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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
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ADVICE APPLIES TO TRIAL LAWYERS

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ADVICE APPLIES TO TRIAL LAWYERS

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We’ve just returned from a twenty one day Four Seasons tour of some 25,000 miles of  flying to to seven  countries  around  the world. As a  result, I’ve  neglected this blog, but I’m back to work even if jet lagged. Today I’d like to share some  wisdom a column I  read in the Boston Globe by Thomas Farragher Thomas.farragher@globe.com. He wrote it  complaining about long winded commencement speakers, but thought his observations were equally applicable to us as trial lawyers. He…

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HOW DO YOU EVALUATE DAMAGES FOR A CHILD SHOULDER DYSTOCIA CASE?

HOW DO YOU EVALUATE DAMAGES FOR A CHILD SHOULDER DYSTOCIA CASE?

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I was asked to explain how I would go about deciding the right way to approach damages in a case involving a child who suffered shoulder dystocia at birth. Here is a rough summary of my process. Here is what  I told the lawyer. While this is my viewpoint, Perhaps it may stimulate some  ideas for you Rid your mind and your thinking right now about other verdicts in cases like this. Your case is not controlled by the results of some other…

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WHY STORY TELLING IS SUCH A POWERFUL TRIAL LAWYER’S TOOL

WHY STORY TELLING IS SUCH A POWERFUL TRIAL LAWYER’S TOOL

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By now every trial lawyer has been told or has read about the importance of storytelling. Too often this kind of advice is the sort of thing we hear and read about repetitively but don’t internalize or accept as being as important as it is so we continue to do what we’ve always done: talk in narratives and as a chronology to the jury. Eric Oliver is a jury consultant of many years. (eric@eric-oliver.com)  His company Meta Systems publishes from time…

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