About The Authors

Joseph Bockol

Joseph Bockol has worked in the entertainment industry since 2003 as a client of Paradigm Talent Agency in Los Angeles. He has worked on the creation and assisted in the development of television shows for NBC Universal and Broadway Video, as well as several cable television movie projects. As a writer, he has been involved with and written for a variety of undertakings ranging from sit-coms, screenplays and musicals; one of which entitled "Queen of the Ritz" is currently in development for Broadway. Bockol is also an accomplished musician and composer.

Richard Bockol

A former Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, Richard Bockol has practiced law privately for the past twenty-seven years. Since 1976, Bockol has been the Restaurant Reviewer, Travel Writer and Contributing Editor of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Bar Reporter. He is also the author of a book entitled "Fatty R. Bockol Ate Here," a compilation of his most successful and admired early articles and reviews. Recently he has edited several books, most notably "Rubin Hurricane Carter and the American Justice System," a biography of the life of Hurricane Carter written by Dr. Paul Wice of Drew University. Bockol was also a former host of the restaurant portions of "Live at Five" on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia with Matt Lauer, and wrote and recorded "legal updates" for KYW-1060 Radio for the Bar Association. He has also written many hundreds of legal Briefs throughout all the Courts of Pennsylvania and its Federal Courts.