About the Author

• Author: Jim Wren
• Pages: 5-5

About the Author

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About the Author

Jim Wren is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of trial experience. He is also a Baylor

law professor. He is nationally board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National

Board of Trial Advocacy, and by the State of Texas in both Personal Injury Trial Law and

Civil Trial Law. He was named a Texas Super Lawyer each year from the origination of the

designation in 2003 through 2007 when he was recruited to the Baylor Law School faculty

as a professor to teach trial procedure and advocacy. Although he now teaches on a full-time

basis, he continues to represent a limited number of clients in courts across the nation.

Jim has served as national president (2009-2011) of the National Board of Trial

Advocacy chapter president of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Jim graduated with a J.D. cum laude from Baylor Law School in 1980, and subsequently

added an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is

also a graduate of Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Mindy, whom I love, and who manages to love me despite

my faults.