The Defense Lawyer

The Barry Slotnick Story

De: James Patterson, Benjamin Wallace

Narrado por: Stuart Slotnick

From a master of true crime comes the story of the criminal lawyer who represented everybody from Manuel Noriega to John Gotti to Bernie Goetz—and won every single case.

Known for his sharp mind, sharp suits, and bold courtroom strategies, Bronx-native Barry Slotnick is known as the best criminal lawyer in the US.

He calls himself “Liberty’s Last Champion.”

Slotnick mediates Bette Midler’s bathhouse contract and represents John Gotti, “The Dapper Don.” He defends “Subway Shooter” Bernie Goetz and negotiates future First Lady Melania Trump’s pre-nup.

His unparalleled legal brilliance defines a profession, a city—and an era.

©2021 James Patterson and Benjamin Wallace (P)2021 Little, Brown & Company

Great book

I really enjoyed this book. I had never heard of Slotnick so hearing some of his best cases only didn’t bother me. I did feel like the reading was very monotone but his accent was perfect for the story. I definitely recommend this book!

Narration

The story line was amazing as usual with James Patterson. However, the narration was awful. Sounded like he reading a grocery list with no emotion or anticipation. And his enunciation of certain words hurt my ears.

James Patterson is an amazing writer, but this narrator did him no justice.

Good account of extraordinary defense attorney

Recommended for fans of courtroom books. Patterson offers many colorful anecdotes about Slotnick, and focuses on a couple of his most celebrated victories. I wish he had told each story sequentially, rather than cutting back and forth between them, which makes them harder to follow.

thumbs down 👎 for narrator

love Patterson and this story is ok but the narrative monotone drove me nutz. I had such a hard time staying motivated to continue

Unimpressed.

The narrator was dull, hard to follow. I wished I would have known this was a biography. I could have looked it up, and not been subjected to nine hours that I'm not getting back. He sure got a lot of guilty people off and lived a life of wealth.

Too Long

Boring .. poorly written ..confusing …..goes on and on ..lost interest ..could not follow so many characters

Pretty good story.

Good story. The narrator was one dimensional which kind of took away from the story.

Justice or not

While I think it’s sickening that thugs, murderers, and criminal offenders get off because their attorney is a good actor, story teller, or perhaps good at coaching their clients into a false narrative, I do admit the details of the cases are very interesting. The reader was excellent, and it’s a page turner for certain.

Interesting read; needs a better narrator

The story is very interesting but the reader is stilted and sounds uncomfortable with his story. I assumer he's related somehow but this would have been even better with another reader.

Very interesting

Loved learning about this man and all he did. He was an amazing lawyer, so smart!