Upcoming Seminar

3rd Annual
"How to Start a Successful Law Practice" Seminar

Presented by Virginius "Jinks" Dabney

A comprehensive and useful information-driven seminar designed for new, small firm and rural lawyers, and all other young or experienced lawyers that are thinking about starting or are currently managing their own law practices.

Click HERE for more information.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

8:00 am - 12:30 pm 
Continental breakfast begins at 7:30 am

4 hours CLE credit

Cost: $159 - $199 (depending on # of years practicing law)  

Utah State Bar Office

645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

To register please visit the Utah State Bar website or click HERE.

"Customer Service" - Southern Utah Networkers Presentation

Jinks was invited to present to the Southern Utah Networkers (SUN) a local networking group in St. George, Utah on March 14, 2014. He titled his presentation: "Customer Service - the Good, the Bad & the Ugly."

Jinks used actual examples of actual businesses in St. George where he and his family were treated to various qualities of service as customers, and he used them to demonstrate what it is that the good local businesses do which results in truly outstanding customer service.  Jinks' years of working with other people, negotiating, mediating and

The 1-hour presentation was well received and a very active question and answer period followed. Jinks enjoyed giving it and the members of the group expressed appreciation for him presenting.

Picture used with permission.

"Why Obesity Is Important, Why We Are Missing It, and What We Need to Do About It" - NOSSCR Presentation

Jinks presented a 1-hour seminar entitled: "Resuscitation of an Old and Friendly Medical Listing aka Why Obesity is Important, Why We Are Missing It, and What We Need to Do About It" on February 22, 2014 to over 60 attorneys from eight states comprising the Tenth Circuit of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jinks addressed the impact that being overweight has on an individual's ability to work, and how it combines with other physical and/or mental impairments to render someone unable to work. His outline was content-heavy and an obesity form for primary care physicians was included in his materials.

Several attendees commented that his presentation was the best one of the seminar. He has been asked to repeat it at the National Conference in Law Vegas, NV in Fall, 2014, where over 1,000 Social Security attorneys will converge for one of their two conferences a year.  Jinks has spoken before four NOSSCR National Conferences over the past three years.

Utah Workers Compensation Seminar 2014

Jinks recently finished training nine lawyers during his Utah Workers Compensation law seminar in February, 2014; all of the lawyers were new to this area of law.

The 2-day seminar provided the attendees with 14 hours CLE, copies of all necessary checklists and forms, invaluable legal advice about industrial and occupational disease cases, (as well as third-party and tangential claims), in-depth analysis of legal theories, critical case law and strategies for winning cases, along with how to make a living and a life out of representing injured workers and their families in Utah.

This was Jinks' 9th time presenting a comprehensive Utah workers compensation law seminar. He has now trained over 100 lawyers in workers compensation law in Utah, and has prepared them to represent industrially injured workers.

To be able to provide new lawyers with a specialty in the law is unique and Jinks' seminar is the only one of its kind in the state.

Picture taken from: http://www.murphyinsurance.com/resources/seminars/

Utah Workers Compensation Law Seminar - "The gift of a legal specialty."

Utah Workers Compensation Law Seminar

February 20-21, 2014

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Conference Room A, Utah State Bar Office

14 Hours CLE credit

The seminar will cover 30 different subjects and is designed to jump-start a Workers Compensation law practice. The lawyers that attend will be prepared to represent injured workers in Utah as soon as they leave the seminar.
 

Limited to 16 attendees.

Register today!

Click on 'WC Law Seminar Registration' tab to register.

Upcoming Seminar Details

"How to Sell Your Law Practice"

For more information, to look at the planned agenda, 

or to register

click on the  REGISTER  tab at the top of the page

Utah State Bar

8:00 am - 12:30 pm, December 13, 2013

4 hours CLE credit (includes 1 hour of ethics)

NOSSCR: "Killer Ideas and a Killer RFC Form"

Jinks Dabney will present a one-hour presentation titled: "Killer Ideas and a Killer Physical RFC Form" at NOSSCR in San Diego, CA on October 11, 2013.

His presentation will be before attorneys from throughout the United States that practice Social Security Disability law.

Click HERE to download the forms.

** Please email: jinks@jinksdabney.com to receive a copy of the Physical and Mental RFC forms if you are having trouble downloading the forms.

