The Most Powerful Attorney in the World by Jay Reeves

The Most Powerful Attorney in the World by Jay Reeves

A collection of short stories from a Law Life well-lived, which as the seasons pass becomes less about law and liability and more about loss, love, longing, laughter and life's lasting luminescence.

The author grew up in the small town of Kingstree, South Carolina, in a small house a few blocks from the little league ballfield, the Carnegie Library and the Anderson Theater. Even closer on Main Street was the historic Robert Mills-designed courthouse.

Those elements - books, movies, baseball and the law - pop up often in The Most Powerful Attorney in the World.

For more than 35 years, the author practiced law in South Carolina and North Carolina, working variously as a trial attorney, Legal Aid lawyer, solo practitioner, corporate counsel, and insurance Vice-President and Risk Manager. Off hours, he was married with four children and dealing with the usual Stuff of Life.

At night he wrote these stories.

They first appeared in a corporate newsletter that came out each month. The stories kept coming, the months added up, the seasons passed.

And a strange and wonderful thing happened. The stories became less and less about law and legal liability, and more and more about loss, love, longing, laughter and life's lasting luminescence.

Memories of the green early days become The Associate in the Shower Curtain and The Lawyer Who Ran but Couldn't Hide. The middle seasons yield The Pig-Tailed Pitcher in Traffic Court and Every Law Life Needs a Treehouse. Losing a parent brings Fathers, Sons and Little League and The Phone That Never Rang, losing a pet The Lawyer Who Cried Woof.

And some of the many lessons taught by clients, colleagues and judges over the decades are captured in Every Lawyer's Worst Nightmare, Why I Attacked an Attorney with a Laserand Surf's Up at Folly Beach.

Reeves, Jay: - Jay Reeves has worked as a nurse and DJ in Des Moines. He earned a BA from the University of Iowa and an RN diploma. Known as the Medicine Man, he performs roadside first-aid for 30,000 bike riders on Ragbrai for a week each summer and he has volunteered with the local Boy Scouts for most of his adult life. Jay has spent many weeks each year building a Children's Haunted Forest and acting like a pirate, because he believes Halloween should be memorable and fun for kids. He enjoys camping, fishing and gardening and he is nagged by his lovely family. Jay has a daily battle of wits with the cat and he likes acting childish with the kids at DQ.

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ISBN 13	9781734108606
ISBN 10	1734108606
Title	The Most Powerful Attorney in the World
Author	Jay Reeves
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	LM Press
Year published	2019-11-10
Number of pages	160
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.