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SOME BASIC RULES FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRIAL LAWYER LAW PRACTICE

January 13, 2024 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

I began practicing law sixty-five years ago in Mount Vernon, Washington, with a population of 7,900 people. There were 3400 lawyers in the entire state. Today Washington has over 40,000 attorneys. In 1959 the Washington State Bar Association had one executive in charge, Alice O’Leary Ralls. The practice of law was considerably simpler and less complicated than it is today. There was no lawyer advertising and the lawyer -client relationship was not the same as it commonly is today. However,…

THERE ARE LIES, THERE ARE OUTRAGEOUS LIES AND THERE ARE STATISTICS” Mark Twain

December 29, 2023 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

According to the book “The Body” a French lawyer struck a deal in 1965 with ninety year old Jeanne Calment in which he agreed to pay her twenty hundred Francs until her death. When she died, he would own her apartment Arles. Given her age, it seemed like a good deal. However, she went on to become the oldest person on record by living another thirty two years. In fact, she outlived the lawyer who died at age seventy seven….

DEALING WITH MAJOR DAMAGES EVIDENCE

December 11, 2023 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

. When you are faced with handling a case with major personal injuries, a different approach from a less serious damage case should be considered. Among the many issues involved in major damage cases, here are a few basic rules I followed. Not every lawyer uses the same approach, but here are the fundamentals that worked well for me. My first rule in major damage cases was to apply Shakespeare’s advice: “To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to…