Brian C. Potts
Assistant Professor of Law
Email: bpotts@stu.edu
Phone: 305.623.2392
Mail:
St. Thomas University College of Law
Faculty Suite (209)
16401 NW 37th Ave
Miami Gardens, FL 33054
Education:
B.A., University of Dallas
J.D., Ave Maria School of Law
Expertise:
Torts
Evidence
Law & Literature
Statutory Interpretation
Brian C. Potts
Brian C. Potts is an Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. He teaches Torts, Evidence, Law & Literature, and other courses.
Professor Potts served as the career law clerk to the Honorable Daniel A. Manion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Before that, he clerked for the Honorable Joseph S. Van Bokkelen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
During law school, he served an internship with the Honorable David D. Noce, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Professor Potts practiced law in various state and federal courts, primarily in the area of civil litigation.
He graduated cum laude from Ave Maria School of Law in the woodlands of Ann Arbor, Michigan. And he graduated cum laude from the University of Dallas in glorious, sweltering Irving, Texas.
Articles:
40 More Writing Hacks for Appellate Attorneys, 21 SCRIBES J. LEGAL WRITING 143 (2024).
A Simple Case for Slavery Reparations: Title to Slavery’s Fruits Did Not Pass, Forthcoming in the UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW REVIEW.
One True Sentence: Hemingway’s Advice for Legal Writers in A Moveable Feast (work in progress).
40 Writing Hacks for Appellate Attorneys, 19 SCRIBES J. LEGAL WRITING 49 (2020).
“Rough Winds of May,” “Angelic Doc Ox,” and “The Lament of Kent,” 19 SCRIBES J. LEGAL WRITING 193 (2020).
“Empty Shalls,” 17 SCRIBES J. LEGAL WRITING 99 (2017).
Throwing Truckers Under the Bus? An Evaluation of the Federal Ban on Hand-Held Mobile Telephone Use by Operators of Commercial Motor Vehicles, 41 TRANSP. L.J. 33 (University of Denver: Sturm College of Law, 2014).
Modernity’s Desire for Gray Smoke from St. Peter’s, GILBERT: THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN CHESTERTON SOCIETY (September/October, 2013).
The Illinois Bar Exam and the Natural Law, MADISON-ST. CLAIR REC. (Mar. 1, 2009).
The Progress of Justice for All, CRISIS MAG. (Nov. 12, 2008).
How to say ‘no’: A lawyer’s coming-of-age story, YLDNEWS (Illinois State Bar Association) (August 2008).
Stacking Underinsured Coverage Despite Anti-Stacking Clauses in Illinois, THE FIRM INQUIRY (Summer 2008).
