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Just VerdictsTwo Simple Rules That Won $1.5 Million, with Chris Wright and Anthony LaramoreJurors in traditionally conservative St. Charles County, Missouri, awarded $1.5 million in a complex case about medical negligence. Why? Host Brendan Lupetin invites the winning trial team – Chris Wright and Anthony Laramore – to reveal their strategies. Chris and Anthony recount how they built the case, starting with crafting simple rules that resonated with jurors. One of them? “Surgeons must confirm before they cut.” Tune in for the other.Learn More and Connect☑️ Chris Wright☑️ Anthony Laramore | LinkedIn☑️ Page Law on LinkedIn | Facebook☑️ Brendan Lupetin | LinkedIn☑️ Lupetin & Unatin, LLC☑️ Connect: Facebook...
2026-02-231h 08Just VerdictsMeet the Guy Who Gets Called on High-Stakes Cases: Robert HirschhornFor over 30 years, he’s helped select juries that have returned billions of dollars in verdicts. “He is the guy who gets called on for the highest-stakes cases going,” says host Brendan Lupetin. How does Robert Hirschhorn do it? In this conversation, Robert reflects on his past and describes the “game-changing” future: his AI-powered consulting platform called VerdictHub. Tune in as Robert reveals his powerful questions for identifying ideal jurors, innovative strategies for maximizing damages in states where lawyers cannot give jurors recommendations, and technique for anchoring jurors to substantial awards. Spoiler: Repeating the word “billion” helps.Learn More and...
2026-02-0957 minJust VerdictsThe Rapper, the Makeup Artist, and the “IZOMBIE” Plate, with Brandon KellerFun fact: Rapper Harvey "Frzy" Daniels and famed horror makeup artist Tom Savini are both depicted on murals, created by the same artist. Their lives converged in another, more dramatic way when Frzy was injured in a hit-and-run. Brandon Keller represented the rapper against the makeup artist, who was tracked down, in part, by his “IZOMBIE” license plate. In this case breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin, Brandon reveals the challenges he faced – including an eyewitness who ghosted him for two years – and the strategies that ultimately led to a $225,000 verdict.Learn More and Connect☑️ Brandon Keller | Lin...
2026-01-2352 minJust VerdictsFrom “Insulting” $500K Offer to Millions in Punitives, with Todd Hollis“I thought that was insulting,” Todd Hollis says of a defense offer of $500,000. His client agreed, and Todd went “guns banging” to trial. The case involved a woman who was killed when the driver of a rental car, who had a suspended license, hit her head-on. In this breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin, Todd describes how the rental car company acknowledged that 15% of their 525,000 annual rentals potentially go to drivers without valid licenses. When the defense argued that the legislature doesn’t require electronic background scans, Todd argued that the legislature does say that a rental car company can’t rent to an...
2026-01-0958 minJust VerdictsHow We Won $7.5M in an Unwinnable Case, with Greg Unatin and Brendan LupetinAn unwitnessed fall, a client with prior back problems, 10 years of unemployment, and over $5 million in disability benefits already paid – this case had every reason to fail. Yet trial partners Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin secured a record-setting $7.25 million verdict for the former chief of pain management at UPMC Hamot. In this case breakdown, Brendan and Greg reveal the strategies that shaped their victory: exposing UPMC's betrayal of their client through a series of emails, levering focus group insights to develop their winning liability theory, and highlighting their client’s loss of his passion in life: being a doctor.
2025-12-231h 12Just VerdictsCollaborating to Win $25M for Wrongful Death, with Tracey Dellacona and Caleb WalkerA pregnant woman’s blood pressure drops dangerously. An obstetrician never picks up the phone. A “Keystone Cop” situation that tragically leads to the death of an unborn baby. Tracey Dellacona and Caleb Walker combined forces to secure $25 million after a surgeon missed their client’s preeclampsia diagnosis. Tune in as host Brendan Lupetin explores the case with the team: Tracey, a nurse turned med-mal attorney who founded Dellacona Law Firm, and Caleb, litigator and appellate partner at McArthur Law Firm. Tune in for their insights about managing voluminous medical records, asking for non-economic damages, and developing collaborative law firm par...
2025-12-091h 09Just VerdictsFrom Six Breaches of Care to One Original Sin, with Tim Wojton and Matt ScanlonTim Wojton was prepared to tell jurors that a skilled nursing facility violated six different standards of care, leading to a patient’s death from hypovolemic shock. Then he realized that there was really just one. “I thought, wait a minute, understaffing isn't just another breach. Understaffing is the original sin.” In this case breakdown, Tim and trial partner Matt Scanlon describe to host Brendan Lupetin how they tracked down former employees, turned brutal cross-examination moments into powerful jury connections, and used a simple tree analogy to help jurors understand corporate negligence. Jurors awarded $750,000.Learn More and Connec...
2025-11-231h 07Just VerdictsThe $3.5M Comeback after Summary Judgment Defeat, with Patrick SullivanDid the primary care physician cause his patient’s death from an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism? A trial court said no, on summary judgment. In representing the patient’s widow on appeal, Patrick Sullivan realized that he had to “scrap everything and start from square one.” In this case breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin, Patrick describes how he reframed the case even as he faced hurdles: The patient never complained of chest pain (pulmonary embolism's key symptom) and the defense characterized him as an alcoholic. Patrick reveals how he exposed the PCP’s behavior – putting business interests above his patient’s care – and h...
2025-11-091h 11Just VerdictsDefense-Turned-Plaintiff’s Lawyer Lands a Record Verdict in Somerset County, with Doug OlcottDoug Olcott believes his 15 years as a defense attorney gives him a “leg up” representing plaintiffs. It did in his case against a snow tubing park, where his client suffered a catastrophic injury. “I think I have a better understanding as to what the defendants are going to do and then being able to anticipate how they're going to approach a game because, quite frankly, in my 35 years doing this, not a lot has changed on the defense bar side,” he tells host Brendan Lupetin. In this case breakdown, Doug explains how he overcame a signed waiver, exposed defense contradi...
2025-10-2355 minJust VerdictsFather-Son Team Vault Over the Case Tipping Point, with John and JJ GismondiJohn Gismondi has never said to an associate, “You’re just going to work as my caddy for a few years, and then we're going to start to give you your own cases.” That goes for his son JJ. Just four months after JJ passed the bar, he joined his father in representing a 60-year-old woman who suffered a ruptured aneurysm due to a missed diagnosis. In this case breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin, the father-son team reveal how they faced a critical ruling that prevented an ex-defendant’s testimony from being read in – “the tipping point,” as John describes it...
2025-10-091h 15Just VerdictsFrom $45,000 Offer to $694,500 Verdict, with Bob and Zach Janssen and Ryan FroelichWhen an insurance company told an injured driver to “take it or leave it,” the team at Janssen Law took the company to trial. In this case breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin, Bob Janssen, Ryan Froelich, and Bob’s son Zach Janssen explain that the insurer offered $45,000 – while their client had $93,000 in medical bills alone. They faced challenges, including a conservative Green Bay market and a client who didn’t have surgery and continued to work full-time. But they focused on her chronic pain and leveraged innovative trial strategies, like Ryan's memorable analogy to a grocery store visit gone wrong. The...
