Attorney with The Rudd Firm in Salt Lake City, UtahMr. Bradford is a currently practicing attorney, and he received his J.D. degree from the University of Montana School of Law in 2004. Mr. Bradford is admitted to practice all in all Utah State courts and the District of Utah. He is also a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. Mr. Bradford’s practice focuses on civil litigation, including personal injury, products liability cases, construction defect, and insurance bad faith claims.

Associate Director, Legal Writing Program at Seattle University School of LawProfessor Samuel is Associate Director of Seattle University School of Law’s nationally acclaimed Legal Writing Program. After law school, Professor Samuel practiced business litigation for approximately eight years, first in Washington, D.C., at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, and then in San Francisco, at Thelen Marin Johnson & Bridges. An avid traveler, Professor Samuel has pursued opportunities to work with law students, lawyers, and judges overseas. In 2003, she taught the foundations of the American legal system to Russian law students at Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok. During a leave of absence in 2007, Professor Samuel and colleague Professor Laurel Oates conducted a series of trainings and workshops in India, Uganda, and South Africa. In addition, Professor Samuel co-organized the Conference on the Pedagogy of Legal Writing for Academics in Nairobi, Kenya, which brought academics from the U.S. together with academics from East Africa. At the end of the conference, the participants decided to form a new organization dedicated to promoting the teaching of legal writing and the exchange of information among academics in the U.S. and Africa. Professor Samuel serves as the first U.S. co-president of that organization. In addition, Professor Samuel has taught in Seattle University’s Global Justice Advocacy Program in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2008, Professor Samuel was awarded the first Bronson Dillehay Award for her article Focus on Batson: Let the Cameras Roll. That award is given by the American Society of Trial Consultants for a proposal for addressing a significant and persistent problem that undermines both the right to a fair trial and public confidence in the legal system.

As the owner of Stephen Legal Research & Writing PLLC, Ms. Stephen offers a range of research and writing services to licensed attorneys. She provides assistance with a variety of issues from small research projects to drafting appellate briefs. Ms. Stephen previously worked as a judicial law clerk in the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I, for Judges Ronald Cox and James Verellen. She earned her J.D. degree from the University of Washington School of Law. Ms. Stephen has previously lectured to paralegals on legal research issues for HalfMoon Education Inc.