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  • Jujitsu Tactics in the Courtroom, with Dennis Donnelly

    Jujitsu Tactics in the Courtroom, with Dennis Donnelly
    Jul 21 2025
    Described by host Ben Gideon as “the Brazilian jujitsu of trial lawyers,” Dennis Donnelly shares his insights from 44 years in practice. “I don't know about all of you, but I try a lot of cases, and usually somewhere in the trial, I tell myself, ‘This is why this happened,’” Dennis says, adding, “But it takes a while to get there.” In this conversation with Ben and Rahul Ravipudi, Dennis describes how he “gets there”: by understanding why things happen—not just what happened— to transform case presentation and jury persuasion.Learn More and Connect☑️ Dennis Donnelly | LinkedIn☑️ The Donnelly Law Firm | LinkedIn☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Produced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by SmartAdvocate, Hype Legal,
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  • Special Preview: Welcome to Elawvate: Build & Grow Your Law Firm

    Special Preview: Welcome to Elawvate: Build & Grow Your Law Firm
    Jul 11 2025

    For four years, you’ve tuned in to Elawvate, the podcast where “personal growth meets the practice of trial law.” Now, host Ben Gideon invites you to a special preview of Elawvate’s new “Build & Grow Your Law Firm” podcast, where you’ll learn the business of practicing law. Ben and co-host Jeff Wright, the COO of Gideon Asen, reflect on building the firm from startup to profitable powerhouse in just four years. But, as Ben explains in the premiere episode, "I really wish when we started our practice, someone had taken me under their wing and said, 'This is how you do this.’” If you’ve wished the same, you’re at the right place.

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    40 m
  • Winning $7.6M for Wrongfully Imprisoned Client, with David Lebowitz, Doug Lieb, and Alyssa Isidoridy

    Winning $7.6M for Wrongfully Imprisoned Client, with David Lebowitz, Doug Lieb, and Alyssa Isidoridy
    Jul 7 2025
    When police officers intentionally falsify evidence to arrest someone they believe is guilty, it’s usually "an ends-justify-the-means approach," says Doug Lieb. He and trial partners David Lebowitz and Alyssa Isidoridy challenge that approach in their civil rights practice, recently winning $7.6 million for a client who spent 30 years wrongfully imprisoned. With hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi, the guests reveal their collaborative case vetting process, the power of federal fee-shifting statutes, and why they choose federal court for civil rights litigation despite its challenges.Learn More and Connect☑️ David Lebowitz | LinkedIn☑️ Doug Lieb | LinkedIn☑️ Alyssa Isidoridy | LinkedIn☑️ Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick on LinkedIn | Facebook | X ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube |
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    52 m
  • Inside A Med-Mal Master’s Nine-Figure Playbook, with Brian McKeen

    Inside A Med-Mal Master’s Nine-Figure Playbook, with Brian McKeen
    Jun 23 2025
    "It's not rocket science," says Brian McKeen about trial advocacy. His record-breaking verdicts may suggest otherwise. The Detroit med-mal virtuoso shares with hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi how he transformed from a sports-obsessed student into one of Michigan's powerhouse plaintiff attorneys. From a $130 million med mal judgment to a $96 million trucking verdict, Brian reveals how deep medical knowledge and relentless case development unlock extraordinary outcomes. Most compelling are his civil rights cases against detention facilities, where he has leveraged video evidence to show neglect of vulnerable detainees. His message to young lawyers: Good trial advocacy is learnable with courage and commitment.Learn More and Connect☑️ Brian McKeen | LinkedIn☑️ McKeen & Associates on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Produced and Powered by
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    51 m
  • From Milking Cows to Making Insurance Companies Pay, with Ricardo Echeverria

    From Milking Cows to Making Insurance Companies Pay, with Ricardo Echeverria
    Jun 9 2025
    In a personal injury case, the plaintiff’s lawyer must rely on witnesses to perform. In a bad-faith case, their job is educating the jury about the rules that insurance companies must follow. That’s how Ricardo Echeverria describes the two areas of his practice at Shernoff Bidart Echeverria. With hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi, he explains that he started his career focusing on PI but that evolved over the years to litigating bad faith cases. “They are definitely different kinds of cases and a different approach to cases altogether,” he says. Tune in for Ricardo’s insights about how he advocates for fire victims who are under-insured and why he'd "go back to milking cows" before representing insurance companies.Learn More and Connect☑️ Ricardo Echeverria☑️ Shernoff Bidart Echeverria on LinkedIn | Facebook | X☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Produced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by
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    55 m
  • Turning Clinical Judgment Against the Defense: $11.9M Win, with Karen Zahka and Austin Dana

    Turning Clinical Judgment Against the Defense: $11.9M Win, with Karen Zahka and Austin Dana
    May 26 2025
    When FDA guidelines failed their client, trial partners Austin Dana and Karen Zahka flipped the script by arguing for clinical judgment, typically a defense position. Hospitalized with an epileptic seizure at age 13, their client was old enough to receive an adult dosage of an anti-seizure medication, according to the FDA – but she weighed only 61 pounds, the weight of a child. That adult dosage led to their client getting Stevens-Johnson syndrome. “Our position was that the defendant should have deviated from the guidelines,” Karen explains to hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi. Tune in as Austin and Karen break down how they secured an $11.9 million verdict.Learn More and Connect☑️ Karen Zahka | LinkedIn☑️ Trial Lawyers For Justice on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube☑️ Austin Dana | LinkedIn ☑️ Keches Law Group on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on
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    41 m
  • Chasing Justice, Not Ambulances: The Garmey Family Story, with Terry Garmey and Alexis Garmey Chardon

    Chasing Justice, Not Ambulances: The Garmey Family Story, with Terry Garmey and Alexis Garmey Chardon
    May 12 2025
    Spare Terry Garmey the old joke about ambulance chasers. “I'm defensive about being a plaintiff's lawyer. I like what I do,” says one of Maine's most respected plaintiff's lawyers. His daughter Alexis Garmey Chardon, who left a high-paying corporate law career to practice with her father, also describes the profession’s nobility: “It’s almost like a civic duty for us lawyers that we keep trying cases, including small cases.” Tune in to this conversation with host Ben Gideon for an inside look at a powerhouse family’s success in court and at home.Learn More and Connect☑️ Terry Garmey | LinkedIn | X☑️ Alexis Garmey Chardon | LinkedIn☑️ Garmey Law | LinkedIn | Facebook☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Produced and Powered by
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    51 m
  • Could AI Find What Your Opposition Is Desperately Hiding? with Darryl Williams

    Could AI Find What Your Opposition Is Desperately Hiding? with Darryl Williams
    Apr 28 2025
    "AI knows what absolute truth is," says Darryl Williams, whose military career solving "strategic surprise" led him to create algorithms that dive deeper than conventional AI. Speaking with host Ben Gideon, Darryl explains how his cognitive AI system, grounded in foundational sciences, achieves near-perfect accuracy where generative AI can falter. From identifying juror biases to uncovering hidden fraud, Darryl details how his platform reconstructs reality from sparse data points, helping lawyers win high-stakes cases through superior intelligence gathering. The message: In litigation, you don't know what you don't know until deeper AI reveals it.Learn More and Connect☑️ Darryl Williams ☑️ Partsol (Partnership Solutions International | LinkedIn☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Produced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by SmartAdvocate, Hype Legal, Expert Institute,
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    47 m