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Helen, a jittery attorney with a self-destructive streak, is secretly reeling from a disturbing crime of neglect that her parents recently committed. Historically happy to compartmentalize- distracting herself by hooking up with lesbian couples, doting on her grandmother, and flirting with a young administrative assistant-Helen finally meets her match with Catherine and Katrina, a married couple who startle and intrigue her with their ever-increasing...
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An adaptation of the Olivier Award-winning play that the New York Times wrote radiated with visceral power, Suzie Miller's legal thriller Prima Facie is a heartbreaking, nuanced look at the system's flaws when protecting sexual assault and rape survivors, through the eyes of a star defense attorney--
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This memoir will give you not only a sense of Graten Beaver's life, but also of life in his time. Rooted in a close entrepreneurial family in small-town Nebraska in the 1950s and 1960s, he learned early the importance of hard work, education, and service. He started out sweeping the sidewalk in front of his parent's grocery store, worked his way through college, and progressed into a multi-dimensional law career. In this book you'll read about how...
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To know the story of the life and times of Judge Gilbert Merritt is to understand modern U.S. politics of the mid to late 20th century-how it came to be, and how it worked-particularly in the American South.
Judge Gilbert Merritt and his circle of young lawyers and journalists in Nashville were among the South's earliest Kennedy Democrats in the late 1950s. Their brash political strivings, though not always victorious at the polls, affected the shape...
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Los asesinos en serie a veces parecen maniáticos sin control, a veces parecen buenos hombres de familia, a veces incluso parecen ángeles. Sin embargo, todos tienen en común haber tenido alguna vez el deseo de matar un ser humano, haber satisfecho este deseo y haber comenzado de nuevo. Una y otra vez…
El asesino en serie es una persona con anomalías mentales específicas. Estos trastornos implican la aparición y el desarrollo de un comportamiento...
9) Goodbye girl
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 18
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Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions. No one has been able to stop it. But that won’t stop Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck. His latest client, Imani Nichols, is a Grammy-winning popstar whose career has skyrocketed. Despite her success, she’s the most underpaid superstar on the planet because of an onerous record contract she signed as a teenager with her now ex-husband Shaky Nichols, who has made himself rich off her...
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Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time magazine as "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes," Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil rights and has won hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of abuse. She has taken on countless institutions to promote equality, including the Boy Scouts, the Friars Club, and the United States Senate. And as the attorney...
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For some people, happy hour is never enough
This is a book about escape. It's also about laughing gas. And bourbon and dope and sex and mushrooms and every other vice millions of us indulge in to forget our jobs, the office, and the stifling, corporate caricatures we're forced to become for paychecks. This is a book about a decade lost in a senseless career no one likes and all the ridiculous things I did to run from it. In the end, it's probably...
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An Edgar Award–winning account of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, legal battles, and landmark reversals by the creator of Perry Mason. In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl along the banks...
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No one so famous or controversial led so many secret lives.
Loathed by some, well respected by others, Roy Cohn was known as the toughest and most brilliant lawyer in America. And indeed, his power brokering, love of glamour, controversy, and notoriety made him, in the end, one of the most influential men in our society. From his role in the Rosenbergs' trial and as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Senate hearings through his...
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Robin Lockwood novels volume 7
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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...
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Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the nation's most dangerous criminals. John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against Mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. Starting from his time as a green recruit and ending at the peak...
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A Poignant Memoir of Inspiration and Wisdom
Judie Dziezak is no stranger to adversity. Those who know her as an attorney, technology writer, or scientist see a soft-spoken, pleasant, competent professional who courageously stands up for what's right even when she is the only one standing. What they don't know is that growing up, she wrestled with a tumultuous crescendo of abuse from her mentally ill mother....
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"L'audience est ouverte : faites entrer la juge" est une autobiographie qui relate des enquêtes captivantes impliquant la mafia internationale ainsi que les milieux criminels lyonnais, corses et marseillais. Ce livre met en évidence l'importance cruciale de la collaboration des magistrats avec la police scientifique, les médecins légistes et les experts.
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18) A Lawyer's Life
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The most famous lawyer in America talks about the law, his life, and how he has won.
Johnnie Cochran has been a lawyer for almost forty years. In that time, he has taken on dozens of groundbreaking cases and emerged as a pivotal figure in race relations in America. Cochran gained international recognition as one of America's best - and most controversial lawyers - for leading 'the Dream Team' defense of accused killer O.J. Simpson in the Trial of...
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The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook America. After almost thirty years on the Supreme Court, Scalia had become as integral to the institution as the hallowed room in which he sat. His wisecracking interruptions during oral arguments, his unmatched legal wisdom, his unwavering dedication to the Constitution, and his blistering dissents defined his leadership role on the court and inspired new generations of policymakers and legal minds.
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Hook, Line, and Legal Briefs: An Intellectual Property Lawyer's Pursuit of Fish and Fulfillment. Journey through the riveting pages of Part-Time Lawyer, Full-Time Fisherman, an inspiring memoir that masterfully juxtaposes the seemingly disparate worlds of intellectual property law and recreational fishing. Chart the life of Russ Orkin, commencing with his Eastern European grandparents' hopeful immigration in the 1880s, leading up to his illustrious...
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