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Publisher's Summary
How Not to Practice Law is the the perfect book and should be required listening for any law student, or new lawyer going out on his or her own, or with a law firm or government agency, especially before making a first appearance in any court of law - whether civil or criminal.
It separates what really goes on in the practice of law in real life from what is seen on the numerous popular law-oriented shows on television.
The 'do" and "don't do" information in this book is rarely found in any law school textbooks or classrooms and must be learned either with this book, or the hard way, by painful and embarrassing experiences that you should definitely want to avoid, because they can seriously affect your client's case, and you image in front of the trier of facts.
The material in this book was compiled by a combination of many interviews with experienced judges, trial lawyers, law firm partners, former jurors, and the author's years of experience working as a bail bondsman, law clerk with the District Attorney's office, being a trial lawyer for 20 years, and from working with numerous attorneys and teaching courses at a small private law school where he was an acting Dean and teacher of Legal Writing courses for students preparing for a State Bar Examination.
The main object of this book is to assist its listeners to avoid situations that may be used as negative examples in future updated editions of this book.
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 170
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 168
John Gotti was without a doubt the flashiest and most feared Mafioso in American history. He became the boss of the Gambino Crime Family in spectacular fashion. Not one to stay below law enforcement’s radar, Gotti instead became the first celebrity crime boss. His penchant for eye-catching apparel earned him the nickname “The Dapper Don;” his ability to beat criminal charges led to another: “The Teflon Don.” This is the captivating story of Gotti’s meteoric rise to power and his equally dramatic downfall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book!
- By Linda A. Sommers on 11-21-22
By: John Gleeson
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Being Oscar
- From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas
- By: Oscar Goodman, George Anastasia
- Narrated by: Oscar Goodman
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 90
In Being Oscar,one of America’s most celebrated criminal defense attorneys recounts the stories and cases of his epic life. The Mafia’s go-to defender, he has tried an estimated 300 criminal cases, and won most of them. His roster of clients reads like a history of organized crime: Meyer Lansky, Nicky Scarfo, and "Lefty" Rosenthal, as well as Mike Tyson and boxing promoter Don King, along with a midget, a dentist, and a federal judge. After 35 years as a defender, he ran for mayor of Las Vegas, and America’s greatest Mob lawyer became the mayor of its sexiest city.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as I expected
- By Eric Schurr on 11-16-14
By: Oscar Goodman, and others
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The Price of Justice
- A True Story of Greed and Corruption
- By: Laurence Leamer
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 84
This nonfiction legal thriller traces the 14-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history to justice. Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of America’s electric power. But wealth and influence weren’t enough for Blankenship and his company, as they set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging the Constitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfully disregarding safety standards in the company’s mines - mines in which scores died unnecessarily.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good story
- By Mr. on 10-06-13
By: Laurence Leamer
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Wicked Takes the Witness Stand
- A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan
- By: Mardi Link
- Narrated by: Jim McCance
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop, the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice system Vs Conviction system
- By Sean on 11-14-16
By: Mardi Link
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The Lincoln Lawyer
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,024
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,114
Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense pro who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, to defend clients at the bottom of the legal food chain. It's no wonder that he is despised by cops, prosecutors, and even some of his own clients. But an investigator is murdered for getting too close to the truth and Haller quickly discovers that his search for innocence has taken him face to face with a kind of evil as pure as a flame.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Narration
- By Vishruth on 06-18-08
By: Michael Connelly
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From Midnight to Guntown
- True Crime Stories from a Federal Prosecutor in Mississippi
- By: John Hailman
- Narrated by: Neal Vickers
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over 30 years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to Guntown, he recounts amazing trials and bad guy antics from the darkly humorous to the needlessly tragic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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thumbs up
- By Nichole Miller on 01-29-19
By: John Hailman
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,178
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,958
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,951
The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
- By Cynthia on 05-24-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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Ghost of the Innocent Man
- A True Story of Trial and Redemption
- By: Benjamin Rachlin
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
When the final gavel clapped in a rural Southern courtroom in the summer of 1988, Willie J. Grimes, a gentle spirit with no record of violence, was shocked and devastated to be convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here is the story of this everyman and his extraordinary quarter-century-long journey to freedom, told in breathtaking and sympathetic detail, from the botched evidence and suspect testimony that led to his incarceration to the tireless efforts to prove his innocence and the identity of the true perpetrator.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could have been half as long.
