How Can You Defend Those People? | 
| Author: Mickey Sherman
Publisher: The Lyons Press
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1599213737
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.092
EAN: 9781599213736
ASIN: 1599213737
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Canyon News - Review By: Tommy Garrett ~ Sherman Incredible May 2, 2008
"How Can You Defend Those People" is the greatest new book for spring. After being written about in novels and on television shows, Mickey Sherman has finally penned his own story of his colorful and distinguished career. Mickey Sherman is a criminal defense attorney who is also a legal analyst for CBS and a frequent media commentator on legal issues for all the major networks. Having appeared regularly on NBC's "Today Show," CNN's "Larry King Live," "20/20," and many other news shows, Mickey has now written extensively for legal publications and has lectured nationwide on criminal law issues, as well as on the media coverage of them.
This book boldly explains how the famed attorney dealt with impossible cases and sometimes extremely impossible or difficult clients. But one thing is known in the legal world: Sherman's the man to hire when you are dealing with an impossible legal mission.
But those who have read this book all rave about Mickey's literary work. Bestselling author Dominick Dunne raves about "How Can You Defend Those People." Dunne, known as a victims' advocate, said, "I'll never agree with Mickey Sherman, but I must admit I really enjoyed his book. Underneath his sometimes fierce demeanor in the courtroom, Sherman is a witty man with an amiable personality, an expert story teller, and a lover of the law who fights hard for his clients."
Even TV legal powerhouse Nancy Grace raves about reading Mickey's book. She says of defense attorneys, "They are usually my natural enemy, but I enjoyed getting inside the brain of this defense attorney." Other fans of Sherman's work include the LAPD Chief, William J. Bratton and Oscar winning director, screenwriter and producer, Barry Levinson. But fans don't stop there. The new book is doing well with everyday readers and many of the famous in Hollywood as well. Lounging recently at Beverly Hills' Polo Lounge, it was in the hands of several well known agents in the business. Wonder if they were pondering what to do with some of their clients.
Sherman's defense strategies are frequently groundbreaking and sometimes more fascinating than the clients themselves, which is why he is a frequent source for NBC's "Dateline" and "Law & Order," CBS's "48 Hours," Court TV, and all the national news channels, the "New York Times," "Time," and "Vanity Fair." He is even a recurring character in James Patterson's bestselling novels. In the tradition of bestsellers by Alan Dershowitz and Dominick Dunne, Sherman delivers a powerful, extraordinarily candid, and humorous account of his legal career that gives readers an all access backstage pass to the sausage factory that is the criminal justice system, as well as to many cases we have all lived through via TV, which Sherman has provided commentary for and insight on the various news channels. Sherman pulls no punches in his candid and often irreverent account of his experiences, observations and antics on and off the air, covering the big (and not so big) cases for the networks.
Sherman started his career as a public defender, then worked as a prosecutor, and later became a criminal defense attorney for clients such as Michael Skakel (convicted 27 years after the fact for the murder of Martha Moxley) and Alex Kelly (who, on the eve of his double-rape trial in Darien, fled to Europe for nine years). The raw Court TV coverage of his successful PTSD defense of a Vietnam veteran charged with murdering an unarmed man over a parking space argument was nominated for a Cable Ace Award. Many who know Sherman believe that his humble upbringing is what makes him such an advocate for everyone in the system. Sherman tells "Canyon News," "Whether you like criminal defense attorneys or not. We all have a job to do and if you are ever accused of a crime that you didn't commit or you did commit, wouldn't you want a defense attorney to fight for your rights? Every citizen in our nation has constitutional rights; that's what makes America so great." Another reason America's great is because of Mickey Sherman. "How Can You Defend Those People," Sherman's first book, is available at Amazon and at bookstores across the nation. Here's hoping for more of Sherman's masterful storytelling to be weaved around the pages of more books.
I've known Mickey for years and he's always a fixture in Hollywood. He navigates the terrain of entertainment as easily as he does the corridors of courtrooms around the nation. Sherman is very well known and respected in Tinseltown and when his career as an attorney is done, he's surely going to break into some field in the entertainment biz. Charming, charismatic, handsome and very witty, he's comfortable with almost anyone.
Mickey Sherman is a criminal defense attorney who lives in New York and Greenwich, Connecticut. He's married to fellow author, legal analyst for FOX News, and former prosecutor, Lis Weihl.
Tommy Garrett is Editor of Canyon Newspaper in Beverly Hills and Contributing Editor of San Francisco News.
Obviously written by Mickey Sherman April 28, 2008
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I had the pleasure of meeting Mickey Sherman last year at the Michael Skakel hearing in Stamford, Connecticut. It is difficult not to like Mickey. He is always upbeat and one of the best story-tellers I have ever encountered. I enjoyed his book from start to finish. It is very informative, but also littered with humor and is obviously written by Mickey himself. Nobody else but Mickey would think those jokes are funny! Keith A. Weeks, Legal Investigator
Duly impressed in Kansas City! April 22, 2008
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As a long-time employee in the legal profession and a fan of many trial-based shows, I was instantly drawn into Mickey Sherman's book and won over by his ability to make me laugh out loud and his ability to laugh at himself while still maintaining his professionalism and ethics. I agree that defense attorneys sometimes are pre-judged by who they represent and I think Mickey Sherman handles this issue in the only way possible . . . by infusing humor and compassion into his story telling. I hope there will be many more books like these in his future! I have had the honor of meeting Mr. Sherman and can honestly say that he is an excellent attorney who manages to be intelligent and extremely humble at the same time! What an extraordinary first book for this gentleman!
A terrific book - and very funny, too! April 18, 2008
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I once read somewhere that there are no funny lawyers, only funny people who have made a career mistake. But that's not true! Mickey Sherman is a great lawyer and TV talking head who is also very funny, and this book proves it. He's hysterically funny about the law, courts, defendants, judges, TV lawyering, and himself, all at the same time.
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