Author
Cordell Parvin
Cordell began practicing law in 1971, building a national construction law practice representing top U.S. highway and transportation contractors.
After 37 years, he started coaching lawyers in his firm, aiming to double originations in two years—but achieved it in one. This success led him to focus full-time on helping lawyers succeed.
Cordell became a recognized speaker, writer, and blogger on lawyer career and client development. He delivered presentations across the U.S. and Canada, published four books, created a video series Client Development: Securing, Retaining, and Expanding Client Relationships, and wrote the Practical Success column for The Practical Lawyer.
From 2005 to 2020, he coached over 1,000 lawyers, many of whom became firm leaders or top rainmakers. Now retired from coaching, he focuses on writing novels.
His Gabriela Sanchez novel series features a formidable lawyer protagonist, a deliberate choice explored in a published interview about her character and role in the series.
From the Author
Why I Wrote Her Father’s Honor? Most legal thrillers begin with a crime. Her Father’s Honor begins with a question. What happens when a lawyer spends his entire career teaching his daughter to believe in the justice system, only to become the person standing trial?
For thirty-seven years I practiced construction law. During that time I worked with hundreds of lawyers, watched trials unfold, and learned something that rarely appears in fiction. Lawyers do not merely carry cases home with them. They carry expectations, reputations, and family legacies.
Children of lawyers often grow up seeing their parents as larger-than-life figures. They watch them command conference rooms, argue motions, and solve problems that seem impossible. It can take decades to realize that the people who taught us how to succeed may also have made choices they regret.
That idea became the foundation for Her Father’s Honor.
Roberto Sánchez is not simply a defendant accused of jury tampering. He is a father who spent a lifetime winning cases and shaping his daughter’s understanding of justice. Gabriela Sánchez is not simply his lawyer. She is a daughter trying to reconcile the man she admires with allegations that threaten everything he built.
I was interested in exploring questions that have no easy answers.
How much should adult children trust their parents?
Can loyalty coexist with a search for the truth?
If someone you love insists they are innocent, how much evidence would it take before you begin to doubt them?
The courtroom scenes in the novel are important, but they are not the heart of the story. The heart of the story is the relationship between Gabriela and Roberto. Every filing, deposition, and witness examination ultimately leads back to one question:
Does Gabriela truly know her father?
Readers who enjoy courtroom dramas will find a federal prosecution, trial strategy, and high-stakes testimony. I hope they will also find something more enduring: a story about family, aging, disappointment, forgiveness, and the difficult process of seeing our parents as human beings.
If you enjoy legal fiction that combines courtroom conflict with emotional stakes, I hope you will give Her Father’s Honor a try.
You can learn more about his coaching, his coaching books, and his video series on his blog.