Steve Levin is an experienced and highly sought-after speaker who frequently addresses audiences around the country on personal injury and wrongful death litigation matters. He is particularly renowned for his expertise and insights on topics related to trial techniques and nursing home abuse and neglect. His presentations include:

• American Constitution Society for Law and Policy: "Safeguarding Our Seniors: Perspectives on Elder Law and Nursing Home Litigation."  Ungaretti & Harris LLP, June 19, 2008, Chicago, IL.
  
  
• NAELA Telephonic Conference on Advocacy and Litigation.  Topics in Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Litigation.  June 25, 2008.
  
  
• JAMS: "Nursing Home Litigation, Insurance and Beyond."  JAMS Resolution Center, June 6, 2008, Chicago, IL.
  
  
• Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago; Quarterly Vounteer Ombudsmen Meeting.  Discussion on Advocating for Nursing Home Residents, Identifying Nursing Home Abuse, and Defending Residents' Rights.  Arlington Heights Senior Center, April 16, 2008, Arlington Heights, IL.

• Loyola Summer Institute on Aging.  “The Nature, Extent, and Impact of Abuse and Neglect by Staff at Residential Facilities and How to Advocate on Behalf of a Resident.” Loyola University School of Law, August 16, 2006, Chicago, IL.

• ATLA - Nursing Home Litigation Group. “Closing Arguments – Tying it All Together”  Washington State and Trade Center, July 17, 2006, Seattle, WA.

• Illinois Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Statewide Training Conference.  "Empowering the Ombudsman - Advocacy Suggestions,” March 29, 2006 Bloomington, IL.

• ATLA Education and ATLA’s Nursing Home Litigation Group.  “Litigating Nursing Home Cases: Rising to New Challenges / Nursing Home Falls – Not Your Average Slip & Fall Cases,” Hyatt Regency, September 30, 2005, Albuquerque, NM.

• ATLA 2005 Annual Convention. Nursing Home Litigation Group Lecture and Demonstration: “Opening Statements in a Nursing Home Case,” July 24, 2005, Toronto Canada.

• Mealey’s Nursing Home Litigation Conference, Speaker, June 9, 2005.

• Top Ten Teleseminars of 2005.  “Nursing Home Cases: Proving Your Case Through Effective Persuasion,” April 7, 2005.

• Association of Trial Lawyers of American, National College of Advocacy.  Litigating Nursing Home Cases Seminar: “Deposing Home Employees,”  Sheridan Yankee Trader Hotel, March 19, 2004, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Medical Malpractice Seminar.  “Jury Selection,” December 6, 2003.

• Nursing Home Strategies for 2004: “A Look Ahead.”  Moderator and Speaker on Current Trends, Ritz Carlton,  November 13 - 14, 2003, Palm Beach, FL.

• Prairie State Legal Services special training event for Legal Services Staff, long-term care Ombudsmen, Hospital Discharge Planners, Social Workers and other Advocates. “Addressing Quality of Care Issues in Litigation,” Hampton Inn, September 22, 2003, Carol Stream, IL.

• Illinois Department of Aging, Regional Long Term Care Ombudsman of Illinois and Legal Assistant Providers.  “Issues in Nursing Home Law,” “Litigating Nursing Home Resident Rights,” a joint ombudsman legal training co-sponsored by the Illinois Department on Aging  and AARP. Holiday Inn Select, June 5-6, 2003, Naperville, IL.

• Moderator over the internet – “Life Expectancy: What Catastrophic Injury Litigation Professionals Need to Know,” April 24, 2003.

• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar. “Successful Plaintiff’s Nursing Home Litigation,” ISTA Conference Center, June 14, 2002, Indianapolis, IN.

• Mass Torts Made Perfect Seminar. “The Secrets to Discovering Elder Abuse: Where is the Smoking Gun,” Ritz Carlton, March 14-15, 2002, New Orleans, LA.

• The Decalogue Society Legal Lecture Series.  “Secrets of Winning the Nursing Home Case,” March 6, 2002, Chicago, IL. 

• Speaker at the ATLA tele-seminar,Winning Arguments for Punitive Damage/ Why Nursing Homes are Ripe for Punitive Damages - January 23, 2002.

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminar. “Practicing with the Best & Avoiding the Rest Seminar: Jury Selection, Focus Groups,” Westin Hotel, October 8, 2001, Chicago, IL.

