num_pages: 348
description: Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake &amp; 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 &amp; 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.
language: English
title: The Street Lawyer
titlecomplete: The Street Lawyer
characters: Rudolph Mayes, Madam Devier, Barry Nuzzo, Claire Brock, Sofia Mendoza, Tilmann Gantry, Tim Claussen, Arthur Jacobs, DeVon Hardy, Nate Malamud, Wayne Umstead, Lontae Burton, Norman Kisner, Donald Rafter, Hector Palma, Kito Spires, Warner Brock, Abraham Lebow, Michael Brock, Marquis Deese, Braden Chance, Wilma Phelan, Mordecai Green
genres: Law, Thriller, Novels, Adult Fiction, Crime, Suspense, