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‘Violent Crimes,’ A Conversation with Phillip Margolin

February 10, 2016 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2016-02-09-1455022427-6466258-PhillipMargoliscrAnthonyGeorgis-thumbPhillip Margolin, a former criminal defense attorney who defended thirty murder cases, has written many New York Times bestsellers. He is well-known for his Amanda Jaffe and Brad Miller series, and for his many standalone novels.

Violent Crimes is the next novel in the Amanda Jaffe series. Amanda is involved in a complex case involving environmentalists, Big Oil, financial fraud, and murder. Not only must she determine who murdered two attorneys while defending the men accused of the crimes; but also faces the most difficult professional decision of her life.

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“Woman with a Gun” : A Talk with Phillip Margolin

December 3, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2016-02-09-1455022427-6466258-PhillipMargoliscrAnthonyGeorgis-thumbPhillip Margolin graduated from the New York University School of Law School and worked for many years as a criminal defense attorney, a profession inspired by his having read the Perry Mason novels. An Edgar-nominated novelist (even while working as an attorney), he became a full-time writer in 1996. He is well-known for his short stories; the Amanda Jaffe and Brad Miller series; and for his many standalone novels.

In Woman with a Gun, an aspiring novelist, Stacey Kim, is mesmerized by a photograph at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The image captures Stacy’s imagination and raises compelling questions in her mind. Obsessed with finding answers, Stacey learns the woman in the photograph was suspected of having killed her millionaire husband on their wedding night, but the ten-year old murder remains unsolved. Stacy decides to explore this mystery as fodder for her novel.

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Break an Ankle: Become Schizophrenic

June 22, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

153396-156967Testifying in court can be a trying experience for an expert witness, whether you’re a forensic pathologist, engineer or psychiatrist.

Early in my career, I was asked by a defense attorney to evaluate a plaintiff in a lawsuit. He was a 30 year old man, who, while walking across the lobby of an office building, slipped on a freshly waxed floor and fractured an ankle. The physical injury was indisputable and was caused  by the accident. I was certain the plaintiff would be claiming a consequential depression as being causally-related to the fall.

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Writer to Writer: A Conversation With Jane Velez-Mitchell on Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias

September 5, 2013 by Mark Rubinstein

Jane Velez-Mitchell is a two-time Emmy award winning television journalist, a bestselling author, and the host of her own program on HLN. She is featured frequently in the media as an expert on high-profile court cases, appearing on CNN, MSNBC HLN, TRU TV and other national television outlets.

In 2010, her HLN show garnered a third Genesis Award from the Humane Society of the United States. Ms. Velez-Mitchell has won two other awards for her program, Celebrity Justice.

She is the author of non-fiction books including: Secrets Can Be Murder: What America’s Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves; Addict Nation; and I Want: My Journey From Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler Honest Life, which became a New York Times best seller.

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