Picking Justice

David deRubertis – How I Stopped Hating Jury Selection


Listen Later

David deRubertis, one of California's preeminent employment trial lawyers, once had a streak of consecutive trials resulting in eight-figure verdicts. And yet he hates jury selection. How did he move past that? By embracing what comes naturally to him and how his mind works. In this conversation with hosts Harry Plotkin and Dan Kramer, David describes how he’s leveraged that lesson to persuade jurors to shift their focus in an employment case – where anger, not necessarily emotional distress, often drives the verdict. He also reveals why one winning strategy may be to not pin the case on the individual client but rather on a corporate defendant’s systemic wrongdoing. A great example: His $464.5 million verdict against Southern California Edison in a workplace harassment case, the largest contested employment verdict ever.

Learn More and Connect

☑️ David deRubertis | LinkedIn

☑️ The deRubertis Law Firm

☑️ Harry Plotkin | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

☑️ Dan Kramer | LinkedIn

☑️ Kramer Trial Lawyers on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram

☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

Produced and Powered by LawPods

Episode sponsored by Focus Graphics.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Picking JusticeBy Harry Plotkin & Dan Kramer

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

6 ratings


More shows like Picking Justice

View all
Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,246 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,687 Listeners

Texas Take by Houston Chronicle

Texas Take

376 Listeners

Pod Save America by Pod Save America

Pod Save America

87,868 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,944 Listeners

Trial Lawyer Nation by Michael Cowen

Trial Lawyer Nation

192 Listeners

Sari Swears by Sari de la Motte

Sari Swears

130 Listeners

Get in the Game Podcast from Jury Analyst by Brian Panish

Get in the Game Podcast from Jury Analyst

42 Listeners

The Bulwark Podcast by The Bulwark

The Bulwark Podcast

12,741 Listeners

The Great Trials Podcast by The Great Trials Podcast

The Great Trials Podcast

134 Listeners

Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast by Benjamin Gideon & Rahul Ravipudi

Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast

49 Listeners

Best Practices with Kenny Berger by Kenneth Berger

Best Practices with Kenny Berger

25 Listeners

Mitnik's Brushstrokes by Keith Mitnik

Mitnik's Brushstrokes

27 Listeners

Brutal Honesty by Nick Rowley

Brutal Honesty

76 Listeners

Just Verdicts by Brendan Lupetin

Just Verdicts

8 Listeners