John F. Denove - Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, June, 1976
    JD

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Trial Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Advanced Trial Skills, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 26th Annual Las Vegas Convention, August 30, 2008
  
• Closing Arguments: Is It too Late, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 26th Annual Las Vegas Convention, August 30, 2008
  
• Damages, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 25th Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 7, 2007
  
• Proving Non-Economic Damages In A Wrongful Death Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 25th Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 7, 2007
  
• Voir Dire, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 24th Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 8, 2006
  
• Maximizing Expert Opinion Testimony, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 23rd Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 10, 2005
  
• Evidence, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 23rd Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 8, 2005
  
• Closing Arguments by the Masters Part 1 and 2, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 22nd Annual Las Vegas Convention, August 28, 2004
  
• Excellence In Trial From masters Of The Craft, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 21st Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 6, 2003
  
• Medicine For lawyers, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 20th Annual Las Vegas Convention, August 23, 2002
  
• Using Expert And Lay Testimony In Professional Negligence Cases, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 19th Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 7, 2001
  
• Mock Trial: The Premises Liability Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 19th Annual Las Vegas Convention, September 7, 2001
  
• How to Litigate a Dog Bite Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Trade Libel, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• What Do You Do When Your Client Or The Defendant Declares Bankruptcy, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Finding The Smoking Gun, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Demonstrative Evidence In The 21st Century, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Cross Examination As A Sword, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Persuasive Closing Argument, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Cross Examination Of Witnesses, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Litigating The Disability Insurance Bad Faith Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Presenting Medical Evidence: 21 Practice Pointers, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  
• Dances With Documents, Consumer Attorneys Association of California
  
• Misdiagnosis Of Cancer, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Medical Malpractice Handbook
  
• PAIN 101: Where does it hurt? Making Chronic Pain Understandable, 2011

Published Works

Articles

• Proving Non-Economic Damages in Wrongful Death, The Advocate-Journal of Consumers Attorneys Association, November, 2007
  
• Back to Basics: Trying a Motor Vehicle Collision Case, The Advocate-Journal of Consumers Attorneys Association, August, 2006
  
• Evidence, Objections, Direct and Cross-Eximination, Consumer Attorneys of California, The Forum, March, 2004
  
• Fulfilling the Legislative Intent of Code of Civil Procedure Section 667.7, The Advocate-Journal of Consumers Attorneys Association, April, 2004
  
• Juries Aren't Just Emotional Pushovers, Los Angeles Times, 2000
  
• The Low Road. GM Deserves Punitives for Valuing Profit More Than Human Lives, The Daily Journal, 1999
• Pain 101: Where Does it Hurt Making Chronic Pain Understandable, The Advocate-Journal of Consumers Attorneys Association, 2011
• Evidence, Objections, Direct and Cross Examination, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Forum Magazine, 2004
• Challenges for Cause: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, The Advocate-Journal of Consumers Attorneys Association , 1999

Bar Admissions

• California, 1976
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

Other Affiliations

• Italian American Lawyers Association, 2010 - 2011 (President)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007 - 2011 (Secretary)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2002 - Present (Executive Committee - Los Angeles Chapter)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2001 - Present (Diplomate)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1993 - 2000 (Advocate)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1983 - 1992 (Associate)
• Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 - 1994 (Board of Governors)
• Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, 1978 - 1994 (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2001 - 2004 (Executive Committee)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2000 (President)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1999 (President - Elect)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1998 (First Vice-President)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1997 (Second Vice-President)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1996 (Secretary)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1995 (Treasurer)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1994 - Present (Member)
• ABOTA Inn of Court, 1990 - 1996 (Secretary)
• ABOTA Inn of Court, 1987 - 2009 (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys Public Education Fund, 2001 - Present (President)
• Consumer Attorneys Public Education Fund, 1997 - 2000 (Board of Governors)
• Consumer Attorneys Public Education Fund, 2002 (Board of Governors)
• Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Consumer Attorneys of California, 2001 - 2007 (Board of Governors)
• Consumer Attorneys of California, 1995 - Present (Member)
• California Trial Lawyers Association, 1982 - 1994 (Member)
• Italian American Lawyers Association, 2009 - Present (President-Elect)
• Italian American Lawyers Association, 2008 (Vice President)
• Italian American Lawyers Association, 2004 - 2007 (Board of Governors)
• Italian American Lawyers Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2000 - 2004 (Executive Committee of Litigation Section)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, 2004 (President)
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, 1989 - Present (Board of Governors)
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, 2003 (Ride Committee Chairperson)
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, 1991 - 1994 (Secretary)
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, 1989 - Present (Member)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1995 - Present (Member)
• Court Committee - Blue Ribbon Committee, 2005 - 2008 (Blue Ribbon Committee)
• Court Committee - Santa Monica Superior Court, 1994 - 2002 (Civil Advisory Committee)
• Court Committee - Los Angeles Superior Court, 1995 (Jury Committee)
• Court Committee - Los Angeles Superior Court, 1999 - Present (Bench Bar Committee)
• Court Committee - Los Angeles Superior Court, 2000 - 2001 (AB 3820 Committee)
• American Association for Justice, 2007 - Present (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1984 - 2007 (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2013 (President)