Sunday, February 18, 2007

the street lawyer - john grisham


32 year old successful lawyer, high up in the ranks, finds himself investigating the hostage situation he finds himself in at work one day, and in the process, uncovers an important file which proves his firm was engaging in fraudulent activity. As a result, he leaves the firm and joins a street lawyer group… a bunch of decent lawyers trying to help the poor, the homeless, the addicts… things every first year lawyer dreams about till the offer of money, money money, corrupts most of them and they work in a paperland of documents for big firms.
Following up on a particular family he met at a soup shelter, he finds they too, were a victim of fraud of his former firm… which engages his gears in action… and sees him the target of the police, his former colleagues.. till he gets to court and gets a decent judge to see things his way. Happy ending too.

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