Trial Lawyers University

This episode of Trial Lawyers University features host Dan Ambrose in conversation with trial attorney Sagi Shaked, who returned to the TLU bootcamp after several years away, this time bringing his son Tomer, a recent UCLA graduate headed to Georgetown Law. The two walk through each day of the five-day bootcamp at TLU Beach: cross-examination fundamentals built on leading questions and present-tense framing, performance skills like eye contact, hand movement, and vocal control, working defendant

From failed minister to car salesman to Oregon Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan has taken one of the more unconventional roads to plaintiff employment law. Now managing partner of six HKM Employment Attorneys offices and running over 200 active cases as the sole attorney on her team, Shemia joins guest host Stephen King and her partner Matthew Westerbeck to show how she does it: with Claude. Together they walk through a practical framework for trial lawyers — using the acronym TRIAL — covering A

Recorded live at TLU 2026 in Huntington Beach, host Przemek Lubecki sits down with nationally recognized trucking attorney Michael Cowen for a wide-ranging conversation about what it really takes to become a great trial lawyer — and a happy one. Michael opens by recapping a recent federal court trial in Philadelphia: a complex truck-on-truck collision case with a sympathetic but challenging client, a bifurcated trial, and an all-white conservative jury. He walks through how he framed the case,

Chris Hammons sits down with Las Vegas plaintiff's attorney Patrick Kang at the TLU Beach Conference to talk about the personal story behind his career, how he built a firm from scratch in a recession, and the trial wins that defined him. From watching his immigrant father navigate a workplace injury settlement to landing a $15 million verdict against a Las Vegas casino, Kang shares the honest, sometimes painful arc of becoming a trial lawyer who can finally take cases all the way. Train and Co

Most lawyers leave legal conferences with a notebook full of ideas and no plan to use them. Mohamad Ahmad left TLU Beach 2026 having already texted his tech team to implement what he heard — and he hadn't even left the session yet. A plaintiff attorney and TLU veteran, Mohamad joins host Dan Ambrose for a candid debrief on what made this year's conference stand apart — starting with the pre-conference bootcamp, where his biggest takeaway was a surprisingly simple one: breath training. When a tri

Guest host Chris Hammons sits down with Portland trial lawyer and founding member of Smith Foster King, Anne Foster, who has tried more than 50 cases on both the plaintiff and defense sides. Train and Connect with the Titans ☑️ Anne Foster | LinkedIn ☑️ Smith Foster King | LinkedIn ☑️ Chris Hammons | LinkedIn ☑️ Laird Hammons Laird Law | Instagram | LinkedIn ☑️ Trial Lawyers University ☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos ☑️ TLU on X | Fa