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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

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

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey 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 T...

Sep 20, 20221 hr 28 min

GTP CLASSIC: Randy Kinnard │Wade v. HealthSouth Cane Creek Rehabilitation Hospital, Lowry, M.D.│ $15.2 million verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Randy Kinnard of Kinnard Law ( www.kinnardclaytonandbeveridge.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished trial lawyer, veteran and Purple Heart recipient Randy Kinnard of Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Attorneys at Law explains how he secured the largest verdict in Weakley County, Tennessee history for Cody Wade. At the age of 17,...

Sep 13, 20221 hr 4 min

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

This week, we’re replaying a classic episode where 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 drivi...

Sep 06, 20221 hr 23 min

GTP CLASSIC: Jeffrey Kroll | Tierney Darden v. City of Chicago, et al. | $148 million verdict

This week, we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Jeffrey Kroll of Kaveny + Kroll Trial Attorneys ( www.KavenyKroll.com ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished trial attorney Jeffrey Kroll of Kaveny + Kroll Trial Attorneys shares how he secured one of the largest premises liability compensatory awards in the nation and the largest verdict ever reported against the city of Chicag...

Aug 30, 20221 hr 15 min

Great Trials Podcast Recap | Jeff Harris, Steve Lowry, Jed Manton and Yvonne Godfrey

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey are joined by Jeff Harris and Jed Manton to recap 4 years and 150+ episodes of the Great Trials Podcast! ( https://www.hlmlawfirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Today’s episode includes lessons learned from over 150 interviews with America’s top trial lawyers. We discuss key takeaways on anchoring damages, demonstratives, expert witnesses, and much more. Click Here to Read/Downl...

Aug 23, 20221 hr 19 minEp. 156

GTP CLASSIC: Mary E. Alexander | Mary Hall v. Yosemite Park and Curry Company | $13.3 million verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Mary E. Alexander of Mary Alexander and Associates, P.C. ( https://www.maryalexanderlaw.com ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Former president of the American Association for Justice Mary E. Alexander of Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C. explains how she secured justice for a University of Arizona college student severely injured after r...

Aug 16, 20221 hr 12 min

GTP CLASSIC: Stephen Susman | Terry Casey et. al. v. Harold Simmons, et. al. | $178.7 Million Verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Steve Susman of Susman Godfrey, L.L.P. ( https://www.susmangodfrey.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Leading trial lawyer Stephen “Steve” Susman of Susman Godfrey LLP talks about how he obtained the largest verdict in 2009 in Dallas County, Texas by representing a trio of NL Industries stockholders (Efficasey Environmental LLC, Highl...

Aug 09, 20221 hr

GTP CLASSIC: Russ Herman | Scott vs American Tobacco | $591 Million Verdict

This week we're replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Russ Herman, Senior Partner of Herman, Herman & Katz, L.L.C. ( hhklawfirm.com ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Case Details: In late 2011, HH&K partner Russ Herman helped finalize the 14-year-old class action lawsuit, Scott v. American Tobacco Company, with a judgment that ordered certain tobacco companies to fund a statewide, 10-year smoking cessation p...

Aug 02, 20221 hr 25 min

GTP CLASSIC: Shanin Specter │Michael Goretzka v. West Penn Power Company │ $109 million verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Shanin Specter of www.klinespecter.com Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Inner Circle of Advocates member Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter, PC shares how he obtained the largest contested liability personal injury verdict in Pennsylvania history after 39-year-old Carrie Goretzka was fatally electrocuted by a 7200 volt power line. West Penn...

Jul 19, 20221 hr 20 min

GTP Classic: Paula Jossart | Scott Kowalewski v. BNSF Railway Company | $15.3 million verdict + $4.6 million misconduct penalty + attorney’s fees

This week we're replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Paula Jossart of Jossart Law Office, LLC ( https://www.jossartlaw.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Award-winning Minnesota personal injury lawyer Paula Jossart of Jossart Law Office, LLC discusses how she secured justice for Scott Kowalewski, a switchman who was exposed to toxic hydrocarbons while working at the Burlington Northern ...