2025-09-2339 minJust VerdictsWhen Doctors Had “No Plan” to Save a Patient, with Sam Martin and Nathan Werksman“Have you seen this record?” Sam Martin asked trial partner Nathan Werksman. “This is unbelievable.” That record? "So far, there is no plan.” It became the theory of liability that the team leveraged against a surgeon whose 23-year-old patient died from abdominal compartment syndrome. Host Brendan Lupetin explores how the former Stanford Law School classmates navigated their case in a state where wrongful death damages are severely limited. Sam, an associate at Patrick Malone & Associates, and Nathan, a partner at Merson Law, combined their complementary skills—Sam's meticulous case analysis and Nathan's commanding trial presence—to secure a $2.3 million verdict.
2025-09-091h 17Just VerdictsWhen It’s Inevitable that the Product Will Fail, with Dave KwassWhen a 900-pound flail mower crushed a Delaware Department of Transportation mechanic, the defense claimed it was his fault and insisted his return to work proved minimal injury. When Dave Kwass sued the mower manufacturer, he exposed defense lies and revealed missing evidence. He also took jurors on a journey through the company’s history – including the “bizarre moment” when it rejected a design modification that would have made the mower safer because it would have increased repair costs. As Dave explains to host Brendan Lupetin, he set up the “narrative inevitability" that the flawed machine would injure someone. “The ‘Jaws’ m...
2025-08-231h 04Just VerdictsSmoking Guns that Turned $300K into $4.4M, with Blankingship & KeithAt Blankingship & Keith, they often say: "There's a smoking gun in every case; just, sometimes, you don't find it." With tenacity and strategy, a firm team found smoking guns in their recent case against a commercial trucking company. The team – Rob Stoney, Chidi James, Barkley Horn, and Matt Tsun – uncovered inspection failures that allowed a truck with inadequate brakes and safety features to be on the road. It collided with their client’s vehicle, causing her life-altering injuries. Listen to this case breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin to learn how they turned a $300,000 insurance policy into a $4.4 million jury verdic...
2025-08-091h 11Just VerdictsFrom Policy Violation to $5.25M Verdict, with Dorothy Dohanics, Carmen Nocera, and Ben CohenThe hospital had a good policy that would have prevented a 67-year-old woman from being prematurely discharged. Instead, she was discharged and found dead 12 hours later. Host Brendan Lupetin unpacks this wrongful death case with the trial team of Dorothy Dohanics, Carmen Nocera and Ben Cohen. Tune in to hear how Dorothy's meticulous discovery work and Carmen and Ben's strategic courtroom work drove their $5.25 million verdict. Learn More and Connect☑️ Ben Cohen ☑️ Dorothy Dohanics | LinkedIn☑️ Carmen Nocera | LinkedIn☑️ Harry S. Cohen & Associates on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube☑️ Brendan Lupetin | Link...
2025-07-2358 minJust VerdictsDavid v. Goliath: Solo Practitioner’s $25.9M Victory against Temple University, with Jordan StrokovskyWhen Jordan Strokovsky received a call about a 27-year-old medical assistant who lost his leg at Temple University Hospital, he knew within minutes something wasn't right. In this breakdown of his career-defining $25.9 million verdict in Parks v. Temple University Hospital, Jordan reveals to host Brendan Lupetin how he transformed a damages-only case into one of Philadelphia's largest amputation verdicts. Learn More and Connect☑️ Jordan Strokovsky | LinkedIn | Facebook☑️ Strokovsky LLC on LinkedIn | Facebook☑️ Brendan Lupetin | LinkedIn☑️ Lupetin & Unatin, LLC☑️ Connect: Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeR...
2025-06-231h 09Just VerdictsExposing a Scam Medical Helpline and Winning $4.2M, with Helen LawlessWhile representing a client who lost his foot after relying on his employer’s medical helpline, Helen Lawless and the trial team realized that the helpline did “exactly what it was supposed to do.” And their strategy was born. In this case breakdown with host Brendan Lupetin, Helen explains that the helpline was actually a lucrative business model designed to keep workers from getting proper medical care. Their “constant refrain” to the jury, Helen says, was that the company benefited from the deceptive helpline just as it intended. Ultimately, a Philadelphia jury awarded her client $4.2 million.Learn More and C...
2025-06-0952 minJust VerdictsThe Surprising Trial Tactics That Won $25 Million, with Katie Bertram and Kieran MurphyA $25 million medical malpractice verdict came from strategies most attorneys would reject: omitting economic damages entirely, using minimal medical literature, and framing informed consent to transcend political divides. Katie Bertram and Kieran Murphy of Bertram & Murphy dissect their victory with host Brendan Lupetin. The attorneys reveal how focus groups guided their decision to withhold a $7 million economic loss claim that could have anchored the jury to a lower amount. Tune in for an inside look into their methodical approach to cross-examination that avoided battles over medical literature while exposing expert credibility issues.Learn More and Connect
2025-05-231h 21Just VerdictsFrom $10,000 Offer to $130,000 Verdict, with Eric Chaffin and Justin Joseph"We're big believers in looking at cases and trying to drive the value we believe they're worth," says Eric Chaffin about the $130,000 verdict he and Justin Joseph secured when the insurance company offered just $10,000. Host Brendan Lupetin explores how the trial partners transformed a "typical" meniscal tear case into a compelling human story. Using psychodrama techniques and focusing on the emotional impact of the injury, they convinced jurors to look beyond minimal vehicle damage and limited medical treatment to see the true impact on their "quintessential Pittsburgh" beer delivery driver client.Learn More and Connect☑️ Eric...
2025-05-091h 01Just VerdictsThe Hidden Warning Label that Won $19M, with Mike Calder and Jon Perry"We don't know and we don't care how Mike came into contact with that raft," trial lawyer Mike Calder told jurors in a case many attorneys had rejected. In this conversation with host Brendan Lupetin, Mike and trial partner Jon Perry of Perry Calder dissect their $19 million verdict for a 21-year-old who became quadriplegic after a swimming pool accident. Originally signing the case with limited expectations, the team persevered after homeowners who initially expressed responsibility later denied fault. Tune in as they reveal how they overcame premises liability challenges, identified a critical warning label, and built a case that...
2025-04-231h 15Just VerdictsTwo Young Lawyers, One Career-Making Verdict: $856,000 for Stroke VictimWhen a 64-year-old man with classic stroke symptoms was misdiagnosed with Bell's Palsy, his care was delayed by 19 critical hours. Host Brendan Lupetin interviews classmates-turned-colleagues Ben Cohen and Carmen Nocera about their $856,000 medical malpractice verdict in Washington County, PA. The young attorneys reveal how they exposed contradictions in the defense's position, leveraged a damning phone call recording, and maintained credibility with the jury through a grueling two-week trial against experienced defense lawyers.Learn More and Connect☑️ Ben Cohen | LinkedIn☑️ Carmen Nocera | LinkedIn☑️ Harry S. Cohen & Associates on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube☑️ Brendan...
2025-04-091h 02Just VerdictsThe “Only Doctor in Town” Defense? We Cracked the Code"It's a stroke of the leg, ladies and gentlemen." When critical limb ischemia struck their client Kirt, every minute counted—yet the county's only vascular surgeon remained at a wound care center despite multiple emergency calls. In this breakdown of their recent $2.2 million verdict, host Brendan Lupetin, partner Greg Unatin, and associate Garrett Trettel reveal how they overcame challenges including COVID-related defenses, contradictory timeline claims, and the fear of alienating the only specialist serving their rural community. Learn More and Connect☑️ Greg Unatin | LinkedIn☑️ Garrett Trettel | LinkedIn☑️ Brendan Lupetin | LinkedIn☑️ Lupetin...
