How To Write Compelling Legal Prose: A Clever Paragraph With Impact
August 31, 2011 1 Comment
By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
Here is a paragraph I found while doing some research on the Internet. It is from the Complaint, Page 14, Lines 1-4, Rodriguez et al. v. Burbank Police Department et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case BC414602, Filed May 28, 2009.
It should be noted that, as of the date of the filing of the within complaint, no African-American employee in the entire history of the Burbank PD has ever been promoted above the title of “police officer.” No African-American detectives. No African-American sergeants. No African-American Lieutenants or Captains. Never.”
Usually, sentence fragments are to be avoided in formal writing. But this simple paragraph forcefully delivers one of the themes of the case.
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About Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
Michael Reiter, Municipal Attorney. Partner with Cole Huber, LLP in Ontario, Roseville California 
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