Justice often seems to us a closed world separated from everyday life—shaped by standalone news reports and fictional TV plotlines. A secret lawyer wants to lift that veil and show how it works—and, as often happens, how it doesn’t. Here you’ll find true stories from the courtroom. Sometimes they’re funny, often gripping, sometimes shocking. From criminals to lawyers—as well as victims, witnesses, and law-enforcement officers—you’ll meet both the best and worst representatives of humanity. The secret lawyer talks about personal problems faced by a person whose professional life is tied to courts, police station cells, and prisons.