June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
Kurt Zaner | Tlu Beach 2025
Premises Liability
Masterclass
Huntington Beach, California (Paséa Hotel & Spa) June 4 - 7th, 2025
Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Premises Liability Master Class
June 6th - 4:30PM
Premises cases are won long before trial — and this master class breaks down every step to get you there.
From choosing the right case to filing, discovery, and trial, Kurt walks through exactly how to build a strong premises liability claim from the ground up. You'll learn how to approach early actions like site inspections, expert hires, and claim setup, plus how to plead PLA vs. negligence.
We'll dive deep into discovery — what documents to request, how to structure 30(b)(6) depositions, and how to handle ESI. You'll get real strategy on depo order, how to prep your client, and how to press fact witnesses when it matters. Then it's trial time: MILs, demonstratives, focus groups, witness order, and jury selection. You'll learn what to ask (and what not to), how to open with power, and how to cross defense witnesses with drama and purpose. Finally, we'll walk through closing and rebuttal — including what to hold back until the very end.
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case
June 5th - 9:00A - 12:30P
Kurt will conduct a live voir dire with a premises case with this fact pattern.
Steve Straughen was a well site supervisor at an oil and gas frack site. All of the oil extracted from the ground was being deposited in large frac tanks - rectangular tanks about the size and shape of a mobile home. While investigating strange sounds from the top of the tank, the tank exploded sending Steve 50 feet into the air. Steve survived with severe orthopedic injuries, but ultimately lost his leg. The tanks exploded because they were poorly maintained and delivered to the site with holes in them.
Kurt will Voir Dire on the following issues:
Brutal Honesty
The Justice System
Lawsuit Abuse
Burden of Proof
Money Damages
Money for Pain/Impairment
How much Money is too much
Sympathy
Safety Protocols
Corporate Responsibility
Personal Responsibility
Kurt will meet with students prior to the event by Zoom to review the case and his strategy for writing and practicing his voir dire.
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half
June 5th - 4:30PM
Lawyers hate legal writing — because it's boring as hell. This CLE will show you how to ditch the stiff legalese and write briefs that actually persuade.
I'll break down two cases where killer briefs led to eight-figure verdicts in CRPS electrocution trials (with under $300K in meds). You'll learn how to tell a story, move the judge, and win before you even step into court. If you like Game of Thrones or Maximus in Africa, you'll be right at home.
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques.
June 5th - 2:00PM
Most lawyers either bore jurors to death or try so hard to entertain them that they end up being hated. This CLE is about finding the sweet spot — keeping jurors engaged and emotionally invested without going over the top.
Drawing from my background as a stage actor turned lawyer, I'll show you how to use dramatic techniques throughout trial to connect with your audience, without ever faking it. From voir dire to closing, you'll learn how to use pauses, emotion, and storytelling to keep jurors entertained, trusting you, and actually caring about your case. It's gonna be a hoot.
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less
June 7th - 2:00PM
Too often we don't have enough time for Voir Dire. When you have only 30 minutes or less, learn how to hit all the big topics (tort reform, burden of proof, money for pain and large damages) while both planting seeds for trial and discovering toxic jurors you need to strike.
Kurt Zaner's Case Results
$30 million - Verdict
Oil and Gas Worksite Injury - Our client was injured when an oil and gas storage tank exploded while he was on top of it.
$16 million - Verdict
Premises Liability - Our client suffered severe nerve injuries and developed CRPS from an electric injury while working.
$15.3 million - settlement
Worksite Injury - Our client had to amputate his leg after severe orthopedic injuries to his foot in a work-related incident.
$10.6 million - Verdict
Construction Worksite Injury - Our client was electrocuted while working and developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).
$5.3 million - Settlement
Rearend Collision - Our client underwent multiple neck surgeries for injuries he suffered in a car crash.
$4.3 million - Verdict
Semi-Truck Crash - Our client sustained serious orthopedic injuries to his legs and knees in a crash caused by a semi-truck.
$4 million - Settlement
Worksite Injury - Our client suffered an electrical injury while working.
$3 million - Settlement
Wrongful Death - Our client's family member was killed in a car crash by a suspected intoxicated driver Wrongful Death - Our client's family member was killed in a car crash by a suspected intoxicated driver for an amount in excess of the damage cap.
$2.5 million - Verdict
Wrongful Death Car Crash - Our client's son was killed by a drunk driver.
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Premises Liability Master Class
June 5 - 6th | Kurt Zaner | Tens of Millions Recovered for Injured Clients in Colorado
Live Voir Dire with a Premises Case | webinar
Writing a Story – Win your case in a page and a half | webinar
Creating Drama at Trial – how to tell a story in trial through dramatic theatrical techniques | webinar
Voir Dire in 30 minutes or less | webinar
about Kurt Zaner
Kurt Zaner has dedicated his legal career to representing folks against the modern-day Goliaths. He stands in the breach as his clients' Champion.
A sought-after national speaker, Kurt frequently lectures on his winning trial techniques, drama at trial, and effective legal writing strategies. In the last 10 years, starting at the age of 35, Kurt has splashed the front pages of National and Colorado newspapers, and has become a mainstay in the news media for his high profile and record-breaking verdicts. He has appeared on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and every local media outlet including the Denver Post and local CBS, ABC, and Fox affiliates. He consistently records the largest personal injury verdicts in Colorado year after year, having secured the largest premises liability verdict in the history of Colorado.
He is also a published author of Federal and State case law, including Colorado law establishing the right to punitive damages for victims of drunk drivers and spoliation; he also authored articles and taught on ancient Roman trial methods.
As a trained stage actor, Kurt credits much of his trial success to his theatrical training in college and in Los Angeles prior to law school. As a trained stage actor, Kurt credits much of his trial success to his theatrical training in college and in Los Angeles prior to law school. His TV heroes are Bobby Donnell and Alan Shore. Like Maximus and Proximo, he believes that to win the crowd, they must be entertained.
After graduating law school near the top of his class, Kurt went on to clerk for United States District Judge Ken Marra, learning from behind the bench.
As a human, Kurt spends much of his time with his wife and three young boys outdoors in the mountains, on the stage in a local theater production, Or, perfecting Kempo with his three boys in their dojo. He are some of his ruminations on who he is (as requested by Dan for his profile):
Who am I? Do we define ourselves? Or do others define us? Or do our actions define us? Identity is challenging. Am I defined by my journey as a Trial Lawyer who wages epic battles with evil corporations and insurance companies? Or am I defined by the $50,000 settlements that change my client's lives? Am I defined by my childhood, growing up always wanting to be an actor, a trial lawyer, or a president of something? I failed (quit) my movie star pursuit in Hollywood, does that boost my cred or detract from it?
Am I defined by family? My three young boys (3, 7, 9) mean more to me than any case and I would quit practicing law tomorrow if it was somehow necessary to help my kids. I wish I had more hours in the day to spend with them. And yet, when I look at them, I think of my toxic tort client who was diagnosed with Leukemia at 18, has lost one leg and likely another because of a company's toxic emissions, and I imagine if this happened to one of my children. Or am I defined by my pursuit of Karate and mastery of the bow and spear so that one day I may fight like the Viper of Dorne as my client's champion?
University of Florida, B.A.
Federal Southern District of Florida
State of Colorado
Colorado Federal District Court