2025-03-231h 14Just VerdictsVerdict Whisperers: How Alicia and John Campbell Are Winning Big With DataTrial lawyers John and Alicia Campbell join Brendan Lupetin to discuss how data analytics is transforming case evaluation and jury selection. The founders of Campbell Law and co-authors of “Jury Ball: The Big Data Revolution Is Here” explain their pioneering approach of using large sample studies to predict jury behavior, identify case values, and develop winning strategies. With over 900 civil cases analyzed, they share how their methods have helped attorneys secure multimillion-dollar verdicts, avoid costly mistakes, and make informed settlement decisions based on statistical evidence rather than gut instinct.Learn More and Connect☑️ John & Alicia Campbell...
2025-03-091h 15Just VerdictsCrack the Jury Code: How a New Tool Is Driving Verdicts and SettlementsHost Brendan Lupetin interviews the creators of Predict, a jury research and analytics tool available through Precise Trial. Pete Mansmann is the CEO of Precise Trial and Rich Epstein and Oscar McKnight founded a consulting firm called Scientific Legal Services that uses statistical data to predict the outcome of litigation. As Rich explains, Predict has many applications for lawyers throughout the trial process. The guests break down the science behind Predict, describe how it uses AI and "human-assisted AI,” and outline its different products. Ultimately, they suggest that the real value for lawyers is the case concepts that Predict re...
2025-02-231h 08Just VerdictsMastering Medical Malpractice Arbitration: Insider Strategies from a Top Trial LawyerIn two decades of practicing law, host Brendan Lupetin hasn’t undertaken binding arbitration in a med-mal case. Sud Patel, past president of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and leading trial lawyer at Fanelli, Evans & Patel, recently had two successful outcomes. So Brendan invites him to share his insights for plaintiffs’ lawyers with little or no experience in the process. In both of Sud’s cases, the arbitrator ruled in his clients’ favor, and the defense paid on time.Learn More and Connect☑️ Sud Patel | LinkedIn☑️ Fanelli, Evans & Patel on LinkedIn | X | Facebook☑️ Brendan...
2025-02-0956 minJust VerdictsBurning the “Trash Contract” and Winning $4.2M, with Gary GreenWhen the software developer for Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana system decided to fire its minority-owned subcontractor after three years, it pointed to a provision in an old contract. Representing the subcontractor, Gary Green called the contract “trash.” Over and over, maybe 50 times.“They're going to come in here blowing smoke like crazy. And you have to remember two things,” Gary told the jury. “The trash contract and the smoke.”In his visit with host Brendan Lupetin, Gary describes how he laid out the complex contract dispute with such clarity that jurors “got it.” They returned a $4.2 million ver...
2025-01-231h 01Just VerdictsNo Such Thing as a Good or Bad Juror, with Harry PlotkinDon’t ask prospective jurors if they hate lawsuits; you won’t learn anything about them. Don’t talk about damages early on; you’ll only rub them the wrong way. And don’t make rules like, “I never have ‘X’ on a jury”; you could waste a peremptory strike on a potentially great juror.Renowned jury consultant Harry Plotkin, of Your Next Jury, has seen plaintiffs’ lawyers make these mistakes and others through over two decades of mastering the art of jury selection. In this conversation with host Brendan Lupetin, Harry offers solutions and insights on everything from an e...
2025-01-091h 06Just VerdictsCapitalizing on Defense Gifts to Secure $29M Verdict, with Clancy BoylanThe gods gave Clancy Boylan and his team at Morgan & Morgan a few gifts in their case against a truck driver and his employer. Clancy’s client was riding his mountain bike across a road when the truck hit him, leaving him with catastrophic injuries.One gift was the defense’s tone-deaf examination of Clancy’s client. Another was Clancy catching a trooper’s inaccurate testimony about his client. Tune in as Clancy breaks down the case with host Brendan Lupetin. It went to trial after the insurance company offered $500,000. It ended with the jury’s gift of $29 mil...
2024-12-2350 minJust VerdictsInside $15M Verdict in Challenging Van Rollover Case, with Tom Bosworth and Ben PhelpsTom Bosworth and Ben Phelps, of Bosworth Law, took calculated risks in their case against a staffing company and the driver it hired, who was taking employees of a potato chip factory to work when his van rolled over in a downpour. Several workers were injured or killed.They did not, for example, call an expert on economic damages. Nor did they put their clients on the stand.In this case analysis with host Brendan Lupetin, Tom and Ben outline why those strategies and others worked. The jury awarded a total of $15 million in damages...
2024-12-0955 minJust VerdictsChance of Life Lost; Justice Found, with Rudy Massa and Devyn LisiCheryl Pschirer was a lifetime smoker, at the end of her working life, adult children, no surviving spouse. “So some of the facts were stacked against us,” recalls Rudy Massa. “We had to, in essence, try to make this case about something more than that, and that’s where the early detection and the lost chance of life comes in.” Rudy and Devyn Lisi took St. Clair Hospital providers to trial for their failure to inform Cheryl that an x-ray had detected a mass on her lung. She wouldn’t learn of the radiology report for seven months. Eight...
2024-11-231h 03Just VerdictsRadiologist Misread Image; Patient Blinded; Jury Awards $7.1 Million, with Dominic GuerriniDominic Guerrini of Kline & Specter discusses the $7.1 million verdict he recently secured for a young woman rendered legally blind after a radiologist misread a CT scan image. With host Brendan Lupetin, Dominic breaks down how he managed the case with multiple defendants, why he decided not call the defendant radiologist to testify, and how consultants prepped his client for testifying. Among other strategies, they had the 23-year-old woman write a letter to younger self to prepare herself for what eventually unfolded. Dominic read the letter at trial. “It was one of the most moving pieces of evidence that I ha...
2024-11-091h 05Just Verdicts$9.1 Million Verdict for Estate of Golf Pro Killed During Storm, with David KwassWhen David Kwass represented the estate of a golf pro who was killed during a fierce storm that swept through the Philmont Country Club, he faced at least three significant hurdles. Was Justin Riegel’s infant, born out of wedlock to Justin’s girlfriend, really his heir? Who was Justin’s employer? And was an “act of God” responsible for the storm?But the biggest question David faced was how could an 83-foot-tall, 36,000-pound tree – the tree that killed Justin when it toppled onto a cart storage building where he was sheltering during the storm – be both healthy and ha...
2024-10-231h 06Just Verdicts$1.5M Verdict in Challenging Nursing Home Death Case with Reza DavaniDespite challenges including an absent plaintiff, an expert witness’ last-minute withdrawal, and a death certificate identifying Covid as the cause of death, Reza Davani secured a $1.5 million verdict for pain and suffering. In this conversation with host Brendan Lupetin, Reza shares how he exposed the nursing home’s negligence that led to the death of a patient – not from Covid, but rather from staff’s failure to properly turn the patient in his bed, which caused pressure wounds. Reza discusses how he centered his strategic opening and closing on principles of right and wrong and how he trusted the jury to...
2024-10-0952 minJust Verdicts“Invisible injuries” lead to $15 million verdict, with Dan PurtellAlmost 6,000 pounds of copper wire falls on a railroad electrician, causing debilitating personal injuries. Defendant Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority admits liability. The catch? The injuries aren’t clearly visible, and the defense leans into this. How does the plaintiff’s lawyer convey the catastrophic extent of the injuries to the jury and go on to win a $15 million verdict?In this episode of Just Verdicts, Daniel Purtell, founding partner of McEldrew Purtell, tells host Brendan Lupetin how he did just that, using the defense’s strategy against it to prevail.Tune in as Brendan and Daniel...
