Tips and Techniques for Writing Effective Legal Briefs (12/09/26)

Need to brush up on your brief drafting skills?  Looking for some quick tips and techniques to overcome writer’s block and make your brief writing more effective? Join us as Howard Suskin, partner in Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department and co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice and its Class Action Practice, will give a master class in effective brief writing for attorneys of all skill levels.
  
Speaker: Howard S. Suskin, Jenner & Block LLP

About the Speaker
Howard S. Suskin is a partner in Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice and its Class Action Practice.   Mr. Suskin has substantial first-chair experience representing individuals and business entities in civil and criminal securities matters, including class actions alleging securities fraud and misrepresentation claims, derivative actions claiming breach of fiduciary duty, contests for corporate control, insider trading investigations and broker-dealer issues.  He serves as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, and for self-regulatory organizations including the Chicago Board Options Exchange, FINRA and the National Futures Association.  Mr. Suskin currently serves as General Counsel for the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and served previously as a member of the CBA’s Board of Managers and as Chairman of the CBA’s Class Action Committee, Bench & Bar Committee, Financial & Investment Services Committee and Securities Law Committee.   Mr. Suskin’s pro bono practice includes authoring amicus briefs on behalf of prominent medical organizations and legal historians before the U.S. Supreme Court and courts of appeals across the country on constitutional issues concerning equal protection rights.    Mr. Suskin is a frequent lecturer and author on legal writing issues and taught legal writing at the University of Michigan Law School.   

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