GENRE: Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Co.
RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2020
LENGTH: 272 pages
ISBN: 9781250244314
Jill Wine-Banks Celebrates Her Book 'The Watergate Girl'
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Jill Wine-Banks’ acclaimed memoir, The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President, is now available at bookstores and online retailers.
For those who would like a signed or personalized copy, you can order from Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston, IL, or The Book Stall in Winnetka, IL.
Jill will personally sign and/or personalize books purchased from these independent bookstores. Click on the logos below to order your copy:
You can also find The Watergate Girl at major bookstores and online retailers—explore your preferred option below:
It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement stood a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest-ranking White House officials. Called “the mini-skirted lawyer” by the press, she fought to receive the respect accorded her male counterparts―and prevailed.
In The Watergate Girl, Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside this troubled time in American history, and it is impossible to read about the crimes of Richard Nixon and the people around him without drawing parallels to today’s headlines. The book is also the story of a young woman who sought to make her professional mark while trapped in a failing marriage, buffeted by sexist preconceptions, and harboring secrets of her own. Her house was burgled, her phones were tapped, and even her office garbage was rifled through.
At once a cautionary tale and an inspiration for those who believe in the power of justice and the rule of law, The Watergate Girl is a revelation about our country, our politics, and who we are as a society.
November 5, 2021, a virtual panel book talk with Attorney Jill Wine-Banks, legal analysis on MSNBC. She is known as the woman on the Watergate Case. This political case caused the U.S. President, Richard M. Nixon to resign.
Debbie Cenziper & Jill Wine-Banks will speak on their new books Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitlerʼs Hidden Soldiers in America and The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President to conclude the Commonpoint Queens Spring 2021 Virtual Speaker Series May 24 and June 7.
Jill Wine-Banks, author of “The Watergate Girl,” was featured as a Levy Lecture speaker on April 20 as she spoke via Zoom to a group of nearly 400 people, mostly seniors 55+ in the Evanston environs. The candid conversation spanned nearly two hours, as she provided an overview of the Watergate scandal, her perspective on the recent and current political environment, and some heart-stopping observations about the Chauvin trial.
Jill Wine-Banks, author and MSNBC Legal Analyst is joined by Chicago business leader Christie Hefner to discuss The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President.
Anybody who lived through Watergate remembers the young attorney: Jill Wine-Banks (then Wine Volner). She was the sole female prosecutor on the federal government’s Watergate trial team.
EXCLUSIVE: Katie Holmes, through her Noelle Productions banner, has optioned The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth and Justice Against A Criminal President, the best-selling autobiography by former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks. Holmes will star and produce the project, which is planned as a feature adaptation.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, join us for a conversation with Jill Wine-Banks, an MSNBC legal analyst, speaker, and author. Together with Venable partner Courtney Sullivan, Jill will explore her new book, The Watergate Girl, which details her experiences as the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest-ranking White House officials involved in the Watergate scandal. Dubbed the “mini-skirted lawyer,” Jill will also discuss beginning her career as the first woman to serve as an organized crime prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice and will offer a glimpse of some of the challenges and absurdities she endured as a young working woman.
Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks joins Zev Shalev and @LincolnsBible to talk about her new book 'The Watergate Girl,' and what it's like to take on presidents and mobsters.
MSNBC legal analyst and Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks discusses her new book, The Watergate Girl.
You're invited to join Congresswoman Schakowsky for her 24th Annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch on Monday, May 5th!
Friday, March 28, 2025
Westin Galleria Dallas
Ballroom – 3rd Floor
Registration 11:30 am
Program 12 noon
Jill Wine-Banks is a distinguished attorney, former Watergate prosecutor, General Counsel for the Army during the Carter Administration, MSNBC Legal Analyst, podcast host, and a specific kind of jewelry collector. Jill uses the pin as a messaging device to convey ideas, make statements, and construct narratives. This is an exhibition and archiving project featuring pins mined from her personal collection accumulated over a lifetime of work in the political and legal landscape in the US.
If you’re wondering what else you can do 2 days before voting ends, this is it. Have fun, eat well with a great group, and help Kamala become Madam President! Join us tomorrow from 5-8 at Vermilion with lots of great chefs and speakers about issues we are passionate about.
The Judith Glick Buckman Fund for the Future invites you to attend our Celebrating Women's Voices award presentation to Jill Wine-Banks via Zoom.
On Wednesday, September 25 at 5:30 pm, the Decalogue Society will host an evening with author, attorney, and MSNBC Analyst Jill Wine-Banks, author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President. The event will take place at The Arts Club of Chicago (201 E. Ontario). Co-sponsored by ISBA’s Standing Committee on Women and the Law. Tickets are $50 ($35 for ISBA members). Registration is available on The Decalogue Society website (non-Decalogue members will need to create a non-member profile).
oin the hosts of Politicon’s award-winning #SistersInLaw (MSNBC commentators Joyce Vance, Jill Wine-Banks, Barb McQuade and Kimberly Atkins Stohr) for a live taping of the hit podcast — and a conversation on the legal and political issues that matter most leading up to one of the most consequential presidential elections in a generation.
Election interference. Abortion rights. Executive power. Democracy itself. So much is on the line this November. What happens when two former US attorneys, a Watergate prosecutor, and a senior opinion writer get together on a mic to talk it out? Straightforward, witty, and whip-smart, #SistersInLaw breaks down the most complex legal and political issues of the day, making them accessible for everyone. Hear Vance, Wine-Banks, McQuade and Atkins Stohr, pull back the curtain on how our legal system really works — offering unvarnished, inside perspectives on the issues that matter most.
Jill Wine-Banks, the distinguished attorney and MSNBC Legal Analyst, will join us to speak about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent action on social media censorship. This program will not be recorded for later viewing—please join us to watch it live.
Calling all writers and dreamers. I'm speaking Saturday at the "Evanston Writers Workshop In the Trenches with the Writer." Conference is Nov 2-5, 2023 at Hyatt Regency Deerfield, IL. Register now at http://inthetrenches2023.com. This is the conference for you! Fun and educational.
This is the 26th lecture in the series established to honor founding Dean Hiram H. Lesar. A reception starts the festivities at 5 p.m. in the law school’s formal lounge. The event is free and open to the public.
“What Jill Wine-Banks did in the early 1970s is the stuff of legend: She got the goods on a corrupt president and used the power of the law to call him and his henchmen to account. The Watergate Girl tells an inspiring story for our troubled times―bravely, wittily, and wisely, with piercing insight and bracing literary verve.”
“Come with Jill Wine-Banks back to a time when women were ‘girls,’ accomplished professionals were mistaken for prostitutes, and a determined figure that one headline identified as ‘The Leggiest Watergate Lawyer’ rose above it all do something heroic: bring down a criminal president. A riveting and wonderfully crafted memoir for our time.”
“Such a wonderful book! Jill Wine-Banks makes the Watergate scandal seem as current as today. She has written a fascinating, intimate account of her role as a young assistant special prosecutor―and also her #MeToo experiences in a series of groundbreaking jobs.”
“A lively and engrossing account and a timely reminder of how an able and dedicated lawyer and her colleagues held a president and his minions accountable―and why it was vital to do so. It is also an important story of how a young woman confronted a ‘man’s world,’ and dealt with her own vulnerabilities and personal crises at the same time.”
“An intimate, powerful personal story. Jill Wine-Banks is not afraid to share and tell all her experiences and opinions. And I promise you she does.”
The Girard-diCarlo Center hosts the 2023 Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Jill Wine-Banks, author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President, will talk with Dean Mark C. Alexander about her book and experience as the only woman on the Watergate prosecution team.