2024-09-2356 minJust VerdictsJury Awards $21 Million in Civil Rights Case, with Noah Geary“Come and get me! Come and get me!” That’s what the 34-year-old man suffering from a mental health breakdown told state troopers responding to his family’s call for help.At least that’s what one of the troopers testified during cross-examination in federal court. Attorney Noah Geary brought civil rights claims against the trooper, arguing that he used excessive force when he fatally shot Anthony Gallo during that tragic encounter in 2017. In this unique episode of Just Verdicts, Noah and host Brendan Lupetin dramatically re-enact the exchange between Noah and the trooper, Chad Weaver.
2024-09-091h 13Just VerdictsExposing ExxonMobil and Winning $725.5 Million, with Andrew DuPontGasoline is refined from crude oil that contains benzene, a known carcinogen, but oil companies have long considered removing benzene from the gasoline manufacturing process a “dollars-and-cents” decision. Jurors considering whether ExxonMobil’s gasoline caused a Pennsylvania man’s leukemia made this decision: $725.5 million for the plaintiff.Andrew DuPont, partner at Locks Law Firm, won that verdict by framing his argument as ExxonMobil’s failure to warn consumers about benzene’s health hazards, even though its dangers were known by the time his client was using gasoline as a solvent to clean automotive parts in the 1970s. Breaking dow...
2024-08-2356 minJust Verdicts$7 Million Verdict for Misdiagnosis with Richard Godshall and Christine ClarkeAn inexperienced physician’s assistant misdiagnosed Richard Godshall and Christine Clarke’s client. But when they tried the case, they took it in an opposite direction than many would expect: not from the incident up, but from the top down.In the end, the Clarion County jury awarded their client $7 million. In this conversation with host Brendan Lupetin, Richard, owner and managing partner of Ostroff Godshall Injury and Accident Lawyers, and Christine, partner and head of the firm’s medical malpractice division, reveal the “secret sauce” to winning that verdict. Tune in to hear how they proved that their...
2024-08-0957 minJust Verdicts$1.4M Med-Mal Verdict on Arm Fracture Case with Sandra NeumanPeople go to hospitals to have their injuries treated. Unfortunately, however, sometimes patients are injured through the hospital’s negligence.On this episode of Just Verdicts, host Brendan Lupetin is joined by Pittsburgh med-mal attorney Sandra Neuman of Sandra Neuman Law to discuss a $1.4 million verdict she recently secured for an injured client. Listen as Sandy breaks down the case, describes what she did to show how the hospital violated its standard of care, and provides insight on how to establish non-economic damages without suggesting a number.Learn More and Connect☑️ Sandra Neuman | Linked...
2024-07-231h 05Just VerdictsWinning Massive Verdicts on Transvaginal Mesh Cases with Kila Baldwin“There's no glory in trying to make something out of nothing. Cases are won and lost on the facts. If you don't have a good case, you're not going to win that case 99.9 percent of the time.”In this episode of Just Verdicts, host Brendan Lupetin is joined by Kila Baldwin, shareholder at Anapol Weiss. Kila has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including as lead counsel in trials that resulted in verdicts of $80 million, $57.1 million, and $41 million against Johnson & Johnson in transvaginal mesh cases.Tune in as Brendan and Kila discuss Kila’s expe...
2024-07-0951 minJust Verdicts“Off-Code” Strategy Nets $1.3 Million Non-Economic Verdict in Slip-and-Fall Case with Scott PerlmuterSlip-and-fall cases benefit from being “off code”–dialing down aggression and slowing things down. Especially when there’s no clear evidence of a premises violation, building credibility (yours and your client’s) is the best way to proceed. In this episode of Just Verdicts, host Brendan Lupetin is joined by slip-and-fall attorney Scott Perlmuter of Tittle & Perlmuter to break down how Scott (and trial attorney Katie Harris) recently won a $1.3 million all non-economic damages verdict on a slip-and-fall premises liability case–despite no evidence of a clear violation. Tune in as Brendan and Scott discuss the importance...
2024-06-231h 01Just Verdicts$2.5M Verdict on Two Shoulder Surgeries: Motivating the Jury with Clancy Boylan“Another one for the books.” How do you get a $2.5M verdict on two shoulder surgeries? It comes down to telling a compelling story to motivate the jury. In this episode of Just Verdicts, host Brendan Lupetin is joined by the show’s first returning guest, trial attorney Clancy Boylan of Morgan & Morgan. Tune is as Brendan and Clancy break down Clancy’s recent trucking case including, how he turned down a settlement offer more than double the medicals, the question he asked the defendant’s corporate designee which froze the witness into silence, how he structure...
2024-06-0954 minJust VerdictsNear $1B Verdict on Defective Seat Belt Case in Philadelphia with Wesley BallA product intended to ensure safety should not be the source of an injury. In 2023, veteran trial attorney Wesley Ball of Farrar & Ball LLP helped secure a verdict against a car manufacturer that put defective seat belts in their cars. In this episode of Just Verdicts, Wes tells host Brendan Lupetin how he prevailed on behalf of a client whose devastating injuries caused by a defective seat belt left him a quadriplegic. Wes recalls how focus groups helped him prepare his trial strategy, the process of picking a Philadelphia jury, and the challenges of anchoring a case f...
2024-05-231h 03Just VerdictsFailure to Diagnose Leads to $19.7 Million Verdict in Pennsylvania with Tom BosworthFighting for what is right can be difficult. But that fight is worth it when justice is done.In this episode of Just Verdicts, host Brendan Lupetin is joined by Philadelphia injury attorney Tom Bosworth to discuss the case of Diane Melendez, whose undiagnosed condition caused her to experience extreme pain and lose her job. Tom recalls impeaching Ms. Melendez’s primary care physician, attacking the credibility of defense witnesses, and showing the jury how the defendants’ bad behavior had far-reaching ramifications on Ms. Melendez’s health.Tune in to hear how Tom’s fight for just...
2024-05-091h 03Just Verdicts$1M Verdict in Pennsylvania’s Fayette County With Tom Crenney and James TallmanIn Pennsylvania, plaintiff lawyers call Fayette County “Fayette-Nam.” They say jurors are anti-establishment. They say it’s one of the toughest counties in the Commonwealth. They say job one is to get their case out of Fayette County. James Tallman and Tom Crenney tried their med mal case in Fayette County. They won. In this episode of Just Verdicts, James and Tom tell host Brendan Lupetin how they prevailed on behalf of the family of a 35-year-old woman who died after what should have been a routine gallbladder surgery. They recall jitters, such as when their ex...
2024-04-2355 minJust VerdictsHow to Find Your Flaws Before the Jury Does With Trial Consultant Mark SchultzMark Schultz has regularly utilized focus groups for over 35 years and has become a firm believer in their necessity as part of the discovery and trial preparation process.On this episode of Just Verdicts, host and med mal litigator Brendan Lupetin, is joined by Attorney Mark Schultz, founder of Keystone Focus Trial Consulting. After four decades of law practice, Mark began a trial consulting practice, organizing and conducting focus groups for lawyers, and providing strategic input in both discovery and trial preparation.Mark reveals what sparked his interest in focus groups, shares pro-tips for formatting...
2024-04-0948 minJust VerdictsNo Apologies: A Deep Dive Into a $26 Million Trucking Verdict with Clancy BoylanWe’ve heard for a while now that the “piss-off factor”–getting the jury angry, is probably the single biggest factor in driving verdicts in most cases. But what is the biggest driver of the “piss-off factor”? Defendant’s refusal to accept responsibility when there’s clear liability. On this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), host and med mal litigator Brendan Lupetin, is joined by trial lawyer Clancy Boylan, the managing partner of the New Jersey and Philadelphia offices of Morgan & Morgan. Clancy comes on the show to share the secrets to success that helped him and hi...
