Letters: Telling the story
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Congratulations on publishing “Just the Ticket,” September, page 22, a fantastic article by Philip N. Meyer. As a lawyer who has tried cases for nearly 32 years—99 percent of the time on the defense side—I think that Meyer does a great job of showing what good storytelling looks like. As trial lawyers, I believe our jobs are to (1) reduce (2) simplify and (3) bring alive our clients’ stories. Every client—even a trucking company—has a story to tell. The article does a wonderful job of giving a real-life example of how it’s done. Keep up the good work.
Mike H. Bassett
Dallas
LEGAL REBELS rise
Regarding the article “Building It Up,” September, page 36, while the subjects of the article should be congratulated on discovering a niche and, hopefully, profiting from it, I found it interesting that few—if any—of them are still practicing law. Perhaps that should be the subject of a future article: When presented with an opportunity to prosper elsewhere, how many of us would cut and run? And why?
Steven Shulman
Melville, New York
MORE MOVIE trivia
Regarding the reference to Anatomy of a Murder in “The 25 Greatest Legal Movies,” August, page 36, the novel was written by John D. Voelker (as Robert Traver). Not only was he a Michigan trial court judge, but he was also one of Michigan’s most esteemed supreme court justices and greatest authors on trout fishing.
John A. Scott
Traverse City, Michigan
