AMERICA
COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS
The Arkansas Fell ows of the American Co llege of Trial Lawyers are proud to announce that Sach Oli ver of the Uni versity of Arkansas Law Schoo l received the George A. Spiegelberg Award as Best Oral Advocate in the most recent National Tri al Competition sponsored by the College. The award was presented in London at the College's 2006 winter meeting. Mr. Oliver, whose parents named him in honor of Satchel Paige, proved worthy of his namesake. He proved to all of the competitors that he could pitch to the big league hitters from prestigious colleges and major law school s without being scored upon. In accepting the award Mr. Oli ver described first meeting the two young women who eventuall y won the team competition: They wanted to know some country say ings that might help them relate to the jury. The fi rst one was, ' That dog won't hunt.' These girls had no earthly idea what that meant. .. . The second was Harry Truman's, ' The buck stops here.' . . . . We (Oli ver and hi s co-counsel) advanced in the tournament, and after several rounds we met up with these same two young ladies in the semi -fin al round , and I will be darned if Courtney didn ' t stand up in her clos ing arg ument , point at me and say, ' That dog won' t hunt.' She continued with very po we rful argument and at the very end wa lked over to our counsel table, touched it and sa id , ' The buck stops here.' ... Here is something I [learned] : never give advice to the oppos ing counsel, no matter how pleasant they are. After graduating from the Lellar Law Center at the University of Arkansas in 2006, Mr. Oliver entered pri vate law practice in Bentonville. The Arkansas Fell ows take pride in the signifi cant accompli shment of this Arkansas trained lawyer who has chosen to establish his practice as a trial lawyer in hi s home state and wish him well in hi s endeavors on behalf of hi s cl ients.
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