02278cam a2200421 i 4500 1173920288 TxAuBib 20240326120000.0 240305s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316499675 hardcover $30.00 0316499676 hardcover $30.00 (OCoLC)1424966135 TxAuBib rda Patterson, James, 1947-, author. The 1 lawyer [Book] / James Patterson & Nancy Allen. Number one lawyer. one lawyer. First edition. New York : Little, Brown & Company, 2024. ©2024. 423 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20240326. Criminal defense lawyers Fiction. Murder Fiction. Suspects (Criminal investigation) Fiction. Reputation Fiction. Trials (Murder) Fiction. Biloxi (Miss) Fiction. Legal fiction (Literature.) Thrillers (Fiction.) Allen, Nancy, (Lawyer), author. RV8