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Office: Tilton Hall #184
Tel: 419-772-2215
Fax: 419-772-3514
Email: v-traster@onu.edu
Professor Traster practiced law in Des Moines, Iowa, before joining the faculty. He is a frequent continuing legal education lecturer on various subjects including insurance law and improper closing argument in civil and criminal litigation. Professor Traster has been editor-in-chief of The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Litigation Journal and regularly consults in the areas of insurance law, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other tort litigation. During 1993-1994, he served as co-chair of the Insurance Law Section of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
"Pure" Comparative Negligence: A Needed Change in Ohio, 1 LITIG. J., Spring 1979, at 1.
Protecting Your Client With the Motion in Limine, 22 TRIAL LAW. GUIDE 147 (1978), reprinted in 1 LITIG. J., Spring 1980, at 13, and in THIRD TRIAL ADVOC. SPECIALTY COURSEBOOK (on file with the Committee on Continuing Legal Education and the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association), October 23, 1980.
The Ultimate Issue Rule in State and Federal Courts, 27 DEF. L.J. 307 (1978).
IMPROPER CLOSING ARGUMENT IN CRIMINAL LITIGATION (forthcoming).
Challenging, As Unconstitutional, The Retroactive Application of Various Tort Reform Provisions of House Bill 350 (detailed research memorandum published as part of supplementary Course Handbook produced by OATL Constitutional Challenge Committee for Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 40th Annual Convention, April 23-25, 1997, Cleveland, Ohio) (to accompany my lecture 'Broad Based Challenges" that opened the Plenary Session of the OATL 40th Annual Convention).
Punitive Damages In Insurance Bad Faith Cases: Do Punitive Damages Still Exist? (outline published in Convention Handbook for West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 39th Annual Convention and Seminar, June 5-7, 1997, Charleston, West Virginia) (to accompany my lecture of June 6, 1997).
Punitive Damages In Insurance Bad Faith Cases (outline published in Volume 1, Reference Materials for Association of Trial Lawyers of America 51st Annual Convention and Seminar, July 19-23, 1997, San Diego, California) (to accompany my lecture Insurance Law Section, July 20, 1997).
Retroactive Application of Tort and Insurance Law, 1996 Annual Convention, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Columbus, Ohio, April 17, 1996.
Insurance Contracts: Rules of Interpretation and Other Rules Concerning Rights at Variance With Contract Provisions, 1994 Annual Convention, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Cleveland, Ohio, April 28-30, 1994.
The Insurance Contract: Rules of Construction and Ambiguities, 1993 Annual Convention, The Association of Trial Lawyers of American (ATLA), San Francisco, California, August 3-5, 1993.
Moderator, Trial Practice, Law Office Automation--Effective Techniques in the 1990's, 1991 Law Review Symposium, October 18, 1991, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, (Speakers were Jerome L. Skinner, Janet G. Abaray, Joseph D. Lonardo, J.D. Lee, and Honorable Carl B. Rubin.
General Practice in Northwest Ohio, CLE Committee-Allen County Bar Association, Ohio Northern University College of Law and Planned Giving Committee, St. Rita's Development Council, November 30, 1990, Lima, Ohio.
Improper Closing Argument in Civil and Criminal Litigation, Ohio Northern Pettit College of Law, Law Review Symposium, October 26, 1990.
Moderator, Ohio's New Tort Laws -- Litigation By Legislation, Hancock County Law Library Association Seminar, November 4, 1988 (Speakers were Bernard Bauer, John A. Harris III, Terrance M. Miller and John B. Robertson.
Moderator, Current Issues in Civil Litigation: Opportunities for the General Practitioner, 1988 Law Review Symposium, October 14, 1988, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (Speakers were Stanley M. Chesley, William M. Connelly, James R. Cummins, Dennis E. Murray, Sr., Peter Perlman and Frank C. Woodside III).
Improper Closing Argument, ATLA Annual Convention, Belli Seminar, July 1981 and 1987, San Francisco, California.
Judicial Notice, Ohio Common Pleas Judges' Association, June 28, 1985, Huron, Ohio.
Moderator, Trial Practice Symposium, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, September 23, 1983 (Speakers were Henry Rothblatt, Stanley Preiser, Peter Perlman and Rodney Arthur).
Improper Closing Argument In Criminal Litigation, North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, Criminal Defense Seminar, November 6, 1981.
Improper Closing Argument, ATLA Sixth Circuit Meeting, May 14-16, 1981, Detroit, Michigan.
Improper Closing Argument: Civil and Criminal, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Seventh Circuit Meeting, April 9-11, 1981, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Improper Closing Argument In Civil Litigation, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1981 Annual Convention Reference Materials, at 39-57 (an outline to accompany my lecture at Belli Seminar, July 26, 1981).
Evidentiary Techniques In Personal Injury Litigation, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Regional Education Seminars, "Persuasion and Strategy In The Trial," September and October 1979, Toledo and Marietta, Ohio.
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