Second Stage is the personal blog of Ryan McCarl, a Los Angeles attorney and educator who is committed to lifelong learning. McCarl is the author of Elegant Legal Writing (book | blog) and a founding partner of the business litigation firm Rushing McCarl LLP.
McCarl uses Second Stage to occasionally post short essays, op-eds, updates, recommendations, and notes from his readings and travels that others may find interesting.
Ryan McCarl, a founding partner of the business litigation firm Rushing McCarl LLP, and the author of Elegant Legal Writing (book | blog). He is also an adjunct legal writing professor at Loyola Law School, and he has taught legal writing to audiences including the ABA Litigation Section and State of Texas Office of the Attorney General.
Before co-founding Rushing McCarl LLP, McCarl researched artificial intelligence and taught Advanced Legal Writing as a fellow at the UCLA School of Law, clerked for the Honorable David M. Ebel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and worked as a litigation attorney at WilmerHale and Hueston Hennigan. He has published articles about complex topics ranging from AI to claim preclusion in outlets including the Stanford Journal of International Law and Cincinnati Law Review.
McCarl earned a J.D. with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School and holds M.A. degrees from the University of Chicago and University of Michigan as well as a B.A. from the University of Chicago.
