Biloxi s best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case. Then his client s beautiful wife is murdered and America s #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect. Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes Penney is Biloxi Mississippi s #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That s when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach showing up to court in flip-flops mentoring a law student the new Penney is at first unrecognizable. It s said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.