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Nov. 14, 2018

A trial lawyer’s day book of the 2016 presidential election

Many attorneys ruminate in trial, and not always on the matters before them. One hopes that the lawyer Ben Fountain has someone else first chairing the critical portions of his proceedings.

Richard Wirick

Partner
Risk Management and Insurance Litigation (RMIL) Practice Group at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP (Haight).

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A trial lawyer’s day book of the 2016 presidential election
Ecco 2018 385 pages

Many attorneys ruminate in trial, and not always on the matters before them. One hopes that the lawyer Ben Fountain has someone else first chairing the critical portions of his proceedings. He joins predecessors like Scott Turow, Lou Begley and, most prominently, Louis Auchincloss in turning to essay outlines rather than doodlings at counsel table. After graduating Duke Law and teaching at some Texas law schools, Fountain slipped over into fiction, and won a few Natio...

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