That’s Rick

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

Edward H. Cooper Volume 77, Special Issue, 5-10 Rick Marcus retiring? Not possible. No way. Well, I might be persuaded that he will retire from the job with a paycheck. Retiring will leave him free to go full speed ahead, engaging in the full range of his abiding...

A Set of One

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

David L. Faigman Volume 77, Special Issue, 17-21 In every respect, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Law and Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation, Richard Marcus—“Rick” to everyone who knows him—is the quintessential academic. Indeed, if one were writing a movie that...

Richard Marcus, Master of Rules

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

Elizabeth J. Cabraser Volume 77, Special Issue, 21-25 Many lawyers are forever indebted to Rick Marcus as a consummate professor of civil procedure, who merges the theoretical with the practical. Professor Marcus enables the students he teaches to not only think like...

Three (Unfashionable) Words About Rick Marcus

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

Steve Gensler Volume 77, Special Issue, 25-30 Rick Marcus rules! (Bad pun intended.) No, those aren’t my three words about Rick Marcus. Nor am I going to write that Rick is prolific, or brilliant, or gracious, or generous of spirit, or any of the other words one could...

A Reporter for All Seasons

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

Judge Robert M. Dow, Jr. Volume 77, Special Issue, 31-34 My introduction to Professor Richard Marcus took place on my first day of law school. It was, as we now would say, a virtual encounter. Rick was present in the form of a not inexpensive textbook: Marcus, Redish,...

Rick Marcus

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

Andrew Bradt Volume 77, Special Issue, 35-39 There is only one Rick Marcus. Of course, when one considers the sum of his contributions to American law—as a teacher, scholar, mentor, and public servant—it’s remarkable that there is only one Rick Marcus. I have had the...

Richard Marcus: An Encomium

Jan 31, 2026 | Volume 77, Special Issue

Deborah R. Hensler Volume 77, Special Issue, 39-41 As long as I have researched, written, and taught complex civil litigation, Rick Marcus has been my go-to person to find out what new civil procedure rules are in the making, why, and in response to whose pleas. I am...