Author Interview · July 31, 2022
Joey Hartstone
The Local by Joey Hartstone
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A film and television writer, Joey Hartstone has written two feature films: LBJ (2016) and Shock and Awe (2017. Both directed by Rob Reiner. He writes on the Showtime series Your Honor. Previously wrote first two seasons of The Good Fight.
What a fun interview! I had so much fun talking to Joey Hartstone about his legal thriller: The Local.
As I mention in our interview there are so many reasons I love this book. A great courtroom drama that hits all the right notes. A debut author
A freewheeling, small-town attorney takes on a national murder trial when an out-of-town client is accused of killing a federal judge in Texas. In the town of Marshall sits the Federal courthouse of the Eastern District of Texas, a place revered by patent lawyers for its speedy jury trails and massive punitive payouts. Marshall is flooded with patent lawyers, all of whom find work being the local voice for the big-city legal teams that need to sway a small-town jury. One of the best is James Euchre. Euchre’s new client is Amir Zawar, a firebrand CEO forced to defend his life’s work against a software patent infringement…
To find out more, get this exciting debut novel….it is a page-turner.