• National College of Advocacy.  “Maximizing damages and defeating the defense argument for limited damages,”  Four Points Sheraton Phoenix Metrocenter, October 6, 2001, Phoenix, AZ. 

• The 26th Annual Meeting of the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. Moderator of program “Creative Lawyering and Advocacy: Tort Reform,” September 28 - October 3, 2001, Arlington, VA.

• The Indiana Trial Lawyers – “The Elder Law Seminar: From a Tort Prospective.”   “Distinguishing Nursing Home Litigation from other Tort Cases,”  ISTA Conference Center, 150 W Market Street, August 24, 2001, Indianapolis, IN.

• 2001 Annual ABA Meeting: “Presidential Show Case Program.” “Structured settlements today: How and why,” Presidential CLE Center of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, August 3, 2001, Chicago, IL.

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Nursing Home Litigation Group: The unwitnessed fall: Trying the suspicious injury case against the big nursing home chains.  “How to cross examine a doctor expert in a nursing home case,” Le Centre Sheraton, July 14, 2001, Montreal, Canada.

• Medicaid and Elder Law Issues in Illinois, sponsored by Lorman Educational Services.  “How to obtain substantial damages for the elderly in personal injury cases,” May 22, 2001, Chicago, IL.

• Part of a panel presentation before the Crittenden Medical Insurance Conference, as part of a session or panel. “Plaintiff Attorneys versus Defense Attorneys,” Washington Marriott, May 2 - 4, 2001, Washington D.C.

• ATLA National College of Advocacy as part of Litigating Nursing Home Cases Program entitled “Maximizing Damages in a Nursing Home Case and Overcoming Defense Arguments for Limited Damages,” Red Lion Hotel, April 20 - 21, 2001, Houston, TX.

• ATLA Winter Convention: Hot Topics. “Distinguishing Nursing Home Litigation from Other Personal Injury Cases: Why nursing homes are right for punitive damages,” February 12, 2001, New Orleans, LA.

• MTLA “Developing an Appropriate Theme for the Trial of a Nursing Home Case,” January 26, 2001, Novi, MI. 

• “Winning Strategies for the Nursing Home Litigator,” an advanced Symposium for plaintiff and defense lawyers.  Andrews Publications, Hyatt Regency, Nov 13 - 14, 2000, Scottsdale, AZ.

• The 25^th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform.  Moderator on presentation October 30, 2000, “Arbitration Clauses: Depriving Residents of Jury Trials,” Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St, N.W., October 28 - November 1, 2000, Washington, DC.

• Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys: "The Next Millennium of Service.” "Nursing Home Litigation, a Discussion of Nursing Home Litigation including Creative Remedies to Effectuate Law Reform", “Important Considerations in Determining which Nursing Home Cases Should be Pursued,” Advanced Elder Law Institute, Hyatt Regency O'Hare,  November 11-14, 1999, Chicago, IL.

• Andrews Publications Nursing Home Litigation - co-moderator of a 2 day conference devoted  to Nursing Home Litigation.  “How to prosecute a Wondering Case,” Jupiter Beach Resort, November 15-16, 1999, Jupiter, FL.

• Illinois Paralegal Association 1999 Education Seminar: "Creating Your Own Success.” “Nursing Home Litigation and the Role of the Paralegal,” Chicago Athletic Association, November 5, 1999, Chicago, IL. 

• Illinois State Bar Association continuing legal education program: "Issues Effecting the Elderly: Legal and Practical Approaches for your Practice as well as your Personal Life.”  Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Women and the Law, the Elder Law Section Council and the Standing Committee on Minority and Women Participation. “Prosecuting nursing home cases,” Annual meeting - Grand Geneva Resort, June 26, 1999, Lake Geneva, WI.

• Illinois State Bar Association. "Nursing Home Torts,” June 26, 1999.

• Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. "Litigating Nursing Home cases,” March 19, 1999. 

• American Bar Association. "Screening the Nursing Home Case,” March 13, 1999.

• Chicago Bar Association Mental Health Committee.  Speech the on the subject of the State dumping mentally ill patients in nursing homes, October 6, 1998.

• Appeared on a TV show “Common Law,” hosted by David Kremin, October 6, 1998.

• Illinois State Bar Association. "Tort Reform Update - Impact on Litigation on behalf of Older Adults,” June, 1997.

