Over the years our faculty has spanned more than ninety presenters — sitting and retired judges, practicing attorneys, law professors, humanities scholars, and published novelists. The directory below is a selection.
Founder
Travis Marker, JD, LLM
Chair & CEO · Ogden, Utah
Travis Marker, JD, LLM, is Chair & CEO of the Scrivener’s Quill. The name came to him in Vermont in 2012, when Stephen Saltonstall, a local attorney and Harvard Law School graduate, introduced him to Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener.” The “Quill” followed from a conversation with James Elkin of West Virginia University College of Law, who edits and produces The Legal Studies Forum, a collection of literary and creative writings by lawyers.
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Dr. Mikel Vause
Professors
Professor of English, Weber State University
Award-winning scholar of mountaineering literature; poet and essayist.
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Hank Schwaeble
Authors
Thriller writer & attorney, Houston
Bram Stoker Award-winning author; former Air Force special agent.
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James Elkin
Law Professors
Professor, WVU College of Law
Editor of The Legal Studies Forum, a journal of literary and creative writing by lawyers.
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Judge J. Gordon Low
Judges
Judge
On the single word law school teaches, reasonableness, and how literature explores it best.
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Laura Caldwell
Authors
Novelist & law professor, Loyola Chicago
Author of 15 books; founder of Life After Innocence; presented in Portland.
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Leslie S. Klinger
Authors
Attorney & literary editor
One of the world's foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes and Dracula.
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Philip Margolin
Authors
Novelist & former criminal-defense attorney
New York Times best-selling author; presented in Philadelphia and Portland.
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Stephen Saltonstall
Lawyers
Attorney, Harvard Law
Introduced the founder to Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener in Vermont, 2012.
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Van R. Mayhall, Jr.
Authors
Senior partner, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson
Baton Rouge attorney and novelist; presented twice in New Orleans.
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Vaughn Carney
Lawyers
Attorney & former law professor, Harvard Law
Presented on the Harlem Renaissance as a stimulus for the Civil Rights Movement and Brown v. Board.
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Wendy Willis
Authors
Poet, essayist & former federal public defender
Author of Blood Sisters of the Republic; advocate for democratic governance.
