LIES LARCENY & LAWYERS

About the Book

Martin Dawson, a young aggressive attorney practicing law in the large, metropolitan City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, desired to change his life and practice law in a smaller, faster growing community in a warmer climate to attempt to create a better life for himself and his family. Martin had a small base of Minnesota clients who were developing real estate in Southwest Florida, in and around the City of Fort Myers. Martin and his wife decided that practicing law in Florida may enhance the quality of their family's life as well as Martin's professional life. LIES, LARCENY & LAWYERS, takes the reader through Martin's journey of practicing law in four different law firms. It tells the story of Martin's frustrations with, not the clients he represented, but with the lawyers he became associated with through that journey. The difficulty of practicing his profession with lawyers who lie, cheat, steal and even murder to get ahead was a difficult course for Martin to navigate. Martin's quandary was whether he could find that perfect legal environment where the attitudes and comradery of the lawyers he worked with would allow him to find himself the professional fulfillment for practicing his profession that he was so desperately seeking. That journey was difficult, while interacting with unique individuals who made that journey nearly impossible.

About the Author

Steven Winer is a retired attorney, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, who has practiced real estate, business and banking law for 40 years until he retired in 2013. He moved to Southwest, Florida in 1984. Steven represented banks, developers of large golf course and high rise condominium developments during both the down years for real estate as well as the robust real estate boom era in the early 2000's.
Steven enjoys his retirement by helping entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams of starting their own businesses through volunteering with various organizations; he also volunteers for the Lee County Visitors and Convention Bureau in Southwest Florida; and enjoys writing about his many experiences during the times he practiced law.
Steven has been married to his wife, Linda, for 30 years. Between them, they have three children and six grandchildren. Writing has always been a passion of his since he took his first creative writing class at the University of Minnesota. Steven's first book was published in 2018 titled "Deception."