Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast
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“Best Of” 2025: A Visit with Inner Circle Legend Charla Aldous

Earlier this year, hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi welcomed a “force of nature” to “Elawvate.” She’s also known as Charla Aldous , founder of Aldous Law . The episode remains one of the podcast’s most popular conversation...

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Nov. 24, 2025

“Best Of” 2025: A Visit with Inner Circle Legend Charla Aldous

Earlier this year, hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi welcomed a “force of nature” to “Elawvate.” She’s also known as Charla Aldous , founder of Aldous Law . The episode remains one of the podcast’s most popular conversation...
Nov. 10, 2025

Truths about Leaving a Firm, with Ben Gideon & Jeff Wright

"Anybody who tells you that leaving a law firm is an easy process is lying to you," says Ben Gideon . To lay out the unvarnished truth, Ben shares his experience leaving a 17-year partnership to launch Gideon Asen . In a conv...
Oct. 27, 2025

When Your Experts Get It Wrong, with Chuck Hehmeyer and Elizabeth Kayatta

“We had to say, ‘Hey, we're going to be honest with you here. For a long time, we had this wrong, and our experts had it wrong.’” That’s the theme that Chuck Hehmeyer and Elizabeth Kayatta emphasized in their med-mal case on ...
Oct. 13, 2025

Are You Speaking with an Authentic Voice at Trial? With Jeremy D'Amico

Jeremy D'Amico describes how his authentic trial voice transformed difficult facts into compelling narratives that yielded major verdicts: $45 million for a speeding Marine who wasn't wearing his motorcycle helmet and $23 mil...
Sept. 29, 2025

AI that Helps You Work Smarter for Clients, with Will Davis and Ed Kirk

“Occasionally, we will introduce our listeners to a new product that's designed to help trial lawyers do a better job for their clients and their practices,” host Ben Gideon explains as he kicks off this episode about Supio ,...
Sept. 15, 2025

Winning $27.7 Million from Conservative Jurors, with John Heenan

“It is not easy to get substantial damage awards from Montana jurors,” says John Heenan of Billings-based Heenan & Cook . Yet conservative Montana jurors awarded $27.7 million in his negligence case against a private prison c...
Sept. 1, 2025

Defense Timelines vs. Medical Truth w/ Chris Nace & Samantha Peters

Medical records meticulously documented the routine endoscopy that went wrong, ending tragically in the patient’s death. But when Chris Nace and Samantha Peters took the case to trial, they were confronted with the defense’s ...
Aug. 18, 2025

How Bad Faith Turned $1M into $56M, with Rahul Ravipudi

The jiu-jitsu club had a $1 million insurance policy, but when an instructor accidentally rendered a new student an incomplete quadriplegic, the carrier put its interest above their own insured’s – and paid the price. Rahul R...

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About the Hosts

Benjamin R. Gideon

Partner, Gideon Asen LLC

Rahul Ravipudi

Partner, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP

Reviews

Great podcast for trial lawyers

"As an aspiring trial lawyer, this podcast has been such a fun and useful resource. Thanks for putting in the time & effort to make it."

work for Christ | Oct. 30, 2022

Valuable Trial Lawyer Podcast

"One of the more valuable podcasts for trial lawyers. Relevant and actionable discussions in every episode from lawyers that have walked the walk."

robertbingalls | April 26, 2022

A must listen

"I truly enjoy listening to this podcast. I try and consume all trial lawyer material and podcast. This one separates itself from all."

Monte Tynes | Oct. 26, 2022

Elite Trial Lawyers - Incredible Podcast

"As a longtime fan of Rahul’s work (both as a trial lawyer and teacher for other attorneys), I was hyped to hear about this podcast. I’ve listened to every episode and it has not disappointed. Rahul a…"

Fezziwig! | Nov. 20, 2024

Must-Listen

"GREAT trial lawyer podcast. If you represent injured people, this is required listening."

Zeebo32 | March 14, 2024

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