Advocacy” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Putting Together a Powerful Closing Argument” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Advanced Trial Advocacy in California Seminar
2005 Lectured on “Member Victories Teaching Points for the Rest of Us: Hettick & Bryant vs. FedEx” to the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) 18th Annual Employment Law Seminar
2005 Panelist on California Employment Lawyers Association’s Member Victories
2004 Lectured on The Plaintiff’s Perspective at Employment Law from A-Z for Lorman Education Services
2004 Lectured on “Trying Sexual Harassment Cases” to the Consumer Attorneys of California College of Trial Arts Annual Tahoe Ski Seminar
2004 Lectured on “Plaintiff’s Perspective: Sexual Harassment” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2004 Lectured on “Plaintiff’s Perspective: Disability Leave” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2004 Lectured on “Plaintiff’s Perspective: ADA and FMLA” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2004 Lectured on “Plaintiff’s Perspective: Discipline and Termination” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2004 Lectured on “Plaintiff’s Perspective: Alternative Dispute Resolution” to the Lorman Education Services Employment Law from A – Z in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Legal Strategies Surrounding Medical Records” to the Lorman Education Services Medical Records for California Attorneys Seminar
2003 Lectured on “State and Federal Regulation in Elder Abuse Cases” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Litigation in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Initial Considerations and Pre-Trial Procedure in Nursing Home Cases” to the Lorman Education Services Nursing Home Litigation in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Discovery In Nursing Home Litigation” to the Lorman Education Services Nursing Home Litigation in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Trial Techniques” to the Lorman Education Services Nursing Home Litigation in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Decision to Take the Case – Plaintiff’s Perspective” to the Lorman Education Services Personal Injury in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Pleadings” to the Lorman Education Services Personal Injury in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Discovery” to the Lorman Education Services Personal Injury in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Trial Preparation” to the Lorman Education Services Personal Injury in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Trial” to the Lorman Education Services Personal Injury in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Post-Trial Issues” to the Lorman Education Services Personal Injury in California Seminar
2003 Lectured on “State and National Activity in Nursing Home Litigation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Types of Claims” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Initial Considerations and Pre-Trial Procedure” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Discovery in Nursing Home Litigation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Ethical Considerations in Nursing Home Litigation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Taking the Case to Trial” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar
2003 Lectured on “Trying the Elder Abuse Case” to the (NBI) Nursing Home Litigation In California seminar
2003 Lectured on “State And National Activity In Nursing Home Litigation” to the (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management From Investigation To Trial seminar
2003 Lectured on “Motor Vehicle Accident Law For Clients”; Motorcycle Accident Law For Clients” to the Personal Injury In California seminar
2002 Moderator: ” Fundamentals of Wrongful Employment Termination” Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Seminar San Francisco
2002 Lectured on “Common Injuries In Nursing Home Settings” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice and Elder Abuse Seminar
2002 Lectured on ” Trial of A Discrimination Case” to Consumer Attorneys of California 41st Annual Convention
2002 Lectured On ” Public Policy Violations” to the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Wrongful Employment Termination Seminar San Francisco
2002 Lectured on ” Smart Use of Psychological Experts in Emotional Distress Cases” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association Proving Emotional Distress Damages In Personal Injury and Psychological Injury Cases Seminar.
2002 Lectured on ” State and Federal Regulation in Nursing Home Cases” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice and Elder Abuse Seminar
2002 Lectured On ” Discrimination Claims” to the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Wrongful Employment Termination Seminar San Francisco
2002 Lectured on ” Initial Considerations and Pretrial Procedure” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice and Elder Abuse Seminar
2002 Lectured on ” Settlements Toughest Challenges” to the Bar Association of San Francisco, Yosemite Seminar
2002 Lectured on ” Discovery in Nursing Home Litigation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice and Elder Abuse Seminar
2002 Lectured On ” Violations Of Employee Rights Statutes” to the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Wrongful Employment Termination Seminar San Francisco
2002 Lectured on ” Ethical Considerations In Elder Abuse Litigation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice and Elder Abuse Seminar
2002 Lectured on ” Trying the Elder Abuse Case” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice and Elder Abuse Seminar
2002 Lectured On ” Sexual Harassment Cases” to the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Wrongful Employment Termination Seminar San Francisco
2001 Lectured on ” Converting Pain and Suffering Into Monetary Damages: Effective Damage Arguments in Serious Personal Injury, Defective Product, Psychological Injury, Abuse, Harassment and Discrimination Cases” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association at the Turning Damages Into Dollars Seminar.
2001 Lectured on ” Law and Ethics” to San Francisco State University Psychology Graduate Students
2001 Lectured on ” An Update on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Cases” to the Consumer Attorneys of California 40th Annual Convention
2001 Moderator: ” Wrongful Termination Practice” at the Annual Seminar for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
2001 Lectured on ” State and National Activity In Nursing Home Litigation” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: Successful Case Management from Investigation to Trial Seminar San Francisco.