"How to Read Henningson Correctly"

On June 28, 2013 Jinks Dabney presented as a part of a panel of lawyers how to interpret and apply the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah in the Henningson case. Views on what a case means and what those who represent injured workers can do to use a case to help them represent their clients were presented.  

Jinks has practiced Workers Compensation law for over 30 years in Utah and is widely considered one of the most knowledgeable attorneys in the state on Workers Compensation. 

(Picture taken from: http://www.goldbergdohan.com/)

"How to Begin a Successful Law Practice"

On June 27, 2013 Jinks Dabney presented two 3-hour sessions of his seminar entitled, "How to Begin a Successful Law Practice," at the Utah State Bar  offices in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

The seminar detailed aspects of starting a law practice such as: selecting an office location, buying equipment, ordering stationary, signage and business cards, advertising in telephone books and on the Internet, the importance of having a mentor, handling the first case, practical aspects of running your own law practice, making more money than you spend, marketing your practice, etc.  In addition, Jinks offered great tips regarding how to make it work "from day one".

About 140 lawyers attended Jinks' seminar, with quite a few earning CLE credits via webcam.  This is the third time Jinks has presented this material at the Utah State Bar and his reviews continue to be extremely positive.
(Picture taken from: http://www.fredthompsonsamerica.com/2013/04/01/robert-bork-resolute/)

NOSSCR Presentation on the "Killer" Physical RFC Form

Jinks presented a one-hour presentation on "Killer Ideas and a Killer Physical RFC Form" at a NOSSCR conference in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2013.

Obtaining good medical reports from treating physicians can be a frustrating and expensive experience, and cross-examining medical and vocational experts at formal hearings can be equally challenging.  Jinks' Physical RFC Form includes a different and relevant definitional section which provides solid medical evidence that can be helpful in winning more cases and winning cases that ought to be won.  This is the first time Jinks has presented this particular form at a NOSSCR conference.

** Click HERE to download the Physical and Mental RFC Forms.

Updates to Social Security Disability Law

On April 23, 2013, Jinks gave a presentation to the staff and supervisors at the Southern Utah Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in St. George, Utah regarding changes to the Social Security Disability law.

Counselors at the Office Of Vocational Rehabilitation need to be aware of how Social Security Disability benefits can help them both from a medical as well as a vocational standpoint to help their injured or disabled clients back to full and part-time work.  It can also help during retraining or if a claimant needs to return to school.

Jinks gave a similar presentation three years ago at the agency but was asked to present again due to turnover of staff members and changes in the Social Security Disability law and practice.

How to Improve Listening & Communication Skills

On February 25, 2013 and April 8, 2013, Jinks presented two one-hour sessions designed to help the staff of supervisors at The Learning Center in St. George, Utah.  Jinks was asked to present on: how to improve listening and communication skills.  During his two training sessions, Jinks defined and gave examples of ten key factors which improve the ability to listen and communicate.  Group exercises allowed high participant involvement during the session. 

The Learning Center is a 501c-3 organization created to help impaired disabled and challenged children to be able to function in life and obtain the skills needed to become good students and high-functioning adults.  55 people attended both session.

NOSSCR 10th Circuit Seminar: "Killer Ideas and Forms for Mental RFC's"

Jinks presented at the NOSSCR 10th Circuit Seminar in Colorado Springs, CO on February 9, 2013. He presented a one-hour presentation entitled, Killer Ideas and Forms for Mental RFC's to 75 attorneys.

Jinks described the problem of obtaining good medical opinion letters from treating physicians.  He also addressed the poor government forms that are recommended to obtain medical opinions from the panel of doctors whose medical reports are routinely used to deny valid disability claims.  He then shared a winning strategy for getting good medical opinions by use of forms and definitions he has created, and for cross-examinig medical and vocational expert witnesses who frequently testify at hearings in opposition to claims.

Jinks has presented this same topic to over 600 lawyers at two national conventions of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) which has changed the landscape of mental impairments and made winning mental cases much easier for those attorneys representing disabled claimants across the country.

(Picture taken from: http://www.fredthompsonsamerica.com/2013/04/01/robert-bork-resolute/)

Utah Workers Compensation Law Seminar

Jinks presented a Utah Workers Compensation Law Seminar in Salt lake City, Utah on November 29-30, 2012.  

