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The street lawyer

Author: John Grisham
Publisher: New York : Dell, 1999, ©1998.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. 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 Read more...

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Genre/Form: Legal stories.
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Grisham
ISBN: 0440225701 9780440225706
OCLC Number: 40625261
Notes: "Island books."
Description: 452 p. ; 18 cm.
Responsibility: John Grisham.

Abstract:

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. 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 from 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.

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