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On today’s episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast, we are going into the courtroom with Attorney and Author Mark Bruce.
California native Mark Bruce attended Humboldt State University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Journalism. He then attended UC Berkeley Law School, where he graduated with his jurist doctorate.
While attending UC Berkeley, he was a finalist in an oral advocacy competition where he appeared before Justice Scalia, who told him. “I like you because you’re not a wimp.”
Attorney Bruce has been a lawyer for 38 years, 18 as a public defender. Presently, he works for Estelle & Kennedy doing criminal and family law.
In 2018, he won the Black Orchid Novella Award and has appeared four times in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, including the May 2023 Cover Short Story.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
· His education in journalism and his shift to attend UC Berkeley law School.
· His encounter with Supreme Court Justice Scalia as a law student.
· 38 years as an attorney, 18 as a public defender.
· Why is he a defense attorney?
· One of his most memorable cases as a defense attorney and what it meant to him personally.
· Winning the 2018 Black Orchid Novella Award and appearing 4 times in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, including the May 2023 Cover Short Story.
· Why Perry Mason was a terrible lawyer.
· Has he ever refused to defend a client? Why?
· How he explains the fact that he defends guilty criminals.
Visit Mark at his website to learn more about him and his work.
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On today’s episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast, we are going into the courtroom with Attorney and Author Mark Bruce.
California native Mark Bruce attended Humboldt State University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Journalism. He then attended UC Berkeley Law School, where he graduated with his jurist doctorate.
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Attorney Bruce has been a lawyer for 38 years, 18 as a public defender. Presently, he works for Estelle & Kennedy doing criminal and family law.
In 2018, he won the Black Orchid Novella Award and has appeared four times in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, including the May 2023 Cover Short Story.
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· His education in journalism and his shift to attend UC Berkeley law School.
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· One of his most memorable cases as a defense attorney and what it meant to him personally.
· Winning the 2018 Black Orchid Novella Award and appearing 4 times in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, including the May 2023 Cover Short Story.
· Why Perry Mason was a terrible lawyer.
· Has he ever refused to defend a client? Why?
· How he explains the fact that he defends guilty criminals.
Visit Mark at his website to learn more about him and his work.
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Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!
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1. 189 Perry Mason Was a Terrible Lawyer! With Author and Attorney Mark Bruce. (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] Wellness Thru Reading (00:12:00)
3. (Cont.) 189 Perry Mason Was a Terrible Lawyer! With Author and Attorney Mark Bruce. (00:12:41)
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