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The Great Trials Podcast

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The Great Trials Podcast offers a series of laid-back, casual conversations with leading trial lawyers, taking listeners "behind the scenes" of America’s greatest trials. Hosted by acclaimed trial lawyers Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey, each podcast episode focuses on one important trial and includes in-depth, insightful interviews with the attorneys who successfully argued the case in front of a judge and jury.

Episodes

Timothy Trecek | Vanderventer v. Hyundai Motors Company, Hyundai Motor America, Kayla M. Schwartz | $38.1 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Timothy Trecek of Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C. ( https://www.habush.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Two-time Wisconsin Association for Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award winner Timothy Trecek of Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C. shares how he successfully represented Edward Vanderventer, Jr. and his wife Susan after Edward was rendered a paraplegic following a traffic...

Jul 13, 20211 hr 21 minEp. 123

Jennifer L. Lawrence | Longbottom et al. v. Gary S. Huber, D.O. and Qualified Emergency Specialists, Inc. | $2.41 Million Verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Jennifer L. Lawrence of The Lawrence Firm ( https://www.lawrencefirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Top 25 Women Kentucky Super Lawyers honoree Jennifer L. Lawrence of The Lawrence Firm, PSC, shares how she secured justice for the parents of Kyle Smith, a young boy who suffered head trauma that was not thoroughly assessed by a physician and resulted in permanent injur...

Jul 06, 20211 hr 13 minEp. 122

Eric Rosen | Vivian Turner, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Vivian Wilkinson v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | $13 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Eric Rosen of Rosen Injury Law ( https://roseninjurylawyers.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Rosen Injury Law founder Eric Rosen explains how he secured justice for the family of Vivian Wilkinson, a lifelong smoker who died from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) caused by her addiction to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's cigarettes. Building upon the success o...

Jun 29, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 121

Arash Homampour | Shinedling v. Sunbeam Products, Inc. | $58.65 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm ( https://www.homampour.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Award-winning California trial lawyer and The Homampour Law Firm founder Arash Homampour discusses how he successfully represented grieving widower Kenneth Shinedling and his three daughters after a defective space heater designed and manufactured by Sunbeam Products, Inc....

Jun 22, 20211 hr 21 minEp. 120

Chuck Clay | Lee et al. v. Berkel & Co. Contractors Inc. et al. | $43.9 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Chuck Clay of Pratt Clay LLC ( https://www.prattclay.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Georgia Super Lawyer Chuck Clay of Pratt Clay LLC shares his experience -- from a record-breaking verdict to an overturn on appeal -- representing construction crane operator Tyler Lee after his left leg was crushed on the job, resulting in an above-the-knee amputation. In September 20...

Jun 15, 20211 hr 8 minEp. 119

GTP CLASSIC | Rachel Lanier │Gail Lucille Ingham, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. │$4.69 billion verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey revisit their interview with Rachel Lanier of the Lanier Law Firm ( https://lanierlawfirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Case Details: National Trial Lawyers Civil Plaintiff Top 40 Under 40 honoree Rachel Lanier discusses how she and other members of the Lanier Law Firm trial team secured the largest verdict in the United States in 2018. This landmark verdict secured justice for 22 women who de...

Jun 08, 20211 hr 21 min

GTP CLASSIC | William Applegate & Liam Duffy │Estate of Jose Larios v. Dominion Energy South Carolina f/k/a S.C. Electric & Gas Company│$21 million verdict

This week we're replaying a Great Trials Podcast classic episode that originally aired in January 2020 with guests William Applegate and Liam Duffy of Yarborough Applegate (https://www.yarboroughapplegate.com/). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Case Details: Yarborough Applegate attorneys William Applegate and Liam Duffy share how they secured the largest jury verdict in Colleton County, South Carolina history for the wrongful death of landscaper Jose Lari...

Jun 01, 20211 hr 22 min

John Martin | Goodrich v. Cimline, Inc. and Garlock Equipment Company, Inc. | $11.618 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Craig Milsten of John Martin of KJC Law Firm ( https://www.kjclawfirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished Massachusetts trial lawyer John Martin of KJC Law Firm discusses how he secured justice for paving contractor Brian Goodrich, who was tragically crushed by a Cimline MAGMA 110 Asphalt Melter/Applicator after a jack slipped, causing permanent, life-altering...

May 25, 20211 hr 14 minEp. 118

Craig Milsten | William N. Waite v. Argento Family Partnership | $4.035 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Craig Milsten of KBG Injury Law ( https://resultsyoudeserve.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Million Dollar Advocates Forum member Craig Milsten of KBG Injury Law shares how he successfully represented an elderly man with limited vision who was blinded due to a fall on an unmarked step at a shopping center in York County, Pennsylvania. On July 3, 2012, William Waite, a ...

