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The Legal Writer 3rd Edition: 40 Rules for the Art of Legal Writing, by Judge Painter promotes the use plain English by lawyers with their colleagues and clients. The 3rd edition is published in cooperation with Casemaker Print Publishing and Jarndyce & Jarndyce Press. “Cases are about people. Shouldn't they be able to read what is happening to them?” Judge Painter asks in his seminars. In The Legal Writer, he expands on that theme, and offers 40 rules for lawyers to follow in changing their writing style. The book shows lawyers and judges how to write shorter sentences, shorter paragraphs, purge legal jargon, and write in plain language. “It’s all about communicating,” said Heather G. Sowald, president of the 29,000-member Ohio State Bar Association. “The new edition of Judge Painter’s book serves as a good desk reference for attorneys who want to better communicate with their colleagues and clients.”

Judge Mark P. Painter served on the Ohio Court of Appeals 1995 2009, after 13 years as a trial judge. In 2009 he was elected to the United Nations Appeals Tribunal. More than 400 of Judge Painter's decisions have been published nationally, making him one of the most published judges ever. He is the author of six books, including the first 19 editions of Ohio Driving Under the Influence Law, and coauthor of Ohio Appellate Practice. He has written three law-review articles, 140 articles for other journals, and Internet biographies of Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Howard Taft, and Warren Harding. His latest books are William Howard Taft: President and Chief Justice and Write Well. As an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati since 1990, Judge Painter taught agency for 12 years and now teaches advanced legal writing. He was named the Chesley Distinguished Visiting Professor there for 2007. Judge Painter has given more than 240 seminars to judges and lawyers across the country. As an invited expert on plain language, he presented at the International Conference on Modern Legal Drafting in Malaysia in 2008.