Clashes with the judge. Nineteen expert depositions. Ten hours of court hearings leading to trial. Outcome: $51.3 million for a construction worker who was electrocuted on a job site. Mohamad Ahmad discusses the remarkable journey of the Maggio case and his career in this conversation with host Dan Ambrose. After getting no job offers after his UCLA Law summer clerkship and starting his own firm, Mohamad endured a decade-long drought between seven-figure verdicts and spent about $1 million of his own money on Maggio. Tune in for his insights about assembling a trial team, mastering cross-examination, and videotaping yourself – an uncomfortable but essential training tool.
After graduating from UCLA law with no job offers, Mohamad started his own firm.
His first trial was a restraining order case, where he defeated a 20-year veteran lawyer from a white shoe San Francisco firm.
In 2013, Mohamad obtained his first seven-figure verdict ($1.57 million) on a case that was going to settle for $45,000.
After a 10-year drought between major personal injury verdicts, Mohamad spent about $1 million of his own money preparing the Maggio case, in which he represented a construction worker who had been electrocuted at a solar plant.
During the trial, Mohamad waived all past economic damages and future lost wages, asking for only $2.7 million in future medical costs.
When a defense's electrical expert claimed during cross-examination that the "bible" of electrical injury contained errors, Mohamad challenge him with an exchange that left the jury laughing.
In 2023, the Maggio jury awarded $51.3 million — the highest in Monterey County history.
Mohamad credits TLU bootcamp training for teaching him to slow down, maintain eye contact, and get comfortable being uncomfortable by videotaping himself repeatedly
