Francis L. Wellman

Francis L. Wellman (1854–1942) was an American trial lawyer and writer. Educated at Harvard and Harvard Law School, he practiced in New York, where he served as an assistant district attorney and became one of the city's best-known courtroom advocates. His book The Art of Cross-Examination, published in 1903, drew on his own trials and on famous cases in Britain and America, and became a classic still read by lawyers. He also wrote Day in Court, Gentlemen of the Jury and other books on advocacy and trial practice.