T. William

Retribution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is a fiction which begins in a psychiatric hospital where a psychologist, Rick, is having sex with a patient, Cora. Patient's family hires a lawyer when the patient's family finds out. The lawyer reluctantly takes on the case. The lawyer, Bill Forrester, hires an associate, Liz Kelly. Does not want to break the rules of the office and have an affair. Ultimately they end up having an affair. Bill Forrester is also a hunter as well as a seasoned lawyer. He goes to Africa for safari and finds romance. The lawsuit against the psychologist and the hospital is accurately portrayed as it would be in a courtroom. Ultimately there is a settlement. The trial is partially conducted by zoom. It is not being partially conducted by zoom because of a pandemic but is in order to bring witnesses into court. Bill's affair with the safari hunter from Austria conflicts with his affair with Liz. The client's name is Cora. She goes downhill after being rejected by the psychologist. Her father commits suicide when it is learned he molested Cora as a child. Cora's brother also committed incest with Cora. His first name is same as the psychologist, Rick. When his deposition is set he murders the lawyer who set it. He is arrested and pleads guilty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palmetto Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9781685153076
• ISBN-10: 1685153070
• Artikelnr.: 63156844

Autorenporträt

The author of RETRIBUTION, T.William, is a successful trial lawyer. Aftergraduating from the University of FloridaCollege Of Law, he was hired as anassistant public defender. Within the fi rstyear of that employment he tried morejury trials than most lawyers try in a career.He won practically all of them - which isunusual since the state prosecutors get tochoose which cases actually end up going totrial. How did he do it? His answer is, "I outworked the other side."After one year as a PD, he was hired by the largestinsurance defense fi rm in Northeast Florida. He wasfortunate to be placed with a future Florida Supreme Court ChiefJustice for mentoring. Together they tried dozens of jury trials and together theywon most of them. How was that possible? His answer is, "We worked harder andprepared more then the other side."Another opportunity came for a career change. Along with three other men he formeda law fi rm. Although at fi rst they would take anything that came through the door inorder to cover the overhead, within a few years he was exclusively handling and tryingplaintiff s' cases in civil court rooms. Soon he was almost exclusively handling complexlitigation cases such as product liability and medical negligence. Probably a majorityof his cases were referrals from other lawyers. When he went to trial, he most oftenwon. How did he do it? His answer is, "greater preparation and harder work."Because of the type of work he handled, it was necessary for 'William to travelabout 100,000 miles a year to take depositions and meet experts. He found that alonely existence. To pass time while on planes or spending the night in hotels, hestarted writing. The result is this work, RETRIBUTION.