The
Trial Lawyer
A MAGAZINE FOR TRIAL LAWYERS & A VOICE FOR JUSTICE www. thetriallawyermagazine. com
Summer 2026 • Volume XIV, Number II
PUBLISHER Premier Legal Productions, LLC John Givens, Sara Papantonio
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Adair Baine-McDonald
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Sara G. Stephens
SENIOR EDITORS Mike Papantonio, Angela Mason, Keith Givens, Harlan Schillinger
The Trial Lawyer magazine is published quarterly by Premier Legal Productions, LLC, 430 West Main Street, Dothan, AL 36301. The Trial Lawyer, Vol. XIV, No. 2, Summer 2026( ISSN 2159-7413) © 2026, Legal Productions, LLC.— All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is strictly prohibited. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Legal Productions, LLC, 430 West Main Street, Dothan, Alabama 36301.
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