2024-03-2348 minJust VerdictsFrom Mundane Facts to a Shocking Verdict with Kelly Ciravolo and Jamie AnzaloneHow do you go from a $130k settlement offer to a $3M verdict on a case that was originally a garden variety slip-and-fall-hip-fracture-in-a-nursing-home case? On this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), host and med mal litigator Brendan Lupetin, is joined by personal injury attorneys Kelly Ciravolo and Jamie Anzalone of Anzalone & Doyle Trial Lawyers. Kelly and Jamie discuss the strategies and tactics they used to turn mundane facts into a $3M verdict against a nursing home group ($2.7M of which was for punitive damages).Tune in to hear Kelly and Jamie talk a...
2024-03-091h 14Just VerdictsFocus Groups, Big Data, and How to Look for the System Failure in Your Med Mal Case with Ben GideonThe best trial lawyers are the ones who can spot the big picture and then figure out a strategy to use that to tip the case to their side.On this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), Brendan Lupetin interviews Ben Gideon, a med mal trial attorney from Maine who is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and co-host of Elawvate, a podcast for trial lawyers. Tune in as Ben shares an interesting way to frame an individual doctor case as a system failure, how to overcome confirmation bias in your c...
2024-02-231h 00Just VerdictsA Trailblazing Victory in Rural Pennsylvania: Victor Pribanic Explains his $3.25M VerdictWhile there are certain venues you’d like to avoid, if possible, you just can't control where your client was injured. Our clients deserve justice no matter where malpractice happened.On this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), Brendan Lupetin interviews Victor Pribanic, a trial lawyer at Pribanic & Pribanic in Western Pennsylvania. Victor shares how he and his associate, Sherie Cannin, won the first medical malpractice verdict in McKean County, the different hurdles they had to overcome, and the role that his client’s personality played in the trial. Victor also talks about his ph...
2024-02-0958 minJust VerdictsMediation Master Class: Advising Clients and Winning Negotiations with John NobleThere's nothing “alternative" about the mediation process anymore. Trials are the alternative because settlements and mediations far outweigh the cases that are being tried.In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigator Brendan Lupetin talks with John Noble, a prolific and highly sought-after mediator in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. John has done at least 250 mediations and arbitrations each year since about 2007. John is also a longtime trial attorney who has worked on both sides of the fence. Tune in to hear John share his experiences as a litigator and a med...
2024-01-231h 12Just VerdictsTactics For a $100 Million Verdict with Ryan McKeenBeing prepared for trial conveys the message that your case is important. So when you have a limited window of time to present your case to the jury, you better not wing it. On this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigator Brendan Lupetin interviews Ryan McKeen, the Co-founder and CEO of Connecticut Trial Firm, LLC. A first-generation lawyer, Ryan is the author of multiple personal injury books including, Tiger Tactics. He also mentors lawyers on how to be better firm owners through the Lawyerist. Additionally, Ryan is a nationally recognized speaker and a...
2024-01-0950 minJust VerdictsJohn Fisher – How to Create the Med Mal Law Firm of Your Dreams“Being good at what you do is enough to make you successful.” If only. If you want to build a thriving law practice in the modern legal marketplace, business and marketing chops are a must.Tune in as John Fisher provides a masterclass for young lawyers hungry to make (and keep) more money, develop a referral-based practice, and cultivate a valuable referral network.John is the owner and founder of The New York Injury and Malpractice Law Firm in Kingston, New York, where he specializes in the representation of catastrophically injured persons. He’s also the au...
2023-12-2358 minJust VerdictsJohn Perkosky’s $16 Million Birth Injury Verdict ExplainedHaving the facts on your side doesn’t always keep a case from going to trial. There are always arguments on the defense side, and even the strongest facts have to be presented effectively to get a good case result. In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin welcome Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based trial lawyer, John Perkosky, to the show. The trio discuss the record setting $16 million jury verdict John obtained in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death case, that resulted in the death of a baby in her...
2023-12-091h 28Just VerdictsSlip and Fall Trial Strategies that WorkA good trial lawyer, like a good storyteller, knows how to use narratives to connect with their audience. Often, the simplest stories are the most powerful. The challenge can be cutting out the extraneous details and focusing on what is strongest in a case. In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Maggie Cooney share their insights and successes in a recent slip and fall trial. They discuss effective discovery strategies, how to craft authentic testimony, establishing credibility for both the client and the legal team, and ways of s...
2023-11-231h 00Just VerdictsWork Your Case Up to Win at Trial – How We Do ItWhether you’ve tried dozens of cases or are preparing to try your very first case, establishing an effective trial preparation process is key to a successful outcome for you and your client. In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin discuss the process they go through every time they try a case. Beginning with establishing a trial team and creating a detailed checklist, they go on to discuss the role of organization, the advantage of having a trial support team, the importance of mental preparation, and how...
2023-11-0946 minJust VerdictsVirtual Focus Groups Explained – Part 2While it’s okay to look for positive feedback, don’t try to win the focus group. That’s a mistake. Instead you want that first presentation to be really tough so that you find all the problems, all the ways that the jury hates your case, hates you, hates your client, whatever it is. And then you can iterate, fix, repair, and patch. In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin discuss how virtual focus groups can be used to analyze different aspects of your case, identif...
2023-10-2356 minJust VerdictsVirtual Focus Groups Explained – Part 1Anybody can do a focus group. With the prevalence of virtual platforms nowadays, it is so much easier to do focus groups that there’s really no excuse not to. And it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, either. If you aren’t doing focus groups, you’re probably doing yourself, your case, and your client a disservice.In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin discuss the nuts and bolts of putting together, conducting, and using the knowledge from virtual focus groups. What’s an effec...
2023-10-0952 minJust Verdicts“System Failures” the Secret to Winning Medical Malpractice CasesIn a med mal case, it's easier for people to hold an entity responsible–like a hospital–and make them pay, rather than blaming an individual–like a doctor. Therefore, how you work up a med mal case matters. It’s the difference between working up a case that is easier to win versus a case that is harder to win. What kind of case do you want? In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), hosts Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin discuss the difference between a “system failure” case and an “event” case. The hosts explain the...
2023-09-2325 minJust Verdicts“Rules” for Winning Medical Malpractice TrialsMedical malpractice cases are complicated for the jury. You have to help them understand the medicine, the deviation, how the mistake was made, and why the mistake led to the harm. You have to try to simplify the case as much as possible.In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Greg Unatin and Brendan Lupetin discuss using the “reptile” in their medical malpractice cases, a “rule” approach to trial. They reflect on what has and hasn’t worked for them in the courtroom as well as their opinions on using one or multipl...
2023-09-0928 minJust VerdictsMedical Malpractice Missteps – Lessons from a LossLearn from your losses. It’s the same for med mal trial attorneys as it is in life.In this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin discuss a recent orthopedic medical malpractice case they took to verdict–a case they felt had real merit, but did not end up going their way. Brendan reflects on what he would have done differently, what he would have done the same, and why he feels the verdict was not in their client’s favor. Tune in to hear the lessons Brenda...
2023-08-231h 05Just VerdictsMild TBI Car Crash Jury Verdict Part 2“Trial is a battle of impression more than it is logic.” As a plaintiff’s attorney your job is to do a deep dive and understand the minutiae of the medicine–along with the specifics of the case, the claims, and the causation–so you can tell the story of the plaintiff in a language that the jury can understand.In part 2 of this 2-part episode series of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin outline their approach in trial during their recent concussion case victory. You’ll learn tips on how to be...
