Judges and Partners
Ken Quinn, Partner, Pillsbury Madison:
“I found the seminar to be extremely worthwhile and ought to be mandatory for our firm. Very knowledgeable, entertaining and informative. Very useful written materials. Outstanding! Thank you.”
Hon. Henry Coke Morgan, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia:
“Every attorney should take this seminar. I particularly appreciate the emphasis on brevity. As I tell attorneys in my courtroom, ‘The weight of your argument varies in inverse proportion to the weight of your documents.’”
Craig Wolfe, Partner, Kelley Drye:
“Extraordinary presentation and amazing command of subject matter. I suggest that attorneys of all levels attend. After practicing for years, I learned a lot.”
Paul Johnson, Partner, Filice Brown:
“Fantastic. Thoughtful and systematic. Guiding principles with practical pointers. Memorable and usable. You taught our associates in one Saturday morning what would have taken years to learn by experience.”
Booker Evans, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig:
“The [briefwriting] program provides concrete information. The presenter makes it interesting and entertaining. I believe I learned useful techniques that will help me in drafting motions and briefs in the future.”
Rob Saunders, Litigation Partner, Skadden Arps:
“Ross’s seminar was terrific. He drilled down beneath platitudes like ‘clarity’ and ‘brevity’ to give our junior attorneys concrete tools to help achieve those goals rather than just talk about them.”
Kenneth Benson, former Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge, Of Counsel, K&L Gates:
“I have attended many CLEs and seminars on brief writing. This is by far the best I have seen.”
Anthony Warnock-Smith, Partner, Morgan Lewis:
“Well presented, excellent examples.”
Peter Sloan, Career Development Partner, Blackwell Sanders:
“Ross uses fresh, timely examples and an engaging presentation style to make his writing seminars fun. Well done!”
Dwight Mersereau, Of Counsel, Miller & Chevalier:
“Practical, useful tips that I can apply immediately.”
Ken Morrow, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro:
“I was expecting a lot and was not disappointed. An outstanding program. Should be required for every corporate lawyer.”
Laura Klaus, Litigation Partner, Greenberg Traurig:
“This was a great course for our lawyers and non-lawyers alike. In a three-hour tour de force, Ross managed not just to provide practical tips, but helped us actually see the difference a well-crafted sentence can make, using examples from actual briefs, hands-on exercises and judges’ comments. The associates who attended left the course excited about applying what they had learned to their own work. The written materials mirrored the presentation. They were concise, effective, and easy to use. I would invite Ross to do this again and again.”
Tom Draper, Partner, Ropes & Gray:
“You gave an interesting, high energy program.
It was great that you allowed for ambiguity or choice with some of the tougher issues instead of
pushing for a simpler rule about how things always ought to be expressed.”
Neville Byford, Partner, Morgan Lewis:
“It was informative and well delivered.”
Beth Crawford, Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski:
“Excellent materials. Great presentation.”
Lara Degenhart, Special Counsel, Howrey:
“Excellent course—I appreciated the range of techniques from simple and straightforward to highly advanced. Thanks!”
Neil Koslowe, Litigation Counsel, Shearman & Sterling:
“The legal writing seminar was very well received by our associates—every participant give it an A rating—and it was qualitatively better than several other writing programs we had in the past. As advertised, it concentrated precisely on the problems we encounter. Our firm looks forward to having Ross Guberman return for additional seminars and workshops in the future.”
Jason Firth, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig:
“We should have made this mandatory. Great examples, compelling presentation. The content merits a full-day seminar.”
Jon Rice, Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski:
“The course was very useful. I would recommend it for more senior people.”
