02018cam 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 (Literature.) lcgft Thrillers. Allen, Nancy, (Lawyer), author. TXKPL