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Author: Paul Luvera

Plaintiff trial lawyer for 50 years. Past President of the Inner Circle of Advocates & Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Member American Board of Trial Advocates, American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy, International Society of Barristers, the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame & speaker at Spence Trial College
MY GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH Sept 21, 1863 to Aug 5, 1953

MY GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH Sept 21, 1863 to Aug 5, 1953

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My maternal grandmother Marija Mattia Vulic Babarovich died on August 5th, 1953. She died the year I graduated from high school in Anacortes, Washington.Her life story is one of great courage and sacrifice involving immigration to America while not being able to speak English. I've previously talked about that in writing about my mother.https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2010/07/mary-thelma-luvera-.html.html I've also  written  about her brave travel  from a small island in Croatia to Anacortes, Washington.  https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2014/07/index.html I remember her vividly. A tall erect woman with hair piled…

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CLARENCE DARROW’S LETTERS

CLARENCE DARROW’S LETTERS

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I have just finished reading a lengthy book In the Clutches of the Law edited by Randall Tietjen.  I suspect that no court room lawyer has achieved more notoriety then Clarence  Darrow (1857 – 1938) his many famous cases included the Scopes trial where he defended a schoolteacher charged with the crime of teaching evolution and the Leopold and Loeb case where he argued against the death penalty for two young men who had brutally murdered a young boy. He…

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John Carabba, Stanley Bruhn & David Welts deceased

John Carabba, Stanley Bruhn & David Welts deceased

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I've written about John Carabba before. See https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2009/07/john-carabba-died-monday-july-14-2009-at-the-island-hospital-in-anacortes-he-had-fallen-on-the-friday-before-and-fractured.html John Carabba died Monday July 14, 2009 at the Island Hospital in Anacortes. His background was the American story. After getting out of the Navy at Whidbey Island he moved toAnacortes, my home town. He operated a Chevron service station at 12th and Commerical for many years, but over the time had many other successful business interests. My connection to John was his friendship with my dad and our family. He was honored with…

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“I THINK WE NEED TO KILL MORE PEOPLE” Prosecutor Dale Cox Louisana

“I THINK WE NEED TO KILL MORE PEOPLE” Prosecutor Dale Cox Louisana

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These are the words of Dale Cox, a prosecutor and Caddo Parish Louisiana. As to the death penalty he insists "we need it  more now than ever." He has personally been the prosecutor in half of the death sentences in Louisiana since 2010. In a case where he convicted a father of wrongfully killing his child he told the jury that when it comes to a person who harms a child, "Jesus demands his disciples kill the abuser by placing…

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MARY THELMA BABAROVICH

MARY THELMA BABAROVICH

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On an early Friday morning, July 7th2000, my mother Mary Thelma Babarovich, died in her sleep at the San Juan Care Center. Her  death was not unexpected. After all, she was born on December 28, 1905 and was ninety four years old when she died. She had been in failing health for some time. Her passing was, in fact, a personal blessing to her as she had been ready to meet her maker for some time. I've published an account…

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DANIEL F. SULLIVAN Trial Lawyer Extraordinary

DANIEL F. SULLIVAN Trial Lawyer Extraordinary

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I've written about my  friend Dan Sullivan  who died at age 86 on July 1st 2012: https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2012/07/daniel-f-sullivan-july-1-2012.html  I've said about him: "Dan was my mentor and my friend. It was Dan I turned to for professional help. We associated on many cases and worked together many times. We enjoyed each others company and laughed a lot. Dan had that great Irish sense of humor. He was a great trial lawyer with an enormous heart and a high sense of ethics. It was impossible not…

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NICOLA LUVERA my grandfather

NICOLA LUVERA my grandfather

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 I've written about my grandfather, Nicola Luvera before: https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2014/07/nicola.html He died on Independence Day, July 4, 1956 well  into his nineties. This Italian immigrant never learned English and had almost no education, but was hard working. His courage in immigrating to Canada and earning enough to bring his family too, illustrates what a unusual person he was. He worked  hard all his life. First, as a railroad hand installing track, then in  the coal mines and the saw mills until he joined my dad…

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THE GIFT OF LIVING IN GIG HARBOR

THE GIFT OF LIVING IN GIG HARBOR

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Since our retirement from law a year ago we've spent a lot more time at our home in Gig Harbor on Colvos Passage looking out at Vashon Island and Mount Rainier. Things I've not paid attention to are now enjoyable to see and experience. This morning while Lita and I were having coffee on the upper balcony four deer came along the beach at the outer edge. The tide was out and they walked in single file with their hoofs…

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WHY DO WE MAKE RELGION A TEST OF RULES RATHER THAN FAITH AND LOVE?

WHY DO WE MAKE RELGION A TEST OF RULES RATHER THAN FAITH AND LOVE?

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 Every day we read in the newspaper or see on television new atrocities committed around the world against human beings by those professing to do so as complying  with the will of God. Beheadings, suicide bombing and killing children are all  pleasing to God in their eyes.  For many thousands of people around the world, religion is a matter of strict rule compliance in all things both petty and large. Compliance, for them, means not just following very strict rules, but…

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LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS & BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF

LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS & BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF

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As a school student I, along with everyone else in my generation, was introduced to Lincoln's famous speech during the civil war now known as  the Gettysburg Address. I've often thought of this address as an illustration of Lincoln's following his own analysis of who he was and what he thought best. Here he was, the president of the United States, and his invitation to speak was only an after thought to the event. His invitation was a last minute one and then asked only to make…

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