Clashes with the judge. Nineteen expert depositions. Ten hours of court hearings leading to trial. Outcome: $51.3 million for a construction worker who was electrocuted on a job site. Mohamad Ahmad discusses the remarkable journey of the Maggio case and his career in this conversation with host Dan Ambrose. After getting no job offers after his UCLA Law summer clerkship and starting his own firm, Mohamad endured a decade-long drought between seven-figure verdicts and spent about $1 million of his own money on Maggio. Tune in for his insights about assembling a trial team, mastering cross-examination, and videotaping yourself – an uncomfortable but essential training tool.

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2026 Programming

☑️ Bootcamp & Ski (Dan Ambrose and Giorgio Panagos), Feb. 8-15, Lake Tahoe, CA

☑️ Depostions Are Trial (Sach Oliver and Dan Ambrose), March 3-7, Rogers, AR

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• After graduating from UCLA law with no job offers, Mohamad started his own firm.
• His first trial was a restraining order case, where he defeated a 20-year veteran lawyer from a white shoe San Francisco firm.
• In 2013, Mohamad obtained his first seven-figure verdict ($1.57 million) on a case that was going to settle for $45,000.
• After a 10-year drought between major personal injury verdicts, Mohamad spent about $1 million of his own money preparing the Maggio case, in which he represented a construction worker who had been electrocuted at a solar plant.
• During the trial, Mohamad waived all past economic damages and future lost wages, asking for only $2.7 million in future medical costs. 
• When a defense's electrical expert claimed during cross-examination that the "bible" of electrical injury contained errors, Mohamad challenge  him with an exchange that left the jury laughing.
• In 2023, the Maggio jury awarded $51.3 million — the highest in Monterey County history.
• Mohamad credits TLU bootcamp training for teaching him to slow down, maintain eye contact, and get comfortable being uncomfortable by videotaping himself repeatedly

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Alex Ivanov’s journey to Angel Reyes & Associates in Texas started when he fled his native Belarus after refusing KGB recruitment, arriving in America at age 21 with $380. Just three years into trying cases, he secured his first seven-figure verdict on a non-surgical pain management case where the defense offered only $90K on a $250K policy. How? Leveraging strategies developed by host Dan Ambrose for his TLU platform to prepare the witness and transport the jury back to the crash scene, The jury awarded $1.075 million. Since 2022, Alex has tried about 15 jury trials and recently earned recognition as a Texas Rising Star. He’s also the third most prolific TLU On Demand user; tune in to learn why he considers daily learning non-negotiable for trial success.

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☑️ Case Story Bootcamp: (Dan Ambrose and Eric Oliver), Oct 28-Nov 1, Las Vegas, NV

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2026 Programming

☑️ Bootcamp & Ski (Dan Ambrose and Giorgio Panagos), Feb. 8-15, Lake Tahoe, CA

☑️ Depostions Are Trial (Sach Oliver and Dan Ambrose), March 3-7, Rogers, AR

☑️ TLU Beach, June 3-6, Huntington Beach, CA

• Alex graduated top of his class from Belarusian State University with a degree in international law, competing in moot court competitions at Oxford and the International Court of Justice in The Hague
• After refusing KGB recruitment, Alex found himself facing three criminal charges (fraud, money laundering, tax evasion) that appeared overnight, with documents bearing his signature pleading guilty
• Alex and his wife, Kate, escaped Belarus on a midnight bus with $380, gambling that border guards wouldn't check passports; he turned 21 at JFK International Airport. 
• Starting over in America, Alex and Kate sold vape liquids door-to-door, building the business to $20-30K monthly before being cut out by their Austin partner, leaving them homeless.
• Alex earned his LL.M. from Texas A&M in 2020, passed the bar during Covid, and started as a paralegal at Angel Reyes & Associates after other firms rejected him due to his accent
• Alex has tried approximately 15 jury trials since 2022, securing his first seven-figure verdict ($1.075 million) on a non-surgical pain management case with a $250K policy.
• Alex secured a $500K verdict for an undocumented client terrified to appear in court, helping her overcome fear to receive justice for her injuries on an $85K offer case
• The third most prolific user of TLU On Demand, Alex uses the platform to onboard new lawyers at his firm on topics from tracking to expert cross-examination.

