Jason Plotkin dog bite CLE to focus on injury claims for attorneys
Maryland lawyer Jason Plotkin will teach a national dog bite injury CLE on liability, insurance, damages and child-victim claims.
By Sofia Marchetti · World Affairs Correspondent
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A Jason Plotkin dog bite CLE scheduled for Aug. 3, 2026, will give practicing lawyers a national training session on handling injury claims after dog attacks. The program matters for personal-injury attorneys because dog bite cases can turn on liability rules, insurance coverage and the special issues raised when a child is hurt.
Plotkin, CEO and managing attorney of the Pinder Plotkin Legal Team, will present the continuing legal education program, titled “Attorneys’ Guide to Dog Bite Injuries.” Continuing legal education programs are courses lawyers take to maintain professional requirements and keep current on legal practice issues.
The session is aimed at lawyers who represent clients in dog bite injury matters. It places the claims in a broader personal-injury practice, where attorneys often must connect the facts of an attack with local liability rules, available insurance and proof of damages.
What will Jason Plotkin cover in the dog bite CLE?
The program will address liability frameworks used in different jurisdictions, investigation of the bite incident, insurance coverage problems, damages that can affect case value and representation of child victims. Those topics track the main points of dispute in many dog bite injury files: who is legally responsible, what coverage may pay a claim and how the harm is documented.
- Liability rules and how they differ by jurisdiction
- Fact investigation after a bite
- Insurance coverage issues that can limit recovery
- Damages evidence tied to case value
- Legal representation of children injured by dogs
Plotkin has also written “The Parent’s Guide to Child Dog Bite Claims in Maryland,” a family-focused guide on claims involving injured children. The firm said his own childhood experience of being bitten by a dog informs how he approaches the subject in practice.
“Dog bite cases get treated like they're simple, and they rarely are — especially when the victim is a child,” Plotkin said in the announcement. “I wanted to give other attorneys a real, practical guide to these cases, not just the textbook version.”
The Maryland angle is central to Plotkin’s related consumer guide, but the CLE is framed for a national attorney audience. Lawyers attending the program are expected to focus on practice issues rather than medical advice, including how to build the claim record and address disputes over coverage and damages.
The firm represents injured Maryland residents in auto accident, dog bite and workers’ compensation cases from offices in Baltimore, Laurel and Bel Air. Its work includes Maryland dog bite injury claims, the area tied most directly to the upcoming CLE.
According to the firm, Plotkin is a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a distinction it says is held by fewer than 1% of U.S. attorneys. He has also been selected to Maryland Super Lawyers each year from 2020 through 2026, the firm said.