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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
Voir dire done right

Voir dire done right

I am on a message board with plaintiff lawyers across the country in an invitational group I belong to who exchange ideas. An excellent trial lawyer in the South starts a trial Monday with some underlying issues that concerned her. I was interested in all the different ideas and approaches lawyers suggested. Some of these suggestions indicated to me that the lawyer making the suggestion thought that voir should involve carefully worded questions to convince and persuade. This is just…

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Itinerant photographers

Itinerant photographers

Gerry Spence and I have flown to New Orleans with our camera equipment to take photos and escape work. We have managed to do that just as hurricane Ida is to arrive with high winds and flooding rain. As it turns out the storm missed us and we ended up with only a little rain. We have been driven all over the area in search of the uniqueto photograph. We’ve missed out on all the night life since we are…

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The pain of losing

The pain of losing

Recently one of the nation’s finest plaintiff’s lawyers lost a lengthy malpractice case and wrote about his experience as well has his reaction. I found his viewpoint interesting and courageous to talk about. He expressed thethought that he was glad he had gone through the experience of losing as a learning experience and my reaction was, I’d rather pass on that. Here, is my response which expresses my view of losing: Thank you for sharing. It was painful to report,…

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