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Author: Paul Luvera

Luvera practiced plaintiff law 55 years. He is past President of the Inner Circle of Advocates & Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Member ABOTA, American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy, International Society of Barristers and the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. Book Luvera on Advocacy available at Trial Guides Publishing Email paul@luvera.org
ADMITTED LIABILITY REAR END COLLISION CASES WITH PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL PROBLEMS

ADMITTED LIABILITY REAR END COLLISION CASES WITH PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL PROBLEMS

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One of the firm’s associate lawyers worked extremely hard in preparing for the trial of an admitted liability rear end collision case. There was only a $25,000 policy and a settlement of $250,000 under plaintiff’s policy had been made by one of the partners. The associate was then asked to try the case as a potential bad faith case given the defense offer. This was her first trial on her own The damage part of the case presented a lot…

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CROSS EXAMINATION OF A DEFENSE MEDICAL EXPERT

CROSS EXAMINATION OF A DEFENSE MEDICAL EXPERT

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Today I’m sharing an excerpt of my cross examination of one of the medical experts the defense called in my last trial. I am sorry the format is not perfect, but transferring it from the transcript to here was a problem. The reason I am showing you this is because it is an example of what I would call a “soft cross examination” of a defense expert on a collateral attack. The point is to demonstrate his bias and lack…

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USE LOGOS, PATHOS & ETHOS TO BE A GREAT ADVOCATE

USE LOGOS, PATHOS & ETHOS TO BE A GREAT ADVOCATE

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The American Journal of Trial Advocacy is published by the Cumberland school of law, Samford University. I highly recommend the publication for plaintiff trial lawyers. The subscription is a modest $24 per year: Contact them at jtrialad@samford.edu. The summer 2013 issue has an article by Edward D. Ohlaum “Authentic Advocacy: Lawyering with Character.” Some of his observations I thought repeating were these. Aristotle taught that there were three means of effecting persuasion. “The man who is to be in command…

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