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Justice for Some is an impressive series kickoff novel by E.H. George. This first book in The Chicago Law Series introduces the reader to the generational legal families, the Kepley's and the Roberts'. Lindsey Roberts is an assistant state's attorney trying to put her life in order. For more than ten years in the second largest prosecutor's office in the nation, the beautiful, intelligent attorney has seen it all – so she thinks.The star prosecutor...
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A wickedly funny debut novel about a high-powered lawyer whose shockingly candid blog about life inside his firm threatens to destroy him
He's a hiring partner at one of the world's largest law firms. Brilliant yet ruthless, he has little patience for associates who leave the office before midnight or steal candy from the bowl on his secretary's desk. He hates holidays and paralegals. And he's just started a weblog to tell the world about what life...
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Fueled by alcohol and legal brilliance, Michael Seeley once oversaw his law firm's most successful litigation. Until it all fell apart. Recklessness and overreach cost him his wife, his job, and likely the life of his last client, a Chinese dissident journalist. Havana Requiem, the latest Seeley novel from the acclaimed author Paul Goldstein, opens after a year's sobriety has earned Seeley back most of what he lost: the partnership in his Manhattan...
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Get the Summary of Stephen Breyer's Reading the Constitution in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Reading the Constitution" by Stephen Breyer delves into the diverse methodologies judges use to interpret statutes and the Constitution, including textualism, originalism, and purpose-oriented approaches. The book highlights the balance between rigid textual interpretations and flexible, purpose-driven methods, emphasizing...
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Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure is the second in a unique series of comprehensive studies of tribal law in the United States. This book examines the complex subject of tribal criminal law and procedure from a tribal perspective_utilizing tribal statutory law, tribal case law, and the cultural values of Native peoples. Garrow and Deer discuss in depth the histories, structures and practices of tribal justice systems, comparisons of traditional tribal...
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As young boys in the late 1990s, Atticus "Ace" Elbridge and Roberto "Robbie" Rivelino Santos, share an unbreakable bond and a singular vision-a coveted state soccer championship. But a sexual predator infiltrated their elite soccer club with a different plan that destroys the young athletes' lives.
Decades later, California reopens an extraordinary opportunity by extending the deadline for survivors to pursue justice. With the statute of limitations...
7) L.A. Defense
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Ginger is back, and her mouth is as unfiltered as ever... Ginger Perry, Harper's star witness in her previous murder trial, left Kansas City for the greener pastures of the Los Angeles adult film scene. As soon as she gets out to the West Coast, however, she catches a case. A big case. A murder case. The victim is a powerful studio head. Ginger insists she was framed. Harper's not so sure. She wants to give Ginger the benefit of the doubt, but Ginger's...
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A Kansas City police officer is dead. A young African-American man stands accused. A promising life is on the line... Harper is assigned another high-profile case, as 18-year-old Darnell Williams is accused of killing a Kansas City Police Officer. At first, this seems like just another dead dog loser case that Harper would end up pleading out. As she gets deeper into the specifics of the case, she realizes that she has stumbled into something much,...
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This book explores the intersection of law and technology, specifically examining Artificial Intelligence Impact on Corporate Law and Management. As artificial intelligence technologies continue to integrate into corporate governance processes, we are witnessing the rapid automation of traditionally human-specific areas, potentially heralding an unprecedented transformation in human-centered corporate management. This technological shift is bound...
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A strong and lively defense of substantive due process.
From reproductive rights to marriage for same-sex couples, many of our basic liberties owe their protection to landmark Supreme Court decisions that have hinged on the doctrine of substantive due process. This doctrine is controversial-a battleground for opposing views around the relationship between law and morality in circumstances of moral pluralism-and is deeply vulnerable today.
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He's a serial killer. A murderer of young women, all killed in brutal attacks.
But despite Hamish Wolfe's conviction, he's always stuck to his story-he's innocent and he's been wrongly imprisoned. And now he wants someone to investigate and, more importantly, to write his story.
Maggie Rose is a notorious defense attorney and writer whose specialty is getting convictions overturned. At first, Maggie is reluctant to even acknowledge Hamish's requests...
12) Insanity Defense
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An unstable beautiful woman is accused of murdering her wealthy husband. She claims she didn't do it. She is not to be trusted. Aidan Collins has his very first large case when his client, Marina Vasiliev, a drop-dead gorgeous mental patient, is accused of killing her wealthy husband. Marina insists that she didn't do it, but Aidan can't trust her. He knows Marina well, too well. After all, he met Marina in the mental hospital - he originally obtained...
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A young black boy serving life in prison... A city on fire... One man stands between a life behind bars and total exoneration... Christian Davis, a former big-firm lawyer turned social justice warrior, has just been assigned the case of his life by the State of California. Jamel Jackson, a 16-year-old black boy, has just been convicted for the brutal rape of a prominent movie star. Christian digs into the case with gusto, as he examines the trial...
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For 13 years Presner has worked the graveyard shift at Tyson's 24-Hour News and Smoke. He is also an attorney (non-practicing), a playwright (unproduced), a weightlifter (non-Olympian), and a reader of detective novels (not literature). Presner is grieving for his sister, Sara, an actress, who died twelve years ago. Presner has written a play, Tales of Presner the Remarkable, which is really about his late, disgraced pal from law school, Norm Fitzhugh,...
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"Every hour, you get a bag. In the bag, you find a job you gotta do and the tools you need to do it. You don't do the job? You die. You snitch? You die. You get locked up? You die. Capisce?" What did Percy Winkler do to deserve this? He graduated from law school. Percy wants to be a lawyer. He just needs to pass the bar exam. Neither his bullying boss nor his extortionist mama will give him the time and tools he needs to pass. As a result, he fails...
16) Cease to Persist
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WARNING: Before you go any further, please don't read CEASE TO PERSIST unless you've finished THE JERKED LAW CLERK and BEATINGS IN PROGRESS. There are spoilers and I don't want to ruin the exciting conclusions of the previous books for you. Exasperated by Percy Winkler's inability to pass the bar exam, best friend Rufus Wang enlists him in a crash study course run by criminals. Percy is kidnapped and partnered with other dimwits who are forced to...
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WARNING: Before you go any further, please don't read BEATINGS IN PROGRESS unless you've finished THE JERKED LAW CLERK. There are spoilers and I don't want to ruin the exciting conclusion of the first book for you. Percy Winkler's 24/7 law firm job requires him to pass the bar exam without any time to study. To make time, he accepts his friend's cockamamie scheme: fake an injury which requires a face mask and let a masked body double take his place...
18) Secrets and Lies
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A billionaire with secrets...A socialite hiding behind a veil of lies...A shocking secret... Silas Porter is a handsome billionaire with a very kinky side. He's accused of killing his socialite wife, Ava, and he has come to hire Damien as his attorney. He wants Damien, and only Damien, to represent him. Ava was found, chained to a wall, after a wild-fire swept through Silas' sex dungeon. Silas is accused of deliberately setting that fire to kill his...
19) A Christmas Tip
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A surprise Christmas bonus becomes too tempting for Philadelphia nursing assistant Brianna Byers to resist-even if accepting requires some skillful skirting of the law. This short story was previously published in the holiday anthology FESTIVE MAYHEM.
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Percy Winkler wants to be a lawyer. All he has to do is pass the bar exam. And to pass, he needs time. Time that his boss, Dick Bacon, will only give him if he survives his job as a human piñata. Can Percy persevere and preserve his precious brain cells long enough to realize his dream? Or will he forever be THE JERKED LAW CLERK? This is the first part of the CHUMPED trilogy.
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