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Two North Carolina attorneys who served their country and are now serving their clients discuss what they gained from the Trial Lawyer University’s Joe Fried Trucking Bootcamp. Will Meekins, with two years of experience handling catastrophic injury cases in western North Carolina, and Ryan McCollum with three civil trials under his belt in Raleigh, both graduated from West Point. They met years later at a North Carolina Plaintiffs' Lawyers Convention. In this wide-ranging discussion with host Dan Ambrose, they share insights from their military service, transition to trial law, and intensive training at the bootcamp. Tune in for their takeaways about witness preparation, cross-examination skills, and the importance of making the unconscious conscious in every aspect of trial performance.

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☑️ Case Story Bootcamp: (Dan Ambrose and Eric Oliver), Oct 28-Nov 1, Las Vegas, NV

☑️ TLU Performance Skills | Cabo Edition (Dan Ambrose and Giorgio Panagos), Dec. 15-22, Cabo San Lucas, MX

2026 Programming

☑️ Bootcamp & Ski (Dan Ambrose and Giorgio Panagos), Feb. 8-15, Lake Tahoe, CA

☑️ Depostions Are Trial (Sach Oliver and Dan Ambrose), March 3-7, Rogers, AR

☑️ TLU Beach, June 3-6, Huntington Beach, CA

• Both Will and Ryan graduated from West Point and served as infantry officers.
• The attorneys attended Joe Fried’s Trucking Bootcamp to elevate their practices: Will wanted Joe’s take on a case that he was preparing, and Ryan had just settled his second big trucking case and his firm was giving him more.
• The bootcamp emphasized micro-connection skills, including intentional eye contact, emotional state control, and deliberate hand movements to build rapport with jurors.
• Ryan discovered his intensive forehead wrinkles made him appear angry and combative, learning to project warmth instead of intensity during witness examination.
• Will learned to avoid treating all witnesses as adversaries, understanding that even defense experts need guidance rather than confrontation.
• Both attorneys emphasize the importance of understanding why a case matters to the jury, not just the attorney and client.
• The social aspects of the bootcamp created lasting professional relationships and referral opportunities among participants.

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In 1984, Eric Oliver was teaching persuasion skills to marketeers in computer firms. When he transitioned to trial consulting that year, he found a new audience. In two years, “lawyers took all my time…because nobody had ever taught persuasion, influence, and communication to attorneys at that time. They still don't.” In this wide-ranging discussion with host Dan Ambrose, Eric reveals how he accidentally discovered his calling. Now, he teaches lawyers how to manage juror perceptions, combat post-truth decision-making, and overcome impaired attention in modern courtrooms. Tune in for his insights about anchoring techniques, mirroring for rapport, and opening statements that can put you far ahead of your opponent.

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• Eric entered trial consulting after teaching marketing to computer firms when a lawyer read his Yellow Pages ad for nonverbal communication; the lawyer asked for help facing his most feared opponent and did “remarkably well” after working with Eric.
• Eric discovered that most law school training is counterproductive to effective communication, requiring lawyers to unlearn academic approaches to connect with real people.
• Nearly 50% of jury pools now consist of "post-truth deciders" who assume the game is rigged, prefer deciding against defendants over for plaintiffs, and believe wrongdoing should be knowing rather than mere negligence.
• Modern jurors suffer from impaired attention in three ways: shorter attention spans, weaker concentration abilities, and fragmented focus that creates self-distraction even without phones.
• Eric pioneered a "frame of mind exercise" that uses anchoring techniques to help lawyers connect physical cues to confident mental states.
• Successful case storytelling requires consistency, using the same framing sequences to help jurors with short attention spans follow the narrative thread.

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It was a longshot case. After all, the jury knew that John Martin’s client, suing for employment discrimination, already had retirement benefits. But this fight was about whether she was entitled to a different category of benefits. Confident they’d win, the defense rejected an offer to mediate. A jury awarded $1.75 million. “I just got the email this morning that they just mailed the checks,” John tells host Dan Ambrose in this wide-ranging discussion about his career. With 35-40 civil jury trials under his belt since graduating from Suffolk University Law School in 2009, John reflects on his journey from debt collection rookie to winning trial lawyer at Keches Law Group. Tune in for his insights about how modern AI is revolutionizing case preparation, how the settlement trap derails many lawyers' careers, and how personal adversity can forge fearless courtroom warriors. 

