Mar 30, 2017
DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30, 2017 — Attorney Nick Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice will speak at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) “Rules of the Road For Doctors, Drugs, and Devices” seminar at the Fairmont Mission Inn and Spa in Sonoma, California on April 7-8, 2017. Mr. Rowley will be discussing how attorneys can forge and maintain a bond with everyone in the courtroom, including the client, witnesses, members of the jury, and judge.
The “Rules of the Road” seminar is based on a book by Patrick Malone and Rick Friedman that discusses how trial attorneys can prove liability. The event will feature a number of other highly respected speakers, including Shanin Specter, who will talk about what works and what doesn’t in jury cases, and Zoe Littlepage, who will discuss research on persuading conservative jurors. Attendees will also have a chance to network with other legal professionals and discuss their current cases in group brainstorming sessions. The event will wrap up on Saturday afternoon so attendees can spend the rest of the day enjoying wine country.
“The goal of the ‘Rules of the Road’ program is to provide trial attorneys with the knowledge they need to win eight or nine figure verdicts for their clients,” Rowley states. “It is an honor to speak at this event in front of my colleagues who are just as eager to seek justice for their clients as I am.”
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Mar 27, 2017
The Kern High School District launched an internal affairs investigation against a senior officer last year and accused him of wrongdoing after he helped uncover a decades-long practice of administrators misusing a sensitive police information database, a government claim filed against the district Friday alleges.
Lt. Jerald Wyatt’s claim, a precursor to a civil suit, is the second legal action taken against KHSD in a week related to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System scandal, which involves accusations that administrators were for decades misusing CLETS to run license plate checks and rap sheets on students, job candidates and others.
The claim, filed by Bakersfield attorney Seth O’Dell, makes good on a promise attorney Nicholas Rowley made last week when announcing a civil suit against the district on behalf of Police Chief Joseph Lopeteguy, who reported the CLETS misuse: “More lawsuits will come.”
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Mar 20, 2017
Joseph Lopeteguy, the whistleblowing police chief who discovered that his bosses at the Kern High School District were for decades misusing a sensitive police database to spy on students, job applicants and others, filed a civil suit Friday in what could be the first of several related complaints.
Lopeteguy’s suit — filed by law firms Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley; Swanson O’Dell; and Young & Nichols — alleges KHSD administrators pressured Lopeteguy to run illegal background checks on students through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), and when he refused, retaliated by placing him on administrative leave and had other officers surveil him.
“We have a corrupt school district. Absolutely corrupt,” Nicholas Rowley, Lopeteguy’s trial lawyer, said. “There is a conspiracy to violate the law, a conspiracy to lie to the attorney general. A conspiracy to lie when they’re getting audited. It’s unheard of — you would think. But the depth that this goes when you start digging involves the whole system. It’s not just one individual.”
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Photo credit: Felix Adamo / The Californian ; Article first posted on Bakersfield.com
Mar 16, 2017
As America’s leading litigation publisher, we hear a lot of great trial stories. After all, we publish the best trial lawyers in the country—including more Inner Circle of Advocate members than all of the other legal publishing companies combined. But when we heard about one of Nick Rowley’s recent trials, we had a hard time believing it. Then we received the pictures.
But first, a bit of background about why we think this story helps our customers think outside the box to do a better job for their clients.
“The Golden Rule” prevents most of us from asking jurors to put themselves in our client’s shoes. So how do we get decision-makers to understand our client’s true losses? The problem may not be due to the Golden Rule’s limitations, but instead with the limitations we place on ourselves when trying cases. The better question may be: How can we, as lawyers, understand our client’s losses so well that we can provide a very real presentation of their story that ignites a juror to appropriately compensate our client for their losses?
We wanted to share a remarkable story about the methods used by Trial Guides author Nick Rowley to step into his client’s shoes in a recent trial that made national headlines. The story shows how Nick is willing to try cases in a way that, while unconventional, is key to helping jurors identify with the plaintiff without Nick ever asking it of them. We believe it is Nick’s innovative methods, as discussed in his book and videos, that have resulted in his string of stunning verdicts.
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Mar 7, 2017
DES MOINES, March 7, 2017/PRNewswire/—Attorney Nick Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice recently commented on the $127 million verdict awarded to a child who was a victim of sexual assault and her family. James Hohenshell was found guilty of lascivious acts with a child and supplying alcohol to a minor back in 2014 and sentenced to five years in prison. The 13-year-old victim and her family filed a lawsuit against Hohenshell for the pain and suffering and loss of affection caused by the sexual assault.
“James Hohenshell encountered the victim when she came to his home to attend a sleepover with friends, one of whom happened to be Hohenshell’s child,” Rowley says. “Instead of acting as a responsible adult and parent, Hohenshell supplied the children with alcohol before sexually assaulting the victim.”
“No parent ever expects their child to be sexually assaulted during an innocent sleepover with friends,” Rowley states. “What happened to this girl and her family is every parent’s worst nightmare.”
“I applaud the young lady who had the courage to file a lawsuit against her assailant to hold him responsible for the pain she and her family have suffered,” Rowley continues.
“The jury sent a strong message to the public with this verdict,” Rowley says. “And that message is if you physically or emotionally harm children in any way, you will be forced to pay in both criminal and civil court.”
Mar 3, 2017
Brian Rashid, contributor to Forbes, recently interviewed attorney Nicholas Rowley about a personal approach to business and how it can make you successful.
Rowley shared tips on his personal growth as a human and a lawyer, and how compassion and staying true to his roots has helped him grow as a person individually and professionally.
Read the entire article online at Forbes.com
