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Satisfied with being an average trial attorney? This isn't the podcast for you. Welcome to Trial Lawyers University (TLU), the ultimate playbook for lawyers that want to achieve trial immortality. Hosted by TLU founder and veteran trial attorney Dan Ambrose, this power-packed podcast features in-depth interviews with Top Ranked Trial Lawyers, including Brian Panish, Keith Mitnik, Joe Fried, Zoe Littlepage, Rex Parris, John Romano, Sach Oliver, Jakob Norman, Dino Colombo, Lloyd Bell, Chris Finney, David Christensen, and more. In each episode, you’ll gain invaluable trial insights, strategies, and tactics directly from the titans of trial.
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- Today1h 18m
Truck Law: Training, Trials, and Big Settlements
Joe Fried’s case for a brain-injured little girl had a problem: the truck had essentially no insurance. Weeks before trial, with two untested theories in play, he spent several days cutting the case down to one simple path, and it settled days before jury selection. Joe, a Fried Goldberg trucking lawyer 35 years into practice, shares with host Dan Ambrose how he and Joe Camerlengo looked past a mom-and-pop carrier to a larger company and settled another child’s case for just under $100 million. He also revisits a Virginia verdict that reminded him why missing before and after witnesses is a red flag. Tune in for insights about speed trial and saying no to less.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Joe Fried | LinkedIn☑️ Fried Goldberg | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | X | YouTube☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 17–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 17–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotTelling yourself to stay calm at trial isn’t enough, Joe says, and he explains what it actually takes to keep people from pushing your buttons.Whether it’s a flip chart or a photo on a screen, Joe plans every visual before jurors see it, so they process it the way that best serves the case.Joe exp
- 2 weeks ago41 min
The Business Blind Spot Lawyers Have with Andrew Pickett & Jenn Gore
Four years ago, Jenn Gore came to Trial Lawyers University running a volume pre-lit firm in Atlanta, looking to build up its litigation department. Since then, she grew Atlanta Personal Injury into one of the largest female-owned firms in the country, sold it to Sweet James, and left firm ownership to coach lawyers full-time. Back at TLU in Huntington Beach, Jenn reunites with guest host Andrew Pickett, one of her first coaching clients. Their conversation turns to a blind spot she sees again and again: brilliant trial lawyers who struggle to run a business. Tune in to hear why Jenn says owning a firm comes with a fiduciary duty to be a good business owner.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Jenn Gore | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok☑️ Evergreen Business Coaching | LinkedIn☑️ Andrew Pickett | LinkedIn☑️ Andrew Pickett Law, PLLC | LinkedIn☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 18–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 18–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotAfter meeting Dan Ambrose through Darryl Isaacs at a mastermind, Jenn came to TLU in 2022 while running a volume pre-lit firm in Atlanta, eager to build up its litigation department.Building a personal brand gave Jenn an asset that outlasted the sale of her firm Atlanta Personal Injury, and she explains why every owner should build one.In her coaching, Jenn pushes owners to get visibility into six areas of their firm, plus one wild card factor that no two firms share.Contingency practice demands what Jenn calls nerves of steel, and she breaks down the financial realities that make it such a hard business to run.Looking ahead to 20
- 2 weeks ago55 min
Built For The Fight – The Long Road to Becoming a Top Trucking Lawyer and Securing a $96.75 Million Settlement
The defense blamed a 16-year-old mother for the crash that left her 10-month-old daughter paralyzed from the chest down. But Joe Camerlengo of The Truck Accident Law Firm saw it differently: Would a jury blame her, or the truck driver who had driven 29 of the previous 31 hours? Joe and his team turned down $90 million before settling just shy of $100 million the Friday before trial. A former insurance defense lawyer who now exclusively handles trucking cases, Joe joins host Dan Ambrose to explain how they valued the case and stood by that valuation. He also shares how “clean language” can turn a truck driver into a damages witness and why intensive client prep can increase case value.