Gary offers a unique blend of talents: He is a highly acclaimed bestselling author of narrative nonfiction; an investigative journalist; a lawyer; and a natural teacher who understands what you face every time you sit down to write. Not only does he write evocatively and persuasively, he also can explain how good writing works and why. And he mixes in a lot of humor to make these videos the most memorable and enjoyable programs you can provide for your firm, corporation, agency, or university. 

For the American Bar Association, he created the online, interactive CLE series “Advanced Writing for Lawyers.” 

He has taught over 1,000 writing seminars in all-day litigation CLEs, programs for the ABA, and in-house for clients like 

law firms: Jones Day, WilmerHale, Sidley, Dorsey, Skadden, Perkins, Latham, Faegre Drinker​

power companies: Southern California Edison, PG&E,
the CA ISO 

corporations: Microsoft, VISA, Kraft, KPMG, Boeing 

courts: the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 

universities: Pepperdine 

writing conferences: The Sun Valley Writers’ Conference​

Gary has also authored three books of narrative nonfiction, including the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestseller Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. He currently serves as the Consulting Executive Producer on the BBC documentary Lost Gold, which will air in 2024 on the National Geographic/Disney+ channel.

In 2012, he created and founded WordRake—the first and still only in-line editing software for the legal profession—and now serves as WordRake’s Chairman of the Board. Adopted in thousands of law firms, corporations, government agencies, and universities, WordRake has been hailed as “Disruptive Innovation” by Harvard Law School, and awarded 12 patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.