"Watch for Rattlesnakes" reads the sign at the first rest stop within new Mexico's "Fighting 14th" judicial discrict. Young attorney Dan Shepard has been fired by his mother's prestigious Washington, DC law firm, and now must make his home aming the rattlesnakes. A failed stand-up comic forced into the law to pay the bills, Dan finds nothing amusing about his first case. His client, Jesus Villalobos, faces a murder charge, but nothing is what is seems, and the State is a little too eager to pin the charge on Jesus. Along the way, it is hard to tell who is the lawyer and who is the client. Rattlesnake Lawyer is a darkly comic tale of a young lawyer's coming of age in a small town where everyone knows what's going on--except him.
His long-lost son was the last person Dan Shepard, the Rattlesnake Lawyer, expected to meet when he was ordered to be at the courthouse in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Poor fourteen-year old Marley might even be psychic. With his special abilities, Marley can help Dan take his local practice statewide. Rattlesnake & Son could be the next great New Mexico law firm. Unfortunately, things go exceedingly wrong at school for Marley and he is charged with some very serious crimes. The Rattlesnake Lawyer now has to represent his son in his wildest trial yet. When he learns the truth about his son, Dan and Marley will have to face some extremely dangerous consequences.
"Laws & Loves" contains the real stories of the Rattlesnake Lawyer. Jonathan Miller is a practicing criminal defense attorney in New Mexico and the author of eight books. These are the chronicles of his early years, how he learned to balance the law with literature, all while looking for love in all the wrong courtrooms. This book is a must for anyone thinking of practicing law or falling in love.
The Rattlesnake Lawyer, Dan Shepard, has finally popped the question to his girlfriend, former judge Luna Cruz. Unfortunately, the father of Luna's child is back in the picture and Dan is representing him on a serious felony. But, Dan doesn t know if he wants to win the case. Even worse, he finds Luna and himself on opposite sides. Will Dan win the trial of his life and make it to the altar on time? Rattlesnake Wedding is the seventh in Jonathan Miller's award-winning mystery series and features reader questions along with a tour guide so readers can follow Dan and Luna in their travels across the Southwest.
It's the year 2112 and there are no lawyers. Everything is done by computer. When the governor's son is accused of murder, he invokes his right to trial by a jury. Sam Marlow is brought back from the past to handle the case. He gets help from Sahar, a wannabe attorney with a secret. Is the future ready for a rattlesnake lawyer?
Dan Shepard, the Rattlesnake Lawyer is having a mid-life crisis as he balances law and love. He is representing the driver for the Dragon Moon corporation, even as his wife's firm, Luna Law, is trying to take them down. As Dan starts his legal journey in the Los Alamos courthouse, it's obvious that his client has a secret that could threaten national security and the entire legal system. Dan and Luna have to work together to stop their client and save their family. But when Dragon Moon has Luna taken into custody on trumped up charges, will Dan take the law into his own hands?
You get good grades in college, pay a small fortune to put yourself through law school, study hard to pass the bar exam, and finally land a high-paying job in a prestigious firm. You're happy, right? Not really. Oh, it beats laying asphalt, but after all your hard work, you expected more from your job. What gives? The Happy Lawyer examines the causes of dissatisfaction among lawyers, and then charts possible paths to happier and more fulfilling careers in law. Eschewing a one-size-fits-all approach, it shows how maximizing our chances for achieving happiness depends on understanding our own personality types, values, strengths, and interests. Covering everything from brain chemistry and the science of happiness to the workings of the modern law firm, Nancy Levit and Doug Linder provide invaluable insights for both aspiring and working lawyers. For law students, they offer surprising suggestions for selecting a law school that maximizes your long-term happiness prospects. For those about to embark on a legal career, they tell you what happiness research says about which potential jobs hold the most promise. For working lawyers, they offer a handy toolbox--a set of easily understandable steps--that can boost career happiness. Finally, for firm managers, they offer a range of approaches for remaking a firm into a more satisfying workplace. Read this book and you will know whether you are more likely to be a happy lawyer at age 30 or age 60, why you can tell a lot about a firm from looking at its walls and windows, whether a 10 percent raise or a new office with a view does more for your happiness, and whether the happiness prospects are better in large or small firms. No book can guarantee a happier career, but for lawyers of all ages and stripes, The Happy Lawyer may give you your best shot.
Winner of a silver medal from the Foreword Book of the Year Awards: Multicultural Fiction, and a finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards: Novel - Adventure or Drama. LaBajada is the descent where Santa Fe ends and Albuquerque begins. Santa Fe attorney Dan Shepard has made it to the top. Unfortunately his girlfriend, Ophelia Paz, may have killed the governor's wife and dumped her in a ditch. After Ophelia reveals the governor's dark secret, Dan would like to "ditch" Ophelia. Dan feels compelled to help, but needs attorney Luna Cruz to guide him. In the process, Dan falls in love with Luna, which puts the case at risk. Dan also wonders how deeply he must descend into political muck to save Ophelia, and if he will take Luna down with him.
