Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law

"We all should heed the lessons I've learned and what I continue to believe: the law, properly applied, is a powerful force for good in our society."

In this thoughtful and candid memoir, former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry D. Thompson explores the big questions of his life and career, from his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri to his time advising the nation's most powerful figures in government and business leadership.

With a strong belief in the principles of the U.S. Constitution a...