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About

THE AUTHOR

My Story

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.   He has consistently been listed in Best Lawyers in America for approximately thirty years, recognizing him for his abilities in an extraordinary nine different areas of expertise, and is also an elected member of the prestigious American Law Institute.  He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at two different Universities. He has recently been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis’ Who’s Who in America. 

 

BOOK’S ORIGIN

The Impossible Mock Orange Trial, the first of my three classic courtroom dramas, combines the emotion, mystery, and drama of a seemingly hopeless case the lead character is hired to handle, in a journey through the anatomy of a high-stakes emotional trial, with an incredible climactic ending.  The Impossible Mock Orange Trial has been selected as the Book-of-the-Month selection for October 2023 by the Online Book-of-the-month Club.    In addition to the present book, I also have authored two other novels in his Ted Born series, which have both been well received:  The Vow: Ted Born’s Last Trial and The Jury Has a Verdict.   I have also written and will shortly publish the memoirs of my remarkable life and career.