Legal Writing

Law School Memo #1 – Russell Pratt, a Minor, and Negligence (PDF Link)

This memo, written in December of 2009 during my first semester of law school, centers on the duty of a landowner to exercise care over a potential attractive nuisance, with special emphasis on how negligence and nuisance laws would apply to a minor child.  The memo demonstrates my legal research and analysis skill.  I received an “A-” on this writing exercise.                                                                                                                                                

Law School Memo #2 – Butch Blaine and Undue Influence in Creating a Will (PDF Link)   

This memo, written in April of 2010 during my second semester of law school, centers on whether a relative exerted undue influence on a testator under Florida law.  Further demonstrating my legal research and analysis skill, I received a “B” on this memo.  

Photo – “Undersea Battle” – Osaka Aquarium, Osaka, Japan – Timothy Ducey, 2006