Morning Wrap

John Edwards' Texas Lawyer: Former presidential candidates John Edwards' confessed affair has put the spotlight on a Texas friend of his, Dallas trial lawyer Fred Baron. Baron helped get Edwards' mistress and the purported father of her child out of town. More details here via Law.com.

D.C. Lawyer On Track to Head ABA: At its New York annual meeting, the American Bar Association today is scheduled to anoint D.C. White & Case partner Carolyn Lamm as president-elect, the first D.C. lawyer in 50 years to head the 413,000-member group, In a BLT post here, Lamm outlines her goals for her tenure which begins a year from now.

Once Trump's Lawyers, Now His Adversaries: Over at TMZ, you can read the papers in a lawsuit filed yesterday by real estate celeb Donald Trump against Morrison Cohen LLP and attorney David Scharf, New York lawyers who had the audacity to boast that they once represented Trump. Trump seeks $10 million for the lawyers "rank" exploitation of his name and reputation.

Expert, But Predictable, Witnesses: In his latest installment of the commendable "American Exception" series, Adam Liptak in The New York Times examines how the use in U.S. courts of expert witnesses, hired by adversaries with predictable results, differs from other countries where experts answer to the judge.