Ryan Skiver – Training to BE a Trial Lawyer, Reps, Reps, Reps

From sunny Cabo San Lucas, host Dan Ambrose and Ryan Skiver of Skiver Bradley Law Firm encourage trial lawyers to take advantage of learning opportunities available in 2025. “It's the greatest time in the world to be a trial lawyer. Everything is here for you. All the skills. You can learn it,” Dan says.

A frequent participant in the TLU suite of educational courses, Ryan encourages lawyers to take advantage of programs like TLU On Demand. “One of the things that I've kind of always done is set aside time for learning,” Ryan says. One place for lawyers to learn this year is Huntington Beach at TLU Beach, scheduled for June 4-7.

If you’re a trial lawyer in Phoenix, and you’d like to work with Ryan on perfecting your presentation skills, contact him by phone or email.

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Episode Snapshot

• Grandma told him he’d be either a lawyer or actor: Ryan’s path includes acting as an extra and earning a law degree.
• How “The Reptile,” by Don Keenan and David Ball, influenced Ryan as a personal injury lawyer.
• Ryan’s participation at a “Welcome to the Revolution” deposition seminar led him to a partnership with Don Keenan.
• An early trucking case taught Ryan that trucking crashes are not the same as car accidents.
• Dan explains why it’s important for lawyers to learn acting skills: The greatest skill of a trial lawyer is to transport the audience, and “you can't transport somebody else until you can transport yourself.”
• Ryan discusses key takeaways from TLU Skills Bootcamp in November, including the art of making eye contact with the jury.
• Borrowing from trial lawyer and former boxer Przemek Lubecki, Dan outlines the three “spheres of performance”: the conscious mind, the unconscious mind, and confidence.
• What a course on psychodrama taught Ryan about role-reversal and listening skills.
• Why Ryan swears by the skills he learns from TLU On Demand.

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