Ross Guberman is a former translator, award-winning journalist, professional musician, and lawyer at a top firm. Before law school, he completed doctoral-level coursework in linguistics and semantics. Ross has made it his mission to raise the bar for legal writing everywhere. He has penned two bestselling books on the subject – Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates and Point Taken: How to Write Like the World’s Greatest Judges. Ross also designed Legal Writing Pro, a training and consulting firm that has been used by many of the nation’s top law firms. In addition to his many legal writing seminars, Ross recently launched Contract Catch to help with contract drafting. Lawyers can upload a contract, and Contract Catch applies hundreds of rules to flag possible errors, inconsistencies, or problematic language —- everything from issues with defined terms to the questionable drafting of rights and obligations. It also includes a Plain English Editor to help modernize and streamline contract language. Ross is the winner of the 2016 Golden Pen award for making “an extraordinary contribution to the cause of good legal writing,” and through his work, Ross is helping banish bad legal writing for good.
