Taylor Ernst

The Ernst Diagnostic Framework

Who This Is For:

Plaintiff lawyers handling TBI, concussion, and post-concussive syndrome cases who want a repeatable framework for identifying (early) which cases are worth far more than they appear, and which ones are quietly heading toward settlement at a fraction of their value.

The Session:

Most TBI cases settle too cheaply. Not because the injuries aren’t real, and not because the lawyers aren’t capable — but because the plaintiff bar evaluates these cases on the wrong axis and leaves the leverage on the table before discovery even closes.

Taylor Ernst, lead trial counsel on the $63M Chevron verdict, 2024 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year, and author of The Ernst Way: The Definitive Guide to TBI Litigation (independently called “the bible of TBI” by Bob Simon and John Romano) — has spent two decades and 300+ consulting engagements reverse-engineering what separates outlier TBI verdicts from the middle of the curve.

In this session, Ernst introduces the 10 diagnostic questions he runs on every TBI case before deciding what it’s worth. You’ll leave able to re-score every TBI case on your desk and you’ll know which ones you’ve been settling too cheap.

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Apply the ‘10-Question Ernst Diagnostic’ to any active TBI case
• Identify the high-leverage decision points most plaintiff lawyers miss
• Recognize the failure patterns that systematically undervalue TBI cases
• Triage and re-score active inventory using the ‘Ernst Underwriting Thesis’