About Bill Glose

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A combat veteran and former paratrooper, Bill Glose is the author of five books of poetry and one book of fiction, All the Ruined Men, published in 2022 by St. Martin’s Press. A regular contributor to Super Lawyers, his work has also appeared in numerous publications, including Army Times, The Writer, Narrative Magazine and The Sun. His honors include the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award, the Robert Bausch Fiction Award, and the Dateline Award for Excellence in Journalism. Glose was named the Daily Press Poet Laureate in 2011 and featured by NPR on The Writer’s Almanac in 2017. He maintains a page of helpful information for writers on his website BillGlose.com.

Articles written by Bill Glose

The Astounding Success of Plan B

James Theobald builds consensus so others can build

Richmond is James Theobald's kind of town—and not just in the Sinatra sense. "It seems I can't even drive around town without seeing a deal that I haven't had a hand in acquiring, leasing, financing, condominiumizing or zoning," Theobald says. He's referring to, among others, the $38 million rehabilitation of The Jefferson Hotel, and planned communities such as Wyndham and Branner Station. "It's such a constructive application of the law," he says of land use. "You're not bailing out drunks …

Company Man

When it comes to advising leaders of industry, A. Gilchrist Sparks III is Excellence Incorporated

In 1985, billionaire T. Boone Pickens tried to buy a majority of Unocal's stock and made an offer to the shareholders for the rest. Unocal's board of directors offered an issue of debt to all stockholders except Pickens, and his hostile move was blocked. Pickens sued, citing a breach of fiduciary duties by the directors, and won the initial court case. It went up to the Delaware Supreme Court. A. Gilchrist Sparks III argued Unocal's case. "If we had lost the case in the Supreme Court," says …

The Killer

When Stephen Haller raises and lowers his voice, people listen

"I killed him," says Stephen Haller, a divorce lawyer with Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost. "It was great!" The victim he so gleefully refers to was the opposing counsel he faced in his first court appearance 30 years ago. Haller had been a practicing lawyer for only three days. "They called my case first," he says. "I was so thrilled I jumped out of my seat and I ran up to the desk, to the counsel table. It didn't occur to me to be scared. ... [The gallery] had all these older …

Some Little Ol’ Lawyer in Rockville

For 50 years, Albert D. Brault has fought for the righteous cause

Albert D. Brault, 75, still gets butterflies before he argues a case. "Anybody who is not nervous is probably going to lose," he says, "because if you're not nervous you're overconfident, and overconfidence doesn't win anything for anybody." Brault began practicing law in 1958, working for his father's firm in the Transportation Building in D.C. They moved a few times, to houses near Dupont Circle and then office buildings on Connecticut Avenue; now he practices in Rockville, Md. The main …

The Lawyer’s Lawyer

Why Andrew Jay Graham believes any case can be won

From his corner suite on the 26th floor of One South Street, Andrew Jay Graham, a slender man in his mid-60s with thinning gray hair, can look down upon Baltimore's Inner Harbor and see his townhouse jutting out on one of the piers. As a principal partner at Kramon & Graham, he just doesn't get to spend much time in it. "The intrusion on your time is substantial," he says. "But if I could have my druthers, I wouldn't spend less time [practicing law]; I would just change the 24-hour day to a …

Ed Ciarimboli is likable, he’s honorable and you can see it

He would be an engineer today except he enjoys people too much

Edward Ciarimboli always planned to be an engineer, like his father. But a college internship in that field changed that. "I didn't get to interact with people," he says. At the time he had a part-time job that did let him work with people—pouring drinks at a bar called Peanuts in Market Street Station Square—and it was there that he found a kindred spirit and, ultimately, a new calling. "He was a young college kid who was going to be an engineer and I was waiting to go to law school," …

Supreme Thrill

Three local lawyers get their day in the nation's highest court        

Alan Gilchrist felt like David facing Goliath. Timothy Stoepker revamped his presentation the weekend before the big day, and Mike Cavanaugh almost lost his clothes. Arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court is always a memorable experience. Three Michigan lawyers agree it's one they will cherish for the rest of their lives.   Timothy Stoepker Timothy Stoepker prepared longer and harder for his appearance before the nation's highest court than he had for any case in his life. Then he …

Hail to the Self-Deprecating Chief

Jimmy Morris downplays his success; and that's a key to his success        

Short and stoop-shouldered, James "Jimmy" Morris III, of Morris & Morris, is far from an imposing figure. He wears bow ties and dress shirts with his initials on the pocket and sprinkles "gosh" and "golly" in his conversation, and his deep-lined brow and gray hair make him seem more kindly grandfather than fearful litigator. Yet in the courtroom he is a colossus. Morris has tried more than 500 jury cases to verdict, and in 1991 The National Law Journal identified him as one of the top tort …

Arguing the Medicine

Heather Ellison handles med-mal defense delicately  

"Right out of law school she went to trial with me," Rich Nagle says. "And we got one of the top 10 defense verdicts [for the year in Virginia]." She, in this case, is Heather Ellison, a litigator with medical malpractice firm Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle. Together, Ellison and Nagle have notched a series of impressive victories. In 2005, they defended the largest defense verdict in Virginia (a demand of $25 million) as well as the fourth-largest (a demand of $2.15 million). For the …

The New-School Citizen-Lawyer

Richard Ottinger is a star litigator who shines outside the courtroom        

With his piercing blue eyes, square jaw and easy manner, 38-year-old Richard Ottinger has made a name for himself as a star litigator, winning the admiration and respect of his peers and colleagues, as well as the Virginia State Bar's Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2003. Working mostly in products liability defense, he's risen up the ranks at Vandeventer Black in Norfolk and is now co-chairman of the company's government relations committee—a role that capitalizes on what managing partner …

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