Sexual Harassment & Employment Discrimination
Lectured on "An Update on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Cases" to the Consumer Attorneys of California 40th Annual Convention
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
Moderator: "Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Litigation in 2001" at the Seminar for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
Lectured on "Settlement, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Plaintiff's Perspective on Trial in Employment Cases" at the Wrongful Employment Termination Practice Annual Seminar for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
Lectured on "Litigating Sexual Harassment Cases" at the Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Litigation Seminar, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
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)
Lectured on "How to Build a Seven-Figure Sexual Harassment Case" to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 35th Annual Tahoe Seminar
Lectured on "What's New in Sexual Harassment" to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Employment Seminar
Moderator: "Wrongful Termination Practice" at the Annual Seminar for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
Lectured on "Selecting Jurors in Sexual Harassment and Sexual Tort Cases" to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 38th Annual Convention
Lectured on "Trying the Sexual Harassment Case" to the Alameda/Contra Costa Trial Lawyer Association
Lectured on "Sexual Harassment the Tort of the '90's" to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 33nd Annual Tahoe Seminar
Lectured on "Issues Relating to Sexual Harassment From a Plaintiff Attorney's Prospective" to the Northern California Fraud Investigators Association Annual Training Seminar
Lectured on "Establishing Damages in Employment, Discrimination, Harassment, Termination and Emotional Distress Cases" at Consumer Attorneys of California 34th Annual Convention
Lectured at California Society for Health Care and Risk Management on "Claims of Sexual Harassment Involving Physicians: Litigator's Perspective"
Lectured on "Psychological Injuries/Closed Head Injuries, Sexual Harassment Cases" to the Sonoma County Trial Lawyers Association
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"
Therapist & Professional Abuse
Lectured on "Litigating the Psychotherapist Sexual Abuse Case" to the Consumer Attorneys of California 37th Annual Convention
Lectured at Northern Cult Awareness Network: "Crazy Therapies"
Lectured on "Sexual Abuse by Professionals: A Civil Perspective" Association of Trial Lawyer’s of America National College of Advocacy
Lectured on "Therapist Malpractice: Drugs, Sex and Suicide" at the California Trial Lawyers Association 29th Annual Tahoe Seminar
Lectured to Attorney/Therapist Network on "Sexual Abuse Cases"
Lectures at the California Trial Lawyers Association Tahoe Seminar, Presented Closing Argument on " Curtis v. Dizmang, M.D.: Medical Malpractice/Sexual Abuse Case - Psychological Injury"
Lectured to Infectious Disease Specialists regarding "Parental Home Care;" Rosche Rounds -- Tucson, AZ
Lectured on "Litigating Therapist Abuse Cases," California Trial Lawyers Association 30th Annual Convention
Lectured on "Trial Lawyers' View of Professional Incest Cases," Professional Incest Conference, St Helena, California
Lectured on 'Trying the Therapist/Patient Sex Case" at the California Trial Lawyers Association 25th Annual Tahoe Seminar
Psychological Injury
Lectured on "Psychological Injuries" to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Closed Head Injury/Psychological Injury Seminar
Lectured on "Proving Psychological Injuries" to the Santa Clara Trial Lawyers Association
Lectured on "Emotional Distress: Arguing What you Cannot See" at the Consumer Attorneys of California 32nd Annual Convention
Lectured on "Techniques for Proving Psychological Injuries" at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Psychological Injury Seminar
Moderator San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association "Psychological Injury Seminar"
Moderated "Creative Approaches to Establishing Difficult Damage Issues" at the Consumer Attorneys of California 27th Annual Tahoe Seminar
Lectured on "Psychic Injuries: Proving Unseen Damages," California Trial Lawyers Association 27th Annual Tahoe Seminar
Moderated Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association "Damages" Seminar in San Francisco
Lectured to the Multiple Personality Disorder Society on "Legal Issues Regarding Multiple Personality Disorder Claims"
Lectured on "Arguing the Intangibles -- Pain and Suffering, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injuries," Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Damages Seminar
