Lawyer Cover Letter Example

At Whitfield Grant I carry an active docket of more than 30 commercial disputes with combined exposure above $60 million, and I've first-chaired six trials since 2021. I'm applying to [Law firm name] because your litigation group tries cases rather than settling everything on principle, and that is the kind of docket I've built my practice around.

Since 2021 I've won defense verdicts in four of those six trials and settled the rest at under 20% of the opening demand, including a trade-secret misappropriation case that recovered $12.5 million for a manufacturing client on the eve of trial. I've argued more than 40 substantive motions over three years, prevailing on 9 of 11 dispositive motions filed.

I'm board certified in civil trial law, admitted to the state bar and three federal district courts, and I currently supervise three associates and two paralegals on discovery strategy and brief writing. Earlier in my career I wrote an appellate brief that produced a published opinion reversing the trial court, so I still draft my own briefing when a case turns on the writing rather than the witness.

I'd welcome the chance to discuss how that trial record could add to [Law firm name]'s litigation group, and I'm glad to bring a redacted brief or verdict summary to an interview. Thank you for your time.