02233cam a2200361 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160060019000330070003000520080041000550100017000960200027001130200030001400400023001700410008001930430012002010500023002130820021002361000036002572450105002932600042003983000042004405000020004825050601005025200476011036000022015796500045016016500049016466500045016956500043017406500051017837000037018344945601BJBSDDR20230411090909.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta961107s1997    nyua          001 0aeng    a   96037512   a068481403X (hardcover)  a9780684814032 (hardcover)  aDLCcDLCdDLCbeng  aeng  an-us---14aKF 373bA161d 199700a345.73/05044/0921 aAbramson, Leslie Hope, d1943- 14aThe defense is ready :blife in the trenches of criminal law /cLeslie Abramson with Richard Flaste.  aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,cc1997.  a314 pages :billustrations ; c25 cm.  aIncludes index.  a1. Roman's Candle
9	(13)
2. Childhood
22	(20)
3. Law School
42	(10)
4. The Bar
52	(9)
5. Clerking Days
61	(17)
6. Judges and Cops
78	(15)
7. The Count Run
93	(10)
8. Juvenile Hall
103	(11)
9. Baby Killers
114	(11)
10. Moving On
125	(9)
11. Private Practice
134	(10)
12. Bob's Big Boy
144	(19)
13. The Lark
163	(10)
14. Pelican Bay
173	(10)
15. Chinatown
183	(22)
16. A Beautiful Boy
205	(14)
17. Abuse
219	(17)
18. Patricide
236	(12)
19. The Tough Guy
248	(9)
20. Outrage
257	(20)
21. When Worlds Collide
277	(14)
22. Grief
291	(4)
23. ...and Laughter
295	(8)
Acknowledgments		303	(2)
Index		305	  aThe Defense Is Ready is about the making of a passionately committed American defense lawyer who believes that everyone accused of a crime, no matter how heinous, is entitled to a vigorous defense of his rights against the overwhelming power of a frequently callous state. Leslie Abramson's journey from eager young law clerk to one of the nation's premier homicide attorneys involved some of the most difficult and notorious criminal cases of the last two decades. Among14aAbramson, Leslie  0aWomen lawyerszUnited StatesxBiography. 0aDefense (Criminal procedure)zUnited States. 4aAbogadas zEstados Unidos vBiografías 4aMujeres como abogadas zEstados Unidos 4aDefensa (Procedimiento penal)zEstados Unidos 1 aFlaste, Richard Alfred, d1942-