One of highest compliments an attorney can receive is being asked to lecture on the area of law where they concentrate. Andrew E. Greenwald and Dov Apfel have presented hundreds of lectures numerous legal conferences and professional organizations, including the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, and the Canadian Trial Lawyers Conference. Listed below is a sampling of the lectures and topics they have presented.

Dov Apfel

• Keeping Junk Science out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: ACOG's Criteria on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy, ATLA Summer Conference. Boston, July, 2004
• Keeping Junk Science out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: ACOG's Criteria on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Baltimore, May, 2004
• Using the Medicine to Prove the Timing and Etiology of Irreversible Brain Damage, Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases, ATLA Program, Atlanta, February, 2004
• What's New in Obstetrical Malpractice and Placental Pathology,Co-Chairperson, Obstetric Malpractice Program, Sponsored by The American Conference Institute, Philadelphia, November, 2003
• Keeping Junk Science out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: ACOG's Criteria on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy, ATLA Summer Conference. San Francisco, July, 2003
• Using the Medicine to Make Your Case: Electronic Fetal Monitoring,Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases ATLA Program, Atlanta, February, 2003
• Distinguishing Between Asphyxia and Stroke: The Timing of Brain Injury, Co-Chairperson, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program, Atlanta, July, 2002
• Using Electronic Fetal Monitoring to Assess the Quality of Care and the Timing of Injury, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Baltimore, January, 2002
• Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy, and the International Consensus Template and the Criteria for Establishing a Link Between Birth Asphyxia and Cerebral Palsy, ATLA Summer Conference. Montreal, July, 2001.
  Chairperson: Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program.
• Intrapartum Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Understanding FHR Variables and Nonreassuring Patterns, ATLA Summer Conference. Chicago, August, 2000.
• Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy, Chairperson: Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January, 2000.
• Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy and Early Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection, ATLA Summer Conference. San Francisco, July, 1999.
• Prenatal Care and Review of the Medical Chart, ATLA Summer Conference. Washington, DC, July, 1998
• Placental Pathology: A Primer For Birth Trauma Litigation, Canadian Trial Lawyers Conference. Calgary, Canada, April, 1998
• The Timing and Etiology of Brain Injury in the Preterm Infant, Chairperson: Birth Trauma Group Educational Program, Maui, Hawaii, February, 1998:
• Antepartum Testing to Assess Fetal Well-Being in the Preterm Infant, ATLA Mid-Winter Conference, Maui, Hawaii, February, 1998
• Placental Pathology: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases, ATLA Mega Seminar On Profound Brain Injury In The Infant, West Palm Beach, Florida, January, 1998
• Placental Pathology: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases, Ontario Trial Lawyers Conference, Toronto, Canada, June, 1996
• Antepartum Testing to Assess Fetal Well-Being, ATLA Summer Conference, Boston, Mass, July, 1996
• What's New in Placental Pathology? and How to Cross-Examine a Defense Placental Pathology Expert in Obstetrical Malpractice Cases, ATLA Summer Conference, New York, New York, July, 1995
• The Use of Demonstrative Evidence at Trial in Automobile Tort Litigation, Maryland Trial Lawyers Educational Program, February 10, 1995
• Placental Pathology: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases, ATLA Winter Conference, Maui, Hawaii, February 1995
• The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases, Placental Pathology Conferences Sponsored By The Armed Forces Institute Of Pathology, Walter Reed Medical Center, 1991 And 1992.

