# Karen Koehler

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Why Trial Lawyers Hate Jury Verdicts — Even When They Win

The jury is filing in, the verdict form is in hand, and suddenly the loudest feeling is not victory. It’s relief. We talk candidly about what verdict day does to trial lawyers and why even a “good” jury verdict can feel heavy, tense, and strangely joyless.We break down the real-time experience of l…

Why Mean Lawyers Lose: Trial Tactics That Backfire

A trial can turn ugly fast when the other side decides “mean” is a strategy. We talk through what it feels like to face a hostile, snide defense team, how that negativity shows up in depositions and at counsel table, and why we refuse to let it control our courtroom presence. The surprising part is…

Ep. 281 | Lawyer Stories LIVE from AAJ Chicago with Supio: Trial Lawyers, AI & the Future of Plaintiff Law

🎙️ Eight conversations. One special episode. Lawyer Stories LIVE from AAJ in Chicago. For our first trip to the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Annual Convention, Lawyer Stories sat down with trial lawyers, legal leaders and innovators for conversations about the journeys that shaped them, …

The Dark Side of Child Stardom: Hayden Panettiere and the Price of Fame

A four-year-old can’t cross the street alone, can’t understand contracts, and can’t grasp what fame costs, yet our culture keeps placing kids into adult rooms with adult incentives. We sit with a recent tragedy as a starting point and then zoom out to the bigger pattern: child actors, child musicia…

What Happens When A Law Firm Adds Another Powerhouse

A new partner walks in and you can feel the room change. That’s what it’s like when Elizabeth Hanley joins us, and we’re not going to pretend we can introduce her without telling the Maui story first: a big convention crowd, a poolside setup spiraling, a missing bartender, and Liz showing up injure…

How People Actually Change

The fastest way to test your identity is to remove the crutch you didn’t know you were using. We sit down for a messy, honest “psychology session” about change: who we’ve become over the past couple of years, why Mo can flip big switches like going vegan and quitting alcohol, and why Karen still th…

Why Plastic Surgery Can Hurt Jury Trust

A face that does not move can cost you a verdict. We get candid about plastic surgery, Botox, and why looking “younger” is not always an upgrade when your job is to persuade a jury that you’re real, present, and trustworthy.Karen tells two close-to-home stories: the nose job she seriously considere…

The Seven-Hour Deposition

A door plug blows out mid-flight, passengers think they’re going to die, and suddenly the legal system asks them to relive it all again, for hours, on the record. We get into what plaintiff depositions look like when the defendant is a giant like Boeing, and why “just tell your story” can turn into…

Is Seattle’s Police Department in Trouble? A Velvet Hammer Breakdown

A packed Seattle festival. A shooting. And then, for hours, the city is left wondering who is actually steering the response. We dig into the Bite of Seattle tragedy and the leadership test it created, focusing on the part that can either prevent more harm or multiply it fast: crisis communication …

Trial Lawyer Confessions: Vancouver Edition

We show up to a big legal conference… and immediately realize we forgot the poster we were supposed to bring. That tiny disaster turns into a bigger, surprisingly personal talk about what lawyer conferences and bar associations are really for, especially in the trial lawyer world where the “opponen…