This is a collection of 9 presentations from our 2025 Spring Conference held April 3-5, 2025. Please find descriptions of the videos included below.

Recent Court Cases and How to Use Them - Parts 1 & 2
Presenters: Amy Kretkowski, Esq. and Amy Odom, Esq.
Running Time: 45 mins & 45 mins
Amy and Amy review cases decided by the CAVC and Federal Circuit and discuss how you can use them more effectively to represent your clients.

Maximizing VA Electronic Access: ILER, CAPRI, VBMS & More
Presenters: Kelsey Craveiro, Esq. and Simon Kelly, Esq.
Running Time: 1 Hour
Join Kelsey and Simon as they discuss the latest tools in VA’s electronic systems that can help you win cases. A wide range of programs are covered, to include accessing ILER records from JLV, using CAPRI, leveraging VBMS Smart Search, and more.

Understanding and Arguing Fair Process
Presenter: John Niles, Esq.
Running Time: 1 Hour
Advocates learn to shy away from what is “fair.” John explains the flexible veterans’ law doctrine of Fair Process. He outlines the doctrine’s contours, what it does for veterans, and how to argue Fair Process effectively before VA and its overseeing courts.

ETHICS: Succession Planning: Ethical, Practical, and Financial Considerations
Presenter: Jeffrey Bunten, Esq.
Running Time: 1 Hour
Jeff will discuss how to properly plan for your death, disability, or retirement. While rules vary from state to state, there are common ethical themes to consider. Jeff will also provide practical planning tips to protect your clients, your family, your staff, and your finances.

How to Argue Benefit of the Doubt at the Agency
Presenter: Christine Clemens, Esq.
Running Time: 1 Hour
This presentation will analyze the benefit of the doubt: What is it? What is the current status of the law? When to use it? How to use it? Christine will focus on how to incorporate the benefit of the doubt into an AMA argument before the agency.

Effective Strategies to Safeguard VA Benefits: Navigating Proposals for Reduction or Severance
Presenters: Katrina Eagle, Esq. and Jim Radogna
Running Time: 1 Hour
Katrina and Jim delve into practical steps to protect your clients’ VA benefits when faced with proposals for reduction or severance. They cover the protections afforded by regulations such as 38 C.F.R. § 3.343 and § 3.344, as well as VA’s M21 guidance.

Life in the Military and Its Impact on Health
Panel: Brett Buchanan, Keri Jackson, M.D., Felicia Mullaney, Esq., Adam Zider
Moderator: Travis James West, Esq.
Running Time: 90 Minutes
What medical issues and conditions result from the “everyday” activities and exposures of service? Join this panel of veterans who talk about the most common exercises, tasks, battle drills, etc., performed by those who serve and how these activities impact life after service. This team covers what to look for in a c-file and what to ask your clients to get the information most helpful to supporting their claims.

How to Use Military Manuals, Regulations, and Other Publications to Support Your Client’s Case
Presenter: Daniel Clarke, Esq.
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Daniel explores how branch-specific regulations, studies, training doctrines, internal documents, and practices can support your client’s case by proving nexus or circumstances leading to the development of service-connected conditions.

ETHICS: Fees: How Recent Changes in the Law Will Effect How You Are Paid
Presenter: Adam Luck, Esq.
Running Time: 1 Hour
With increasing focus on when and how practitioners become entitled to receive a fee, learn how new regulations and case law impact your fees and how to ensure ethical practice.

*This on demand program has been approved for CLE in Virginia.