Jinks trained 15 new lawyers in Utah WC law over a period of two days - 14 total hours of lecture and Q & A - at the Utah State Bar Offices in Salt Lake City.  The training covered 31 different subjects and was designed to jump-start the 15 lawyers who attended into representing injured workers in Utah.

Presently there are an insufficient number of lawyers doing WC law cases and Jinks' two-day seminar was designed to increase the number of available lawyers who would handle injured worker claims.  It was a great success.

This is the 7th time Jinks has shared his knowledge of Utah WC law with new lawyers over the past decade in similarly designed seminars.  His seminars have tripled the size of the Applicants Bar which makes it now much easier for an injured workers to find a lawyer to help them with their case.  Seven of his attendees over the past three years have been Defense Counsel.  Jinks welcomes them as well since, as he said, "I don't mind them attending and learning what I have to share.  I would rather deal with an educated Defense lawyer than a stupid one."  

To date Jinks has formally trained 72 lawyers in Utah Workers Compensation Law and mentored over 100 during his career as an attorney.

(Picture taken from: http://www.goldbergdohan.com/)

NOSSCR Presentation on Mental RFC Forms

Jinks presented at the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) in San Antonio, Texas last year.  He was asked to present again this year in Seattle, WA, on October 19, 2012.  

His presentation was titled: "Killer Mental RFC Forms Which Will Change your Social Security Disability Practice."  

There were over 350 Social Security Disability attorneys present during the seminar in Seattle.  Jinks received (unusually) two standing ovations during the presentation.  

He was asked to present a third time at the next National Conference scheduled in April, 2013 in Washington, D.C.   This next presentation will be on Physicial RFC Forms.

The Importance of Business Cards

On June 8, 2012, the Southern Utah Networkers Group invited Jinks to present on the use and benefits of business cards.  Since business cards are frequently a "first impression" and a powerful way to advertize a business, he titled his presentation:  “A Killer Calling Card.”  

Jinks lectured and then separated the group into smaller groups in order to evaluate each others' business cards utilizing the principles he lectured on.  The presentation lasted one hour.

The attendees said it was one of the best monthly presentations they had ever had.  

Picture of business cards taken from: http://www.lemongraphic.sg/2012/05/03/graphic-monster-character-design-business-card/

Workers Compensation Law Seminar

Jinks presented a two-day Workers Compensation Law seminar on January 19-20, 2012 at the Utah State Bar office in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The seminar was filled to capacity. 

Attendees were given 14 hours of CLE credit, including 1 hour of Ethics.

Click on 'Why Hire Jinks' to read attendees' comments on his seminars.

The seminar was designed to provide all necessary knowledge and tools for attendees to begin accepting Workers Compensation law cases immediately. 

Small Business Marketing Techniques

Jinks presented to a group of small business owners, the Southern Utah Networkers, at the Fairway Grill in St. George, Utah, on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.

His presentation was titled "Marketing for the Davids: Five of the Most Important Small Business Marketing Techniques."

Jinks' knowledge and experience stems from his success during the last 30 years in starting and managing four small businesses in three different cities.

The presentation was well received.

(Picture taken from Here)

Learn to Speak Successfully in Your Business

Jinks was invited to present to the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce as a luncheon speaker at the Washington City Community Reception Hall on September 21, 2011 @ 12:00 p.m.

His presentation was titled: "Learn to Speak Successfully in Your Business."

Jinks presented three tips to the audience regarding how to successfully communicate and present information to others in a business setting.

The feedback for his luncheon presentation was extremely positive.  There were approximately 125 people in attendance.

(Picture taken from Here)

Workers Compensation Law Seminar

Jinks presented a 2-day Workers Compensation Law seminar to the Young Lawyers and Labor/Employment Bar Sections of the Utah State Bar on June 16-17, 2011 at the State Bar Office in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This seminar was requested and planned by the Utah State Bar Association.

Jinks received a standing ovation by the attorneys in attendance, which consisted of new attorneys, attorneys with over 10-years of experience, and a few attorneys from other states.

Attorneys in attendance received 14 hours of CLE credit.  Click here for more information regarding Jinks' Workers Compensation Law training seminars.

Click here to read feedback from attendees.