The Street Lawyer
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John Grisham
Michael Dean
Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney. The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer. And a thief. "From the Hardcover edition."
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"it was kind of preachy but still a great story"
ilovebooks718-noelia
"Grisham in his late 90's lull. Seemed for a time he was milking the success of his first 3- The Firm, A Time to Kill (really first), and The Pelican Brief. And then he started clearly writing for film with The Client.<br/><br/>This was a good story that had he written it 10 years later, he would have done the solid job he has started to do again."
Brian Berness
"Personally for me, it’s the part when Michael joins forces with Mordecai and the 14th Street Legal Clinic as an advocate for the homeless. Makes you realize money isn’t fulfillment (career wise)!"
Chloe Eskew
"<br/> <br/> After first 4 or 5 legal thrillers they just got to be too preachy.<br/>"
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