When Ben comes to the aid of a young cadet at a military academy, he uncovers some disturbing facts which indicate the cadet, an accused murderer, may have been the intended victim.

Ben and his black assistant Lafe face a bigoted deposed sheriff, and soon learn that almost two decades cannot heal the wounds suffered during the civil rights movement in the South.

Ben seeks to unravel an incriminating web of circumstantial evidence that links a mystery writer and his lover to murder.

Ben gets involved in the case of a teenager who claims that a doctor performed an unnecessary radical mastectomy on her mother.

Ben takes on the medical profession in defense of a midwife who defies the law to practice the craft of child delivery with a skill rivaled by few obstetricians.

The mother of a man who has been murdered hires Ben to defend his wife, the primary suspect in the shooting death.

Ben becomes involved in the defense of a rebellious teenager who maintains his innocence of armed robbery, yet is terrified to reveal the guilty parties.

Ben finds himself working with a flamboyant, publicity-seeking attorney when he agrees to represent a professional football player facing trial on drug charges.