For more than fifty years, Stephen A. Sheller, Esq., has been an icon of justice. In "Lawyering in Times of Saints and Evildoers," he shares his career experiences showing how he became a highly recognized advocate of everyday people, passionately protecting citizens' basic rights under the US Constitution and law.

While his fearless legal strategies have been controversial, Sheller nearly always achieves what he sets out to do. Readers interested in how the U.S. legal system works-and how it doesn't-will gain much from his first-hand accounts, including his representation of African...