Donald
H. Beskind
 Business Torts; Catastrophic Personal Injury; Wrongful Death;
Professional NegligenceDon
received his first law degree, a J.D., from the University of
Connecticut in 1973. He practiced for two years in Denver, Colorado
trying civil and criminal cases. Awarded a John S. Bradway
Fellowship from Duke University's School of Law, he received his
advanced law degree, an LLM, there in 1977. After his fellowship,
Don joined the Duke Law faculty, first as an Assistant Professor and
then as an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Studies. At
Duke, Don taught Evidence, Trial Skills, and clinical courses. After
leaving full time teaching in 1981, Don co-founded, Beskind &
Rudolf, P.A. In 1993, he joined what is now Twiggs, Beskind,
Strickland & Rabenau, P.A. Don still occasionally teaches evidence
at Duke Law School as a Senior Lecturer in Law in addition to
regularly teaching Trial Practice and serving as Director of Duke's
Trial Practice program.
Since
returning to full-time trial practice in 1981, Don has tried to
verdict civil cases in state and federal courts in North Carolina
and before arbitrators. He has served as a member of the
Plaintiffs' Executive Committees in Federal Multi-District
litigation. Additionally, he has argued appellate cases in all of
North Carolina's appellate courts and in the United States Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, before both three judge panels
and the entire court sitting en banc. He has been listed in
Best Lawyers
in America since 1993. Don is a Fellow of the
American College of
Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers and the
American Board of
Trial Advocates.
A prolific author, among works he has co-authored are "North
Carolina Evidentiary Foundations" published by Lexis Law
Publishing, and materials for training trial lawyers published by
the National
Institute for Trial Advocacy and
Association of
Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). He frequently writes articles
for Trial Briefs, the publication of the North Carolina Academy of
Trial Lawyers. Don serves as co-chair of ATLA's National College
of Advocacy. A regular lecturer at continuing legal education
(CLE) programs in the United States, Don received an award as the
outstanding CLE lecturer from the North Carolina Academy of Trial
Lawyers. In addition to teaching American lawyers, Don has taught
English solicitors seeking rights to try cases in English courts,
and taught and demonstrated advocacy skills at training programs
for English barristers at Oxford University.
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