Bøger udgivet af Allie H Publishing

Passionate Family Drama. Intense Courtroom DynamicsCam Crewell can barely keep his head above water in his first year of law school. His struggles intensify when his younger brother and sister are suddenly left with no place to live. Without other options, they move in with Cam and his five eclectic roommates into their overcrowded and barely code-compliant house.Although the new home offers a sense of belonging and support, their world is thrown into turmoil when Child Welfare discovers the kids are living without a true legal guardian. Cam must figure out how to defend their lifestyle and protect his family against an overzealous attempt to relocate his brother and sister.Cam's law school friends represent and defend him in an intense courtroom battle that will determine the fate of his family. In this heart pounding legal battle, Cam must convince the court that he can provide the most stable living environment for his siblings.Combining an exploration of family dynamics like found in Defending Jacob, with a breakdown of legal and ethical dilemmas faced by individuals responsible for protecting children similar to The Children Act, Guarding Innocence is a captivating and fast-paced thriller.Justifying how to raise your kids is almost impossible when you're on the witness stand.

A contentious trial is imminent:Rick Waterston''s legal practice is suffering. Although he''s stopped drinking, he can''t turn his life around. The ex is hounding him for past child support. His biggest client makes passes at him and there''s not a lot of money to spread around. Emily Hawkins'' husband was killed while shopping at the local B & D warehouse store, accused of shoplifting and suffocated while being detained waiting for the police to arrive. To figure out the true story of what happened to her husband she hires Rick to sue the store.Without any settlement offer, they are forced to take the case to trial where Rick has to handle the overbearing lawyers representing the store-the same people who fired him from his first job and sent him on his downward spiral.No trial is predictable, but Rick must question his tactics when witnesses fall apart on the stand and crumble under intense cross-examination. The only hope of convincing the jury that shoplifters have rights is Emily who must stand her ground when confronted with her husbands'' dirty secrets.After spending weeks preparing for trial, Rick realizes he doesn''t really know anything about his client and questions what is real about her.

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. The company's attorney, Jack Rogers, is told that he must win this trial or face banishment from his law firm.If that weren't enough, the three of them have been best friends since their first day of law school.Back then, they were the cream of their law school and thought their legal careers would involve nothing but success . . . . Now, they aren't so sure.Jeri adored her two friends in law school. They helped her overcome the trauma of almost being raped. After graduating, she prosecuted the scum that preyed on the weak and became the youngest judge in her county.Mike was planning to work in Geneva stopping international terrorism, but his uncle convinced him to help in his small practice in a sleepy town outside of Pittsburgh. Mike itches for more responsibility and finally comes to represent a woman mercilessly chained to a table until she confessed to a crime. Jack craves the big money he would make if he became a partner at his huge law firm, and is willing to do anything to make it happen.Now five years after graduating from law school they are thrown back together on opposite sides of a trial where Mike's client seeks to regain her life while Jack will not stop to make sure the company prevails.Jeri watches as the battles between her two buddies escalate until she has to intervene to protect the life of one of her friends.