Paul Traina is our Latest Featured Speaker!

Our latest featured speaker is Paul Traina of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP!

Paul, an experienced, fiercely competitive litigator and trial lawyer, is speaking at our upcoming Master the Depositions 101: The Nuts and Bolts (CA) program. Designed for newer litigators, this program will teach attorneys what they need to know to succeed at taking and defending depositions. This in-depth deposition training program will provide you with both a comprehensive understanding of the process, as well as strategies to take and defend better depositions.  Most sessions include demonstrations to show the topic taught in action. If you are interested in attending live, or watching it OnDemand, please click the link above.

Paul has previously spoken at our 19th Annual Federal Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts (CA) program, and was very popular. You can purchase the recording of our 2024 version of this program here.  Paul has spoken at many of our annual boot camps – both state and federal – as well as our Jury Selection and Depos programs in the past.

Paul is a very popular speaker and we love having return to speak year after year.

Paul Traina has practiced law for the past 25 years spending his first five years representing automobile manufacturers and insurance companies and the last twenty years representing consumers on a pure contingency basis. Paul is an experienced, fiercely competitive litigator and trial lawyer and has obtained verdicts and recoveries for his clients totaling over 3 billion dollars.

Paul has and continues to represent clients in matters involving catastrophic injuries, defective products, whistleblower litigation, class actions, professional liability cases, and business/commercial litigation and is a frequent guest lecturer at Loyola Law Schools Trial Advocacy Class. Paul has lectured around the country on topics ranging from class actions, conflicts of interest, opening and closing arguments, and direct and cross examinations of both lay and expert witnesses.

Paul was born and raised in Charlotte, Michigan. He attended the University of Minnesota where he earned degrees in History, Political Science and Philosophy.  After college, he moved to California for law school where he attended Pepperdine University.  During law school, he clerked at various firms and the Ventura Public Defenders Office. After graduation, Paul started his legal career at the defense firm of Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow and Canter where he worked for 4 years doing heavy litigation and trying cases.

In 1996, Paul joined the prestigious law firm of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack, a firm made famous by the PG&E chromium-6 matter portrayed in the blockbuster movie Erin Brockovich.  As a young partner, Paul litigated and tried large complex injury cases on behalf of businesses and consumers with both Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi and continued litigating and trying cases during his tenure at Engstrom before joining the Stalwart Law Group in July of 2017.

Paul is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and Consumer Attorneys of California. He was recognized as one of Southern California’s Super lawyers from 2004-2009.

Paul routinely speaks on legal matters with sitting federal and state judges and other experienced litigators.

We are so glad to have you back (again) Paul!