Humor in the Salt Mines

Asa Rountree

ISBN 10: 1627221735 / ISBN 13: 9781627221733

Published by American Bar Association, US, 2014

About this Item

Humor in the Salt Mines: A Master Lawyer's Guide to Associate Success collects Asa Rountree's well-honed views on how to practice law. His advice is not just timeless and true, but funny and practical. It also hints at the great pleasure that can be had in aiming for excellence as a lawyer. Asa's memos shaped generations of lawyers who had the good fortune to work with him. This book collects these memos, making them available to a wider audience.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781627221733

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Humor in the Salt Mines
• Publisher: American Bar Association, US
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627221735
• ISBN 13: 9781627221733
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 5.07W x 0.34H x 6.99D inches 5.07 inches width by 0.34 inches height by 6.99 inches depth

About this title

Synopsis

Asa Rountree’s memos helped shape generations of lawyers who had the good fortune to work with him. This book collects those memos, making them available to a wider audience to help spread his wisdom. Included in this book are Asa’s memos on: professionalism, client relationships, confidentiality, styles of writing, attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine, settling a case, and many more. At the direction of Helen Hill Rountree, the proceeds of this book will be used to help finance good works of the ABA Section of Litigation, of which Asa was a founding member and chair.

About the Author

Asa Rountree practiced law as corporate litigator and trial lawyer. He spent most of his career in New York City as a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, before retiring from the firm and returning to Birmingham, Alabama as a shareholder at Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. Asa was a prolific writer, penning titles such as The Roman Republic: An Historical Parallel?; Human Nature, Morality, and the State; and Words: Essays and Other Words. He was, as he liked to say, a consummate collector of rejection slips.