Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast

Benjamin Gideon & Rahul Ravipudi
Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast

Where personal growth meets the practice of trial law, and where trial lawyers learn, share and grow to elevate their trial law practices, law firms and lives. Produced and Powered by LawPods.com

  1. 2D AGO

    Winning $7.6M for Wrongfully Imprisoned Client, with David Lebowitz, Doug Lieb, and Alyssa Isidoridy

    When police officers intentionally falsify evidence to arrest someone they believe is guilty, it’s usually "an ends-justify-the-means approach," says Doug Lieb. He and trial partners David Lebowitz and Alyssa Isidoridy challenge that approach in their civil rights practice, recently winning $7.6 million for a client who spent 30 years wrongfully imprisoned. With hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi, the guests reveal their collaborative case vetting process, the power of federal fee-shifting statutes, and why they choose federal court for civil rights litigation despite its challenges. Learn More and Connect☑️ David Lebowitz | LinkedIn ☑️ Doug Lieb | LinkedIn ☑️ Alyssa Isidoridy | LinkedIn ☑️ Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick on LinkedIn | Facebook | X  ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | a href="https://www.instagram.com/gideonasen/" rel="noopener...

    52 min

  2. JUN 23

    Inside A Med-Mal Master’s Nine-Figure Playbook, with Brian McKeen

    "It's not rocket science," says Brian McKeen about trial advocacy. His record-breaking verdicts may suggest otherwise. The Detroit med-mal virtuoso shares with hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi how he transformed from a sports-obsessed student into one of Michigan's powerhouse plaintiff attorneys. From a $130 million med mal judgment to a $96 million trucking verdict, Brian reveals how deep medical knowledge and relentless case development unlock extraordinary outcomes. Most compelling are his civil rights cases against detention facilities, where he has leveraged video evidence to show neglect of vulnerable detainees. His message to young lawyers: Good trial advocacy is learnable with courage and commitment. Learn More and Connect☑️ Brian McKeen | LinkedIn ☑️ McKeen & Associates on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X  ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify  Produced and Powered by a href="https://lawpods.com/"...

    51 min

  3. JUN 9

    From Milking Cows to Making Insurance Companies Pay, with Ricardo Echeverria

    In a personal injury case, the plaintiff’s lawyer must rely on witnesses to perform. In a bad-faith case, their job is educating the jury about the rules that insurance companies must follow. That’s how Ricardo Echeverria describes the two areas of his practice at Shernoff Bidart Echeverria. With hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi, he explains that he started his career focusing on PI but that evolved over the years to litigating bad faith cases. “They are definitely different kinds of cases and a different approach to cases altogether,” he says. Tune in for Ricardo’s insights about how he advocates for fire victims who are under-insured and why he'd "go back to milking cows" before representing insurance companies. Learn More and Connect☑️ Ricardo Echeverria ☑️ Shernoff Bidart Echeverria on LinkedIn | Facebook | X ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify  Produced and Powered by LawPods Sponsored by a...

    55 min

  4. MAY 26

    Turning Clinical Judgment Against the Defense: $11.9M Win, with Karen Zahka and Austin Dana

    When FDA guidelines failed their client, trial partners Austin Dana and Karen Zahka flipped the script by arguing for clinical judgment, typically a defense position. Hospitalized with an epileptic seizure at age 13, their client was old enough to receive an adult dosage of an anti-seizure medication, according to the FDA – but she weighed only 61 pounds, the weight of a child. That adult dosage led to their client getting Stevens-Johnson syndrome. “Our position was that the defendant should have deviated from the guidelines,” Karen explains to hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi. Tune in as Austin and Karen break down how they secured an $11.9 million verdict. Learn More and Connect☑️ Karen Zahka | LinkedIn ☑️ Trial Lawyers For Justice on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube ☑️ Austin Dana | LinkedIn  ☑️ Keches Law Group on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on a...

