About the Author

Reviews:

“Alan Kohn’s exemplary life as a lawyer shines through every other chapter of this fine book, with helpful insights on how law is and should be practiced, and a marvelous memoir of his days as a law clerk in the late 1950s at the United States Supreme Court, the highest honor a young lawyer can get. Every other chapter?  Yes, because the book has a clever twist—Alan’s musings, instructions, and inspirations are interspersed with chapters of fiction by Michael Kahn, the remarkable lawyer-by-day, novelist-by-night (or vice versa), whose fictional lawyer Rachel Gold makes guest appearances in some of her best roles. This book is an enjoyable and enlightening read.”

• Honorable Michael A. Wolf, retired Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court and Dean and Professor Emeritus at St. Louis University Law School

“The Art of Conflict is a lively dance of legal dramas told in alternating fictional and non-fiction vignettes between lawyer/novelist Michael Kahn and trial attorney Alan Kohn. You don’t need to be a lawyer to love these reminisces (mostly Kohn’s) and legal page-turners (mostly Kahn’s). Both authors provide twisting plots and surprise strategies. You can read this book in an afternoon, and you’ll want to do just that.”

• Mitch Margo, award-winning author of Black Hearts White Minds.