Andrew E. Greenwald

• Contributor to Sports Torts, Association of Trial Lawyers of America tape
• Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical Negligence Cases, Malpractice Tape Series, put out by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
• Instrumental Delivery, ATLA Seminar on the catastrophically injured child
• Questions, Language and Bologna, ATLA National Convention, Boston, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group
• Deposition Techniques to Prepare for Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses and Defendants at Trial, ATLA Birth Trauma Group Seminar
• Discovery of Defendants and Their Expert Witnesses, ATLA Summer Conference, Atlanta, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group
• Erb's Palsy: The Defense, ATLA National Convention, Chicago, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group
• Persuasive Techniques in Birth Injury Cases, National College of Advocacy Seminar, Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infants Cases, Atlanta, Georgia
• Vacuum Extraction Perils, Problems and Pearls, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group
• Developing Thematic Evidence Through Expert Witnesses, ATLA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. Trial Advocacy Track: Depositions: "The Game Plan for Trial"
• Making the Defendant the Plaintiff's Expert, ATLA 50^th Anniversary Annual Convention, Boston, MA. Trial Advocacy Track Education Program
• Obstetrics, American Bar Association National Institute Program, San Francisco, California, Liability Issues in Health Care
• Preparation For and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses at Deposition and at Trial, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, White Sulfur Springs, West Va. Fighting For Justice
• Preparation For and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses at Deposition and at Trial, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Liability Issues for Health Care Providers
• How to Prepare Your Case Through Discovery, Maryland Trial Lawyers Seminar, Baltimore, MD
• Discovery, Kansas City Trial Lawyers Association
• ATLA National Convention, San Francisco, CA, Section on Professional Negligence
• Prozac, National Convention, Washington, D.C., Section of Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts
• The Trial of a Medical Negligence Case, MICPEL, Seminar on Medical Negligence
• Participant, Food & Drug Law Committee of the American Bar Associations Business Law Section, Medical Device Update, Washington, D.C.
• Discovery, Georgetown University Law Center, Second "All Star" Trial Advocacy Skills Institute, Washington, D.C.
• The Trial of a Medical Negligence Case, MICPEL, Seminar on Medical Negligence
• Faculty Member, Advanced NITA Course, Washington, D.C.
• The Defendant's Life Expectancy Experts; Prozac, ATLA National Convention, Toronto, Sunrise Seminar
• Faculty Member, Advanced NITA Course, Washington, D.C.
• Trial Tactics - Direct and Cross Examination of Experts in a Product Liability Case, District of Columbia Bar Association Annual Convention
• Discovery, DCTLA Meeting
• Blackboards and Tear-Sheets, ATLA Seminar on Demonstrative Evidence
• Montgomery County Bar Association Seminar on Opening Statement
• Opening Statement in a Medical Negligence Case, ATLA National Convention
• Causation in Medical Negligence Cases, Belli Seminar/ATLA National Convention
• Demonstrative Evidence, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Litigation Luncheon
• Final Argument, Moderator, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar
• Medical Legal Issues in Pediatrics, 18^th Ross Roundtable held at Johns Hopkins Medical Center
• Proof and Work Up of Damages in the Profoundly Injured Child, ATLA National Convention
• Depositions, ATLA National College of Advocacy, Discovery and Settlement, Yale University
• Techniques of Examination, Cross Examination of Pediatric Immunologists, ATLA Seminar on Traumatic Medicine - Pain, It's Origins and Measurement, Boston, Massachusetts
• Medical Negligence, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar
• Cross Examination, National College of Advocacy, University of Bridgeport
• Taking on the Defendant and His Experts in a Medical Negligence Case, ATLA National Convention
• MICPEL Seminar on Medical Malpractice
• Montgomery County/Prince George's County Seminar on Final Argument
• Faculty, ATLA National College of Advocacy
• Presenting Economic Evidence, Risk Managers Division of the Hospital Council of the National Capital Area
• Faculty Seminar for Maryland Emergency Medical Services, Baltimore, Maryland
• Faculty Seminar for Maryland Emergency Medical Services, Cumberland, Maryland
• Faculty Seminar for Maryland Emergency Medical Services, Hyattsville, Maryland
• Faculty, ATLA National College of Advocacy, Basic College, Specialized Course in Damages, Washington, D.C.
• Faculty, ATLA National College of Advocacy, Specialized Course in Medical Malpractice, Yale University Law School
• Discovery, Chairman, Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar on Trial Practice
• Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Demonstration - Direct Examination of Expert Witness
• MICPEL Presentations on "The Nuts & Bolts of Personal Injury Practice", College Park, Maryland
• MICPEL Presentations on "The Nuts & Bolts of Personal Injury Practice", Easton, Maryland
• MICPEL Presentations on "The Nuts & Bolts of Personal Injury Practice", Baltimore, Maryland
• Architectural Negligence; Obstetrics and Brain Damage, ATLA National Convention
• Faculty, ATLA Regional College of Advocacy
• Speaker, Louisiana State Bar Associatioin
