John F. Denove

John F. Denove

John F. Denove specializes in major injury cases, product liability, medical malpractice and insurance bad faith litigation with Cheong, Denove, Rowell, Bennett & Hapuarachy. He has tried more than 150 civil jury trials to verdict. He was named Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1993 and received the Ted Horn Memorial Award in 2001. He also received the CAOC/CTLA Presidential Award of Merit in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2013 and 2014; CAOCs Outstanding President of the Year Award in 2000 and the Edward I. Pollock Award in 2006. It was his honor to serve as President of the following associations: CAALA, the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the Italian Lawyers Association and the Cowboy Lawyers Association. He currently serves on CAOC’s Board of Directors. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is a member of American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Public Justice. Mr. Denove was named the 2017 Loyola Law School Champion of Justice Honoree. In 2018, he was inducted into the CAALA Hall of Fame.

Articles written by this author:
Mirror, mirror on the wall

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Mirroring as a technique to improve rapport with jurors

John F. Denove

2014 February


Opening statement and the invisible injury

Getting the jury to see invisible injuries, including pain, depends on the emotional congruence with which you present them

John F. Denove

2019 January


It’s not what you say, but how you say it

It’s not what you say, but how you say it

How your body can put emphasis on the spoken word in trial

John F. Denove

2022 January