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Laura Miranda is a truly exceptional criminal defense attorney, a leader with a heart who cares about her clients and the judicial system. A graduate of Cornell, both undergraduate and law school, Ms. Miranda is fluent in both English and Spanish -- and her intelligence distinguishes her as advocate with both the experience (more than 17 years as an attorney) and talent necessary to win important cases. In fact, Laura Miranda was exclusively selected to appear special radio show series on The LawBusiness Insider (www.lbishow.com), "The Mystery Writers of America," featuring best-selling writers like Scott Turow, John Grisham, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, Tony Hillerman, Michael Connelly and Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. This week she is joined by Kermit Roosevelt.
In this exclusive interview, Laura reminds all of us of basic "Miranda" rights:
The Police must inform an accused, s/he has the right to remain silent and anything said can and will be used against him/her in a court of law; an accused has a right to consult with an attorney and to have the attorney present during questioning. Furthermore, the police must also inform the person accused if indigent, a lawyer will be appointed. DO NOT WAIVE YOUR MIRANDA RIGHTS. DO NOT SPEAK, OR SURRENDER YOURSELF TO POLICE WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY PRESENT. You can reach Ms. Miranda directly at 212-629-4500, or email laura.miranda@lawmiranda.com
Our next guest, Kermit Roosevelt, new bestselling author, Assistant Professor of Law @ University of Pennsylvania Law School, and former Supreme Court Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter , is just releasing his new legal thriller: In the Shadow of the Law.
In the Shadow of the Law is a novel that studies the character of the law, and the characters of lawyers in a very large law firm. A lawyer in the book reflects on the Penn law school motto: "Laws without morals are useless." The book goes on to prove that such is perhaps not the case. One lawyer reflects that we become what we choose to become. He then wonders about what he has become in the last 25 years. A man without a soul perhaps? Someone who has no life other than the firm?
This is an interesting novel, set in a (hopefully) mythical Washington, D.C., law firm focusing principally upon a small group of associates and partners and several dynamic cases (one death penalty appeal and a gruesome class action). The Washington Post review of this book emphasized the usual things one finds in such novels, principally associate hour-building strategies, overbearing partners, the toll endless hours of labor exact upon bright young minds (aka "is making partner really worth it?"), and how litigation is really a cooperative venture between adverse law firms with the purpose and intent of extracting huge amounts of money from their respective clents. Fortunately, I found there to be much more substance to the novel than I had anticipated. For one thing, the author clerked on the Supreme Court and (apparently) draws upon his own experiences in detailing the role of clerks in dealing with last-minute death penalty petitions, as well as demonstrating how death penalty litigation is conducted. He also makes good use of the recently-published memoir of John Knox, who clerked for the infamous Justice McReynolds in the late 1930's, as the basis for recounting the clerking experience of a lead character during the same period. I think he well captures the frustrations and satisfactions of being an associate in a major law firm, as well as demonstrating that not all partners are identical in their personalities or the way they practice law.
You¡¯ll enjoy this book first of all because it is uniquely different from other novels involving the law. It is about the lawyers, and the profession that they have chosen. Good stuff, stuff that would make anyone think twice about becoming a lawyer. It's also a very well written novel, a true literary work. As for the dull sounding litigation that takes place, well you really don't have to understand everything about involuntary stock transfers to truly enjoy this work of art.
You can contact:
Laura Miranda
212-629-4500
email laura.miranda@lawmiranda.com
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