Bio
Cordell Parvin
Cordell began practicing law in 1971, ultimately building a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the U.S.
After 37 years in practice, he began coaching lawyers within his own firm. The goal was to double originations in two years—but when that goal was met in just one, Cordell decided to shift his focus full time to helping lawyers succeed.
Over the years, Cordell became a well-known speaker, writer, and blogger on career and client development for lawyers. He delivered presentations to law firms and bar associations across the United States and Canada, published four books on career and client development, created a video Client Development Series: Securing, Retaining and Expanding Relationships with Your Clients, and wrote the Practical Success column for The Practical Lawyer.
You can learn more about his coaching, his coaching books, and his video series on his blog.
Visit His BlogBy the Author
I practiced law for 37 years. During that time, I developed a nationwide construction law practice. In 2004, I began coaching lawyers in my Dallas-based national law firm and found it so fulfilling that I decided to give up my law career after my most successful year. From 2005 to 2020, I coached over 1,000 lawyers in the United States and Canada. I am most proud that many of the lawyers I coached have become leaders or top rainmakers in their law firms. I have now retired from coaching lawyers, which gives me time to focus on writing novels.
I’ve written three in my Gabriela Sanchez series. I purposefully chose her as the lawyer protagonist. If you want to know why, you can find out by clicking on one of my interviews.
BOOK SERIES
The Billionaire’s Lawyer
Shy, reserved, young lawyer Gabriela Sanchez may have more of a reputation for her stunning looks than her big case trial experience but there’s much more to her than meets the eye. When she is hand-picked by a public relations firm to represent the richest man in Texas, she soon realizes her life is about to change forever. As a young Latina lawyer who is more comfortable volunteering with immigrants than mixing with the rich and famous, Gabriela comes from a different world to her client, conservative oil billionaire Sparks Duval. But can she put aside these differences to make sure his bulging bank balance and high profile status don’t get in the way of his right to a fair trial? And just how far will the government lawyers go to convict Duval? With the case described by the media as the ‘Texas trial of the century’, Gabriela knows she needs to win the hearts and minds of a sceptical jury to secure the right verdict.The Billionaire’s Lawyer is the first book in the Gabriela Sanchez series by author Cordell Parvin. This fast-paced courtroom drama will keep you on the edge of your seat as the characters struggle to find a balance between money and power and justice and morality. Can an idealistic young lawyer and a smart PR team work together to save Sparks or are there too many people with everything to gain from seeing him end up behind bars?
Countdown To Justice
Fresh from successfully defending a Texas billionaire, Gabriela Sanchez wants to avoid the media spotlight. Then she is asked to represent Gina Rossi, a determined, driven, cold-as-ice lawyer who refuses to testify in a grand jury bribery investigation of her client and the former Texas governor.
Defending a client against the Department of Justice is at best a daunting task, but Gina Rossi makes it even more difficult when she is unwilling to listen to Gabriela’s legal advice and refuses to tell her all of the important facts.
Rossi claims she cannot testify because of the lawyer-client privilege and she asserts the government will charge her with perjury if she doesn’t tell the story they want to hear.
Why is Gina willing to go to jail, risk her career and take on the Department of Justice? Gabriela believes Gina knows something that she needs to keep secret. How far is Gina willing to go to keep what she knows secret?
Her Best Defense
This is the third in a series of novels featuring the lawyer, Gabriela Sanchez. In Her Best Defense, Gabriela Sanchez agrees to represent a seventeen-year-old girl who, along with her sixteen-year-old friend, is accused of murdering a prominent Dallas business man, stealing his car and heading for Miami. After agreeing to defend the teenager her Congressman in the Rio Grande Valley announces he wants to retire and wants Gabriela to run for his seat. In Texas the seventeen year old defendant is treated as an adult for trial. The teenager’s trial is scheduled for March of 2020, giving Gabriela the opportunity to return to the Rio Grande Valley and run for Congress. What could possibly go wrong?
The Air Between Us (2025)
Jake Walker has spent his life navigating the skies and the expectations of others. From the pressure of his father’s military ambitions to the weight of his own decisions as a pilot and aerospace engineer, Jake’s path has been anything but steady. But when a pivotal career decision and a complicated love triangle force him to reevaluate what truly matters, Jake must confront the sacrifices he’s made for his country, and the people he loves.
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the aerospace industry, and the evolving landscape of 1970s California, The Air Between Us is a poignant exploration of ambition, love, and the distances that define us. Jake’s journey is a reminder that sometimes, the hardest battles are the ones fought within.
