“Trying a case to a receptive jury gives an outstanding trial lawyer like Jeff Nevin a winning edge. His voir dire and trial skills are superb and unmatched. He builds rapport with prospective jurors and gains their trust while conducting a voir dire so masterful that jurors reveal biases they didn’t know they had. I came back at the end of recent trial to watch his final argument. The relationships that he built during nearly a week of jury selection led to a landslide victory in a very challenging high-profile case.”
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"But even as multimedia techniques prosper, skilled practitioners still say that sometimes less can be more.
Lead defense attorney Jeff Nevin in the De Anza case decided to do his closing arguments using more traditional graphics and photographs on an easel. Lloyd explained that Nevin wanted the jury to connect with him and not stare over his head at the screen mounted on the other side of the courtroom.
"You don't want the jury wondering, is this a Hollywood show or a trial?" said well-known San Francisco trial technology consultant Ted Brooks, whose company Litigation-Tech handled the Dodgers case. "What you can do and what you should do are two different things." "
Courtrooms Now Aglow With High-tech Methods for Telling Better Visual Tale
Tracey Kaplan
San Jose Mercury News, 4/29/2011 See expanded version of this case
"Led by renowned San Francisco trial lawyer Jeffrey G. Nevin, the defense presented a mix of top-notch expert witnesses, Facebook photos from the plaintiff's own page and a dramatic
re-enactment using the actual door to the bedroom."
Jury Faces Tough Task in
De Anza Gang-Rape Civil Trial
Tracey Kaplan
San Jose Mercury News, 3/22/2011 See expanded version of this case
Jeff Nevin is a consummate litigator. He is one of the top three trial lawyers that I have had the privilege and pleasure to work with in the twenty years I have been providing dispute resolution services. Even more impressive to me is his ability to evaluate the facts and applicable law and reach a decision on whether he has a case that ought to be tried or one that needs to be settled. Once he decides that a case should be settled, he is a master of negotiation. And, to top it all off, he is fun to work with.
Gordon McClintock, Esq.
Special Master, Mediator
Fort Collins, Colorado
You can sum up Jeff Nevin in two words: Trial Lawyer. It is what he is, it is what he does, and he does it as well as any lawyer I know. His record of trials is unsurpassed. I have personally had the pleasure of working with him over the years, and I recommend him highly--as a Trial Lawyer, a Complex Case Mediator, or a Special Master. Trust me, he will get the job done, and do it right.
James McManis, Esq.
McManis Faulkner,
mcmanisfaulkner.com
San Jose, California
In my experience, there are a small handful of attorneys that I know that when their name appears on the answer, I am going to have to make sure that I do the very best I can for my clients. Jeff Nevin is in that elite group. I have to make certain that the level of preparation of our witnesses and our pleadings is A+, otherwise, he will be taking advantage of any misstep we make. His ability to get information out of a deponent that we don't expect him to obtain makes him an adversary that we have to respect and plan for. At the same time, he is a professional whose word is one you can trust and not worry about confirming in writing.
Roger A. Dreyer, Esq.
Dreyer, Babich, Buccola & Callaham LLP
dbbc.com
Sacramento, California
We have retained numerous litigators to handle highly complex aerospace cases for us over the last fifteen years. Jeff Nevin is by far the most accomplished, dynamic and talented trial attorney that I have ever had the pleasure of seeing in action. He is in a class of his own.
Andrew Rowen, President
Filtration Development Company