The Legal Writer - Softcover

Painter, Judge Mark

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ISBN 10: 0972191674 ISBN 13: 9780972191678

Publisher: Jardyce & Jardyce, 2003

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"Cases are about people. Shouldn’t they be able to read what is happening to them?" Judge Painter asks in his seminars. In The Legal Writer, he expands on that theme, and offers 40 rules for lawyers to follow in changing their writing style.

Since 1998, Judge Painter has given 33 legal writing seminars, instructing lawyers and judges on how to make their words understandable—not only to other lawyers, but to the public. He also writes a monthly column on writing for Ohio Lawyers Weekly. That column is being reprinted by the bar associations of Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cuyahoga County, and nationwide in Lawyers Weekly USA.

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About the Author:

Judge Painter was elected to the First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati in 1994, and reelected without opposition in 2000. Previously, he served thirteen years on the Hamilton County Municipal Court. During that time, he was the most-published trial judge in Ohio.

In addition to his court duties, Judge Painter is a frequent lecturer, having taught more than 100 seminars for judges, lawyers, and police officers. He has served for 13 years as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati, teaching agency and partnership law.

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