'Bombshell - the Life and Law of Leigh Johnson as told to veteran crime journalist Adam Walters is a riveting account of the rollercoaster survived by one of Australia's toughest and most controversial criminal lawyers - Leigh Johnson. From representing a who's who of notorious criminals, starring on national television and taking on a male-dominated legal establishment Leigh Johnson tells a captivating and compelling story of rising above seemingly impossible odds. Bombshell chronicles a kaleidoscopic journey from the suburban back streets of Brisbane to the highest courts in the land for defending a long list of Australia's most wanted - including infamous murderers, bikie gangs, armed robbers and drug smugglers. Her clients included Anita Cobby killer Gary Murphy, notorious armed robber Julie "The Angel of Death Cashman", daring escapee, drug smuggler and rock band promoter Ian Saxxon, bikies charged over the Milperra massacre and the killer of Sydney prostitute Vivianne "Jane Doe" Ruiz. Leigh worked as an erotic dancer to help pay her way through Sydney University Law School, and as she says at the beginning of Chapter 4: "With a law degree under my suspender belt it was time to confront the so-called real world." She sets the record straight in dealing with the damage and defamation inflicted upon her reputation in trying to overcome the sexism, bias, bile and resentment of enemies in high places.' (Publication summary)
