About the authors

• Author: Jim Wren/Laura Brown
• Pages: 7-7

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

J

IM

W

REN

has 40 years of experience as a trial lawyer, and is also the Leon

Jaworski Chair of Practice & Procedure at Baylor Law School. He is

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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 and founding 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.

LAURA BROWN

jury verdicts. She is a partner in Williams & Brown (www.TrialFirm.com),

and also serves as an adjunct professor at Baylor Law School, teaching the

courses in Advanced Trial Preparation and Personal Injury Trial Law. She

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president-elect of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). She

graduated from Baylor University in 1989 and Baylor Law School in 1992.

The authors thank Matt Morrison for his authorship of chapter 11. Additionally, the authors thank Katie

Brown, Blaine Hill, Molly Maier, Juan Antonio Solis, Robyn Leatherwood, Susanna Lyles, and Tyler

Cortinas for their contributions throughout the 4th Revision of Proving Damages to the Jury.