About the Author
Bryan A. Garner is a noted lexicographer, grammarian,
lawyer, and business owner. Since founding LawProse
Inc. in 1991, he has trained more than 150,000 lawyers
in the techniques of written persuasion and effective con-
tract drafting. His clients include the legal departments
of dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
Garner is the author of Garner’s Modern American Us-
age, The Elements of Legal Style, and The Winning Brief,
and the editor in chief of all in-print editions of Black’s
Law Dictionary. He has coauthored two best-selling
books about judicial decision-making with Justice Anto-
nin Scalia.
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