A Day with Gerry Spence and Paul Luvera
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CD: 127 minutes; 2 discs; 1st edition (2014); ISBN: 978-1941007242DVD: 127 minutes; 2 discs; 1st edition (2014); ISBN: 978-1941007235Publisher: Trial Guides, LLC -
Table of Contents
- Introduction of Gerry Spence
- Introduction of Paul Luvera
- Elevating the Importance of Your Case
- Getting the Jury to Set Community Standards
- Outline of the Lecture
- Overcoming the Fear of Losing
- Lecture Outline
- Dealing with Juror Bias on Client Ethnicity/Dress/Language
- Empowering Jurors to Provide Large Verdicts
- The Secret of Voir Dire
- Becoming Successful by Becoming a Real Person
- Keeping Up with Changes Necessary Due to Tort Reform
- The Books You Should Read
- The Measure of a Great Verdict
- The Soft-Tissue Case
- The Judge’s Plight
- Defer to the Judge
- My Worst Mistake
- Rejection as the Greatest Gift
- Methods of Arguing Damages
- The Importance of Understanding the Impact of Your Client’s Injuries
- Things You Should Never Do while Determining Damages
- Three Things You Must Explain to Jurors about Damages
- Short Damages Closings in Large Damages Cases
- Credibility is Power
- Arguing Damages
- Spence’s “Bird” Closing
- Evidence of Insurance/Ability to Pay
- Getting “Hometowned”
- Voir Dire Regarding Being from Out of Town
- Problematic Judges
- How I Prepare for Trial
- Balancing Your Practice and Family
- What Will Others Say about You?
- How to Handle a Difficult Client in a Civil Case
- Race to Disclose Your Bad Facts First
- Real Lawyers Handle Criminal Cases
- Betrayal of Trust
Total running time: 2 hours, 7 minutes
Trial Guides is proud to present this video of two of the greatest trial lawyers in American history: Gerry Spence and Paul Luvera. In this video, Spence and Luvera teach you the secrets that have propelled their legendary courtroom victories.
These trial legends discuss:
- The power of being authentic
- Using proven methods, including methods in Polarizing the Case, David Ball on Damages 3 and Rules of the Road™
- Their secrets for voir dire
- Creative ways to try soft-tissue cases
- Different methods of arguing damages depending upon the case facts and the size of the expected verdict
- Three things you must discuss with the jury about damages
- Why you should never evaluate your case based on other lawyers’ settlements and verdicts
- Trying cases with difficult judges
- The greatest gifts and worst mistakes of their careers
- And much more
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the winning methods of these two members of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. A large portion of the proceeds from this video will go to support Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College and the Washington State Association for Justice.
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