The rules for entering names for authors, editors, and translators in LegalCitation records are always the same. Names should always be entered in exactly the same manner, without print attributes, no matter what publishing style you will be selecting as the format for your citations:

Invert the given (first) and family (last) name:

Smith, Janis L.

Separate the names of individuals with a semi-colon:

Smith, Janis L.; Martins, Edward M.

Always enter all author names listed on the title page of the work cited, in the order in which they appear on the title page.

Examples

      Single author
      Two or more (multiple) authors
      Editors of a book
      Editor of a book containing the short work cited
      Editor(s) as primary contributors to the work
      Translator, of a book
      Translator, of an article in a journal
      Organizational author
      Unsigned work, symposium

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Single author
book, first edition

Note that for the first edition of any published book, the edition description should not be included in the citation.

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Two or more authors,
article in a journal that paginates consecutively throughout a volume

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Editors,
of an authored book, edition other than first

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Editor,
of a book or anthology containing the short work cited

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Editors,
as primary contributors to the work

When the primary contributors to a collection are the editors, and you are citing the collection in its entirety, enter the editor(s) names in the Author field, and include the "eds." tag in the Role field.

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Translator,
of a book

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Translator,
article in a journal

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Organizational author,
no subdivisions in organizational name

If the work has an organizational author that is a single division, use the Book, Journal article, or other regular form, and enter the name of the organization in the Author field.

Organizational author,
subdivisions in organizational name

If the work has an organizational author that is a division or subdivision of a larger institution, use the Institutional/Agency publications form, and separate the names of the subdivisions in the fields provided. Note that organizations and subdivisions abbreviations may differ between Bluebook, ALWD, and other publishing styles. Enter the organizational names using the abbreviations for the citation style you use most frequently. You will need to edit these abbreviations when citations are formatted in other styles.

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Unsigned work,
symposium