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NEW: Jake Lassiter tackles high school football and becomes the most hated man in Miami in EARLY GRAVE, Paul Levine's new legal thriller.

"An extraordinary hero stars in a legal tale as believable as it is riveting." - Kirkus Reviews

"Levine scores with this complex and witty legal thriller. This winner works even for those new to the series." - Publishers Weekly (★starred review★)

When his godson suffers a catastrophic injury in a high school football game, lawyer Jake Lassiter sues to abolish the sport and becomes Public Enemy Number One. The former NFL linebacker also battles CTE, the fatal brain disease caused by repetitive head injuries. His personal life, too, hits a rocky patch. He's in couple's therapy with fiancée Dr. Melissa
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Paul Levine Writer's block cures itself the instant the mortgage bill shows up in the mailbox.…moreWriter's block cures itself the instant the mortgage bill shows up in the mailbox.(less)
Paul Levine BUM DEAL involves a murder trial where a surgeon is accused of killing his wife, but there's no forensic evidence, no witness, and no body. There was …moreBUM DEAL involves a murder trial where a surgeon is accused of killing his wife, but there's no forensic evidence, no witness, and no body. There was such a case in New York a while ago, and I took that "impossible" trial and gave it to Jake Lassiter as a PROSECUTOR. At the same time, his symptoms of the brain disease CTE are growing worse. I believe in turning the heat up on my protagonist. I think here it's boiling.(less)
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“Early Grave” – Lassiter’s Last Case

Today, I’m turning over the blog to The Florida Bar News where Senior Editor Jim Nash has written an expansive piece on the checkered past of Jake Lassiter just as he makes his final appearance in “Early Grave.”

I know what you’re thinking: Why is The Florida Bar publicizing a lawyer – fictional or not – who’s been flirting with disbarment for decades? A lawyer who’s said: “I’m not one of those lon

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“We all hold the keys to our own jail cells.”
Paul Levine, Solomon vs. Lord

“Solomon's Laws
1. When the law doesn't work...work the law.”
Paul Levine, Solomon vs. Lord

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8. If a guy who's smart, handsome, and rich invites you and your girlfriend to a nudist club...chances are he's got a giant shmeckel.”
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“I've never been disbarred, committed or convicted of moral turpitude, and the only time I was arrested, it was a case of mistaken identity...I didn't know the guy I hit was a cop.”
Paul Levine, To Speak for the Dead

“The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot beat the gods. The grander house and the bigger deal only mean more borrowed time, more risk. When you build your life on a house of cards, you never know when the joker will turn up.”
Paul Levine, Riptide

“I stood there, 220 pounds of ex-football player, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things, leaning against the faded walnut rail of the witness stand, home to a million sweaty palms. "To Speak for the Dead" (The Jake Lassiter Series) http://tinyurl.com/69eua2t
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“Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North Star, the burning bush, the holy virgin. It cannot be bought, sold, or mass produced. It is intangible, ineffable, and invisible, but if you are to spend your life in its pursuit, it is best to believe it exists, and that you can attain it.”
Paul Levine, Flesh & Bones

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