Pierce's cause
Subtitle: a trial lawyer's allegorical novel
By: Nelson P. Miller
Publisher: Vandeplas Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lake Mary, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781600421617
Subjects: Practice of law; Fiction; Trial practice
Other titles: Trial lawyer's allegorical novel
Description: Mr. Pierce, a lawyer, is hired by a brother and sister after their mother is murdered. The estranged husband is acquitted of her murder, so Pierce proceeds with a civil case, with life insurance money hanging in the balance. The case slowly moves through discovery, depositions, mediation, trial, and appeal, as revelations change Pierce's perceptions and conclusions.