Eric Sage

* Developed and implemented case strategy from inception to dismissal.

* Case development responsibilities included conferences with liability experts in the fields of engineering, accident reconstruction, design, safety and premises security as well as with neurologists, neuro-radiologists, neuro-psychologists, orthopedic surgeons and primary care physicians on the damages side.

* Daily litigation tasks often include client and carrier meetings to assess case value, depositions of both fact and expert witnesses, preparation for and attendance at hearings. Drafting analytical reports to clients and carriers providing candid assessments of witness performance, likely impact at trial, pure value and comparative exposure and strategic approaches at mediation and/or arbitration. Preparation for and attendance at mediations and arbitrations successfully resolving the vast majority of cases assigned.

* Multiple jury trials.

*Supervision of associates and oversight of complex liability, causation and damages matters within cases handled by such lawyers. Review of reports by associates to clients and editing of case value and projected outcomes where appropriate.

* Joined the firm of Womack and Bass, P.A. directly from the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office upon Janet Reno being sworn in as U.S. Attorney General for the Clinton Administration.

* Over the course of roughly fifteen years we litigated, mediated and took to trial, almost exclusively, medical malpractice and nursing home negligence cases. Daily responsibilities included meeting with medical experts (often out of state), reviewing medical records, developing strategies and taking the depositions of opposing experts. Writing tasks often involved the drafting of reports to keep clients apprised of case status and likely trajectory of complex matters through mediation and verdict. Litigation duties included the preparation for and attendance at dispositive hearings, mediations and client depositions.

• Assistant State Attorney with an active case load of fifty to seventy-five cases at given time.
• Evidentiary and witness research and devolvement on cases where the entry of a plea was not viable. Collaborated with law enforcement agencies, victims and their families in order to achieve a fair and final prosecution. Presented oral arguments before the court on pretrial matters in order to best position no-plea cases for trial.
• Trial frequency averaged one to two per week.