2023-08-091h 10Just VerdictsMild TBI Car Crash Jury Verdict Part 1Concussion cases can be difficult. The injury is invisible. The jury is skeptical. But there is a formula to success. Do you know it?Tune in to the debut episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error) as seasoned med mal litigators Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin share the tactics they used to win a favorable verdict in a recent concussion case. In this part 1 of a 2-part series, you’ll learn about the type of evidence that is crucial to get a strong verdict in this type of case, and more.Learn More and Co...
2023-07-2655 minJust VerdictsWelcome to Trial & Medical ErrorAre you a trial lawyer seeking a competitive edge in medical malpractice cases? This is the lawyer podcast for you. On Trial & Medical Error, we share novel insights and legal strategies to help you confidently tackle the most complicated cases.Hosted by Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin, founders of Lupetin and Unatin, Attorneys at Law in Pittsburgh, this podcast delivers a wealth of knowledge derived from extensive experience in the courtroom. Every episode brings you closer to the heartbeat of medical malpractice law, offering unique insights into trial law strategies, in-depth analyses of...
2023-07-0700 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinRayland Baxter ReturnsThis week, we place a call to a Tennessee front porch to talk to rock-n’-soul trickster and acclaimed singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter.He’s our first returning artist on the show for a good reason. Besides being a personal favorite of host Z. Lupetin since his gorgeous, folky debut Feathers and Fishhooks a decade ago, Z. was first able to catch up with Rayland in a Vegas hotel room (where he played through a cigarette pack mini amp) to discuss his deliciously catchy and soulful 2018 record Wide Awake and how growing up around his side...
2023-02-0255 minThe Show On The Road with Z. LupetinSeason 5 Sneak PeekWelcome back, friends. Season 5 is here to help launch us into 2023, starting off with the new old-time sounds of the singing upright bassist who everyone calls “daddy,” Melissa Carper. Plus, the return of the rock-n-soul butterfly Rayland Baxter taped on his porch in Tennessee, and also a fascinating talk with Cleve Francis, a singing heart doctor who once rubbed elbows with Garth Brooks and the big boys in the country pantheon, but was recently rediscovered for putting out a transcendent complication of rare Black folk songs from the late 1960s. Recently Z. Lupetin went down to New Orleans and talk...
2023-01-1206 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinThe Ballroom ThievesThis week, we bring you an intimate conversation with avant-folk instrumentalists and songwriting team Martin Earley (guitar, vocals) and Callie Peters (cello-vocals) - the driving forces behind New England’s The Ballroom Thieves. Beginning as a hard-traveling duo, also featuring longtime percussionist Devin Mauch, over a decade ago at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, the band began to turn heads and fill rooms when they added Peters and her fierce and poetic singing-style around eight years back. The Queen-meets-Wings stacks of harmonies, gorgeous string arrangements and slam-poetry off-kilter lyrics instantly made them stick out from their gentler rootsy peers. They re...
2021-08-0550 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinEpisode 107: The Ballroom ThievesThis week, we bring you an intimate conversation with avant-folk instrumentalists and songwriting team Martin Earley (guitar, vocals) and Callie Peters (cello-vocals) - the driving forces behind New England’s The Ballroom Thieves.
Beginning as a hard-traveling duo, also featuring longtime percussionist Devin Mauch, over a decade ago at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, the band began to turn heads and fill rooms when they added Peters and her fierce and poetic singing-style around eight years back. The Queen-meets-Wings stacks of harmonies, gorgeous string arrangements and slam-poetry off-kilter lyrics instantly made them stick out from their gentler rootsy peers. They recorded th...
2021-08-0549 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinCAKE (John McCrea)This week, a rare career-spanning interview with the ever-curious frontman, activist and rock hitmaker John McCrea, who founded one of the most beloved and yet misunderstood bands of our time - CAKE - in Sacramento in 1992. Despite putting out unlikely ubiquitous radio hits like “The Distance,” “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” and “Never There” featuring the signature combo of dry speak-singing, spaghetti western brass, muscular guitars and spacey synths, and becoming one of the best selling groups of the 1990s and early 2000s, John and an ever-changing group of collaborators have always operated more like a DIY garage band. They produce and...
2021-06-0350 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinCAKE (John McCrea)This week, a rare career-spanning interview with the ever-curious frontman, activist and rock hitmaker John McCrea, who founded one of the most beloved and yet misunderstood bands of our time - CAKE - in Sacramento in 1992.
Despite putting out unlikely ubiquitous radio hits like “The Distance,” “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” and “Never There” featuring the signature combo of dry speak-singing, spaghetti western brass, muscular guitars and spacey synths, and becoming one of the best selling groups of the 1990s and early 2000s, John and an ever-changing group of collaborators have always operated more like a DIY garage band. They produce and record e...
2021-06-0350 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinThe Lumineers (Jeremiah Fraites)This week, host Z. Lupetin talks to one of the founding members of beloved folk-rock hitmakers The Lumineers - drummer and pianist Jeremiah Fraites. After following his heart to Italy, Jeremiah dialed into the podcast from Turin - his wife’s hometown. Alongside juggling duties as co-songwriter and performer in one of the most successful acoustic groups of the last twenty years and raising his two-year-old son, Fraites released a gorgeous instrumental record called Piano Piano this January. Nearly fifteen years in the making, Piano Piano was created at his former home in Denver during the height of the ea...
2021-02-171h 01
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinThe Lumineers (Jeremiah Fraites)This week, host Z. Lupetin talks to one of the founding members of beloved folk-rock hitmakers The Lumineers - drummer and pianist Jeremiah Fraites. After following his heart to Italy, Jeremiah dialed into the podcast from Turin - his wife’s hometown. Alongside juggling duties as co-songwriter and performer in one of the most successful acoustic groups of the last twenty years and raising his two-year-old son, Fraites released a gorgeous instrumental record called Piano Piano this January.
Nearly fifteen years in the making, Piano Piano was created at his former home in Denver during the height of the early CO...
2021-02-171h 00
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinLanghorne SlimThis week, a wide-ranging conversation with the peripatetic Pennsylvania-born confessional folk songwriter Sean Scolnick, who for the last fifteen years has become the troubadour truth-teller of the Americana circuit, amassing a devoted following performing as his many-hatted, impish alter-ego: Langhorne Slim.
Host Z. Lupetin caught up with Langhorne to discuss his much awaited new LP Strawberry Mansion (just released last week via Dualtone) which is named after the neighborhood in Philadelphia where both of his grandfather grew up. Coming out of a deep creative funk, Langhorne produced a record of many entwined reckonings. A flurry of twenty two diaristic sonic...
2021-02-031h 07
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinLanghorne SlimThis week, a wide-ranging conversation with the peripatetic Pennsylvania-born confessional folk songwriter Sean Scolnick, who for the last fifteen years has become the troubadour truth-teller of the Americana circuit, amassing a devoted following performing as his many-hatted, impish alter-ego: Langhorne Slim. Host Z. Lupetin caught up with Langhorne to discuss his much awaited new LP Strawberry Mansion (just released last week via Dualtone) which is named after the neighborhood in Philadelphia where both of his grandfather grew up. Coming out of a deep creative funk, Langhorne produced a record of many entwined reckonings. A flurry of twenty two diaristic...
