On Your Case: A Comprehensive, Compassionate (and Only Slightly Bossy) Legal Guide for Every Stage of a Woman's Life

by Lisa Green

Television legal analyst and attorney Lisa Green offers something a witty, direct and empowering legal guide for women, filled with accessible information they can employ to understand and respond to common legal issues throughout their lives, from dating, marriage, and kids to jobs, retirement, aging parents, and wills. Lisa Green has an urgent message for women of all ages, especially those who consider themselves fully briefed on nutrition, personal finance, good schools, and great What about the law? Whether or not you invite it into your life, the law will find you. When it does, will you be ready to respond? In On Your Case , Lisa fills a long-standing gap in women's bookshelves with a thorough, compelling and occasionally hilarious guide to the range of legal issues women can expect to confront throughout their busy lives. Leveraging her professional training as a lawyer and her personal experience as a wife, ex-wife, mother, and daughter, Lisa explains common, even complicated, legal issues in practical, easy to understand terms. Sharing true stories, from jaw-dropping court cases to her own personal challenges, Lisa explains how readers can make the best possible decisions when problems arise. And legal problems will arise, Lisa counsels, so women need to get smart, and get ready. In her warm, yet firm, voice, Lisa guides readers through the potential legal issues As Suze Orman demystified personal finance and put women in the driver's seat of their own financial future, Lisa Green now does for the law. With On Your Case , Lisa empowers you by equipping you with the tools you need to take care of yourself, your assets, your family, and your career.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Law, Feminism, Legal

400 pages, Hardcover

First published February 17, 2015

About the author

Lisa Green is a journalist, lawyer, and legal analyst. After earning her law degree at New York University, she practiced corporate law before joining NBC News, first as a lawyer, then as a senior producer for Weekend Today and an NBC News legal analyst. She continues to make on-air appearances for NBC News and MSNBC while working at a law firm as its director of communications. She has written and blogged on legal issues for msnbc.com and published articles in The Wall Street Journal and Barron's. She lives in New York City and is the mother of two young adults.

Reviews

[DeBora Rachelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to Green, I'm signed up to make my will and trust and a living will. Like the idea to put someone in your will to show you didn't forget them making it harder for them to contest the will.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very well-rounded overview of how the legal world may interact with your life.

[Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether or not you are a college graduate, if you have reached legal age, give yourself the time to read this book. It will be most helpful to you throughout your life. You will gain legal advice on relationships, employment, protecting yourself, late in life issues and finding the right legal help. This lawyer/author explains the law, your rights and directs you to many sources for additional information. Easy to read and comprehensive.

[Valleri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very essential, informational guide to be used by women throughout their entire lives. It contains more than just personal liability but also a parent's role in their children's liability as well as featuring helpful information on caring for the aging adults in our lives and employee/employer responsibility. A wonderful, easily comprehensible source for any legal issue a woman may face in her lifetime.

[Penn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saw this and two other nonfiction books on the "new books" shelf at the library. Why did I get this one? Looked interesting. Read a little: great sense of humor, so I couldn't resist! Lots of information which I didn't retain, but interesting reading and you could always look at again if you need some specific guidance. She gives lots of resources, too.

[Traci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good overview of what is needed at various points in life. She gives examples/tells stories and it would have been useful after each story to say what could have been done to prevent the issue. Overall, it's very informative.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good overview of why women (and really, everyone) needs to pay attention to legal issues. Heavy on marriage, divorce, etc. Helpful chapters on legal issues with children, including advice for teens and parents guiding them through any encounters with police or the legal system.

[Eli Gottlieb · Rating 5 out of 5]

brilliant, funny and above all useful

[Ktmholm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.