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Elawvate Where trial lawyers learn, share and grow. Founders and podcast co-hosts:Benjamin R. Gideon (Gideon Asen LLC) and Rahul Ravipudi (Panish Shea & Boyle LLP)

Are you accidentally signaling a weak case before you've presented a single piece of evidence?Jessica Brylo warns that o...
06/02/2026

Are you accidentally signaling a weak case before you've presented a single piece of evidence?

Jessica Brylo warns that opening voir dire with your biggest concerns tells jurors your case is crap — before they've even heard it. A smarter sequence? Build context first, then address weaknesses.

What's your strategy for ordering voir dire questions?

📌 Listen now for more from Jessica on voir dire sequencing and prehab techniques.



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When every expert tells you the conventional wisdom, but the conventional wisdom doesn't add up — what do you do?Ben Gid...
05/21/2026

When every expert tells you the conventional wisdom, but the conventional wisdom doesn't add up — what do you do?

Ben Gideon took on the neurosurgical community's 48-hour rule in a cauda equina malpractice case: "If it just doesn't make any sense to you, it probably isn't going to make sense to a lay jury."

His instinct to challenge that framework, rather than accept it, helped secure a $6.5M verdict for a client who was left paralyzed by a 20-hour delay in surgical care.

📌 Listen to the full episode to hear how Ben and co-counsel Meryl Poulin built and won this case.

Gideon Asen LLC



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What does it feel like to call your client after a $6.5M verdict?Meryl Poulin put it simply: "A group of strangers belie...
05/19/2026

What does it feel like to call your client after a $6.5M verdict?

Meryl Poulin put it simply: "A group of strangers believed you, and they believed in your story, and they believed that you were deserving."
That moment — a client who has been through years of litigation finally hearing that a jury believed them — is why trial lawyers do what they do.

📌 Listen to the full episode to hear how Ben Gideon and Meryl Poulin won this medical malpractice case against the odds.

Gideon Asen LLC



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How well have you defined the role before you start hiring?Ben Gideon says most firms focus on the functional job descri...
05/18/2026

How well have you defined the role before you start hiring?

Ben Gideon says most firms focus on the functional job description and miss the more important question: what characteristics, values, and personality traits do you actually want in that person? Getting that clarity upfront changes everything.

📌 Listen to Episode 1.22 of Build & Grow Your Law Firm to hear how Gideon Asen builds it into every hire.



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How well have you defined the role before you start hiring?Ben Gideon says most firms focus on the functional job descri...
05/18/2026

How well have you defined the role before you start hiring?

Ben Gideon says most firms focus on the functional job description and miss the more important question: what characteristics, values, and personality traits do you actually want in that person? Getting that clarity upfront changes everything.

📌 Listen to Episode 1.22 of Build & Grow Your Law Firm to hear how Gideon Asen builds it into every hire.



Gideon Asen LLC

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