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• John uses AI tools like GPT Pro to synthesize deposition transcripts, create contradiction tables, and streamline case preparation for his upcoming trial.
• After failing to complete high school initially, John participated in Up With People, a traveling performance organization that taught him service and built performance confidence.
• His path to law school was sparked by his fiancé's mother's misdiagnosis of kidney cancer and the unresponsiveness of top Boston medical malpractice attorneys.
• After graduating from law school during the 2008-09 recession, John’s commitment letters were rescinded, so he turned to a debt collection law firm. His career there lasted through one court appearance, when he told a judge that many debtors were “judgment proof.” “No one's ever judgment proof, so they no longer needed my services.”
• In his first civil jury trial against the Boy Scouts of America, John secured $152,500 in economic damages plus $300,000 in punitive damages.
• John's son Jack was born with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and pulmonary vein stenosis, requiring three years of chemotherapy and multiple heart surgeries.
• Through Jack's medical journey, John learned to let go of outcome obsession and developed fearlessness in the courtroom that dramatically improved his trial results.
• John represents an iron worker who injured his shoulder while replacing braces on a high-end construction project in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He’s preparing for trial, scheduled to start this month.

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“Every employment case is a story about betrayal,” says George Moschopoulos, who recently convinced jurors that the Los Angeles Unified School District failed to work in good faith to find his disabled client another role in the organization. Host Dan Ambrose unpacks the case, from the six-figure pretrial offer to the juror who compelled the team to pivot their strategy to the $3 million verdict. Tune in for George’s insights about presenting clients as resilient survivors and mastering trial skills through deliberate practice.

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• Engineer by day, law student by night: George traces his path.
• George describes how his first mentor, a Cornell Law grad with a BigLaw pedigree, guided his early career.
• At plaintiff’s bar panel in the early-2000s, George was impressed by a speaker who discussed sexual harassment and disability discrimination and retaliation law. “I said, ‘Who's discriminating against anybody these days?’ Just goes to show how little I knew.”
• George characterizes every employment case as a story of betrayal: the trusted relationship intentionally broken for the wrong reasons.
• George's first trial victory came in a disability discrimination case he thought was hopeless until discovering a smoking-gun email that advised the employer to "delete this email, smiley face."
• George credits TLU bootcamps for helping him change tactics, from focusing on "selling the bad" (victim suffering) to "selling the glad" (client resilience and recovery).
• In unpacking his recent victory on behalf of an injured school safety officer, George explains how he reframed the case after jury selection, when a 30-year district employee described school safety officers' physical intervention duties. 
• George and Dan role-play cross-examining a defense medical expert.

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Looking back on this month’s TLU Beach, Joe Fried says attendees and even vendors declared it the best program yet. The renowned trucking attorney from Fried Goldberg joins host Dan Ambrose to reflect on the event’s success and preview their five-day Trucking Bootcamp in August. That event will combine Joe's 20-plus years of trucking expertise with Dan's performance skills training, guiding trial lawyers through intensive hands-on practice.

The Trucking Bootcamp will be held Aug. 12-16 in Huntington Beach, CA. Learn more here.

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• TLU Beach 2025 achieved universal acclaim with balanced teaching, fellowship, and entertainment at the Pasea Hotel in Huntington Beach, California.
• Joe's three-hour trucking masterclass featured intimate group discussions and individual case problem-solving.
• The upcoming August bootcamp combines trucking expertise with performance skills through small group intensive training.
• Six pre-bootcamp Zoom sessions will establish foundational knowledge before the in-person intensive practice.
• TLU’s performance skills training focuses on eye contact, emotional state control, and creating courtroom illusions.
• Every participant will be on their feet every hour practicing cross-examination and presentation techniques.
• Dan emphasizes connection-building through monthly Zoom meetups leading to TLU Beach 2026.

