Lawrence S. Robbins was an acclaimed trial and appellate litigator who argued twenty cases in the United States Supreme Court and more than sixty others in the federal circuit courts of appeals. He served as counsel to Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and the Biden campaign, among others. Robbins was a graduate of Yale and Harvard Law School. Early in his legal career, he became an Assistant US Attorney, a great place to learn to be a trial lawyer, which, throughout Robbins’s life, was his favorite part of law practice. He founded the litigation firm Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner and was a partner at Friedman Kaplan. Robbins wrote his first novel The President’s Lawyer during the COVID-19 pandemic and lived to see it published shortly before his death in November 2024.
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“Robbins… keeps the pace fast and the courtroom scenes convincing.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Clever and thrilling with a shocking twist.”
—People
“Lawrence Robbins knows his way around a courtroom drama—like the real-life expert that he is—and merges the best of John Grisham with The West Wing in this suspenseful, riveting thriller.”
—Douglas Brunt, New York Times bestselling author of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
"Full of suspense, twists, and intrigue. . . . Complex characters deal with friendship, loyalty, and moral dilemmas giving readers an intriguing read. Fans of legal thrillers will definitely like this one.”
—Times Leader
“Robbins’ expertise as a high-profile trial litigator is on full display in this tautly constructed novel that exposes the slippery confluence of evidentiary facts and emotional trauma.”
—Booklist
“A taut legal thriller that recalls the work of Scott Turow and John Grisham…. [The] courtroom scenes crackle with authenticity, and the climactic reveal is sensational.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Robbins… keeps the pace fast and the courtroom scenes convincing.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Clever and thrilling with a shocking twist.”
—People
“Lawrence Robbins knows his way around a courtroom drama—like the real-life expert that he is—and merges the best of John Grisham with The West Wing in this suspenseful, riveting thriller.”
—Douglas Brunt, New York Times bestselling author of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
"Full of suspense, twists, and intrigue. . . . Complex characters deal with friendship, loyalty, and moral dilemmas giving readers an intriguing read. Fans of legal thrillers will definitely like this one.”
—Times Leader
“Robbins’ expertise as a high-profile trial litigator is on full display in this tautly constructed novel that exposes the slippery confluence of evidentiary facts and emotional trauma.”
—Booklist
“A taut legal thriller that recalls the work of Scott Turow and John Grisham…. [The] courtroom scenes crackle with authenticity, and the climactic reveal is sensational.”
—Publishers Weekly
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