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I grew up in Malden, Massachusetts. I attended Colby College, the University of Manchester (England) and Columbia Law School. I was the first person to surf on Cape Ann.
At Good Harbor Beach 1964

 

While at Columbia I joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and in 1967 was an organizer for “Vietnam Summer.” In 1970 and 1971, I worked full-time for a civil liberties organization defending anti-war Marines. During a forty-plus year career as a trial lawyer, I have successfully defended GIs in more than two dozen courts martial. I have made headline news recovering assets in a South African diamond mine swindle. I’ve gotten the third-highest (at the time) settlement for the wrongful death of a mother on welfare.  In 2005, with my  long-time colleague Laura Stevens, I was honored as Lawyers of the Year by the San Francisco AIDS Legal Referral Panel for ground-breaking trial work on behalf of AIDS patients.

Barry and Laura receiving Lawyer of the Year Award

In my last case, Laura and I won a multimillion dollar jury verdict against a Bay Area landlord who regularly cheated his tenants out of their security deposits. (For more on this, go to “What’s New.” )
Over my forty-plus year legal career, I have represented farm workers, Iranian students fighting against the Shah and Black Panthers, among others. I’ve had my life threatened by Hell’s Angels, been challenged to a gunfight, assaulted by an intruder and one of my children received a Christmas call from an adversary who told her she was going to kill my entire family. With over a hundred trials, I bring these life and courtroom adventures to my writing.
I am a member of the San Francisco Writers Workshop. My four grandchildren, Mimi, Noa, Silas and Lorenzo  are counting on the royalties for college so whatever you can do to help these youngsters would be appreciated.

My first novel, “Bring the War Home!” is an award-winning semi-autobiographical novel inspired by my experiences at Camp Pendleton.

 It is currently available as a free download on Scribd. http://www.scribd.com/doc/15663662/Microsoft-Word-Bring-the-War-Homeebook If you like it hard, then you can buy one of the few remaining print copies from Amazon.

Recipient of a 2011 Global E-Book Award for best historical fiction and FINALIST  for a 2012 EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) historical fiction award,

The Flight of the Sorceress is now available in print as well as an e-book at Wild Child Publishing and can also be purchased on Amazon and at Barnes & Noble. For more information, the reviews, a trailer and lots of commentary, go to htttp://flightofthesorceress.blogspot.com.

A signed copy of Flight of the Sorceress can be purchased on this site for $15.00 including S&H buy clicking the PayPal button immediately below.




 

Burning Questions, PART ONE of the 1970′S TRILOGY, is  available from Whiskey Creek Press http://whiskeycreekpress.com in print and as an E-book from Amazon.


Burning Questions is the story of a teenage heir to a Yankee fortune who is found in his step-father’s study,  shot to death. The local authorities quickly declare it to be a suicide by Russian roulette. But his mother is having none of it. Just a week before, her son witnessed the torching of a hotel. Was he murdered by the arsonists? Her law firm puts bumbling summer intern Nate Lewis on the case and as he begins to uncover damning information he must face a  conspiracy to pin the death on Christina Lima, the deceased’s beautiful but poor girlfriend. Is this a case of class warfare, rich trying to blame a murder on the poor, or is she really a gold-digger out for revenge at being dumped, as the powerful “haves” claim? But Nate falls for this girl and soon both of them are running for their lives in this mystery-thriller set in Gloucester, MA in 1969.

You can read an excerpt on the 1970s Trilogy Blog:http://1970strilogy.blogspot.com.

You can purchase a signed paperback copy from me by clicking on the Paypal button below and I will cover taxes and shipping for the total price of $15.00.

A Shot in the Arm, the second part of the 1970s Trilogy, was published April 1, 2012.


When a pretty young addict is found dead from an overdose, her drug treatment counselor, a black militant, is charged with providing her with drugs for sex. Nate Lewis is paid to defend him but learns too late that his retainer was stolen from rogue government agents involved in dealing drugs to buy guns for anti-communist guerrillas.

Travel back in time to visit a Bay Area rarely portrayed in today’s literature. Peruse the menu at the Trident Restaurant on the Sausalito waterfront. Slide seamlessly among the old, waterlogged houseboats that lined the shore. Mingle with Vietnam era soldiers and sailors, black militants and hippies. Score drugs on practically every street corner. Stroll the Fillmore district before it was gentrified. Witness a car chase over the dirt roads that once crisscrossed Bernal Hill. Sneak into the City’s shipyards and foundries when they still bustled with activity. Spend time at the Hamilton Air Force Base officer’s club. Sip Java where longshoremen once prowled. Attend court at Frank Lloyd Wright’s leaky Marin County Civic Center.

A Shot in the Arm is now available for purchase from my publisher, Whiskey Creek Press:  http://whiskeycreekpress.com/store/

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Part Three of the 1970s Trilogy, The Fourth Conspirator, is here now!


A petty criminal is killed while ripping off a marijuana garden. Meanwhile, siblings battle for control of an upscale Mendocino winery. For lawyer Nate Lewis and his wife, winery exec Christina Lima, these two seemingly unrelated events will prove to be the ultimate test of their love and their faith.

To read an excerpt click this link: http://1970strilogy.blogspot.com/. If you are a reviewer, contact me in the comment box and I will arrange for you to obtain a review copy.

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Also, visit my 1970s Trilogy blog: http://1970strilogy.blogspot.com to read news about Burning Questions, Part One , A Shot In The Arm, Part Two  and The Fourth Conspirator, Part Three.

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