Clear writing is a key component to success in complex business litigation. Inasmuch as such litigation usually involves complicated transactions and issues that are unfamiliar to most judges, extensive pleading and briefing is common in order to educate the judge. Unless a clientâ??s position is presented in a simple and effective writing style, the risk increases dramatically that the judge will misinterpret or simply not understand the clientâ??s position. Good writing is a valuable hedge against that risk.

This section of the website includes a number of writing samples to help you evaluate my writing style. Included in this section are various pleadings, memoranda, and briefs that I have prepared on a variety of issues in actual cases over the years. The names of the parties and the courts involved in the cases have been changed, but the remainder of each document is the same as that filed with the court in a particular case. If you desire any additional information or have questions regarding these writing samples, then please contact me by phone or email and I will attempt to provide any additional information that you need. Also, my writing on a number of different topics is subject to daily review at my weblog, Houston's Clear Thinkers.

Link to Writing Samples

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