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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
Monet paintings and damages for injuries

Monet paintings and damages for injuries

The Orsay Museum, located on the Left Bank of Paris, contains a major collection of impressionist painter Claude Monet. On an early Sunday morning October 7, 2007 four or five drunk young people broke into the Orsay Museum through a back door. The group first tried to force open other doors until they succeeded with the back door. It happened during an annual all night festival, The alarm sounded and the intruders ran out, but not before surveillance cameras showed…

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A thought about mediation

A thought about mediation

Mediation has a lot of postive aspects and certainly is a valid tool in the settlement of cases. However, I use mediation primarily because it is the insurance company and defense counsel who insist on the process. I start from several biased thoughts about mediation. The first is that it has grown into an industry from a situation where great trial lawyers negotiated their own cases directly with defense counsel or the insurance industry and I am not convinced it…

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Grab their attention first in opening statement – famous first lines

Grab their attention first in opening statement – famous first lines

We know that in this world of headline reporting people draw instant impressions. Human resource people report they spend on average 15 seconds per resume so the opening lines had better be an attention getter. In the first few seconds of every encounter we are instantly evaluated. We are observed from head to toe by demeanor, body language and grooming. Within three seconds impressions are formed about us. When it involves advertising it is the headline that determines whether you…

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