2001 Lectured on ” Avoiding Attorney Liability to Non-Clients in the Transactional and Litigation Setting” to the Bar Association of San Francisco Legal Malpractice Seminar.
2001 Lectured on ” Plaintiff’s Perspective on Trial in Employment Cases” at the Wrongful Employment Termination Practice Annual Seminar for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
2001 Lectured on ” Proving Orthopedic, Psychological and Traumatic Brain Injuries Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents” Lorman Educational Services, Auto Insurance Law and Litigation in California Seminar.
2001 Moderator: ” Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Litigation in 2001” at the Seminar for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
2001 Lectured on ” Litigating Sexual Harassment Cases” at the Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Litigation Seminar, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
2001 Lectured on ” Wrongful Termination and Employment Discrimination Implied Contract Claims, Employee Handbooks and Personnel Manuals” at the Handling Wrongful Termination Claims Seminar for the Practicing Law Institute (PLI)
2001 Lectured on ” Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment Cases” at the Wrongful Employment Termination Practice Annual Seminar for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
2001 Lectured on ” Common Types of Claims: Decubitus Ulcers/Falls/Dehydration/Death In Nursing Home Elder Abuse Cases” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: “Common Types of Claims: Decubitus Ulcers/Falls/Dehydration/Death In Nursing Home Elder Abuse Cases”.
2001 Lectured on ” Settlement in Employment Cases” at the Wrongful Employment Termination Practice Annual Seminar for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
2001 Lectured on ” Taking the Case to Trial” to the National Business Institute (NBI) Nursing Home Malpractice in California: “Taking the Case to Trial”.
2000 Lectured on ” The Ten Keys to Taking the Deposition of a Defense Psychiatrist/Psychologist” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Winning Deposition Techniques Seminar.
2000 Lectured on ” How to Build a Seven-Figure Sexual Harassment Case” to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 35th Annual Tahoe Seminar.
2000 Lectured on ” Demonstrative Evidence Techniques in Closed Head Injury Cases” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Demonstrative Evidence: Ten Vignettes by the Masters Seminar 5/2000
1999 Lectured on ” Hot Employment Topics: Sex Harassment; Mandatory Arbitration; Discrimination; Summary Judgments Motions and Wrongful Termination” to SFTLA Employment Litigation Practice Group
1999 Lectured on How To Increase The Settlement Value of Any Case” to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 34th Annual Tahoe Convention
1999 Lectured on ” What’s New in Sexual Harassment” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Employment Seminar
1999 Moderated Program on ” Psychological Injuries and Closed Head Injuries: for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
1999 Lectured on ” Psychological Injuries” to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Closed Head Injury/Psychological Injury Seminar
1999 Lectured on ” Proving Psychological Injuries” to the Santa Clara Trial Lawyers Association
1999 Lectured on ” Selecting Jurors in Sexual Harassment and Sexual Tort Cases” to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 38th Annual Convention
1999 Lectured on ” Trying the Sexual Harassment Case” to the Alameda/Contra Costa Trial Lawyer Association
1998 Lectured on ” Sexual Harassment the Tort of the ’90’s” to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 33rd Annual Tahoe Seminar
1998 Lectured on ” Litigating Psychological Trauma Cases (Traumatic Accident/Sexual Harassment Cases) to the Consumer Attorneys of Santa Clara County
1998 Moderated Program on ” Psychological Injuries and Closed Head Injuries: for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
1998 Lectured on ” Issues Relating to Sexual Harassment From a Plaintiff Attorney’s Prospective” to the Northern California Fraud Investigators Association Annual Training Seminar
1998 Lectured on ” Closing the Circle: How to Give a Stunning Summation” to Association of Trial Lawyers of America: Trial Techniques for the New Lawyer
1998 Lectured on ” Litigating the Psychotherapist Sexual Abuse Case” to the Consumer Attorneys of California 37th Annual Convention
1996 Lectured at California Society for Health Care and Risk Management on ” Claims of Sexual Harassment Involving Physicians: Litigator’s Perspective”
1996 Lectured at Association of Trial Lawyers of America National College of Advocacy, Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: ” Jury Selection”
1996 Lectured at Northern Cult Awareness Network: ” Crazy Therapies”
1996 Lectured to Association of Trial Lawyers of America on ” Being the Best From the Best, Trial Techniques for the New Lawyers,” “How to Make the Most Out of Depositions”
1996 Lectured on ” Closing Argument and Demonstration” at Hastings College of Trial Advocacy
1995 Lectured on ” Hard Questions and Obstructionist Tactics in Depositions” to the Barristers Club of San Francisco Litigation Committee
1995 Lectured on ” Establishing Damages in Employment, Discrimination, Harassment, Termination and Emotional Distress Cases” at Consumer Attorneys of California 34th Annual Convention
