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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
Anacortes refinery explosion&truth with accountability

Anacortes refinery explosion&truth with accountability

On Good Friday, April 2, 2010 there was an enormous explosion and fire at the Tesoro Refinery at March Point, near Anacortes. Five people died and two survived with serious burns. Several families involved have hired my law firm along with a Texas law firm to represent them. When the media reported the families had contacted lawyers there were those who were critical of the families for doing so.  Let me respond to that criticism by saying the refineries are very familiar to…

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Trial lessons from tiger woods

Trial lessons from tiger woods

The Wall Street Journal April 8th featured an article by Matthew Futterman "The importance of being angry" about Tiger Woods. The article described his displays of anger in previous tournament play such as tossing a club and other displays of anger. It quotes Tiger as saying he is turning over a new leaf in his first tournament since his return to golf and wonders if a lack of anger will hurt his playing edge. The writer observes that popular belief…

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Communication concepts from eric oliver

Communication concepts from eric oliver

Eric Oliver has been a trial consultant since the 1980’s. His consulting business is MetaSystems of Canton, Michigan www.eric-oliver.com. His latest book is Persuasive Communications: 25 Years of Teaching Lawyers. Eric publishes a news letter News From the Mental Edge and this last issue has articles I enjoyed reading. Here are a few thoughts taken at random from the issue. In an article about spotting lies, Neely Tucker quotes Dr. Paul Ekman, who has spent his life studying non verbal…

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