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Working on the Golden State Killer Task Force, which prosecuted a notorious California serial killer, was a career highlight for Bobby Taghavi. But, after serving in a prosecutor’s office, “the next step is to be a manager until you run for a judge” – and Bobby was “way too young to run for judge.” He made the leap into personal injury law. Now managing partner at Sweet James Accident Attorneys, Bobby has secured three consecutive multi-million dollar verdicts. With host Dan Ambrose, he recaps his victories and previews his session at TLU Beach (June 4-7), where he’ll teach trial lawyers how to make non-economic damages tangible and relatable to jurors.

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• Bobby immigrated from Iran during the revolution at age 14, not speaking English; his first assigned book, "To Kill a Mockingbird," inspired his legal career.
• After graduating from University of San Diego Law School, Bobby joined the Orange County DA's office in 2006, trying close to 90 cases including sexual assault, homicides, and the Golden State Killer investigation
• Inspired by a Steve Jobs’ commencement address, Bobby left prosecution after 13 years when he realized he was spending energy on management tasks rather than trials.
• Since joining Sweet James in 2020, Bobby has helped grow the firm from 30 to 40 employees to over 400, with 60+ attorneys
• Bobby's three civil jury trials have resulted in verdicts of $23.7 million (wrongful death), $17.4 million (elderly sisters car accident), and $3.9 million (hospital slip and fall)
• Bobby credits his athletic background with teaching him preparation routines, sportsmanship, and maintaining professionalism even during heated litigation.

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Born without his right leg, Conal Doyle is an accomplished athlete who refuses to let challenges get in his way. “And I've carried that through my legal career, taking really tough cases to trial.” With host Dan Ambrose, Conal shares his journey from defense attorney to a leading plaintiff’s attorney in California. The founder of Doyle Law, Conal handles only 5 to 10 high-value amputation and TBI cases at a time, and his results include a record-setting $26.8 million medical malpractice verdict and a recent $100 million shareholders' rights victory. At TLU Beach (June 4-7), he’ll teach a TBI masterclass, covering everything from case intake to trial strategy.

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• Conal started his career at Florida's largest law firm, trying 11 to 12 jury trials in his first five years as a defense attorney representing government entities and hospitals.
• After six years in defense work, he moved to California in 2003, eventually starting his own firm 20 years ago.
• An appearance on 60 Minutes, regarding a client who died of penile cancer after government health agencies wouldn’t provide a biopsy to rule out cancer, propelled his practice and led to his arguing before the US Supreme Court.
• He focuses on 5 to 10 high-value cases at a time, specializing in amputation injuries and traumatic brain injuries.
• In 2014, Conal achieved a historic $26.8 million medical malpractice verdict in conservative Bakersfield, California - the highest in county and state history at the time
• His recent shareholders' rights case victory in Delaware Chancery Court will exceed $100 million after interest, making it his first nine-figure result
• Conal has competed in paralympic ski racing and played basketball and volleyball against able-bodied athletes
• At TLU Beach, Conal will present a TBI Masterclass covering case identification, workup strategies, and trial presentation

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To effectively talk with a jury about non-economic damages, you need a star witness – usually not your client – who can communicate how an injury affected your client. In this conversation with host Dan Ambrose,  Ashkahn Mohamadi discusses how he leveraged his technique in recent trials to secure multi-million-dollar verdicts. He’ll teach the formula at TLU Beach (June 4-7).

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• Ash’s mom gave him three options for a career. Doctor and engineer were “against the grain” – but he could always talk, and he loved to argue.
• At Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, Ash interned at the district attorney’s office, but he says his substantive training started when he started practicing law.
• As a young lawyer, Ash was lead or co-counsel on about five trials, including 12 that went to verdict.
• Ash describes the pivotal moment at trial when a partner asked if he wanted to examine a witness. “I looked at him and I immediately said, ‘Yes.’ And then I could see him kind of reeling.”
• At TLU Beach, Ash will present on how to communicate non-economic damages, breaking down each element and finding the “magic sauce”: your star witness.
• In a recent slip-and-fall case against a hospital, Ash secured a $3.9 million verdict after proving the hospital's floor polishing created an unsafe surface.
• For a wrongful death case involving a developmentally disabled woman, Ash used the mother's book to show the value of their relationship, resulting in a $22.5 million verdict.
• In a Central California auto case, Ash turned down a $7.65 million offer and secured a $17.4 million verdict for two elderly sisters by demonstrating how the crash stole their hard-earned independence.

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