The street lawyer / John Grisham.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Arrow, 1998. Description: 361 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 0-09-924492-6Subject(s): American fiction | Suspense fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Homeless persons | Lawyers | Women lawyers | Legal fiction (Literature) | Attorney and clientDDC classification: 813 Summary: Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant DC firm with eight hundered 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 from the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
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Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant DC firm with eight hundered 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 from the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
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