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Joe Camerlengo | LinkedIn☑️ The Truck Accident Law Firm | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Eric Oliver: Case Story Bootcamp, Oct 20–24, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 18–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 18–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotRaised by a nurse and a brick and block mason after his father was killed in Vietnam, Joe lived in a tent twice: once by choice and once after his family lost everything.Seven years at one of State Farm's largest outside defense firms trained Joe to believe that soft tissue injuries didn't exist — until his own crash left him with one.Joe’s first tractor trailer case, the death of a 19-year-old on a county road, ended with a national trucking company agreeing never to run double trailers on Florida county roads again.Borrowed from psychology, Joe explains that the clean language style of questioning draws out what witnesses would rather not describe, and how he’s made it work over Zoom and through an interpreter.Rather than crucify the truck d
- 2 weeks ago39 min
The Gray Questions: How Sharif Gray Wins Million-Dollar Verdicts in Cases Other Lawyers Turn Down
The city’s best offer was $50,000 for a case most lawyers wouldn’t take. Sharif Gray’s team represented a homeless client who had spent 17 years in prison and gone at least six months without treatment after a library railing gave way behind him — and persuaded the jury to award $2 million. A former Army JAG now practicing at Gray Broughton Injury Law, Sharif joins host Dan Ambrose to explain the four questions his firm uses to build difficult cases. Drawing on that verdict and a $20 million result for a 13-year-old dragged at a psychiatric facility, he shows how disciplined case framing and getting your reps in the courtroom can accelerate a trial lawyer’s growth.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Sharif Gray | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Gray Broughton Injury Law | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Eric Oliver: Case Story Bootcamp, Oct 20–24, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 18–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 18–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotAttending TLU Vegas on a scholarship in 2022 opened Sharif's eyes to what was possible in personal injury law, sending him home with more than 20 takeaways for his colleagues.Why does Sharif's firm hire former criminal lawyers? They already know the hard stuff, from taking a witness to getting in front of a jury, and can learn civil procedure in about three to six months.AI is here to stay, according to Sharif, whose firm uses Eve for medical records, demands, drafting, and legal research, though he questions whether he'd want AI feedback while he's in trial.Sharif's firm build
- 2 weeks ago36 min
Hunting Discomfort in Life with Sterling Hawkins
In his early twenties, Sterling Hawkins and his father sold the company they built to a Silicon Valley group and raised over $550 million. When the housing market collapsed, so did the company, and Sterling went from a penthouse to his parents' house. At rock bottom, he chose to turn toward discomfort. Now the bestselling author of Hunting Discomfort and creator of No Matter What Adventures, Sterling joins host Dan Ambrose as the first non-lawyer guest on Trial Lawyers University. He shares how discomfort is a muscle that can be exercised and explains how to take that first step with a “no matter what” commitment. Tune in for insights on how a pattern interrupt can reignite a lawyer's spark.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Sterling Hawkins | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | X☑️ No Matter What Adventures☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Eric Oliver: Case Story Bootcamp, Oct 20–24, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 18–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 18–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotAfter selling the company he built with his father in his early twenties, Sterling went from a penthouse to his parents' house when the housing market collapsed.Terrified of public speaking, Sterling replied to junk mail for a conference in Singapore, landed the keynote, and rehearsed for five months to get ready.Citing University of Michigan research, Sterling explains that the brain and body process mental, emotional, and physical discomfort identically.During the 2020 shutdown, Sterling broke out of a slump by taking on David Goggins' 4x4x48 challenge of running four miles every four hours for 48 hours.Sterling contrasts working harder and working smarter with what he calls the real work: making what was formerly uncomfortable, comfortable.Even very successful lawyers can
- Oct 5, 202656 min
Kurt Zaner - Slaying Dragons Daily in Life and Law
