The Litigators

Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385535252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After leaving a fast-track legal career and going on a serious bender, David Zinc is sober, unemployed, and desperate enough to take a job at Finley & Figg, a self-described “boutique law firm” that is anything but. Oscar Finley and Wally Figg are in fact just two ambulance chasers who bicker like an old married couple. But now the firm is ready to tackle a case that could make the partners rich—without requiring them to actually practice much law. A class action suit has been brought against Varrick Labs, a pharmaceutical giant with annual sales of $25 billion, alleging that Krayoxx, its most popular drug, causes heart attacks. Wally smells money. All Finley & Figg has to do is find a handful of Krayoxx users to join the suit. It almost seems too good to be true ... and it is. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

The Litigators

Author: Lindsay G. Arthur
Publisher: Scarletta Press
ISBN: 9780976520108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Just how deep will exposing secret truths get you, and at what cost? This legal thriller is a seamless narrative pitting David against Goliath in an all too realistic courtroom struggle.

Persuasion

Author: Michael E. Tigar
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
This guide conveys the author's 30+ years of experience as a profound litigator by taking the attorney through the process of building a case and refining the presentation - including critical keys to persuading jurors and judges.

No Contest

Author: Ralph Nader
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0375752587
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 461

Book Description
The legal rights of Americans are threatened as never before. In No Contest, Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith reveal how power lawyers--Kenneth Starr perhaps the most notorious among them--misuse and manipulate the law at the expense of fairness and equity. Nader and Smith document how corporate lawyers File baseless lawsuits Use court secrecy to their unfair advantage Engage in billing fraud Nader and Smith sound the warning that this system-wide abuse is eroding our basic legal rights, and propose a positive, commonsense vision of what should be done to reverse the corporate-inspired corruption of civil justice. Timely, incisive, and highly readable, this is a book for all citizens who believe that prompt access to justice is the backbone of democracy, and a precious right to be reclaimed.

Letters for Litigators

Author: Daniel I. Small
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590312681
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
This publication includes numerous letters that can help simplify the task of communicating with opposing counsel, witnesses, clients, the court and others.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Author: Nancy F. Atlas
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781570738128
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 764

Book Description
This book examines various ADR practices, giving you the information you need to evaluate each technique and successfully apply them. Includes numerous checklists, practice tips and sample agreements.

The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book

Author: Thane Josef Messinger
Publisher: Fine Print Press, Limited
ISBN: 9781888960198
Category : Law firms
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Who can forget the terror of a new job? Entering an unfamiliar world, with unknown expectations, is a nerve-wracking experience. In law, the new attorney is tackling not only a new job but also a very new, very different, and exceptionally stress-filled professional life...and mountains of student debt. Each year, tens of thousands of new law graduates enter an already saturated job market...yet many are ill-prepared for survival in an ever more unforgiving, fast-paced profession. As law students, you're offered a wide array of guidebooks to succeed in law school, to excel in law exams, and to pass the bar exam. Upon entering the real world of law, however, you're are pushed back into a dark, dangerous jungle. The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book will be your guide to help you find your way to safety and career success.

The King of Torts

Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 034553199X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life—that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession’s newest king of torts... Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!

Capital Defense

Author: Jon B. Gould
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479873756
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
The unsung heroes who defend the accused from the ultimate punishment What motivates someone to make a career out of defending some of the worst suspected killers of our time? In Capital Defense, Jon B. Gould and Maya Pagni Barak give us a glimpse into the lives of lawyers who choose to work in the darkest corner of our criminal justice system: death penalty cases. Based on in-depth personal interviews with a cross-section of the nation’s top capital defense teams, the book explores the unusual few who voluntarily represent society’s “worst of the worst.” With a compassionate and careful eye, Gould and Barak chronicle the experiences of American lawyers, who—like soldiers or surgeons—operate under the highest of stakes, where verdicts have the power to either “take death off the table” or put clients on “the conveyor belt towards death.” These lawyers are a rare breed in a field that is otherwise seen as dirty work and in a system that is overburdened, under-resourced, and overshadowed by social, cultural, and political pressures. Examining the ugliest side of our criminal justice system, Capital Defense offers an up-close perspective on the capital litigation process and its impact on the people who participate in it.

Left Neglected

Author: Lisa Genova
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0857202685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
The moving second novel from the author of international hit Still Alice, which explores the life of a woman struck by a brain disorder, Left Neglect 'I think some small part of me knew I was living an unsustainable life. Every now and then, it would whisper, slow down. You don't need all this.' Sarah Nickerson has it all: a high-flying career, a loving husband and children, a second home. But does she have time to enjoy it? Too busy to pay full attention, can she see what's left neglected? One fateful day while driving to work, Sarah looks away from the road for one second too long. In the blink of an eye, her overfull life comes to a screeching halt. In the wake of a devastating accident that affects her body and mind in surprising ways, it's time for her to choose: who does she really want to be?