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1) Betrayal
Author
Series
Robin Lockwood novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
"Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon, but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple murder of the entire Finch family . . . and Kerrigan's...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
In Singapore, three very different women--Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK; Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria; and Lillian, a pianist turned "trailing spouse" from the United States--find their lives inexplicably intertwined upon the arrival of a handsome and mysterious man from Geneva who brings their worlds crashing down.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi's #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That's when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops...
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Language
English
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"A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights. Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship. A vocal and fearless opponent, Aziz resists under the British...
Author
Language
English
Description
"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm--except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
7) Final appeal
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When whip-smart criminal defense lawyer Joanna Chylka is tasked with defending the son of her law firm's biggest client, she is stumped for the first time in her career. Her client, Piotr Langer Jr., does not admit guilt, but neither does he claim innocence. Assisted by the firm's newest trainee, Kordian Orynski, Johanna finds herself in a maze of tangled evidence. Piotr is alleged to have sat in his apartment for ten days with two corpses before...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Kelly McCann is a fighter. She's fought to build a successful legal career, fought for the special needs of her family, and tirelessly fought for her clients. Her specialty is defending men accused of sex crimes--falsely accused, she always maintains. Her detractors call her a traitor to her gender, but she doesn't care. Badass and brilliant, Kelly simply loves to win, and as the story opens, she's done it again, securing an acquittal for a renowned...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times, bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Stephen Bright emerged on the scene as a cause lawyer in the early decades of mass incarceration, when inflammatory politics and harsh changes to criminal justice policy were crashing down on the most vulnerable members of society. He dedicated his career to unleashing social change by representing clients that society had long ago discarded, and advocated for all to receive a fair trial. In Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces Bright's remarkable...
11) Jaded
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened-and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Griffith shines in his role of Ben Matlock, the defense attorney whose country demeanor masks big city smarts. This season, Ben's asked to defend a Hollywood director, a circus clown, and even a prison guard while being held behind bars!"--Container
13) Party girl
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A mob lawyer has a professional crisis of conscience after he begins a romantic relationship with a naive showgirl.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Defense attorney Perry Mason induces climactic witness-stand confessions that always clear his clients, usually with the help of confidential secretary Della Street and sidekick Paul Drake. As they work against DA Hamilton Burger and Lt. Arthur Tragg to clear a client, is it any surprise they succeed every time?
Publisher
CBS Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In season six, Ben Matlock, the legendary defense attorney, investigates a murder in his hometown, becomes the target of a serial strangler, and even considers giving up his practice! With loving support from his beautiful partner Michelle Thomas, investigator Conrad McMasters, and Assistant D.A. Julie March, Matlock always comes through and saves the day, with good old country know-how.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Attorney Perry Mason specializes in defending indefensible cases with the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake. Often relying on his outstanding courtroom skills, sometimes he must use tricks or traps to get people to unwittingly admit their guilt. Contains 12 gripping episodes.
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Defense attorney Ben Matlock is a Harvard-educated, fiery Southerner who charges $100,000 a case to brilliantly defend his clients by finding the real killer. Includes 22 episodes such as: The Mother; The Personal Trainer; The Man of the Year; The Arsonist; The Accident; The Celebrity; and many more.
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