Cette série se concentre sur Sally Baynard, une avocate brillante et non conventionnelle de Charleston, en Caroline du Sud, qui défie les attentes traditionnelles du Sud. Malgré son milieu privilégié et son divorce d'avec un juge influent, Sally trace sa propre voie en tant qu'avocate commise d'office et avocate de la famille redoutable. Avec son esprit, son charme et son intelligence caractéristiques, elle s'attaque à des affaires complexes allant de la défense de meurtriers à la gestion de procédures de divorce épineuses, prouvant qu'elle est tout sauf une dame de société typique.
For fans of Marley and Me and Katie Fforde's Paradise Fields, Lawyer for the Dog is Lee Robinson's charming, moving and funny debut novel. Attorney Sally Baynard is baffled when Joe, her judge ex-husband, appoints her to represent the interests of a pet dog - Sherman, a miniature schnauzer - in a divorce case.
Sally Baynard is one of the best lawyers around. In the years since her divorce from Family Court Judge Joe Baynard, she dedicated herself to representing the worst and craziest Charleston, South Carolina, had to offer. But none of the murderers, burglars, or angry divorcing clients compared to Sherman, the dog her ex-husband appointed her to represent. Although the miniature Schnauzer found his way into her heart (and brought his handsome vet Tony along too), his case was a thorny one. With that business out of the way, Sally is happy to move back to non-canine clients . . . until a probate judge asks her about a cat.