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Tag: Defense Attorney
Betty Bates (Lady at Law)
Created by Stanley Charlot Pseudonym of Bob Powell (1916-67) You think Perry Mason was a bad-ass? Scrappy, two-fisted "girl attorney" (first a defense lawyer and later District Attorney) BETTY BATES regularly lined 'em up and knocked 'em down in a long running Hit Comics backup feature in the 1940s, appearing in over 60 stories in … Continue reading Betty Bates (Lady at Law)
Luis Montez
Created by Manuel Ramos Speaking of books set in Denver, don't miss Manuel Ramos' excellent books about LUIS MONTEZ, a well-meaning but burned out Chicano lawyer fighting a losing battle against middle age and crime and his ideals. He studied law during the Chicano Movement, and admires political activism, but is conscious of its excesses. … Continue reading Luis Montez
Crang
Created by Jack Batten Shades of Perry Mason! The grand old notion of a defense attorney making like a private detective was alive and well--in Toronto of all places! CRANG (one name, please) also shows a definite Spenser influence, albeit in a Toronto/CBC/yuppie kinda way (ask a Canadian fora translation). He's a struggling, rather quirky … Continue reading Crang
Sam McCain (aka “Cody McCain”)
Created by Ed Gorman Pseudonyms include Richard Driscoll, Chris Shea McCarrick, Daniel Ransom, E.J. Gorman, Edward Gorman Jr. & Robert David Chase (1941-2016) In the late fifties, rookie attorney SAM McCAIN finds himself in Black River Falls, Iowa, the "least successful lawyer" in a "a town that already had too many lawyers." So he agrees--reluctantly, … Continue reading Sam McCain (aka “Cody McCain”)
Jane “Effing” Smith
Created by James Patterson & Mike Lupica James Patterson, of course, is the best selling author in the solar system, unleashing a tsunami of books on an almost weekly basis, with the help of an impressive rogue’s gallery of co-authors, while Mike Lupica has filled a bookshelf or so himself with his YA sports books … Continue reading Jane “Effing” Smith