
Books
Practice, in Print
This is the collection of books written by the firm's attorneys. Each one grew out of active practice, not apart from it.
The subjects span the practice areas its lawyers actually handle: matters they know from litigating them, not only from writing about them.
Browse below for the title that matches what brought you here.
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Zen and the Art of Cross-Examination
Cornelius Holdsworth's lifetime philosophy of cross-examination, distilled across four decades of trial practice. Now in its third edition, the definitive work on the discipline and mindset of effective witness examination.
- Budget Bench Press

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One Hundred Years of Stare Decisis
Phineas E. Inkwell's scholarly examination of how stare decisis operates over time, tracing a century of American common law evolution from doctrinal stability to deliberate departure. Co-authored with Prof. Beatrice Halvorsen.
- Budget Bench Press

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Pride, Prejudice, and Voir Dire
Diane Lockhart's analytical examination of jury selection as a doctrinal, procedural, and behavioral discipline, bridging elite courtroom advocacy with empirical research on implicit bias and juror psychology. Co-authored with Prof. Eleanor T. Margolis.
- Budget Bench Press

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For Whom the Statute Tolls
A comprehensive treatment of statute of limitations doctrine, with state-by-state survey of tolling provisions, federal court tolling rules, and the substantive frameworks that determine when claims accrue, pause, and expire.
- Budget Bench Press

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To Kill a Class Action
A strategic and doctrinal treatment of class action defense, drawing on major MDL engagements, Rule 23 certification practice, decertification motions, and the procedural and substantive frameworks that determine whether aggregated claims proceed.
- Budget Bench Press
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