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Synopsis of So Help Me God
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Television evangelist, Thomas Jeremiah Luther miraculously awakens from a twelve year coma. He re-takes his world-wide ministry, and searches for a way to seize the control of the Christian conservative political power in America. When a teenage member of his congregation almost dies from an abortion, he convinces her family to file a multi-million dollar medical malpractice case against the physician and abortion clinic. He knows that manipulating the case into a giant verdict will shut down abortion clinics all over the country, causing power brokers, presidents, and the political right wing to flock to his door. To assure victory, he hires J. Robert Tisdale, the best plaintiff lawyer in Texas. Tod Duncan, the lawyer for the defense, finds his mettle challenged when his client’s livelihood is destroyed by Luther’s public claims that he is a murderer. Duncan takes the offensive, suing the money machine behind Luther for slander. To escape liability T. J.’s legal team must prove that human life begins at conception. Great characters bring this challenging balance of art, science and philosophy to a jury charged with answering one of life’s most difficult questions; when does life begin? The twists and turns captivate readers and leads to an ending that might be unbelievable were it not set in Texas.AUTHOR’S NOTE
The most experienced trial attorneys know that our role in the legal process is unique and invaluable. We do not determine the outcome of our cases, how the public views the issues or even how the laws of the country apply in any given cause. Those matters are determined by the witnesses, the scientific evidence, the jury’s perspectives, the judge’s inclinations and the finality of appellate review. Yet as trial attorneys we are called upon to bear the burden of presenting the best, most persuasive, direct evidence supporting but one side of any cause. We advocate for views we may not share, but will fight to the death for the right of each position to have a full voice in our society, to have full exposure to the heat of public debate, to have its place in the shaping of the mores of our society and to succeed or fail on its own merits. It is therefore, with the pride of more than thirty-five years of advocating before juries, that I bring the process, the science, and the art of advocacy of controversial issues to the fiction reading public to share the joy, exasperation and wonderment of the civil courtroom in America today. It is not ours to change opinions, but to test and challenge those opinions in the light of great advocacy. Respectfully submitted, Larry D. ThompsonHouston, Texas
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