The #1 lawyer

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  • Author: Patterson, James
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    Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case. Then his client's beautiful wife is murdered, and America's #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect. 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 trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one—lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student—the new Penney is at first unrecognizable. It's said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder—the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.

    Genre: Legal fiction (Literature), Thrillers (Fiction)
    Subject(s): Murder
    Original Publisher: New York , Little, Brown and Company , New York , Little Brown & Company
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780316499699

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Abstract

Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case. Then his client's beautiful wife is murdered, and America's #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect. 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 trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one—lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student—the new Penney is at first unrecognizable. It's said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder—the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.

Genre
Legal fiction (Literature)
Thrillers (Fiction)
Subject
Murder
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New York

Little, Brown and Company

New York

Little Brown & Company

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