02016cam a2200373 i 4500 1231644110 TxAuBib 20240412120000.0 230804s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316572811 0316572810 (OCoLC)1425900798 TxAuBib rda Patterson, James, 1947-, author. The #1 lawyer / James Patterson & Nancy Allen. Number one lawyer. New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2024] 535 pages (large print) ; 24 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. 20240412. Criminal defense lawyers Fiction. Trials (Murder) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Lifeguards Fiction. Courts Fiction. Biloxi (Miss.) Fiction. Legal fiction . lcgft Thrillers . lcgft Allen, Nancy, (Lawyer), author. TXKPL