Bert Seymour Samuels, LLB (Hons), one of the country's eminent lawyers who has featured in high-profile cases, is turning his attention to journalism for a while as our guest editor.

Many of us can remember the case which Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller brought against Prime Minister Bruce Golding after he fired the Public Service Commission lock, stock and barrel in 2007. Samuels represented Simpson Miller in that.

Recall the much-celebrated case of 1983 when Dennis Jenkins, otherwise called Shortie, was tried for the rape and murder of Diane Smith, a second-form student of Immaculate Conception High School. A team of top lawyers, including Samuels, appeared in that case. Samuels was just four years at the Bar, but was equal to his peers in wit and stature.

In fact, all three of our guest editors - Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, Bert Samuels and W. Earl Witter - appeared in that case. Witter was the lead attorney in the case, which ended in an acquittal in 1984.

There are several other trials in which Samuels was defence attorney that received much public attention.

Follow his career path with us:

Head boy, Meadowbrook High School, 1973-74.

Graduated from the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Law degree with honours in 1979.

Attended the Norman Manley Law School and qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1979.

The Industrial Disputes Tribunal sits to hear disputes in what are known as 'divisions'. He was assistant secretary to one such division, 1979-1980.

Company secretary/legal adviser - Airport Authority of Jamaica - 1980-1981.

He became a partner in the firm of Knight, Pickersgill, Dowding and Samuels, 1989-2003.

He founded and practised with the law firm Bert S. Samuels and Company in 2003-2006.

His main areas of practice have been industrial relations, and civil and criminal litigation.

Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, 1998-2003.

Partner in the firm Knight, Junor and Samuels since July 1, 2006.

Samuels is from a large family, which includes 10 siblings. He is the father of four girls and one boy.

The 'in laws' are here

( l - r ) Earl Witter, Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, Bert Samuels

Jacqueline Samuels-Brown and Bert Samuels are brother and sister by birth. They are also joined ... 'in law', she, the president of the Jamaican Bar Association, and he, a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council. W. Earl Witter is also ... 'in law', he, the public defender. But into the newsroom they walk, and law will be put aside for a while. Or will it? These lawyers are our latest guest editors and they will produce The Gleaner of Monday, December 7. You will not want to miss it.