Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

YOU ARE A MASTERPIECE – A ONE OF A KIND CREATION, SO BE THE GREAT TRIAL LAWYER YOU WERE INTENDED TO BE

October 19, 2015 Paul Luvera Comments 1 comment

While driving to Seattle the car radio broadcast evangelist Joel Osteen giving a talk he titled “see yourself as a masterpiece.” It interested me enough to listen to the full broadcast and made me reflect on my belief that we are each unique from every other human being who’s ever existed. This view is in conflict with the scientific view of an author of a book I just completed: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Harari. The author is a biologist who sees the universe…

SOME ARGUMENT IDEAS

October 12, 2015 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Today I sorted through notebooks from my practice to organize the material and as I did so I noticed a few things I thought might be worth sharing with you. By the way, what struck me was the fact that much of what I’ve used in trial over the years was originally someone else’s thought or idea. A whole lot of “new” tactics and ideas are really old ones with new dressing on them. But, here you are and in no…

LEARNING A LESSON FROM THE 15 SECOND DIGITAL AD

October 6, 2015 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Ashley Parker in the October 5th edition of the New York Times wrote an article entitled Digital Ads Sell Candidates and Causes in 15 second Bursts.” She writes: “Fifteen seconds is not a lot of time in this world of political advertising to make a compelling statement or share a riveting candidate story. But in the attention – deficit era of politics, with voters consuming more and more news on mobile devices, campaigns and the groups supporting them are devoting significant resources…