Jul 12, 20221 hr 13 min

Mike Papantonio │Carla Maria Bartlett and Jon William Bartlett v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company and David Freeman v. E.I. DuPont│$920 million settlement and multiple jury verdicts

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Mike Papantonio of Levin Papantonio ( https://www.levinlaw.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame inductee Mike Papantonio, a senior partner with Levin Papantonio in Pensacola, Florida, takes a deep dive into the high-profile $920 million dollar class-action settlement and multiple jury verdicts against DuPont r...

Jul 05, 20221 hr 9 min

GTP CLASSIC: Rex Parris | Taylor v. Schilling | $41.6 million verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Rex Parris of Parris Lawyers ( https://www.parris.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: National Institute for Trial Advocacy Master Advocate Rex Parris describes how he obtained one of the nation’s top motor vehicle accident verdicts in 2018 on behalf of Anthony Taylor. Only 25 at the time of the collision with Schilling’s car, Taylor ...

Jun 28, 20221 hr 12 min

Frank Mangiaracina | Coryell v. Morris, et. al. | $2.1 million verdict

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Frank Mangiaracina of Kline & Specter PC ( https://www.klinespecter.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney Frank Mangiaracina with Kline & Specter PC discusses how he secured justice for David Coryell, a motorcycle driver involved in an automobile wreck with a delivery driver employed by a Domino’s franchise. On July 27, 2016, defend...

Jun 21, 20221 hr 4 minEp. 155

Andy Conn and Drew Gilliland | Wilson v. Evans + Allison v. Sorrell | $1.225 million + $218,400 verdicts

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Andy Conn of Harris Lowry Manton, LLP ( https://www.hlmlawfirm.com/ ) and Drew Gilliland of the Nick Schnyder Law Firm, LLC ( https://www.schnyderlawfirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: In this informative episode, Georgia trial lawyers Andy Conn and Drew Gilliland share their strategies to maximize verdicts in relatively small motor vehicle accident cases. On May 5, 20...

Jun 14, 20221 hr 25 minEp. 154

GTP Classic: John Gomez | William & Elaine Kidd v. WKS Restaurant Corporation (El Pollo Loco) | $16.2 Million Verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview John Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys ( https://www.thegomezfirm.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Award-winning trial lawyer John Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys shares how he secured justice for a California couple whose lives changed forever after a slip-and-fall in an El Pollo Loco restaurant. Because WKS Restaurant Corporation refu...

Jun 07, 20221 hr 6 min

Render Freeman | White v. Robert M. McCommons et. al. | $22 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Render Freeman of Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C. ( https://www.atclawfirm.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Georgia trial lawyer Render Freeman, a partner at Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C., explains how he secured a landmark verdict for the grieving widow of a metro Atlanta orthodontist who was killed while riding his dirt bike at a popular off-roading park in Union Point, Geo...

May 31, 20221 hr 19 minEp. 153

GTP Classic: Laura Shamp | Jordan V. Phillip Morris | $11 Million Verdict

This week, we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Laura Shamp of Shamp Silk, LLC ( https://www.shampsilk.com/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Laura Shamp obtained a verdict of $11 million dollars for an ex-smoker in a case against Philip Morris USA Inc. The jury awarded $3.2 million in punitive damages after finding that the tobacco company had committed fraud and intentionally misre...

May 24, 20221 hr 15 min

GTP Classic: Chris Stewart | Radkey vs Safe Investments, LLC | $1.5 Million Verdict

This week, we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Chris Stewart of Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys - https://smstrial.com/ Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: "Our client was staying at a local motel in a small rural county in Georgia when she was sexually assaulted by a total stranger who gained access to her room by handing a key card to the desk clerk and asking her to re-code it....

May 17, 20221 hr 14 min

Nathan Werksman and Jon Davidi | Jennefer Jones v. Mathew Epstein | $309,250 verdict

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Nathan Werksman of Merson Law PLLC ( https://mersonlaw.com/ ) and Jon Davidi at Panish|Shea|Boyle|Ravipudi LLP ( https://www.psbr.law/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Trial lawyers Nathan Werksman of Merson Law PLLC and Jon Davidi at Panish|Shea|Boyle|Ravipudi LLP discuss how they secured justice for a woman who was viciously attacked by a dog as well as the challenges of con...

May 10, 20221 hr 15 minEp. 152

Michael A. Kelly | Loren Kransky v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. | $8.3 million verdict

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Michael A. Kelly of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger ( https://dicellolevitt.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished California personal injury lawyer Michael A. Kelly, a shareholder at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger and recent Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame inductee, shares how he secured justice for the first of thousands of victims of a defectively designe...

