About
Marianne Woolbert- Maxwell is an Indiana attorney with over 30 years of experience in the practice of law. She is a graduate of Butler University Indianapolis, Indiana, and the University of Dayton School of Law.
In her practice, she has learned the ins and outs of the business and how the system can succeed as well as fail. In her career, she has represented many women who have been victims of emotional and physical abuse and has seen the struggle they have had to reclaim their lives and their self-worth.
She has studied writing with Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones, Gotham University, American Writers and Artists Institute. She is also a student of writing coach Mary Allen of Iowa, City, Iowa. Ms. Allen has taught at the Iowa Writer's Festival and is the published author of The Rooms of Heaven.
She has studied different types of writing including copywriting, web material, business writing, course writing, newspaper, and magazine writing to name a few areas.
She is an avid reader and animal lover. She lives on a farm with her husband Tim, four Maltese dogs, a rescued pitbull, two horses, and anything else that shows up needing a home.
Featured Work
Victim of the Defense
At the age of fifty-five, attorney Megan O'Reilly has practiced law for over thirty years. After all her hard work and dedication she is on track to be made a partner at the large powerful D.C law firm where she works. The firm was founded by Arthur Tarkington, currently a United States Supreme Court justice. When the day comes for her to be made partner she is given shocking and devastating news.
After being blindsided by her law firm, Megan who has a background in criminal prosecution specializing in sex crimes meets a young woman who has been raped by a powerful, high-profile man in D.C. The victim, Lucy Hatfield, is a nonpracticing attorney and the mother of a gravely ill young child. For her own personal reasons that are unknown to anyone else, Megan agrees to help Lucy pursue litigation against her rapist.
The story unfolds at a breakneck speed with Megan and Lucy facing endless obstacles in their effort to help Lucy's daughter and to be champions for women everywhere to find their voices and stand up against rich powerful men who sexually assault and abuse them.
Victim of the Defense is a page-turner with unforeseen twists and turns. It's a book you will not be able to put down.