Nine jurors blamed Kurt Zaner's client, a homeless man sleeping under a trailer, not the truck driver who ran him over. Still, when Kurt visited him afterwards, the man was as happy as if he'd won $10 million because someone had finally fought for him. That spirit drives Dragon Slayers, the listserv that Kurt, a Colorado trial lawyer and TLU instructor, built with inspiration from a fantasy author. Members share wins, raw losses, and referrals, guided by ideals like putting the journey before the destination and accepting that some clients cannot be saved. Tune in as Kurt tells host Dan Ambrose what AI still can't do on cross and how befriending defense counsel can mean less fight back.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Kurt Zaner | LinkedIn☑️ Zaner Law | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Claude Cowork Masterclass, October 8–9, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Eric Oliver: Case Story Bootcamp, Oct 20–24, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 18–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 18–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotAfter realizing his talks all drew on fantasy novels, Kurt started Dragon Slayers, a listserv whose trial lawyer members stand between their clients and "dragons" like insurers and corporations, sharing wins, raw losses, and referrals.Kurt answers Gerry Spence's warning that you can't be a great lawyer and a great father with "informed consent": consciously choosing what to sacrifice instead of defaulting to nonstop work.Despite two years on a knee cart, Kurt still exercises daily and explains why lawyers need to stay healthy for their clients, their families, and themsel
- Sep 26, 202659 min
Eric Oliver - Can you tell the STORY INSIDE your case?
About half of any jury pool arrives assuming the game is rigged, and trial consultant Eric Oliver says you can't deny it. In his 41st year working with trial attorneys, Eric joins host Dan Ambrose to preview his new book, Assuming It to Be True, which tackles two hurdles jurors bring into the courtroom: unspoken assumptions and impaired attention. Eric explains why lawyers should approach every case as if it were a punitive case and frame damages as the deserved consequences of the defendant's wrongful conduct. Tune in to hear how the name you give the defendants can make their wrongdoing look worse, and how too much good evidence once cost a case against a cigarette company.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Eric Oliver | LinkedIn☑️ MetaSystems Consulting | YouTube | LinkedIn☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2026 & 2027 Programming☑️ Claude Cowork Masterclass, October 8–9, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Eric Oliver: Case Story Bootcamp, Oct 20–24, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ Joe Fried & Joe Camerlengo's Trucking Bootcamp, Dec 8–12, 2026, Hermosa Beach, CA☑️ TLU AI Conference, February 18–19, 2027, Huntington Beach, CA☑️ Phillip Miller's Advanced Deposition College, Feb 18–20, 2027, Huntington Beach, CAEpisode SnapshotEric cites research showing one distracted moment can cost you a juror’s attention for an average of 23 minutes — long enough to lose half of a 45-minute opening.Many jurors are more motivated to punish a wrongdoing defendant than to help an injured plaintiff, so Eric establishes the wrongdoing before asking jurors to value the harm.About half of today's jury pool are "post-truth deciders" who share a fear that the people in charge don't have their interests at heart.Using the story model of decision-making, Eric structures cases in the sequence every good story follows: the situation and characters, then the action, and then the aftermath.In a delivery trauma case, Eric explains how simply calling the defendants "the delivery room doctors" sets up a norm that makes a largely absent supervising OB look far worse.<
- Sep 21, 202653 min
What We Got From the TLU Performance Skills Bootcamp
Dan Ambrose discussed his most recent bootcamp with attorneys who attended.
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Satisfied with being an average trial attorney? This isn't the podcast for you. Welcome to Trial Lawyers University (TLU), the ultimate playbook for lawyers that want to achieve trial immortality. Hosted by TLU founder and veteran trial attorney Dan Ambrose, this power-packed podcast features in-depth interviews with Top Ranked Trial Lawyers, including Brian Panish, Keith Mitnik, Joe Fried, Zoe Littlepage, Rex Parris, John Romano, Sach Oliver, Jakob Norman, Dino Colombo, Lloyd Bell, Chris Finney, David Christensen, and more. In each episode, you’ll gain invaluable trial insights, strategies, and tactics directly from the titans of trial.
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