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30 January / February 2022
The Atlanta Bar just hosted its first installment of a CLE series entitled “ Legends of the Bar .” For this program , Randall M . Kessler ( Kessler & Solomiany LLC ) interviewed Roger Dodd ( Dodd & Burnham ), both of whom are trial lawyers . While his accomplishments are too lengthy to fully elaborate on in this article , briefly , Dodd is formerly a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist for 30 years and a Board Certified Criminal Trial Specialist for 20 years . He has been practicing since 1976 and has tried more than 120 jury trials in his career . Dodd has been a lecturer , expert witness , and teacher in all 50 states , the District of Columbia , Russia , St . Thomas , Puerto Rico , Canada , Mexico , and various Caribbean locations . He now provides specialized individual training ( www . doddlawclinic . com ) and trial lawyer coaching ( www . rogerdoddtriallawyercoaching . com ).
Kessler essentially posed open ended questions to Dodd during the program and allowed Dodd to share war stories mixed with trial practice tips . Dodd began by addressing his most favorite opposing counsel who never raised one objection during the entire trial and his least favorite opponent who received