2021-02-031h 08
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinMt. JoyThis week a conversation with songwriter and singer Matt Quinn of jangly-pop phenomenons Mt. Joy.
Much like host Z. Lupetin’s group Dustbowl Revival, Mt. Joy began thanks partially to some Craigslist kismet. After Quinn took the leap from PA to LA and reconnected with fellow guitarist Sam Cooper (who he used to jam with at their high school in Philadelphia), the band found their bassist Michael Byrnes, and Byrnes' flatmate, producer Caleb Nelson, helped create their infectious breakout singles “Astrovan” and “Sheep.”
While most rising bands might shy away from writing extensively about addiction; or describing Jesus as a reborn Gra...
2020-09-301h 12
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinMt. JoyThis week a conversation with songwriter and singer Matt Quinn of jangly-pop phenomenons Mt. Joy.
Much like host Z. Lupetin’s group Dustbowl Revival, Mt. Joy began thanks partially to some Craigslist kismet. After Quinn took the leap from PA to LA and reconnected with fellow guitarist Sam Cooper (who he used to jam with at their high school in Philadelphia), the band found their bassist Michael Byrnes, and Byrnes' flatmate, producer Caleb Nelson, helped create their infectious breakout singles “Astrovan” and “Sheep.”
While most rising bands might shy away from writing extensively about addiction; or describing Jesus as a reborn Gra...
2020-09-301h 13
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinGary Louris (The Jayhawks)This week on The Show On The Road, we feature a conversation with Gary Louris, co-founder and leading songwriter of longtime Americana favorites The Jayhawks -- who launched out of Minneapolis in 1985 and celebrated the release of their harmony-rich 11th studio album, XOXO, this July.
Any band that has managed to stick together for a generation (their self-titled debut dropped when host Z. Lupetin was in diapers) clearly has kept a fervent fanbase intrigued; their signature shoegaze-y, electric roots has endured through personnel changes, bouts of addiction, and the upheaval of the music industry that often leaves fading rock and...
2020-09-1656 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinGary Louris (The Jayhawks)This week on The Show On The Road, we feature a conversation with Gary Louris, co-founder and leading songwriter of longtime Americana favorites The Jayhawks -- who launched out of Minneapolis in 1985 and celebrated the release of their harmony-rich 11th studio album, XOXO, this July.
Any band that has managed to stick together for a generation (their self-titled debut dropped when host Z. Lupetin was in diapers) clearly has kept a fervent fanbase intrigued; their signature shoegaze-y, electric roots has endured through personnel changes, bouts of addiction, and the upheaval of the music industry that often leaves fading rock and...
2020-09-1657 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinNicole AtkinsThis week on The Show On The Road, a conversation with Nicole Atkins, a singer/songwriter out of Neptune City, New Jersey who has become notorious for making her own brand of theatrical boardwalk soul.
The Show On The Road host Z. Lupetin fell in love with Atkins' newest, harmony-rich record Italian Ice, which came out spring 2020 and was recorded in historic Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Both rumblingly ominous and joyously escapist, standout songs like “Domino” make the record a perfectly David Lynch-esque summer soundtrack of an uneasy 2020 scene that vacillates between fits of intense creativity and innovation and deep despair. Toilin...
2020-09-091h 15
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinNicole AtkinsThis week on The Show On The Road, a conversation with Nicole Atkins, a singer/songwriter out of Neptune City, New Jersey who has become notorious for making her own brand of theatrical boardwalk soul.
The Show On The Road host Z. Lupetin fell in love with Atkins' newest, harmony-rich record Italian Ice, which came out spring 2020 and was recorded in historic Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Both rumblingly ominous and joyously escapist, standout songs like “Domino” make the record a perfectly David Lynch-esque summer soundtrack of an uneasy 2020 scene that vacillates between fits of intense creativity and innovation and deep despair. Toilin...
2020-09-091h 16
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinChicano BatmanThis week, The Show On The Road features a conversation with members of LA’s Latin roots-rock heroes Chicano Batman. The band came together in 2008 and is comprised of Eduardo Arenas (bass, guitar, vocals), Carlos Arévalo (guitars), Bardo Martinez (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar) and Gabriel Villa (drums).
Host Z. Lupetin was able to catch up with Bardo and Eduardo while they sheltered in place at home in LA. In the past you may have seen them at music festivals like Coachella dressing up in matching Mariachi outfits, and crooning in a colorful mashup of Spanish and English on previous stand...
2020-09-021h 09
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinChicano BatmanThis week, The Show On The Road features a conversation with members of LA’s Latin roots-rock heroes Chicano Batman. The band came together in 2008 and is comprised of Eduardo Arenas (bass, guitar, vocals), Carlos Arévalo (guitars), Bardo Martinez (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar) and Gabriel Villa (drums).
Host Z. Lupetin was able to catch up with Bardo and Eduardo while they sheltered in place at home in LA. In the past you may have seen them at music festivals like Coachella dressing up in matching Mariachi outfits, and crooning in a colorful mashup of Spanish and English on previous stand...
2020-09-021h 10
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinDavid BrombergThis week The Show On The Road features living folk-blues legend and underground guitar icon David Bromberg.
Host Z. Lupetin got to speak with the now 74-year-old Bromberg in a hotel room before the pandemic shutdown prior to Bromberg playing a show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles back in February, 2020.
Coming out of the fertile Greenwich Village scene on the heels of Bob Dylan, Ramblin Jack Elliot and other shaggy troubadour-storytellers, Bromberg’s encyclopedic knowledge of American songwriting traditions made him a coffee-house wunderkind who refused to be pigeonholed in one genre. By the age of thirty, Bro...
2020-08-191h 27
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinRising AppalachiaThis week on the Show On The Road, a conversation with Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia. In 2005 she founded this unique partnership with her sister Leah after their relentless world travels finally intersected in southern Mexico, where Leah had started mastering the banjo.
Growing up in a musical family of traditional string-band players and contra-dance leaders near Atlanta, Rising Appalachia's latest release, Leylines, mixes the rustic front porch sound of their childhood family jam sessions with a neon-tinted modern backbeat of dancehall electronics and mystical protest. That could have felt incongruous, but somehow these influences mix beautifully with their ethereal, i...
2020-07-221h 24
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinDan ReederThis week on The Show On The Road Podcast, a conversation with renegade roots songwriter, painter and NSFW self-taught poet Dan Reeder.
Reeder has rarely has been interviewed, but has collected a legion of devoted fans after putting out a series of beloved albums on John Prine’s Oh Boy Records - including the much-anticipated new LP “Every Which Way.”
For the uninitiated, diving into Dan Reeder’s uniquely absurdist, harmony-drenched body of work can feel like reading a rich short-story collection in one sitting. His normal routine is to layer lush close-mic’d vocals on top of one another using hims...
2020-07-081h 21
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinAgnes ObelThis week, a conversation with renowned Danish pianist, experimental composer, and atmospheric-folk songstress Agnes Obel.
Recorded high above Hollywood in the famed Capitol records building (Obel was recently signed to Blue Note Records), host Z. Lupetin takes an intimate tour of her newest work “Myopia”, which shows Obel at her most personal and aurally fearless.
Born in Copenhagen and based in Berlin, Obel’s albums warrant repeat listening, as it’s often hard to know exactly what instruments are playing at any given time. At times the darting, looping piano and quicksilver string work seem like a chamber orchestra, or maybe th...
2020-06-2457 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinListen to These Black VoicesSomething powerful is in the air. While we may have said that after similar unrest in the past -- after Rodney King in LA, Trayvon Martin in Miami, Freddie Gray in Baltimore, and countless others -- something about what is happening now feels deeper, heavier. Maybe it’s actually sinking in.
