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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
Ideas from the wyoming trial lawyers convention

Ideas from the wyoming trial lawyers convention

The Wyoming Trial Lawyers’ Association held their annual meeting in Jackson in June of this year. I was privileged to be invited to speak. The convention materials were very informative. Here are a couple of excerpts from two of the convention papers. David Bossart Fargo, North Dakota provided a paper entitled Law, Lawyers & Listening, What do they have in Common. He quotes from the book Listen Up by Larry Barker, Ph.D. and Kittie Watson, Ph.D., St. Martin’s Press, New…

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The”this is the first time it has happened”defense

The”this is the first time it has happened”defense

I subscribe to a little meditation pamphlet that has daily readings with Scripture quotes. This reading struck me as having application to the situation where the defendant argues they have had no previous problems. It could be a defective product where they claim no previous injuries or a street intersection or any other situation where the defense says how could it be negligence or all that bad because we haven’t had this happen before. Here’s the story in the pamphlet: "A…

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What they don’t teach you in law school about trial

What they don’t teach you in law school about trial

We are taught a lot of subjects in law school. There are even classes on the trial of lawsuits. But there are some very fundamental rules everyone must learn if they are going to be successful trial lawyers. RULE NO 1: TO BE A GREAT TRIAL LAWYER REQUIRES HARD WORK, DETERMINATION AND COURAGE If you want to be a truly great trial lawyer you must be willing to: (1) sacrifice for the good of other people (2) be determined in…

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