Justice, mercy, and a life in the law.
The Adventures of Tom Lawyer is Tom Kimball’s collection of true stories from decades serving people and communities in Appalachia.
A public defender’s eye for the people behind the case.
Tom Kimball writes about the places where law, faith, family, and mercy meet.
His work draws from a career in public defense and from the communities of East Kentucky and East Tennessee. The stories are personal, humane, and grounded in the difficult work of seeking justice.
Read Tom’s storyThe
Adventures
of Tom
Lawyer
Justice, Mercy and Law in Appalachia
MemoirStories that bring the courtroom—and the people in it—to life.
From a first trial in Prestonsburg to family life in Kentucky, Tom’s memoir follows unexpected moments, hard choices, and human beings behind a life in criminal justice.
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The courthouses hold their own stories.
Tom’s photographs deserve more than a loose gallery. The archive gives each courthouse a place, a location, and—where Tom wishes to share one—a memory from the road or the courtroom.
Explore the courthouse collectionA conversation worth bringing to your community.
Tom can bring a reading, conversation, or storytelling program to libraries, bookstores, schools, legal organizations, churches, and civic groups.
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