From one of the oldest legal publishers in the country comes a new, fresh book for American prosecutors, law students and anyone who wants an insider’s view of how justice is made. Nationally recognized trainer and former prosecutor, John Bobo offers an essential guide to why the role of storytelling is critical to effective advocacy as well as other lessons of legal jujitsu. Bobo gives readers everything from crafting a theme to battling defense attorneys, and working with judges and juries. Sections also examine how to recognize the symptoms of burnout and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

  Author John Bobo explains, “In an average day, prosecutors face almost every issue that plagues society: drug abuse, gang violence, domestic violence, child abuse, drunk driving, armed robbery and murder. And that’s just the docket before lunch. With shoe-string budgets and huge case loads, prosecutors deal with the most horrible things that people do to each other. This book is for them. It’s the book I wish someone had pushed into my hands those first weeks on the job, and it’s the book to help prosecutors thrive and enjoy their profession.”

   The advice John Bobo writes about in this book is a combination of things garnered from his training of prosecutors, his interviewing of prosecutors and the author's own experiences as a prosecutor. John has tried to strike the right balance between advice and those "war stories" of his (and other prosecutors) that illustrate certain points.

   This book is intended to be a fun, quick read without all the puffery and legalese that plagues law review articles, court opinions and football rules. He offers tips on how to try cases, but in no way pretends this to be a definitive book on how to try a case or any other topic. This book attempts to convey the lessons that John Bobo believes will help any new prosecutor.

   

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   John Bobo served as a prosecutor for the Fifth and Eleventh Judicial Districts of the State of Tennessee. He has prosecuted many types of cases, ranging from first-degree murder to shovel and knife fights, but his primary areas of focus were on prosecuting narcotics offenses, vehicular homicides and impaired driving related offenses.

   Later, he became director of National Traffic Law Center (NTLC) in Alexandria, Virginia. A unit of the American Prosecutors Research Institute, NTLC provides research, training and technical assistance to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, researchers and traffic safety professionals across the country on issues of impaired driving. While at APRI, John produced multiple courses at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.

   Later, John served in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation working on drug and alcohol policy issues. Then, he headed up DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

   John received his J.D. from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in 1991. Currently, he lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and three children, where he works as a speaker, writer and consultant.