Lectured to Redwood Empire Trial Lawyers Association on "Psychological Injury"
Lectured to San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association on "Psychological Injury"
Moderated a program for California Trial Lawyers Association on "Evaluating and Litigating Psychological Injury Cases"
Lectured on "Understanding Causation: The Key to Evaluating Psychological Injuries," National College of Advocacy (Association of Trial Lawyer’s of America)
Lectured to the Association of Trial Lawyer’s of America on "Spotting and Evaluating Psychological Injury Claims" as part of a program on "Recovering For Psychological Injuries"
Trial, Settlement & Mediation
Lectured on "How To Increase The Settlement Value of Any Case" to the Consumer Attorneys of California at the 34th Annual Tahoe Convention
Lectured on "Settlements Toughest Challenges" to the Bar Association of San Francisco, Yosemite Seminar
Lectured on "Avoiding Attorney Liability to Non-Clients in the Transactional and Litigation Setting" to the Bar Association of San Francisco Legal Malpractice Seminar
Lectured on "Closing the Circle: How to Give a Stunning Summation" to Association of Trial Lawyer’s of America: Trial Techniques for the New Lawyer
Lectured at Association of Trial Lawyer’s of America National College of Advocacy, Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: "Jury Selection"
Lectured to Association of Trial Lawyer’s of America on "Being the Best From the Best, Trial Techniques for the New Lawyers," "How to Make the Most Out of Depositions"
Lectured on "Closing Argument and Demonstration" at Hastings College of Trial Advocacy
Lectured on "Hard Questions and Obstructionist Tactics in Depositions" to the Barristers Club of San Francisco Litigation Committee
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
Lectured and gave presentation on "Jury Selection (Voir Dire)" at the 1995 Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California 36th Annual Meeting
Moderated Program on Advanced Settlement Techniques for California Trial Lawyers Association and SFTLA
Lectured on "Protecting the Mentally Ill, Incapacitated and Otherwise Challenged as Plaintiffs" at the Consumer Attorneys of California 1994 Annual Seminar
Lectured on "Creative Techniques for Maximizing the Settlement Value of Your Case" for California Trial Lawyers Association and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Seminar
Moderated program on "Arguments of the Best: Actual Closing Arguments in Difficult Cases" California Trial Lawyers Association Tahoe Seminar
Lectures at the Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, on the "Basics of Closing Arguments"
Participated in Automobile Mock Trial at Consumer Attorneys of California 26th Annual Tahoe Seminar; "Plaintiffs Direct Examination of Medical Expert and Treating Physician"
Moderator of Consumer Attorneys of California Program on "Masters of Difficult Damages"
Lectured to Consumer Attorneys of California on "Hidden Injury Cases" at the Masters of Difficult Damages Program.
Serious Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Lectured on "Proving Orthopaedic, Psychological and Traumatic Brain Injuries Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents" Lorman Educational Services, Auto Insurance Law and Litigation in California Seminar.
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
Moderated Program on "Psychological Injuries and Closed Head Injuries: for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
Lectured on "Litigating Psychological Trauma Cases (Traumatic Accident/Sexual Harassment Cases) to the Consumer Attorneys of Santa Clara County
Moderated Program on "Psychological Injuries and Closed Head Injuries: for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
Moderated "Beating the Odds: Handling Auto Cases in the 90's" Consumer Attorneys of California and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
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
Moderated Program on "Cross Training for the Personal Injury Lawyer," San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
Lectured on "Effective Handling of Psychic Injury Accident Cases" to the CTLA
Lectured to Kaiser Health Care Providers Concerning the "Patient/Plaintiff View of Malpractice"
Lectured to the California Trial Lawyers Association on "Key Factors in Working Up a Personal Injury Case"
Lectured to American Back Society on "How to Avoid Medical Malpractice Claims"
Mr. Winer has been asked to moderate and lecture over fifty (50) programs aimed at educating attorneys, healthcare providers, and victims groups. He is frequently asked to speak on a broad range of topics within the general categories of sexual harassment, employment discrimination, settlement, mediation, litigation and trial techniques.