Episodes

Michael Cowen is a successful trial lawyer and host of the popular podcast, Trial Lawyer Nation (https://triallawyernation.com). He joins us to talk about the power he has gained from learning to overcome his own insecurities and to place his trust in juries to do what is right. Michael talks about how working on his own mindset has produced better results in his trials and made him a happier person. He goes on to talk about systems he uses to prepare for trial, run his law firm and manage his employees. He talks about what got him into podcasting and how he built his show, Trial Lawyer Nation, into a great success.

This is the opportunity to learn more about co-host Rahul Ravipudi and what drives him to continue to keep learning, sharing and growing as a trial lawyer despite already having such a successful career. We talk to Rahul about the influence of his parents, first generation immigrants from India who taught him the importance of hard work and the value of developing his analytical mind. We hear about how Rahul developed from a young associate, literally carrying the partner's litigation bag, to being one of the elite trial lawyers in California and the United States. Along the way, we hear about Rahul's landmark trial verdict where he recovered more than $160 million for a wealthy patron of a Las Vegas casino who was assaulted by casino security. And we hear about how Rahul has struggled to maintain his own work-life balance in the winner-take-all world of trying jury trials.

What You Will Learn From This Episode Dan Ambrose started his career in Michigan as a criminal defense attorney. While trying over 150 jury trials, he became obsessed with learning the craft of effective trial advocacy in both the criminal and civil arena. He began meeting with lawyers and spending hundreds of hours learning about their methods and brainstorming the best systematic approach to trial. Through that painstaking effort, Dan developed the Trojan Horse Method and began to teach it to lawyers all over the country. When the pandemic froze the legal system, Dan then created Case Analysis tapped into the national group of renowned trial lawyers and started online educational experiences where he, and other top lawyers, would dissect and critique an entire trial. Learn about Dan's journey, his philosophy on effective advocacy and access his database of invaluable learning materials to bring out the best trial lawyer in you.

Lloyd Bell is a master at using his own authentic voice combined with a sophisticated approach to trial technology to communicate his complex medical malpractice cases to juries. Listen as we discuss how Lloyd's unique military background shaped his own approach to trying cases and his tips for improving your use of technology in the courtroom.

It's hard to imagine a more diverse and interesting career for a trial lawyer than that of Paul Grewal. Paul began his career trying complex technology cases to juries, presided over more than 30 jury trials as a Federal Judge in the Northern District of California and then became a senior lawyer at Facebook and the cryptocurrency trading company, Coinbase. Our discussion with Paul covers all aspects of his incredible career, including his approach to trying cases, perspective from the bench and how these experiences helped form his approach to issues involving digital media and cryptocurrency.

You may be the best trial lawyer in America, but if nobody can find you then you are not going to get the quality cases and work you deserve. Seth Price of Blueshark Digital joins the podcast to discuss how he applied his experience building digital marketing for his own highly successful law firm to create a digital marketing firm that helps other lawyers. Seth discusses the dos and don'ts of digital marketing and the strategies that trial lawyers can use to put themselves on the digital map.

Josh Koskoff describes how he battled struggles and early defeats to discover himself as a successful trial lawyer. Josh talks about how growing up in a family of prominent trial lawyers shaped his own journey and career. Josh discusses his high-profile case representing the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting against the Remington fire arms company.

Join us for our conversation with legendary trial lawyer and pioneer of the Reptile, the Edge and Keenan Trial Institute, Don Keenan. In this wide-ranging discussion, Keenan talks about his use of foreseeability, focus groups, statistics, power words, repetition, and lighthouse phrases to win jury trials. Keenan explains the original philosophy behind the Reptile approach and how that has evolved into something different—and better—over the years. Keenan talks about how changes brought on by Covid have impacted focus group results and changed his approach to jury trials.

Renowned Washington, DC based trial lawyer, Patrick Malone, joins us to talk about his latest book, The Fearless Cross Examiner: Win the Witness, Win the Case and many other topics. Listeners will learn about Pat's approach to cross examination, as well as his expertise in medical malpractice cases and his recent lawsuit against former President Trump arising out of the January insurrection.

Trial Strategist, Sonia Chopra, has applied the sciences of psychology, sociology and data analytics to assist attorneys in case framing and jury (de)selection. Being one of the best at her craft, she has been a part of countless seven, eight, nine and ten figure verdicts across the. country. Join us as we learn how Sonia developed her approach to trial strategy and voir dire. Through that dialogue, we also discuss human nature, biases and prejudices that exist in not just the prospective jurors, but also the lawyers and judges.

Attorney Robert Kelley has made a career out of trying high profile cases against some of the largest and most powerful corporations in America. Join us as we learn how Bob first developed his unique style and voice as a trial lawyer and achieved incredible success, including a landmark case against General Motors which uncovered decades of coverup and fraud by the company and its lawyers, was featured on 60 Minutes and is the subject of Bob's new book, The Memorandum.

Few lawyers have more experiences in the trenches trying jury trials that Karen Smolar, the former long-time Trial Chief at Bronx Public Defenders. Karen discusses her take on the verdict in the Chauvin trial, including what the prosecution and the defense did well and mistakes made. Karen then discusses her journey toward courtroom mastery, which involved finding her own unique voice and adapting lessons taken from improvisational acting, storytelling, and voice lessons.

Kalpana Srinivasan is a graduate of Yale University, Stanford Law School, a trial lawyer with a $700 million verdict, co-managing partner of the Houston based law firm Susman Godfrey, a woman, and a South Asian. Her unparalleled success has paved the way for other talented minorities and females to reach their full potential in the field of law, particularly as a trial lawyer. In this Episode, Kalpana talks about how far we have come as a profession in reaching our goals of equality and where she believes we need to go from here. Kalpana also discusses how she stays happy while balancing her life as a trial lawyer, a managing partner, a mother, and a wife.

Lawyers learn to marshal logic and emotional persuasion, but few focus on what is perhaps the most powerful element of advocacy--what Aristotle called ethos--which is the intangible factor that stems from the character and moral strength of the lawyer him or herself. Rick Friedman discusses how lawyers can remake themselves as moral actors, enhancing the power to persuade and improving satisfaction and joy from the practice of law.

In this brief trailer, Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi talk about what motivated them to launch this podcast and their goals and expectations for the show.