Using a Trust to Preserve Client Benefits After a Bodily Injury Settlement
Release Date: 09/09/2025
Using a Trust to Preserve Client Benefits After a Bodily Injury Settlement
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Episode 15: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke are happy to provide an opportunity for Kentucky continuing legal education credit. Rob and Kevin are joined by Peter H. Wayne IV, General Counsel for the Forge Companies. This is a recording of a national webinar the three of them created to assist attorneys and their clients. A full video of this webinar is available on The Legal Notepad Podcast’s YouTube channel. Click here to view this webinar on YouTube: [insert link] Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE...
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Reimagining SCR 3.130(5.4): A Look at Jurisdictional Approaches to Non-Lawyers in Law (Ethics Episode)
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Episode 14: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke are happy to provide an opportunity for 1 hour of ethics for Kentucky continuing legal education credit. Rob and Kevin are joined by Lauren Byrn and attorney Nina Couch. Nina teaches professional responsibility at the Brandeis School of Law. She also has a private practice. This is her first time on a podcast! Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S...
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Direction of PIP Benefits for Medical Expenses
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Episode 13: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke discuss a recent case involving the direction of PIP benefits for medical expenses. Rob and Kevin are joined by Lauren Byrn and for the second time, attorney Adam Redden. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S LEGAL QUESTION: Lauren asks, “What is the current state of an insured’s ability to direct no-fault benefits?” In Kentucky, many of the PIP carriers...
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Liability for Letting a Minor Drive a Vehicle (KRS186.590)
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Episode 12: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke explore parental liability, now that 15 year olds are able to get a drivers license. Parents should be aware of their responsibilities related to this new issue. Rob and Kevin are joined by Lauren Byrn and for the first time, attorney Adam Redden. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S LEGAL QUESTION: Lauren asks, “Now that Kentucky has a new law allowing 15...
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Kentucky's Firefighter's Rule (First Responders)
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Episode 11: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke unpack Kentucky’s Firefighter’s Rule. A recent opinion by the Supreme Court has resulted in a flurry of comments on social media. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S LEGAL QUESTION: Lauren comments she recently saw the Supreme Court issued a new opinion about the Firefighter’s Rule in Wooster Motor Ways, Inc. vs. Gonterman (10/24/24). It’s a hot topic on...
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KRS 411.188 - Mandatory Notice of Subrogation Rights
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Episode 10: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke recorded an episode during a CLE conference in Las Vegas, in front of their colleagues. Several of them stepped up to the microphone to as a few questions. Let’s join Rob and Kevin as they discuss KRS 411.188 – Mandatory Notice of Subrogation Rights. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S LEGAL QUESTION: Opposing counsel claims medical expenses must be...
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Recovery of Social Security Benefits in a Wrongful Death Action
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Episode 9: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke explore the issue of whether social security disability benefits, or other entitlement-type programs, can be recovered in a wrongful death claim. Lauren received this question from the listeners. Rob and Kevin will provide insights, based on Kentucky law, in today’s episode. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S LEGAL QUESTION: Are social security benefits...
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Admissibility of Police Reports and Their Content
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Episode 8: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke discuss whether police reports are admissible. It’s a concern client often bring up during initial conversations with their attorneys. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. Lauren begins by commenting on the number of responses to the recent poll asking about topics and other subject matter the audience would like to Rob and Kevin to address in upcoming episodes. The...
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The Collateral Source Rule
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Episode 7: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke discuss the history of the Collateral Source Rule and the Kentucky Supreme Court decided to Kentucky will follow this particular rule. They’re joined by Rob’s paralegal, Lauren Hincks, who helped research some of the information for today’s topic. The discussion references the following case: O’Bryan vs. Hedgespeth ( Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. Kevin...
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Admitting Summaries of Information at Trial
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Episode 6: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke explain the rules regarding the process for using summaries at trial, in Kentucky. These can be extremely useful, but you have to follow the process to get them admitted. They’re joined by Rob’s paralegal, Lauren Hincks. Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the , click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast. TODAY’S LEGAL QUESTION: What is the proper process for admitting some of my summaries, while excluding some of...
info_outlineEpisode 15: Louisville attorneys Rob Mattingly and Kevin C. Burke are happy to provide an opportunity for Kentucky continuing legal education credit. Rob and Kevin are joined by Peter H. Wayne IV, General Counsel for the Forge Companies. This is a recording of a national webinar the three of them created to assist attorneys and their clients. A full video of this webinar is available on The Legal Notepad Podcast’s YouTube channel.
Click here to view this webinar on YouTube: [insert link]
Editor’s Note: If you are an attorney and would like CLE credit for this episode, visit the Kentucky Justice Association website, click the Education and Training tab and look for the podcast.
In Closing
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