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Publishing for trial lawyers and litigation practices
A client with a serious case chooses a lawyer the way they would choose a surgeon: someone who has thought about cases like theirs. A book on that case type, in your words, makes that case for you before the first call.
Tell us your practice area and the case type you want more of. A specialist replies within one business day with the path that fits and a written price.
The short answer
Columbia Publication publishes books for trial lawyers through three programs: the Authority System at $4,999 (your manuscript copyedited, designed, published and launched with an author website and press release), Authority Plus from $7,500 (editing at all three levels, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign), and the Gravitas Press imprint from $25,000 with your manuscript, up to $45,000 written with you from structured interviews, about fifteen to eighteen hours of your time. Every manuscript is written to the professional rules that apply to you and signed off by you before print, and you keep 100% of rights and royalties.
Prices checked October 26, 2026 · Reviewed by Gia Kahn, Lead Editor · Next review November 2026 · How we check
Is this you?
Billboards and ratings look the same from one firm to the next.
A client facing a serious injury, a wrongful termination or a complex dispute sees advertising, ratings and directory badges. None of it shows how you build a case or try it.
A book on their case type shows exactly that. We write it with you from interviews, keep it within your bar’s advertising rules, and publish it under your name or your firm’s.
Start here
Three programs, depending on what the book has to do and how much you want to write yourself.
| Program | Price | Choose it if |
|---|---|---|
| Authority System | $4,999 | You have the manuscript and want it copyedited, designed, published and launched with an author website and press release |
| Authority Plus | From $7,500 | You have the manuscript and want the full launch: three levels of editing, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign |
| Gravitas Press | From $25,000, up to $45,000 | You want the book written with you from interviews, or your manuscript elevated, under the executive imprint with PR strategy. See Gravitas Press |
Weighing the options? Book the free strategy call. A senior editor talks through your practice area and sends a one-page outline of the angle, reader and chapters.
What a book does
A book in your practice area gives referring lawyers a clear reason to send you the case.
A client who has read your book understands the process and your approach before intake.
Published work supports faculty roles and speaking invitations.
Journalists covering a case type look for the lawyer who wrote the book on it.
Results depend on how the book is used. We do not promise outcomes, and we do not publish client figures we cannot evidence.
Not sure which book fits your practice? The free strategy call answers that.
Get My Book PlanChoosing the book
One case type for prospective clients: traumatic brain injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, employment, commercial disputes.
Your approach to case theory and advocacy, for colleagues, referring attorneys and sophisticated clients.
A defining trial or the development of a legal theory, written within confidentiality rules.
Professional rules
Your time
If you write the manuscript yourself, production takes 4 to 9 weeks from an approved quote. If you would rather talk than write, a senior writer builds the book from structured interviews: about fifteen to eighteen hours of your time in total, in sessions of about forty-five minutes scheduled around your calendar, plus a review of each chapter. Co-authored books are welcome; each author is interviewed separately.
When it is done
A referring attorney hands your book to a client and says this is the lawyer for your case. The client reads it that weekend and calls on Monday already understanding how you work.
Programs
Three paths, each set out in a written quote before you are bound to anything.
You wrote it
$4,999
Copyedit, cover, interior formatting, Amazon optimization, an author website and a press release for your manuscript. Prepared with bar advertising rules in mind.
A book prospective clients can read the night before they choose a firm, with a website and press release behind it.
Production typically 4 to 9 weeks
Get My Book PlanMost chosen
From $7,500
The Authority System plus developmental, line and copy editing, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign. Copies for referral partners and bar events.
A launch that puts your book on Amazon, in audio and in your lobby, with copies for referral partners and the bar events you attend.
The full launch
Get My Book PlanWritten with you
From $25,000
Your manuscript elevated, or written with you from interviews between trials, under the executive imprint with PR strategy and 25 copies. For attorneys whose trial calendar comes first.
Your courtroom thinking written up from interviews, so trial prep never stalls the book.
Up to $45,000 written with you
Get My Book PlanWhat protects you and your license
Fee paid in full on approval of the written quote. You hold all rights and all royalties.
What you can count on
How it runs
We’ve started with Help writing the book. Add anything else your manuscript needs, and a specialist sends an itemised quote within one business day. Free, confidential, no obligation.
Written quote within one business day. Nothing is charged until you approve it. 100% of your rights stay yours.
Questions
The Authority System is $4,999 for your manuscript copyedited, designed, published and launched with an author website and press release. Authority Plus, from $7,500, adds editing at all three levels, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign. Gravitas Press starts from $25,000 with your manuscript and goes up to $45,000 written with you from interviews.
Your state’s advertising rules. The manuscript is written to them and to the ABA Model Rules, and you sign off every page. No outcome guarantees and no comparisons with named opposing counsel. Confidentiality. No client confidences, and no commentary on pending matters. Your review. Your firm’s advertising review or ethics counsel can read the manuscript before print.
Yes. Through Gravitas Press a senior writer builds the book from structured interviews, about fifteen to eighteen hours of your time, rescheduled around trials. You approve every chapter. Ghostwriting outside the imprint starts from $7,500.
Production takes 4 to 9 weeks once the manuscript is approved. Interview-based books add a drafting phase, dated in your written proposal.
Not through us. Rights and royalties are 100% yours. If your partnership agreement covers publications, check it first.
In full upfront once the written quote is approved. Firm or personal payment both work.
Yes. Books can carry your name, your firm’s, or both.
Your practice area and the book you have in mind. A specialist replies within one business day.
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