May 18, 20211 hr 11 minEp. 117

Mickey Mixson | David McDavid et al. v. Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. | $281 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview "Mickey" Mixson of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP ( https://www.bmelaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished business torts lawyer H. Lamar "Mickey" Mixson of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP discusses how he secured justice for Texas businessman David McDavid after his binding agreement to purchase 85% of the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) interest in the NBA's A...

May 11, 20211 hr 16 minEp. 116

Robert Mongeluzzi | Harmon et al. v. The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia et al. | $227 million settlement

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky ( https://www.smbb.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame inductee Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky shares how he successfully represented the families of nine customers and employees who were killed or seriously injured in the collapse of a Salvation Army Thrift Store in Philadelphia o...

May 04, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 115

Bonus Episode | Should Razz Go to Law School | Razz Misher

On this bonus episode of The Great Trials Podcast, Steve and Yvonne are interviewed by a potential law school student...our producer, Razz! We discuss the LSAT, choosing a school, tips for being successful in law school, the work/life balance of an attorney, and much more.

Apr 29, 20211 hr 12 min

Natalie Woodward | Robert Richard Lucas v. City of Braswell et al. | $1 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Natalie Woodward of Shamp Jordan Woodward ( https://www.sjwtriallaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Shamp Jordan Woodward founding partner Natalie Woodward shares discusses how she secured justice for the former Chief of Police for the City of Braswell, Georgia after he was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted by the Mayor, City Manager and subsequent Chief of P...

Apr 27, 20211 hr 19 minEp. 114

Rich Newsome | Pat Dougherty and Anita Forester, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Abigail Dougherty v. WCA of Florida, LLC | $25 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Rich Newsome of Newsome Melton Law Firm ( https://www.newsomelaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Orlando trial lawyer Rich Newsome of Newsome Melton Law Firm shares how he successfully advocated for the parents of deceased University of Florida student Abigail Dougherty after she was struck and killed by a Waste Corporation of America (WCA) garbage truck while riding h...

Apr 20, 20211 hr 15 minEp. 113

Neama Rahmani | United States of America v. Laura Elana Trejo-Macias | Guilty Verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Neama Rahmani of West Coast Trial Lawyers ( https://westcoasttriallawyers.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: West Coast Trial Lawyers' President and co-founder Neama Rahmani looks back on his days as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and shares how he convinced a California jury that Laura Elana Trejo-Macias intentionally and knowingly tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border with ...

Apr 13, 20211 hr 8 minEp. 112

Donald Hinkle | Mathis v. United States of America | $4.73 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Don Hinkle of Hinkle and Foran ( https://www.hinkleforan.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Million Dollar Advocates Forum member and accomplished Tallahassee, Florida attorney Donald Hinkle of Hinkle & Foran shares how he held the United States government responsible for the negligence of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctor who failed to promptly diagnose Vietna...

Apr 06, 20211 hr 4 minEp. 111

Gilion Dumas | Kerry Lewis v. Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Boy Scouts of America et al. | $19.9 million verdicts

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Gilion Dumas ( https://dumasandvaughn.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Gilion Dumas, a partner at Dumas & Vaughn, LLC in Portland, Oregon and an experienced litigator in child sexual abuse cases, explains how she successfully represented former Boy Scout Kerry Lewis, who was sexually abused by an adult Boy Scout volunteer multiple times in the early 1980s. From 1982 to ...

Mar 30, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 110

Micha Star Liberty | Denis Le Moullac and Jessie Jewitt v. Daylight Foods, Inc. | $4 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Micha Star Liberty ( https://libertylaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Award-winning California trial attorney Micha Star Liberty discusses how she successfully advocated for the grieving parents of 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac after she was fatally struck by a commercial vehicle while riding in a San Francisco bike lane in 2013. A responsible bicyclist, Amelie wore ...

Mar 23, 20211 hr 13 minEp. 109

Taylor Rayfield and Tobin Lanzetta | Delia Flores v. ConvergeOne, Inc. | $2.6 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Taylor Rayfield of Manly Stewart Finaldi ( https://www.manlystewart.com/ ) and Tobin Lanzetta of Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, LLP ( https://www.gbw.law/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: California trial lawyers Taylor Rayfield of Manly Stewart Finaldi and Tobin Lanzetta of Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, LLP explain how they successfully represented their client Delia Flores afte...

Mar 16, 20211 hr 20 minEp. 108

James "Bo" Bolus, Jr. & Nick Mudd | Boerste v. University Medical Center, Inc. et al. | $10.5 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview James "Bo" Bolus, Jr. of Bolus Law ( https://www.boluslaw.com/ ) and personal injury lawyer Nick Mudd of Mudd Legal Group ( https://www.muddlegalgroup.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Kentucky Trial Court Review's 2020 Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year James "Bo" Bolus, Jr. of Bolus Law and personal injury lawyer Nick Mudd of Mudd Legal Group explain how they successfu...