- By B Hart on 08-25-17
By: Benjamin Rachlin
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Tulia
- Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town
- By: Nate Blakeslee
- Narrated by: James Boles
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
Early one morning in the summer of 1999, authorities in the tiny West Texas town of Tulia began a roundup of suspected drug dealers. By the time the sweep was done, over 40 people had been arrested and one of every five black adults in town was behind bars, all accused of dealing cocaine to the same undercover officer, Tom Coleman.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read
- By JOHN on 03-23-08
By: Nate Blakeslee
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Wildcatters
- The True Story of How Conspiracy, Greed, and the IRS Almost Destroyed a Legendary Texas Oil Family
- By: Charles Moncrief
- Narrated by: Scott Pollak
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Wildcatters is the amazing story of greed, corruption, and scandal in the framing of one of the most famous oil families in Texas and the subsequent IRS raid of unprecedental proprtions. This book will confirm your suspicions of the IRS yet provides a glimmer of hope in our criminal justice system.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Misleading.
- By Anonymous User on 10-02-22
By: Charles Moncrief
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Losing Faith
- By: Adam Mitzner
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,282
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,158
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,156
Aaron Littmann, the chairman of one of the country's most prestigious law firms, has just been contacted by a high-profile defense attorney whose client is Nikolai Garkov, a Russian businessman arraigned on terrorism charges for pulling the financial strings behind recent treasonous acts. The attorney informs Aaron that Garkov is looking to switch representation and will pay $100,000 just to take the meeting.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Could not suspend disbelief.
- By Will on 06-25-15
By: Adam Mitzner
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Special Circumstances
- Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez Legal Thriller, Book 1
- By: Sheldon Siegel
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,000
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,694
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,684
Meet Mike Daley. Ex-priest. Ex-public defender. And as of yesterday, ex-partner in one of San Francisco's most prominent law firms. Today he's out on his own, setting up practice on the wrong side of town. Then his best friend and former colleague is charged with a brutal double murder, and Daley is instantly catapulted into a high-profile investigation involving the prestigious law firm that just booted him. As he prepares his case, Daley uncovers the firm's dirtiest secrets.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narrator RUINS This Book
- By MattMerr on 11-07-17
By: Sheldon Siegel
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Cardiac Arrest
- Five Heart-Stopping Years as a CEO On the Feds' Hit-List
- By: Howard Root, Stephen Saltarelli
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman, Kat Merry, Joshua Kumler
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story5 out of 5 stars 91
Who polices America's prosecutors? And when they set their sights on an innocent CEO, can he survive a five-year, $25 million legal labyrinth to save the company he built, and himself from prison?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read non-fiction about US justice system
- By Wayne on 05-06-17
By: Howard Root, and others
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Open and Shut
- By: David Rosenfelt
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,740
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,718
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,706
Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan. But the fun stops the day Andy's dad, Paterson, New Jersey's legendary ex-DA, drops dead in front of him at a game in Yankee Stadium.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Does Anyone Else Notice the Missing Content?
- By pewter on 02-05-13
By: David Rosenfelt
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Triumph of Justice
- The Final Judgment on the Simpson Saga
- By: Daniel Petrocelli, Peter Knobler
- Narrated by: Daniel Petrocelli
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story5 out of 5 stars 74
In a book that's certain to make headlines, the only person to prosecute O.J. Simpson successfully for double homicide reveals the gripping, behind-the-scenes story of how he prepared for, and won, the civil trial, why the prosecution team in the criminal trial failed, and what actually happened that night in Brentwood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!!
- By Ryan Palmer on 07-27-18
By: Daniel Petrocelli, and others
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Mistrial
- An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works...and Sometimes Doesn't
- By: Mark Geragos, Pat Harris
- Narrated by: Mike Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 354
The American legal system changed dramatically when the OJ Simpson trial became a television-ratings bonanza. Now it's all crime, all the time, from tabloid news to police procedurals. Americans now know more about the criminal justice system than ever before. Or do they?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wish I could get my money back
- By Amazon Customer on 06-30-17
By: Mark Geragos, and others
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Crazy for You
- A Passionate Affair, a Lying Widow, and a Cold-Blooded Murder
- By: Michael Fleeman
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
A typical morning in the Atlanta suburbs: Businessman Rusty Sneiderman drops his beloved son off at the Dunwoody Prep nursery. In the parking lot, a minivan pulls up next to his car. The driver pulls out a gun - and shoots Rusty four times in the chest. Sneiderman's devoted wife, Andrea, is devastated by the crime. Who could have done this? She is shocked when police trace the shooting to a man named Hemy Neuman - who happens to be Andrea's adoring boss.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bland story
- By Anonymous User on 05-06-19
By: Michael Fleeman