Description

Trial Guides is proud to annouce Paul Luvera on Trial Strategy, a four-DVD set. In this product, Luvera shares his unique wisdom and techniques on discovery and trial preparation, jury selection, opening statements, capturing jury interest in direct examination, cross examination, and closing statements.

Paul Luvera has obtained record jury verdicts of $41 million in Washington, $44 million in Oregon and a $29 million in Idaho. His settlements include multiple ones exceeding $1 million and include two for $75 million and $45 million dollars. He was selected to act as lead trial counsel for the State of Washington in a two-and-a-half-month jury trial against the tobacco industry which ended in a record settlement. He sued the gun industry for the thirteen families of the sniper victims shot on the east coast. Crystal Brame’s family selected him as their attorney to sue the City of Tacoma and Pierce County for the murder-suicide committed by the Tacoma Chief of Police.

Gerry Spence has asked him to teach at his annual trial college in Wyoming since it began over a decade ago. He has been listed by Best Lawyers in America every year since 1978. Lawdragon named him as one the leading 500 lawyers in America, describing him as "The dean of the plaintiff’s bar for all the Northwest".

Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence has said about Paul Luvera, "I have never in my many years met a man I admire as much as Paul Luvera. He has been a role model for me and for countless others. He is what I call a real lawyer—no pretense, you get what you see, and what you see is an honest man who has become immensely creative and skillful in response to his insatiable passion for justice."

This title is part of the iWin® series of educational media by Trial Guides™.

Track Listing

DVD 1 [57:40]

1. Overview [3:14]
2. Techiques of Advocacy [35:26]
3. Pre-Trial Preparation Done Right [19:00]

DVD 2 [85:05]

1. Winning Settlement Ideas [36:35]
2. Dealing with Tort Reform Bias [48:30]

DVD 3 [66:29]

1. Jury Selection That Works [52:18]
2. Opening Statements that Grab the Jury [14:11]

DVD 4 [69:17]

1. Opening Statements [38:46]
2. Capture Jury Interest in Direct Examination [13:55]
3. Cross-Examination Tips for Success [3:15]
4. Making Powerful Summations [13:21]

Total running time: 4 hours 38 minutes

Reviews

1. Although he is Washington State’s favorite son, born and bred, Paul Luvera is also a national treasure to plaintiff’s trial lawyers, and so is this video. This program came just before Paul’s stunning $40-million-dollar verdict against a medical device manufacturer, and presents a day’s worth of priceless trial advocacy tips that went into that and countless other trial victories. It now allows lawyers across the country to sit at the feet of a master who, unlike many former trial titans, is willing to share the fundamental values and techniques that are part of being a great trial lawyer.
   —Dennis Donnelly, immediate past president of the Inner Circle of Advocates
   This book and video are Luvera’s first products with Trial Guides, where he joins fellow Inner Circle members Rick Friedman, Patrick Malone, Don Keenan, and Jim Perdue.