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Hollywood's brightest stars, their legal struggles, and the lawyer who stood by their side. Discover the untold stories of Hollywood’s biggest legends, including Robin Williams, The Rolling Stones, and John Candy, through the eyes of their trusted attorney, Clair Burrill, who shares his unforgettable experiences working with them. With a perfect balance of humor and legal insight, Burrill reveals the behind-the-scenes drama that shaped these stars’ careers—and the personal relationships that formed along the way.

The first Black man to become sheriff of a major city in the Deep South after Reconstruction, STRIVING FOR JUSTICE is the story of how a poor Black boy grew up in segregated Jacksonville, Florida, survived a violent racist attack by the Ku Klux Klan, and advanced through a blatantly prejudiced police force in the 1960s to become a national leader of police reform in America, who, as President Clinton recognized, broke down barriers, and whose innovative policing reforms created greater respect between citizens and police, lower crime, and safer neighborhoods.

This book helps people discover the skills and qualities to look for in selecting a trial lawyer who will relentlessly fight for truth on behalf of clients. Each chapter includes stories, anecdotes, and lessons that make the courtroom come alive, offering the listener deeper insight into what is involved in preparing and taking a case before a jury. Among its cases, you'll discover how a decimal point data entry mistake led to the collapse of a bridge, the causal link between a crash on the expressway and a man's death while jogging, and more.

Jim Gash's comfortable life as a Los Angeles lawyer and law professor nearly ensured that he and Henry, a Ugandan boy languishing in prison for two murders he didn't commit, would never meet. Henry was losing hope and prayed for a sign from God. Halfway around the world, Jim listened to best-selling author of Love Does Bob Goff encourage lawyers to use their legal training to help imprisoned children in Africa. Jim felt an irresistible urge to respond to this call.

Agent Orange, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Virginia Tech massacre, the 2008 financial crisis, and the Deep Horizon gulf oil spill: Each was a disaster in its own right. What they had in common was their aftermath - each required compensation for lives lost, bodies maimed, livelihoods wrecked, economies and ecosystems upended. In each instance, an objective third party had to step up and dole out allocated funds: In each instance, Presidents, Attorneys General, and other public officials have asked Kenneth R. Feinberg to get the job done.

A "timely and hugely important" memoir of Justice John Paul Stevens's life on the Supreme Court (New York Times). When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court of the United States in 2010, he left a legacy of service unequaled in the history of the Court. During his...

Daughter of Song is a gripping account of a bold attempt to right an irreparable wrong while spanning dangerous treks through the Khmer Rouge-controlled jungles of Cambodia and the suffering of wasted years behind bars.

Als Beamter der Bundespolizei riskierte er für die Sicherheit der Gesellschaft Gesundheit und Leben, sah sich mit unzähligen Straftätern und zu vielen unlösbaren moralischen Konflikten konfrontiert. Täglich setzte er sich mit den Menschen auseinander, die unerlaubt nach Deutschland einreisten.

The first full-scale biography in 25 years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court - an audiobook that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit. As a lawyer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he pioneered how modern law is practiced.

Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age. A judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the principal exponent of the enormously influential law and economics movement, he writes provocative books as a public intellectual, receives frequent media attention, and has been at the center of some very high-profile legal spats. He is also a member of an increasingly rare breed—judges who write their own opinions rather than delegating the work to clerks. Now, for the first time, this fascinating figure receives a full-length biographical treatment.

Ein Toter auf einer Berliner Straße – Opfer eines heimtückischen Mordes oder ein tragischer Unfall? Eine grausam verstümmelte Frauenleiche – war es ein brutales Sexualverbrechen? Ein Ehepaar mit schweren Vergiftungssymptomen – standen die beiden auf der Todesliste des russischen Geheimdiensts? Der Rechtsmediziner Michael Tsokos wird immer dann von den Ermittlungsbehörden um Hilfe gebeten, wenn sie mit ihrer Aufklärungsarbeit nicht weiterkommen. Er soll herausfinden, was die Toten nicht mehr erzählen können.

A magisterial new history of the role of the Supreme Court as an ally in implementing and preserving a racial caste system in America Their Accomplices Wore Robes takes readers from the Civil War era to the present and describes how the Supreme Court—even more than the presidency or...

Suppose one day, your son or husband, while serving in the military or working as a journalist, is taken hostage by a terrorist group - and you have no idea whether your loved one is dead or alive. It’s a nightmare scenario. Here for the first time is the story of Ory Slonim, the one man in Israel who, for more than two decades, was known as the “door knocker.” He had been a private Israeli lawyer when he was asked to undertake, on behalf of the Israeli government, secret negotiations to find out the whereabouts of Israeli soldiers who were taken alive.

After retiring from twenty-five years on the bench, former chief judge Belvin Perry Jr. reveals a rare and disturbingly vivid firsthand perspective of the most gruesome death penalty cases in which he played a key role, including the infamous Casey Marie Anthony, who was dubbed “America’s Most Hated Mom” after her shocking acquittal.

Janet Kintner could have ended up just another victim of the system. After a traumatic childhood, and being sexually assaulted as a young woman, the odds were not in her favor—but instead of letting these experiences destroy her, she used them as fuel in pursuit of her dreams. By twenty-four, she was a newly minted lawyer determined to secure justice for everyone, regardless of their gender, race, religion, or income.

In this thoughtful and candid memoir, former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry D. Thompson explores the big questions of his life and career, from his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri to his time advising the nation's most powerful figures in government and business leadership.

On July 15, 2018, in Washington, DC, a young Russian woman named Maria Butina was arrested by the FBI and charged with acting as a foreign agent. Branded a “red sparrow,” trained seductress, and Kremlin spook, Butina faced years in prison and a lifetime of infamy. Meanwhile, down Pennsylvania Avenue, Midwesterner Alfred Carry was a rising star in the pro bono world after a win before the DC Court of Appeals.

Legal Gladiator is the story of perhaps the greatest lawyer in American history. It is the story of a poor, failing high schooler from Brooklyn who became the youngest professor in the history of Harvard Law School, where Ted Cruz, Natalie Portman, Mike Pompeo, Jamie Raskin, and others sat under his tutelage. It is the story of a passionate Zionist who advocated for Israel on the world stage and became a confidant of Israeli prime ministers, including Benjamin Netanyahu.

Après un demi-siècle d’une carrière hors norme, Gilbert Collard nous révèle les coulisses parfois cocasses, parfois dramatiques, de plusieurs affaires retentissantes dans lesquelles il a joué un rôle crucial. Ainsi, grâce à ses notes et une mémoire précise, il décortique l’affaire Ranucci, la tuerie d’Auriol, le procès du général Aussaresses – l’ancien des services spéciaux qui fut l’un des tous premiers à avouer la torture en Algérie , ou encore celle de Laïd Moussa, l’assassin assassiné, celle des " bébés échangés" et enfin celle du Grand-Bornand...

What happens when you unearth boxes of old letters, dog-eared essays, rebellious cartoons, and forgotten report cards from a dusty storage unit? You get SCRIBBLINGS FROM STORAGE, The Confessions of an English Major—a candid, witty, and deeply human memoir by Charles Francis Guittard, Baylor class of 1964. Told through the artifacts of his so-called “permanent record,” this unconventional memoir traces Charles’s winding journey as an earnest but often insecure teenager stumbling reluctantly toward adulthood.