Legal English

A single video threatens to destroy everything Kansas City attorney Josephina Jillian Jones—3J to her friends—believes about truth and justice. When 3J takes on Paxton Energy’s Chapter 11 case, she expects to win a fight with the banks—until they play a video showing CEO Remmy Paxton confessing to years of cooking the books. Within seconds, her case implodes. Her client swears it’s fake—but these days, who believes that? The banks demand control of the company. The judge gives her twenty days to prove the truth.

A rising star is murdered. A crusader is accused. And in a town built on secrets, the truth is the darkest thing of all. Rosie Beckett had a bright future—a political intern with charm, ambition, and a long list of admirers. But her life ends on a quiet Georgian backstreet, her body found shot and thrown into a dumpster behind a row of houses in small southern town, Brunswick. And standing at the center of it all is Jake Tully. The host of a popular anti-corruption podcast, Tully has spent years exposing the dark secrets of the powerful, earning him fans—but too many enemies to count. ...

In a world where legal systems increasingly intersect—through international contracts, cross-border disputes, global organizations, and multinational corporations—legal professionals are expected to communicate effectively in English. English has become the international language of law, and those who master legal terminology in English gain a valuable advantage. It allows them to collaborate with foreign clients, work with international firms, participate in global conferences, and access a much wider range of legal texts, case law, and academic literature. This book will deal ...

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Before the Verdicts, There Was the Trial That Forged Her. Before she was a rising star in the DA’s office, Alex Hayes was a rookie prosecutor with everything to prove—and a ruthless defense attorney standing in her way. When a high-stakes fraud case lands on her desk, Alex is confident it’s open and shut. The evidence is airtight, the paper trail unbreakable, and the victims desperate for justice. But when Michael Donovan, a brilliant and manipulative defense lawyer with a reputation for turning slam-dunks into acquittals, steps in to defend the accused, everything changes.

After years of working in the family construction business, attorney Mason Pierce starts his legal career with a powerful Michigan firm. When a crowded patio on the back of an old restaurant collapses, Mason's new firm decides he's the perfect attorney to defend the owner and figure out what went wrong. With his client facing multiple counts of manslaughter and a massive civil suit, Mason investigates, as an angry prosecutor and an opportunistic plaintiff's lawyer fight him at every step.

This trial should be a slam-dunk. A faceless powerbroker has other ideas.... Small-town prosecutor Mara Brent must be tough as nails to succeed in her male-dominated profession. But she harbors a soft spot for the victims who rely on her courtroom skill, especially the wheelchair-bound rape survivor she’s known since her first day on the job. So when her friend’s unsolved case reopens with a DNA match and an arrest, she’s determined to finally bring a monster to justice.

Defending Allee Smith's cousin on what appear to be run-of-the-mill drug charges, Marko quickly discovers that the case is just the tip of the iceberg in their town's murky waters. The eye of the storm? The Yellow Lark restaurant, an eatery with more secrets than specials on the menu. Allee, fresh out of the clink and trying to stitch her life back together, turns out to be the ultimate wingwoman. Dragged into the fray, she and Marko discover a thumb drive crammed with the kind of secrets that make people disappear.

Power. Corruption. Murder. One election. One impossible case. One attorney who thought he'd argued his last trial. On election night, rising congressional candidate Marcus Blanchard is found standing over the body of a murdered woman. The evidence is overwhelming. The witnesses are convincing. The verdict seems inevitable. Only one man believes Marcus is innocent. Edward Mead, a brilliant but aging law professor who hasn't entered a courtroom in thirty years, reluctantly returns to defend a former student while caring for his wife as she battles terminal cancer.

A HIGH-PROFILE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY HAS JUST BEEN MURDERED. Deputy DA Audrey Spencer is assigned to handle the murder case of Chad Ventura, a prominent criminal defense attorney who was found brutally slaughtered in a bowling alley. He was obviously tortured before he died. Shortly after Audrey’s arrival at the crime scene, Chad’s wife, Mellicent Ventura, forces her way inside while dragging her young daughter behind her. AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE? Something seems off about Mellicent, and she immediately becomes suspect number one.

