James David Zirin is a lawyer, author, and television talk-show host. Zirin's work has appeared in in Forbes, Time, Huffington Post, The Hill, The Nation, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, and Washington Monthly. His first book, "The Mother Court," was published in 2014, and inspired the Shonda Rhimes TV series “For the People.” His second book, "Supremely Partisan," was published in 2016.