    41 min

  5. MAY 12

    Chasing Justice, Not Ambulances: The Garmey Family Story, with Terry Garmey and Alexis Garmey Chardon

    Spare Terry Garmey the old joke about ambulance chasers. “I'm defensive about being a plaintiff's lawyer. I like what I do,” says one of Maine's most respected plaintiff's lawyers. His daughter Alexis Garmey Chardon, who left a high-paying corporate law career to practice with her father, also describes the profession’s nobility: “It’s almost like a civic duty for us lawyers that we keep trying cases, including small cases.” Tune in to this conversation with host Ben Gideon for an inside look at a powerhouse family’s success in court and at home. Learn More and Connect☑️ Terry Garmey | LinkedIn | X ☑️ Alexis Garmey Chardon | LinkedIn ☑️ Garmey Law | LinkedIn | Facebook ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify  Produced and Powered by a href="https://lawpods.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"...

    51 min

  6. APR 28

    Could AI Find What Your Opposition Is Desperately Hiding? with Darryl Williams

    "AI knows what absolute truth is," says Darryl Williams, whose military career solving "strategic surprise" led him to create algorithms that dive deeper than conventional AI. Speaking with host Ben Gideon, Darryl explains how his cognitive AI system, grounded in foundational sciences, achieves near-perfect accuracy where generative AI can falter. From identifying juror biases to uncovering hidden fraud, Darryl details how his platform reconstructs reality from sparse data points, helping lawyers win high-stakes cases through superior intelligence gathering. The message: In litigation, you don't know what you don't know until deeper AI reveals it. Learn More and Connect☑️ Darryl Williams  ☑️ Partsol (Partnership Solutions International | LinkedIn ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify  Produced and Powered by LawPods Sponsored by SmartAdvocate, Hype Legal, Expert Institute, a...

    47 min

  7. APR 14

    "Find Your Isiah Thomas People" to Accomplish Greatness, with Kimball Jones

    "Attach yourself to the right people. Anything great that you ever accomplish is almost certainly accomplished by a team," says Kimball Jones, who's on an incredible winning streak with verdicts of $550 million, $105 million, and others in quick succession. Fresh off these victories, Kimball joins host Rahul Ravipudi to break down his teambuilding philosophy, inspired by the 1980s Detroit Pistons. He shares how his losses taught him to "don't agree to anything the defense wants" and why calming jurors — rather than inflaming them — has led to massive punitive damages. Learn More and Connect☑️ Kimball Jones | LinkedIn ☑️ Bighorn Law on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify  Produced and Powered by LawPods Sponsored by a href="https://www.smartadvocate.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"...

    52 min

  8. MAR 31

    Never Get Blindsided Again: Affordable Focus Group Tactics, with Elizabeth Larrick

    Trial lawyer and consultant Elizabeth Larrick brings her expertise on focus groups to hosts Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi. With experience conducting over 1,000 focus groups, the founder of the Trial Lawyer Prep Podcast explains how she helps attorneys make critical decisions at various stages in a case. Sharing success stories, Elizabeth details how her streamlined Zoom focus groups identify blind spots, test liability theories, and gauge damages. The dominant theme: preparing your case for outside scrutiny inevitably strengthens your trial strategy, regardless of the outcome. Learn More and Connect☑️ Elizabeth Larrick | LinkedIn ☑️ Trial Lawyer Prep Podcast ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ☑️ Rahul Ravipudi | LinkedIn | Instagram ☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify  Produced and Powered by LawPods Sponsored by SmartAdvocate, Hype Legal, a href="https://www.expertinstitute.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"

    47 min
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Where personal growth meets the practice of trial law, and where trial lawyers learn, share and grow to elevate their trial law practices, law firms and lives. Produced and Powered by LawPods.com

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  • Creator
    Benjamin Gideon & Rahul Ravipudi
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    110
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Benjamin Gideon & Rahul Ravipudi
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    Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast

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