By Jeanne Winer (Engl’72; Law’77)
(Bancroft Press, 320 pages; 2018)
Her Kind of CaseÌýis a legal drama that centers on Lee Isaacs, a female defense attorney on the cusp of turning 60, who, out of curiosity, determination, and desire for a big, even impossible, professional challenge, chooses to take on a tough murder case in which a largely uncooperative young man is accused of helping kill a gay gang member. The plot takes place in Boulder and Denver.
Jeanne Winer was an attorney in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ for 35 years, specializing in criminal defense. During that time, she represented hundreds of people accused of murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, drug offensesÌýand other serious crimes.
A long-time political activist, Jeanne Winer received the Dan Bradley Award from The National LGBT Bar Association for her trial work in Romer v. Evans, a landmark civil rights case that preceded and paved the way for the Obergefell decision in 2015, which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States. Her first novel, The Furthest City Light, won a Golden Crown Literary award for best debut fiction.
Her Kind of Case is her second novel. Like the heroine in her book, Winer is a martial artist who holds a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She lives mainly in Boulder, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ with her partner and cat, but spends a number of months each year writing in Taos, New Mexico.