About the Book
The Jury Has a Verdict! is the third of a trilogy of legal Courtroom dramas/thrillers featuring fictitious attorney Ted Born, and it is a prequel to the first two: The Impossible Mock Orange Trial and The Vow: Ted Born’s Last Trial. While denominated as Courtroom dramas/thrillers, all three of the books narrate the struggles of an ethical lawyer trying to achieve his conception of justice for his clients, often in the face of heavy odds against him. In his efforts he of course must deal with opposing counsel and opposing parties, juries, and Judges. The present work focuses on Ted Born’s interactions with Judges and juries, exploring several different experiences as he strives to achieve justice for his clients. The title comes from the moment when lawyers and their clients are waiting anxiously while the jury is deliberating the verdict, after often years of preparation and lengthy trial, and the bailiff finally comes to them and says, "The jury has a verdict! Please return to the courtroom," Ultimately, the reader must ponder the question, What is justice?, as the narratives lay out the competing ways of viewing the facts and jury verdicts in high-stakes litigation..
The Author
Atty. Thad G. Long
Thad Long is a versatile attorney, with decades of practice handling difficult trials and other matters for defendants and plaintiffs in a changing litigious environment. Mr. Long took his undergraduate degree from Columbia University with a major in physics and his law degree from the University of Virginia where he served as Comments & Projects Editor of the Virginia Law Review and tapped for Order of the Coif.