May 03, 20221 hr 6 minEp. 151

Christopher Stombaugh | Adriana Guzman v. The Boeing Company | $2.27 million verdict

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Christopher Stombaugh of DiCello Levitt Gutzler ( https://dicellolevitt.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Accomplished trial lawyer Christopher Stombaugh, a partner at DiCello Levitt Gutzler in Chicago, shares how he successfully represented Costa Rican native Adriana Guzman after she suffered PTSD following a sudden decompression incident on a commercial Boeing 757 flight...

Apr 26, 20221 hr 16 minEp. 150

GTP CLASSIC | Robin Frazer Clark | Marshall Fox, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jayne B. Fox v. Emory Healthcare, Inc., The Emory Clinic, Inc., et. al. | $2.35 million verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic GTP episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Robin Frazer Clark of The Law Firm of Robin Frazer Clark, P.C. ( https://www.gatriallawyers.net/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Former State Bar of Georgia President Robin Frazer Clark explains how she secured justice for the only son of 75-year-old Jayne Fox, a woman who suffered a traumatic vocal cord injury during intubation for...

Apr 12, 20221 hr 16 min

Doris Cheng | Maria Renteria v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | $1.4 million verdict

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Doris Cheng of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger ( https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Acclaimed California trial lawyer and former San Francisco Bar Association president Doris Cheng of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger shares how she successfully represented a grieving mother after her son was fatally struck by a city bus while riding hi...

Apr 05, 20222 hr 32 minEp. 149

GTP CLASSIC: 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 we're replaying a classic episode where 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 thr...

Mar 29, 20221 hr 19 min

GTP CLASSIC: Victor Vital | Mugdock Tavern Investments and Duffy I, LP, v. CAT Seattle, LLC et al. | Take Nothing Verdict

This week we’re replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Victor Vital of Barnes & Thornburg LLP ( https://btlaw.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Texas Lawyer Verdicts Hall of Fame inductee Victor Vital, a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, shares how he secured a take-nothing defense verdict in a business fraud claim against his clients, CAT Seattle and Ascend Health Corporation. Both com...

Mar 22, 20221 hr 2 min

Randall Sorrels and Alexandra Farias-Sorrels | Cruz v. Allied Aviation Fueling Company of Houston, Inc., and Reginald Willis | $352.77 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Randall Sorrels and Alexandra Farias-Sorrels of Sorrels Law ( https://sorrelllawfirm.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP on iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Case Details: Husband-and-wife trial team Randall Sorrels and Alexandra Farias-Sorrels of Sorrels Law share how they secured justice for an airline wing walker who was struck by a fueling truck and catastrophically injured. On September 7, 2019, Ulysses Cruz donned his ye...

Mar 15, 20221 hr 8 minEp. 148

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

This week we're replaying a classic episode where your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Micha Star Liberty of Liberty Law Office, Inc. ( 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...

Mar 08, 20221 hr 13 min

Bibi Fell | Kali v. Young, et al | $105.356 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Bibi Fell of Fell Law, PC ( https://www.fellfirm.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP on iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Case Details: California trial lawyer Bibi Fell, a founding partner at Fell Law, PC and a partner at Athea Trial Lawyers, shares how she successfully represented a breast cancer patient who fell victim to the beliefs and unconventional cancer treatment of a New York Times bestselling author masquerading as ...

Mar 01, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 147

Jim Gilbert | Dzemila Heco v. Johnson Controls, Inc. | $43.1 million verdict

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Jim Gilbert of The Gilbert Law Group, PC ( https://www.thegilbertlawgroup.com/ ) Remember to rate and review GTP on iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Case Details: Jim Gilbert, the founder of Colorado's The Gilbert Law Group, PC and former national chairman of the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, shares how he successfully represented Bosnian War refugee Dzemila Heco after she suffered life-altering injuries due to a defecti...

Feb 22, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 146

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

This week, we’re replaying a classic GTP episode where Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Natalie Woodward of of Jordan Woodward Cathey ( http://thetrial.attorney/ ). Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Jordan Woodward Cathey founding partner Natalie Woodward 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 Manag...

Feb 15, 20221 hr 19 min