1995 Lectured on ” Mediation, Plaintiffs Point of View: Preparation and Choosing a Mediator” to the SFTLA and Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California Mediation Program
1995 Moderated ” Beating the Odds: Handling Auto Cases in the 90’s” Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
1995 Lectured on ” How to Work Up an Auto Case to Maximize Recovery” to Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Auto Program
1995 Lectured and gave presentation on ” Jury Selection (Voir Dire)” at the 1995 Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California 36th Annual Meeting
1995 Lectured on ” Psychological Injuries/Closed Head Injuries, Sexual Harassment Cases” to the Sonoma County Trial Lawyers Association
1995 Lectured on ” Sexual Abuse by Professionals: A Civil Perspective” Association of Trial Lawyers of America National College of Advocacy
1994 Moderated Program on Advanced Settlement Techniques for California Trial Lawyers Association and SFTLA
1994 Lectured on ” Protecting the Mentally Ill, Incapacitated and Otherwise Challenged as Plaintiffs” at the Consumer Attorneys of California 1994 Annual Seminar
1994 Lectured on ” Creative Techniques for Maximizing the Settlement Value of Your Case” for California Trial Lawyers Association and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Seminar
1994 Lectured on ” Therapist Malpractice: Drugs, Sex and Suicide” at the California Trial Lawyers Association 29th Annual Tahoe Seminar
1993 Lectured to Attorney/Therapist Network on ” Sexual Abuse Cases”
1993 Moderated program on ” Arguments of the Best: Actual Closing Arguments in Difficult Cases” California Trial Lawyers Association Tahoe Seminar
1993 California Trial Lawyers Association Tahoe Seminar, Presented Closing Argument on “Curtis v. Dizmang, M.D.: Medical Malpractice/Sexual Abuse Case – Psychological Injury”
1993 Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, lectured on the ” Basics of Closing Arguments”
1993 Lectured on ” Emotional Distress: Arguing What you Cannot See” at the Consumer Attorneys of California 32nd Annual Convention
1993 Moderated Program on ” Cross Training for the Personal Injury Lawyer,” San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
1992 Lectured on ” Techniques for Proving Psychological Injuries” at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Psychological Injury Seminar
1992 Moderator San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association ” Psychological Injury Seminar”
1992 Moderated ” Creative Approaches to Establishing Difficult Damage Issues” at the Consumer Attorneys of California 27th Annual Tahoe Seminar
1992 Lectured on ” Psychic Injuries: Proving Unseen Damages,” California Trial Lawyers Association 27th Annual Tahoe Seminar
1992 Moderated Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association ” Damages” Seminar in San Francisco
1992 Lectured to the Multiple Personality Disorder Society on ” Legal Issues Regarding Multiple Personality Disorder Claims”
1992 Lectured to the Redwood Empire Chapter California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, “Sex and Eros in the Healing Relationship” Seminar, lectured on ” Legal Aspects of Patient/Therapist Sexual Involvement”
1992 Lectured on ” Arguing the Intangibles — Pain and Suffering, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injuries,” Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Damages Seminar
1991 Lectured to Infectious Disease Specialists regarding ” Parental Home IV Care;” Rosche Rounds — Tucson, AZ
1991 Participated in Automobile Mock Trial at Consumer Attorneys of California 26th Annual Tahoe Seminar; ” Plaintiffs Direct Examination of Medical Expert and Treating Physician”
1991 Lectured to Redwood Empire Trial Lawyers Association on ” Psychological Injury”
1991 Lectured to San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association on ” Psychological Injury”
1991 Lectured on ” Litigating Therapist Abuse Cases,” California Trial Lawyers Association 30th Annual Convention
1990 Lectured to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America on ” Spotting and Evaluating Psychological Injury Claims” as part of a program on “Recovering For Psychological Injuries”
1990 Moderator of Consumer Attorneys of California Program on ” Masters of Difficult Damages”
1990 Lectured to Consumer Attorneys of California on ” Hidden Injury Cases” at the Masters of Difficult Damages Program.
1990 Lectured on ” Trial Lawyers’ View of Professional Incest Cases,” Professional Incest Conference, St. Helena, California
1990 Lectured on ” Trying the Therapist/Patient Sex Case” at the California Trial Lawyers Association 25th Annual Tahoe Seminar
1990 Lectured on ” Understanding Causation: The Key to Evaluating Psychological Injuries,” National College of Advocacy (Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
1989 Moderated a program for California Trial Lawyers Association on ” Evaluating and Litigating Psychological Injury Cases”
1989 Lectured on Effective Handling of Psychic Injury Accident Cases” to the CTLA
1989 Lectured to Kaiser Health Care Providers Concerning the ” Patient/Plaintiff View of Malpractice”
1988 Lectured to the California Trial Lawyers Association on ” Key Factors in Working Up a Personal Injury Case”
1987 Lectured to American Back Society on ” How to Avoid Medical Malpractice Claims“