• Final Argument, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Seminar on the Profoundly Injured Child
• Speaker, Kansas Trial Lawyers Seminar
• Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, Seminar on Trial Advocacy
• Speaker, Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Convention
• Obstetrics, Cerebral Palsy and Brain Damage, ATLA National Convention
• Faculty of ATLA Special Course in Damages (Harvard Law School)
• Faculty of ATLA Advanced Course in Trial Advocacy
• Faculty of ATLA Regional College of Advocacy (Georgetown Law Center)
• Informed Consent, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Third Circuit Seminar
• Discussion on Medical Malpractice, University Hospital, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
• Examination of a Hospital Administrator, Hospital Discussion, and Final Argument in a Case Against a Hospital, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Fourth Circuit Seminar
• CLE Speaker, Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Montgomery County - Prince George's County
• Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Maryland Trial Lawyers Advocacy Seminar, Moderator and Speaker
• Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Indiana Trial Lawyers Seminar
• Panel Member, Program on "Anatomy of a Malpractice Case", Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Panel
• Effective Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Delaware Trial Lawyers Meeting, Wilmington, Delaware
• Medical Aspects of Whiplash Injuries, ATLA National Convention, Young Lawyers Section
• ATLA Convention, Moderator on Seminar on Law & Medicine
• Voir Dire as a Technique of Cross Examination, Belli Seminar
• Discovery From the Opponent; Demonstrative Evidence, Georgetown University Law Center, The Art and Problems of Trial Practice
• Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Third Circuit Seminar
• The Increased Injuries in the Gymnastics Setting, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting
• Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Creating Demonstrative Evidence in Personal Injury Cases, Virginia Trial Lawyers 23^rd Annual Seminar
• Use of Discovery Tools in Medical Cases, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Fourth Circuit Seminar
• Techniques, Tactics and Strategy in the Trial of a Personal Injury Case; Tips, Techniques and Tools for Effective Discovery, Montgomery-Prince George's Continuing Legal Education Institute
• Medical Malpractice From the Plaintiff's Point of View, Georgetown University Law Center, Point/Counterpoint Series
• Discovery as a Trial Technique in Personal Injury Cases, Montgomery-Prince George's Continuing Legal Education Institute
• Sports Injuries, Tort Section, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Belli Seminar, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco
• Health Professionals in Court, Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital
• Liability of Coaches, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Third Circuit Seminar
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National College of Advocacy
• Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Personal Injury Cases and Proof of Damages in Personal Injury Cases, Montgomery County/Prince George's County Legal Education
• Discovery; Demonstrative Evidence, The Art and Problems of Trial Practice, Georgetown University Law Center
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 8^th Circuit Seminar
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention
• Belli Seminar
• Montgomery County/Prince George's County Continuing Legal Education - Cross Examination
• Discovery; Demonstrative Evidence, The Art and Problems of Trial Practice, Georgetown University Law Center
• Lecturer and Program Chairman, Point-Counterpoint Series, Medical Malpractice, Georgetown University Law Center
• Preparing the Plaintiff's Case, Practicing Law Institute, Drug Liability Seminar
• Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical Negligence Cases, Montgomery County/Prince George's County Legal Education
• Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention - Mock Trial
• Practical Consideration in Medical Malpractice Cases, District of Columbia Bar
• Strict Liability in Maryland, Association of Trial Lawyers of America 4^th Circuit Seminar
• Medical Malpractice From the Plaintiff's Point of View, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Breakfast Seminars
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention
• Lectured on Medical Malpractice, Association of Trial Lawyers of America 2^nd Circuit Seminar
• A Symposium on Common Pediatric Problems, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Lectured on Professional Negligence, Southern Maryland Dental Society

Contact Maryland's Preeminent Birth Injury Lawyers

Andrew E. Greenwald and Dov Apfel are licensed to practice in Maryland and Washington D.C. They routinely represent clients throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area including Maryland's Prince George's County, Montgomery County, and the cities of Baltimore, Bethesda, Rockville, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, and Silver Spring. In addition, they provide expertise and serve as co-counsel for attorneys in other states.

If your child and family have been affected by the tragedy of a birth injury that is related to medical malpractice, please contact Andrew E. Greenwald or Dov Apfel at the law firm of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A. They have dedicated their careers to providing quality legal representation to families dealing with birth trauma and obstetrical malpractice.