Corrupt courts. Sealed files.
One attorney who won’t back down.
From the first sealed docket to the last desperate motion, Derek Fermin’s books drag you past the courthouse doors and into the rooms where justice is negotiated, weaponized, and sometimes redeemed.
A single sealed case. A nationwide conspiracy.
Case by case, David Mercer learns that the system he swore to serve was engineered to protect power, not people. Follow the trail from one suspicious client to the shadow network running beneath the courts.
Other courts. Different verdicts. Same stakes.
Step into new courtrooms with judges, jurors, and attorneys who are one bad ruling away from losing everything. Each book stands alone—you can start with whichever case calls to you.
The Liberty Docket
A federal judge receives a letter from a death-row inmate that cracks open an old case—and points straight back at the courthouse he calls home.
Fiction that cross-examines the system.
Derek Fermin writes legal thrillers about what happens when ordinary people collide with systems designed to keep them quiet. His books blend courtroom warfare, political pressure, and the human cost of corruption— always anchored to characters who refuse to sit down and take the deal.
When he isn’t outlining his next case, he’s usually surrounded by real ones, pulling details from the legal world into his fiction, or unwinding with LEGO builds and true-crime shows.
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