From host, Z. Lupetin:
I normally try to put out a new episode of The Show on the Road podcast every other Wednesday. This week, that simply wasn’t possible. It was time to stop giving my endless opinions, to stop waxing poetic about harmony, to shut up about find...
2020-06-0519 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinSteve PoltzThis week on The Show On The Road, we feature a conversation with a Canadian-born paraparetic prince of pop-folk singers, who has jumped through more gauntlets of the modern music industry than almost anyone in his three plus decades of making records, Steve Poltz.
Poltz first hit the scene with the San Diego-based underground punk-folk favorites The Rugburns, then as an accidental hitmaker and MTV video heartthrob with collaborator and friend Jewel, and then as a wild-haired, two hundred shows a year internationally revered solo act. He's put out a baker's dozen of whacked-out, deceptively sensitive, and fearlessly personal albums...
2020-05-201h 11
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinJamestown RevivalThis week on The Show On The road, we feature a conversation with Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, two Texans and expert harmonizers who for the last decade have toured the world as Jamestown Revival.
Right before all tours got sent home, host Z. Lupetin was able to hop on the Jamestown Revival tour bus (sorry for the engine hum) to discuss their intimate new record, San Isabel, and their journey from meeting as curious singing teenagers in Magnolia, TX to their move out west and back home again. While their previous record, The Education of a Wandering Man, saw...
2020-05-061h 06
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinTheo Katzman (Vulfpeck)For this special episode, your host Z. Lupetin adhered to the strict stay-at-home pandemic orders, recording an intimate phone conversation with Theo Katzman, the Cheshire Cat of soulful pop-rock and one of the most visible members of the mysterious funk supergroup, Vulfpeck.
In January, Katzman celebrated the release of his cheeky, super catchy, unabashedly romantic, and pop-driven new solo album Modern Johnny Sings: Songs in the Age of Vibe and was on a run of packed release shows when everything shut down (you know, because COVID-19). Katzman’s expertly-crafted songs and lilting falsetto vocals have that rare spark that can br...
2020-04-101h 17
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinJoey Dosik (Vulfpeck)This week on the show, host Z. Lupetin meets up with Joey Dosik, a silky-voiced songwriter and freaky-talented multi-instrumentalist who writes lush, romantic jams that transport listeners to R&B-tinted, old school FM radio gold.
Some listeners may have learned of Dosik's talents with DIY, future-funk ensemble Vulfpeck, led by trickster curator/composer Jack Stratton. Vulfpeck went from making goofy viral videos and recording an album of total silence -- that scared the shit out of streaming giants like Spotify after it rocketed the band to international notoriety and financial success -- to crowdfunding a series of hit funk records...
2020-04-0957 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinDustbowl RevivalTo say today’s episode is personal would be an understatement. Your host Z. Lupetin founded the group in Venice Beach, CA over ten years ago with a lucky Craigslist ad that started it all. What started as a clandestine jam group with as many as ten instruments going full blast at an after hours advertising office, the band was soon starting in speakeasies and small venues around LA, with the band eventually recording their beloved live album “With A Lampshade On” at the famed Troubadour in LA and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.
In 2013 Liz Beebe joined...
2020-02-061h 26
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinThe Steel WheelsThis week, on the very first episode of 2020, we welcome The Steel Wheels, a Virginia-based band of virtuous harmony masters and savvy stringband experimenters who have quietly put together an impressive body of work for the last decade, corkscrewing their way across the country supporting seven diverse acoustic-based albums and along the way, and gaining gangs of devoted fans from their big-hearted, peace-promoting songs.
Taped live at historic Mccabes Guitar Shop in LA, Z. Lupetin gathered the boys around the mic to dive into their boundary-pushing 2019 release Above The Trees, how they once toured on bicycles to spread climate change...
2020-01-0849 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinSam LeeThis week on the show, Z. Lupetin speaks with renowned British song collector, sonic interpreter, roots music promoter, and deeply intuitive folk singer Sam Lee.
Lee came to music almost by accident after a former life as a wilderness survivalist and nature advocate. Since, he has become one of the leading voices in Great Britain, saving the treasured endemic music cultures that rapidly disappear each year. His gorgeously delicate and meticulously researched debut, Ground Of Its Own, shot him from hopeful academic to nationally recognized folk star -- partly by being nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Lee has relentlessly w...
2019-11-1350 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinRobert EllisThis week, Z. Lupetin speaks with Robert Ellis, the restless, tuxedoed, Texas piano-man who has paired his fleet-fingered, high-humored, “jazz in an Austin roadhouse” keys playing with machete-sharp lyrical turns of phrase — all backed up with his smile-through-the-apocalypse country-rock band.
Ellis has gained a beloved international following all the while creating a persona that is half the tender brilliance of early Billy Joel, and half high-hatted, Southern huckster who might tell you a story that will make you cry one minute, and then steal your watch when you’re not looking the next.
Z. met up with Robert Ellis on the road...
2019-10-231h 04
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinSteve EarleThis week, Z. speaks with Steve Earle. The three-time Grammy Award-winning roots ‘n’ roll poet and revered performer has been releasing fearless, roguish records for nearly four decades, accidentally becoming one of the founding fathers of the thriving Americana movement along the way.
Growing up a baseball-crazy son of an air traffic controller in San Antonio, Steve Earle has never quite checked any cliché box or stayed in any lane on the way to his almost mainstream success.
Host Z. Lupetin caught up with Steve on his tour bus before hitting the stage at ROMP Fest in Kentucky this past June...
2019-07-1036 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinRachel BaimanFiddler and banjo picker Rachel Baiman calls her mom on this week's episode of The Show On The Road with Z. Lupetin.
A Chicago native, Rachel became an Illinois state fiddling champion as a teenager and later went on to form Ten String Symphony with fellow fiddler Christian Sedelmyer.
Z talks with her about the gift and sacrifice of making music your life, and how her organization Folk Fights Back has given her and her fellow Nashville songwriters a way to directly challenge the policies of the current Presidential administration.
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2019-04-101h 15
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinSunny WarThis week, Zach speaks with folk blues guitarist and singer songwriter Sunny War. Turns out that while Sunny War was playing her poetic brand of punky blues on the rowdy boardwalk in Venice beach, host Zach Lupetin was living just up the block and walking past her everyday without noticing. She's come quite a long way since those days, having released three albums since 2014, culminating with 2018's breakout, "With The Sun."
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2019-01-1446 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinBirds of ChicagoBuilt around the electric energy of husband and wife duo Allison Russell and JT Nero, Birds of Chicago cook up a special brew of soulful rock n roll and goosebump-raising secular gospel music that is a much needed shot of pure and positive energy. The Show On The Road host Z. Lupetin had them over to his place in Los Angeles a few months back to talk about Allison's wild childhood in Monreal, their slow motion story of falling in love back in the windy city of Chicago, and how they now balance marriage and touring schedules with their adorable...
2018-12-041h 00
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinFront CountryThe boundary breaking bluegrass outfit Front Country is this week's guest. They are among the most fiercely intelligent, straight up wacky, and genuinely warm-hearted people playing music on the road today. The Show On Road host Z. Lupetin was initially only going to talk to a few band members for this episode, but this time the entire band got cozy and gathered around the mic for a casual and cool conversation.
Song - "If Something Breaks"
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2018-11-1250 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinThe Show On The Road IntroAn introduction to The Show On The Road hosted by Z. Lupetin.
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2018-10-1201 min