{"product_id":"9781619022539","title":"The People's Advocate: The Life and Legal History of America's Most Fearless Public Interest Lawyer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Constitutional attorney’s memoir offers “fascinating and horrifying” accounts of over a dozen historic legal cases—from Watergate to Iran\/Contra (\u003ci\u003eForesight\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this captivating memoir, attorney Daniel Sheehan recounts his path to becoming a public defense lawyer and takes you behind the scenes of more than a dozen historically significant American legal cases, all of which he litigated.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The remarkable cases covered in this book include:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e* The Pentagon Papers Case\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e* The Watergate Burglary Case\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e* The Karen Silkwood Case\u003c\/i\u003e, which revealed that the C.I.A.’s Israeli Desk had been smuggling 98% bomb-grade plutonium to the State of Israel and to Iran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e* The American Sanctuary Movement Case\u003c\/i\u003e, establishing the right of American church workers to aid Central American political refugees fleeing Guatemalan and Salvadorian “death squads.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e* The Iran\/Contra Federal Civil Racketeering Case\u003c\/i\u003e against the Reagan\/Bush Administration, which Sheehan investigated, initiated, filed, and then litigated.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People’s Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e is the “real story” of these and many other historic American cases, told from the unique point of view of a central lawyer.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Sheehan’s] memories are both fascinating and horrifying. Fascinating because Sheehan places you directly inside the halls of power, and horrifying for the same reason . . . This memoir takes us directly inside Sheehan’s fearless mind.” —\u003ci\u003eForesight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sheehan’s recounting of his battles against wrong-doing, both in the courtroom and behind-the-scenes, is never less than enthralling to read.” —Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker and founding member of Freedom of the Press Foundation","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135761563888,"sku":"9781619022539","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619022539_p0.jpg?v=1763853614","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619022539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}