The Presidents Lawyer, Lawrence Robbins
The Presidents Lawyer, Lawrence Robbins
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The President's Lawyer

Author: Lawrence Robbins

Narrator: Jason Culp

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024


Synopsis

Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel!

A Washington, DC, litigator is hired to defend his best friend, the former President of the United States, against a murder charge in this novel that is “clever and thrilling with a shocking twist” (People).

After a long career as one of DC’s most powerful litigators, Rob Jacobson is faced with the case of a lifetime: the former President of the United States—his childhood best friend—has been accused of murdering his mistress.

Rob knows he’s the only one who can prove his friend’s innocence, but he is soon overwhelmed as he attempts to devise a strategy to defend an authoritative man with a taste for infidelity, serious anger issues, and unconventional sexual appetites. As the high-profile case unfurls, the troubled, intertwining pasts of the two men complicate Rob’s efforts and soon, doubts begin to grow in his head. Could his oldest friend truly be capable of murder or is something even darker at play? “Robbins...keeps the pace fast and the courtroom scenes convincing” (The New York Times Book Review) in this sensational thriller by a true DC legal insider.

About Lawrence Robbins

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayme on October 08, 2024

I guess you can’t blame the guy? When Rob Jacobson, one of DC’s most powerful litigators, is asked to defend the former President of the United States and his childhood best friend-accused of murdering his mistress-he knows it’s the case of a lifetime. He has to take the case! After all, their frien......more

Goodreads review by Holly on November 08, 2024

I do love legal thrillers, so I wanted to give this one a shot! It started off great with lots of intrigue and the pace was holding my interest for the most part. A former President (Jack Cutler) is accused of murder of a junior lawyer that was in his White House Counsel's Office. This premise seems......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on January 27, 2025

What I’ve read so far this year hasn’t impacted me much, I haven’t been blown away by a book completely. Finally that has changed, because this had everything I search for. It had a unique plot, thrilling legal parts and a very, very surprising ending that made me want to go back and read it all aga......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 02, 2025

One of my favorite genres is courtroom dramas, and this one fulfills it superbly for this debut author. And, with his experience as a successful trial and appellate litigator, I am not surprised. Unfortunately, the author passed away one month after the book was published (RIP: November 2, 2024), so......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 09, 2024

This review was first posted on Mystery & Suspense Magazine. Check it out for features, interviews, and reviews. [URL not allowed] One-term former Democratic president Jack Cutler has been arrested for murder. The victim is 32-year-old Amanda Harper - a junior lawyer who worked in C......more


Quotes

"Culp makes an interesting story even better as he leads listeners to the twisty ending."