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Book SynopsisNobody I know is funnier, smarter, or has a wider breadth of references than my friend Jonathan Shapiro. This book is a bit of a miracle: informative, insightful, poetic, and funny. -Paul Reiser, comedian, actor, and bestselling author Using famous real-life court transcripts, television scripts, and story after story, Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling shows the reader how to get their message across and the result they want using the time-tested elements and basic structure of great stories. Part how-to manual, part memoir, always entertaining and never lecture, this book provides storytelling lessons gleaned from years of trial practice and television writing, wrapped in-what else?-great stories.
Trade ReviewJonathan Shapiro's Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling is so intriguing and witty that for a while I was certain that I had written it. -- Alan Zweibel, Original Saturday Night Live writer and Thurber Prize winner for his novel The Other Shulman Nobody I knowand I mean nobodyis funnier, smarter, or has a wider breadth of references than my friend Jonathan Shapiro. This book is a bit of a miracle: informative, insightful, poetic, and funny. -- Paul Reiser, Comedian, actor, and bestselling author Storytellingthe art of connecting with, captivating and persuading one's listenersis the key to courtroom success. For the new generation of lawyers raised on texting, tweeting, and e-mailing, the art of old-fashioned storytelling has proven elusive, as those who can truly teach this ancient art form are fast disappearing. Thankfully, here comes Jonathan Shapiroone of America's greatest trial lawyers and storytellersto the rescue. -- Steve Zipperstein, General Counsel, Blackberry Jonathan Shapiro is a terrific writer: incisive, informative, entertaining, and always engaging. -- Erwin Chemerinsky, U.S. constitutional law and federal civil procedure scholar and current and founding dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law If Shapiro turns out to be the 21st-century Dale Carnegie, that wouldn't be a bad thing. His book deserves to sell as well as How to Win Friends and Influence People. It is fortified with the wisdom of the ages and of the networks...May it please the court, Shapiro's book is a must read.