The crime? The brutal murder of her own parents. The prosecution’s argument seems airtight. But small town defense attorney Maggie Gallagher senses something isn’t right… Months earlier, Zoey Conrad had already faced her worst nightmare when two men broke into her room. In the terrifying struggle that followed, one intruder ended up dead. The judge declared it self-defense and dismissed the charges, allowing Zoey to rebuild her life in their small town. But now, with her parents found murdered under disturbingly similar circumstances, the evidence against Zoey quickly piles up.

Attorney Nate Shepherd left a big firm to go out on his own. He sees nothing but opportunity when an out-of-town lawyer wants to hire him as local counsel on a high-profile murder case. Though his family worries that the case hits too close to home, Nate joins the defense team. When circumstances force him to take on a bigger role, Nate ignores his family’s fears and throws himself into his client’s defense.

To defend her client, she must dig up a town’s darkest secrets. Defense attorney Cass Leary thought she’d escaped her hometown for good. But after leaving her high-paying job in Chicago, she decides to revisit her troubled past. When someone murders the beloved high school basketball coach and Cass steps in to defend the girl accused of the crime, she doesn’t expect the death threats that follow.... Confronting the town that shunned her as a child, she unearths secrets that some would kill to keep buried.

How can a girl who was raised in a trailer park be working at a top D.C. law firm? Cadence Elliott beat graduates from the country's best law schools to the job. No Ivy-League pedigree. No powerful Washington connections. She got there on merit. Cadence found her exceptional drive as a teen when she learned she could never trust her mother again, when she realized the adults who claimed to be looking out for her were liars. She wanted to make damn sure she'd never have to rely on anyone else, ever again. Becoming a lawyer meant she could be someone who stood up for the powerless.

A significant trial looms. The two lawyers and the judge all have major reasons to worry: Jeri Richards, a newbie judge, is presiding over her first trial concerned she is too inexperienced to handle it. Mike Reigert, the plaintiff’s attorney, must try his biggest case because his client refuses the department store’s huge settlement offers - just to make sure that what they did to her won’t ever happen to anyone else.

A city shaken by murder. A teenager trapped in the justice system. And a lawyer willing to risk everything for the truth. When a pregnant woman is murdered in a brutal drive-by shooting in New Orleans, the city demands justice. The police claim they have the killer. They claim they know the facts. They claim that justice will be served. But in Louisiana, justice is rarely straightforward. Eighteen-year-old Amon Jennings was caught on camera sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle used in the drive-by. Within hours, prosecutors charged him with two counts of murder and threatened to ...

Read Four of #1 Bestselling Author Paul Levine’s Greatest Legal Thrillers SOLOMON vs. LORD introduced Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, squabbling lawyers who could end up in court, in jail...or in bed. The novel was nominated for the James Thurber Humor Prize and the Macavity Mystery Award. "One of the best legal thrillers of the 21st Century.” - Best Thrillers THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI, second of the series, takes Solomon and Lord deep into a murder case in the Florida Keys and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award. "Mix Grisham's legal expertise with Hiaasen's humor and Lee Child's ...

A respected businessman. A brutal murder. And a conspiracy that could bury the truth forever. When Derrick Styles is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, the case against him looks airtight. His fingerprints are on the weapon, he was seen arguing with her, and he was the last one to see her alive. But Styles claims he’s innocent. Veteran defense attorney Jim Cohen has heard that claim before, but this case feels different. The evidence keeps shifting. The witnesses don’t add up. And no matter which thread he pulls, it leads back to the same place—someone within the investigation is...

An innocent man is accused of murder. His enemies want blood. Criminal defense attorney Tex Hunter is the only hope he has left. Robert Sulzberger appeared to have a perfect life—a respected position in the City Council, a lovely family, a house with all the trimmings—but behind the façade...

In this first installment of the Brad Madison novel series, Madison finds himself defending Patrick Strickland against a mounting evidence base. Despite Strickland claiming he has no criminal connections, there are clear signs his involvement in organized crime runs deep. When the case receives national attention, the underbelly of power in LA is thrown into the limelight. Madison fights desperately to find the one piece of evidence that will prove his client's innocence. But where there's power, there's danger. The further Madison digs for the truth, the more he puts his life at risk.