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Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is the silent epidemic of our time. In spite of the millions who sustain a T.B.I. every year, very few medical professionals, legal scholars, employers and educators understand the reality of what the survivor and family members experience. The most powerful way to get a full understanding of the impact of T.B.I. is directly from the perspective of a survivor. I present this program as an attorney regarding a 芒�?�?law case芒�?聺 of an 芒�?�?All American芒�?聺 college student on vacation with his college friends. One night he was walking and was struck by a drunk driver芒�?�?s vehicle. His parents were called in the middle of the night and asked to consent to organ donation due to their son芒�?�?s severe traumatic brain injury and other catastrophic injuries. The parents芒�?�? declined to consent to organ donation and instead got a room in the hospital to be with their son 24/7. After seeing the powerful photographs of the student in a coma, the audience is delighted to learn that he awoke after almost two (2) weeks, survived and had a full recovery. They are then astounded by the announcement that the attorney speaker before them is actually the T.B.I. survivor who is the feature of the program. The remainder of the program educates the audience about T.B.I. from the perspective of the survivor and family, while also providing valuable tools to help them in their own professional and personal capacities when dealing with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Biography

Steven Benvenisti is a partner at one of the largest personal injury law firms in the United States of America, with offices in New York and New Jersey. For the past five (5) years, he has been included on the list of the National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trial Lawyers”.He is honored to be the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Mothers Against Drunk Driving National and is also one of the directors of the Brain Injury Alliance. Steven has received over 30 awards, including a US Congressional Citation, US House of Representatives Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition and “Citizen of the Year”. Steven authored Spring Break: A True Story of Hope and Determination about a famous case he handled involving a severely brain injured college student who received long-term inpatient and outpatient acute care and rehabilitation. Spring Break credits the doctors, nurses and rehabilitation professionals for the wonderful work that they do in improving the lives of patients and their families. He has been a keynote speaker at over 100 conferences and gladly donates 100% of his honoraria to charity.

Email: steven@dsslaw.com