2026 K.O.I. Webinar Series feat. Jennifer Arbittier Williams, JD

Foreseeability on Trial: BTAM, the Liability Reality, and the New Standard of Care for Workplace Violence Prevention

This webinar examines what standard of care and duty of care look like in workplaces today, and how a BTAM program strengthens defensibility while improving safety outcomes. The session blends legal and operational perspectives to show how courts, regulators, and juries tend to evaluate foreseeability, notice, reporting pathways, documentation, and reasonableness when violence occurs, even when an organization believes it did everything right. A BTAM-trained prosecutor, and former United States Attorney, provides a courtroom lens on why willful ignorance is not a strategy, why failing to maintain awareness of current statutes, regulations, and case law increases exposure, and how ignored warning behaviors can become a narrative of preventability. The presenters then translate that legal reality into an actionable blueprint that organizations can implement, consistent reporting and triage thresholds, structured decision making, cross functional coordination, proportionate interventions, and documentation practices that demonstrate care, fairness, and good faith. The webinar also clarifies when and why having specialized BTAM consultants on retainer can be vital to defensibility under prevailing standards, providing on demand expertise, surge capacity during high-risk events, objective third party review, and decision support that helps organizations show timely, informed, and consistent practice. Participants leave with practical strategies for positioning their company in a defensible posture before, during, and after an incident, without losing sight of the human centered goal, reducing harm through early identification, engaged management, and consistent, compassionate follow through.

Who should attend: leaders and frontline professionals across HR, education, student affairs, security, law enforcement, legal, mental health, risk management, and threat assessment/threat management teams.

What you’ll walk away with:

· Standard of care is no longer “we tried,” it’s “we can show it.” Courts and regulators tend to focus on foreseeability, notice, reporting pathways, documentation, and reasonableness, a BTAM program helps you prove you acted timely, consistently, and in good faith.

Ignored warning behaviors become the story of preventability. Willful ignorance is not a strategy, when organizations miss, minimize, or fail to track warning signs, it can become the narrative that the outcome was foreseeable and actionable.

Defensibility comes from repeatable operations, not heroics. Clear reporting and triage thresholds, structured decision making, cross functional coordination, proportionate interventions, and solid documentation create a defensible posture before, during, and after an incident.

Retainer based BTAM expertise can be a defensibility multiplier. On demand specialists provide surge capacity, objective third party review, and decision support, helping organizations demonstrate informed, consistent practice during high-risk moments while keeping the focus on human centered harm reduction.