Daniel R. White

    Daniel R. White — attorney, author, raconteur — is a master of the art of communication.

    A native of Atlanta, Mr. White overcame his southern accent to graduate from Harvard College and Columbia Law School, where he began honing his editorial skills as articles editor of the Columbia Law Review. In addition to being named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Dan received Columbia’s Dawson Award, which included funding to study advocacy in the chambers of Justice Thurgood Marshall.

    After completing a federal clerkship in Washington, D.C., Dan joined the Washington firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he litigated and handled general corporate matters.

    Never a shy scholar, Dan burst onto the legal literary scene with The Official Lawyer’s Handbook (Simon & Schuster 1983), which promptly soared to best-sellerdom, ultimately ranking #1 on The Washington Post list.
That book was followed by a flurry of law-related books that remain American classics:

• White's Law Dictionary — An Indispensable Guide To Legalese (Warner Books) 
• What Lawyers Do, And How To Make Them Work For You (E.P. Dutton)
• Trials and Tribulations — An Anthology of Appealing Legal Humor (Penguin Books USA)

    Dan's byline has appeared in countless magazines, from the ABA Journal to Cosmopolitan, plus a few we probably shouldn’t name (Medical Meetings). He has written speeches for corporate executives, humor for Jay Leno, and even a poem, “An Ode to Litigation,” for the National Law Journal.

    Further demonstrating his skills with the written word, Dan has served as editor-in-chief of two national newsletters: Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report, now owned by Incisive Media., and Current Comedy, the nation’s oldest source of humor for public speakers. In addition, while working as a consultant in the Legal Business division of Arthur Andersen, Dan rewrote Exxon’s Guidelines for Use of Outside Counsel.
Who better to teach your lawyers, paralegals, and others to write?