The author Stan Billingsley is a retired Judge, having served on the bench for 25 years. He graduated from Western Ky. University and the UK College of Law. He has worked for the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., served as an Administrative Assistant to Governor Edward T. Breathitt, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the USAR, served as City Attorney for Carrollton, Kentucky and served in the Kentucky House of Representatives. He is a mediator and arbitrator of civil claims. In 1995 he was honored by the Ky. Bar Association as the Outstanding Judge in Kentucky. Judge Billingsley is the co-author of several legal texts including Ky. Driving Under the Influence Law co-authored with Hon. Wilbur Zevely and published by Thomson-West, and Ky. Medical Malpractice Law co-authored with the Hon. Richard Lawrence and published by LawReader Books. He has authored two novels concerning lawyers ethics issues: Alice VS. Wonderland and A Parliament of Owls.