Mar 09, 20211 hr 18 minEp. 107

Nick Rowley and Steve Halteman | Jordan, et al. v. TGI Fridays, et al. | $40 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Nick Rowley and Steve Halteman of Carpenter, Zuckerman, & Rowley, ( https://czrlaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Award-winning trial lawyer Nick Rowley -- a U.S. Air Force and Army veteran and one of the youngest trial lawyers to be named Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles' Trial Lawyer of the Year -- explains how he represented grieving mother Carmen Jord...

Mar 02, 20211 hr 12 minEp. 106

Chrysta Castañeda | Mesa Petroleum Partners LP v. Baytech LLP, J. Cleo Thompson and James Cleo Thompson, Jr., LP, and Delaware Basin Resources LLC | $146 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Chrysta Castañeda of The Castañeda Firm ( https://castaneda-firm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished Dallas oil and gas litigator Chrysta Castañeda of The Castañeda Firm discusses how she secured justice for oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, the owner of Mesa Petroleum Partners, in a landmark breach of contract case against three Texas oil companies, securing the n...

Feb 23, 20211 hr 19 minEp. 105

Jonathan Marko | Lisa and Cedric Griffey v. Michigan Department of Corrections | $11.67 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Jonathan Marko, the Detroit Bar Association's Civil Rights Chair and founder of Marko Law ( https://markolaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Jonathan Marko, the Detroit Bar Association's Civil Rights Chair and founder of Marko Law, shares how he secured justice for Lisa and Cedric Griffey, a husband and wife who suffered racial discrimination in the workplace. A probat...

Feb 16, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 104

Joseph Preiser, Katrina Taraska & Ian Alexander | Estate of Sabanovic v. City of Chicago | $13.89 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Ian Alexander, Katrina Taraska, and Joseph Preiser of Goldberg & Goldberg ( https://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticefirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Chicago trial lawyers Ian Alexander, Katrina Taraska, and Joseph Preiser of Goldberg & Goldberg share how they successfully represented 25-year-old model Irma Sabanovic's grieving family after Irma drove her car over an u...

Feb 09, 20212 hr 42 minEp. 103

Adam Slater | McGinnis v. C.R. Bard, Inc. et al. | $68 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Adam Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman ( https://www.mazieslater.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: New Jersey trial lawyer Adam Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman shares how he successfully represented Mary McGinnis, a 70-year-old woman who underwent numerous surgeries after C.R. Bard's defective transvaginal mesh products eroded within her body, causing chronic i...

Feb 02, 20212 hr 40 minEp. 102

Mark Mandell | Moulton, et al. v. UTGR, Inc. d/b/a Twin River, et al. | $21.27 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Mark Mandell of Mandell, Boisclair & Mandell, Ltd ( https://www.mbmjustice.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Acclaimed trial lawyer Mark Mandell of Mandell, Boisclair & Mandell, Ltd. explains how he successfully advocated for Alissa Moulton, who was ejected from her boyfriend Alexander Arango's car after he lost control while driving under the influence, leaving her para...

Jan 26, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 101

Derrick Alexander Pope │ Hidden Legal Figures Podcast Collaboration │ State of Alabama v. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Derrick A. Pope of The Arc of Justice Institute ( https://onthearc.net/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Hidden Legal Figures Podcast host Alexander Pope returns to discuss the landmark 1956 case against Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. for his role in the year-long Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott and violation of a 1921 ...

Jan 19, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 100

Randy Edwards, John Sherrod, & Paul Piland | Johns v. Suzuki Motor Corp. | $12.5 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Randy Edwards and Paul Piland of Cochran Edwards ( https://www.cochranedwardslaw.com/ ) & John Sherrod of Sherrod Bernard ( https://www.sherrodandbernard.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished trial lawyer and former NFL defensive lineman Randy Edwards of Cochran Edwards, personal injury attorney John Sherrod of Sherrod Bernard, and experienced litigator Paul Pil...

Jan 12, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 99

Christine Spagnoli | Mauro v. Ford Motor Company | $73 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Christine Spagnoli of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP (https://www.gbw.law/). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Santa Monica, California attorney Christine Spagnoli of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP shares how she advocated for injured church members and their grieving families after a Ford E350 15-passenger van overturned following a tire tread separation. In April 2004, four memb...

Jan 05, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 98

Brett Turnbull and Jerome Tapley | Cruz v. Nissan North America, Inc. | $24.9 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Brett Turnbull of Turnbull Law Firm ( https://turnbulllawfirm.com/ ) and Jerome Tapley of Cory Watson Attorneys ( https://www.corywatson.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Trial lawyers Brett Turnbull of Turnbull Law Firm and Jerome Tapley of Cory Watson Attorneys explain how they successfully represented grieving father Hilario Cruz after his wife and two young daughters ...

Dec 29, 20201 hr 28 minEp. 97