Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

FIGHTING BACK AGAINST ADVERSITY AND FAILURE

January 11, 2018 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Whether we like it or not, adversity is in an inevitable part of our life. Problems are going to happen and the secret is to know how to deal with them when it happenss. Challenges, large and small, the occur continually through our lifetime. Our attitude determines our personal reality in dealing with adversity. We know from our past experience that Nietzsche was right: “that which does not kill you will make you stronger.” We see the benefit of adversity…

EVALUATING OUR PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING JUROR IMPARTIALITY

January 2, 2018 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

We’re in Arizona enjoying the sun and I’ve been too lazy to write a blog. But because I’m late in publishing my regular blog, I’m going to share an article I wrote for our state trial judges. I was invited to speak at their convention last Fall and wrote this for the convention. It deals with the Washington State jury selection process and issues involved in it. Perhaps something of interest is in here and I promise to do a…

MEDIATION AND MEDIATORS

December 23, 2017 Paul Luvera Comments 1 comment

Several months ago my friend Don Keenan wrote about mediators and mediation in his blog www.keenantrialblog.com “How to Handle the Bullying Mediator” I told him how on target his views were and gave him my views, which follow below. To start with, when I began a plaintiff practice negotiation always involved discussions directly with the insurance adjuster, the insurance company or the defense lawyer. However, mediation has become a cottage industry and we should learn proper skills for doing it…