Lectures & Video Essays
Continuing legal education lectures/webinars covering cross-examination techniques, workers’ compensation and personal injury practice for the South Carolina Bar and National Business Institute.
“Authoritative” – The South Carolina Bar
Department of Continuing Legal Education
Continuing Legal Education Lectures
Winning Strategies & Tips in Workers’ Compensation Practice/Selected Issues
https://cle.scbar.org/Ondemand-CLE/Info/productcd/DL-198
Overcoming Medicine: Mastering the Medical Case in Personal Injury Claims
https://cle.scbar.org/Ondemand-CLE/Info/productcd/DL-344
Selected Medical and Procedural Issues: Would the Real Diagnosis Please Stand Up?
https://cle.scbar.org/Ondemand-CLE/Info/productcd/DL-351
Building PI Litigation Skills; Wound & Redemption Themes, Strategies and Other Topics
https://cle.scbar.org/Ondemand-CLE/Info/productcd/DL-384Savior, Jezebel, Zombiecat – The Three Faces of Evidence
https://cle.scbar.org/Ondemand-CLE/Info/productcd/DL-403
Cross Examination: Theory and Techniques
https://cle.scbar.org/Ondemand-CLE/Info/productcd/DL-193
Downloadable Course Materials
Cross-Examination Strategies in Civil Litigation
Advanced Workers’ Compensation
Handling the Workers’ Compensation Case From Start to Finish
Building Your Civil Litigation Skills
Evidence Authentication and Admission: Top Mistakes to Avoid
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White Paper: Litigation And Hearing Preparation And Strategies
Written by Thomas M. Gagne, Esq. for The National Business Institute INTRODUCTION I want to turn your attention now to litigation and hearing strategies. If you are preparing for hearing you should already have a solid legal and factual theory of your case. You should...
White Paper: Cross Examination Techniques
Written by Thomas M. Gagne, Esq. for The National Business Institute Introduction Cross-examination is a weapon, an effective weapon if handled correctly and a dangerous weapon if not. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy if handled incorrectly. Like a...
White Paper: Winning Strategies and Tips in Workers’ Compensation Practice/Selected Issues
Written by Thomas M. Gagne, Esq. for The National Business Institute INTRODUCTION Thomas Gagne has practiced workers’s compensation and personal injury law in Greenville and Spartanburg South Carolina for seventeen years. He holds a B.A. from Cornell having studied...
Press Release
The National Trial Lawyers Announces Thomas M. Gagne as One of Its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in South Carolina For Immediate Release The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Thomas M. Gagne of the Attorney Offices of Thomas M. Gagne in...
Personal Injury is Like Chess
I've been a student of chess since age six — forty six years, and I am still learning the game. I expect I will still learn until the day God takes me home (and afterwards if there is chess in heaven). In many ways law is like chess, especially because, as in chess,...
Playing Devils Advocate
Clients sometimes confuse playing devil's advocate with actually advocating a different position from their own. It is my duty as your attorney to not only present all the evidence that is beneficial to your case but to inform you of that evidence which weakens your...
Workers Compensation
Clients often ask me, "How can X do this?" It is not safe to assume that an employer knew the law and should have voluntarily refrained from taking the objectionable action. If an employer or an adverse party takes what you think is an illegal action — such as placing...
Workers Compensation Tips
Potential clients often call me wanting tips on how to handle the case themselves. Many believe that there is some magic bullet that I can tell them that will ensure their benefits are forthcoming. There is no such thing as a magic bullet in the law. Any lawyer worth...
Negligence Cases
In negligence cases, if your case is viable, you are entitled to a plethora of damages. These include having your medical bills paid, pain-and-suffering, lost wages, and more. You should discuss with an experienced personal injury attorney what kinds of damages you...