• Illinois State Bar Association. "Litigation to Address Abuse of Nursing Home Residents,” December, 1996.

• National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform Annual Meeting.  "Litigating Pressure Sore Cases Towards Improving Resident Care,” October, 1996.

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Meeting - Nursing Home Litigation Group.  "Litigating Pressure Sore Cases,” July, 1996.

• Chicago Kent School of Law. "Aging, Law and Public Policy - Representing Older Adults,” March, 1995.

• Life Services Network. "Use of Inspection Survey Results in Litigation on Behalf of Nursing Home Residents - What Providers Should Know,” February, 1995.

• Northwest Suburban Bar Association.  "Nursing Home Litigation,” March, 1994.

• Office of the Public Guardian Seminar. "Nursing Home Care Act -Private Right of Action,” April, 1992.

• Illinois Department on Aging - Elder Rights Conference. "Litigation on Behalf of Nursing Home Residents,” August, 1991.

• Lake County Health Department Community Seminar. "The Patient Self-Determination Act: Legal Implications for Long Term Care Residents and Providers,”  November, 1991.

• Illinois Department on Aging - Elder Rights Conference. "Understanding the New Federal Residents' Rights and Legal Remedies,” August, 1990.

• Midwest Clinical Conference - Chicago Medical Society.  "Impact of the New Federal Regulations on Treating Pressure Ulcers - Medico-legal Implications,” March, 1990.

• Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section. "Private Civil Damage Suits under the Nursing Home Care Act - An Underutilized Remedy,”  May, 1989.

• Midwest Clinical Conference - Chicago Medical Society.  "Preventing Malpractice in Nursing Home Care,” February, 1989.

• National Symposium on the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers. "Legal Problems Associated with Pressure Sores,” October, 1988.

• Midwest Clinical Conference - Chicago Medical Society.  "Legal Implications of the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers,” March, 1988.

• Chicago Council of Lawyers - Disability Rights Committee. "Litigation on Behalf of Nursing Home Residents,” November, 1987.

• Midwest Clinical Conference - Chicago Medical Society.  "What the Physician treating Pressure Ulcers Should Know - A Legal Point of View,” March, 1987.

• National Symposium on the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers. "Bed Sores: Patients' Rights and Professionals' Obligations,” September 1986.

Steven Levin has authored numerous articles on topics related to personal injury and wrongful death litigation, with a particular focus on the area of nursing home negligence and abuse. His publications include:

• "Plaintiff's Perspectives," IICLE Long Term Care Litigation 2008 with Michael Bonamarte.
  
  
• "Litigating Nursing Home Malpractice," GP Solo Magazine, (July/August 2008) with John M. Rushing
  
  
• "Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions in the Elderly Population,"
  The Advocacy & Litigation SIG Advocate: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.,
  Page 8, (Spring 2008) with Michael F. Bonamarte
  
  
• "Advising Elder Clients and Their Families - Chapter 7 - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions Under the Nursing Home Care Act.”  Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2008 Handbook.  IICLE (2008) with Michael F. Bonamarte.
  

• "Handling Witnesses: Deposing the Medical Director, Director of Nursing, Attending Physician, Nursing Home Administrator and Nursing Staff,"
  Nursing Home Litigation: Pre-Trial Practice and Trials,
  Ch. 10 (2001)

• "Screening the Nursing Home Case,"
  Nursing Home Litigation: Investigation and Case Preparation,
  Ch. 9 (2001)

• "Litigating Nursing Home Wandering Cases,"
  Elder's Advisor: The Journal of Elder Law and Post-Retirement Planning
  (Fall 2000)

• "First Things First: Evaluating a Nursing Home Case,"
  Illinois State Bar Journal
  (July 2000)

• "Protecting the Rights of Nursing Home Residents Through Litigation,"
  Illinois State Bar Journal
  (January 1996)

• "Nursing Homes and Life Care Communities,"
  IICLE, Advising Elderly Clients and Their Families,
  Ch. 8 (1991)

• "A Question of Responsibility: Part Two - An Attorney's View of the Insanity Defense,"
  Loyola Magazine
  (1982)

• "Libel and Slander - A State is Precluded from Imposing Liability Without Fault or Presumed or Punitive Damages in the Absence of New York Times Malice," - Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.,
  Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal
  (Winter 1975)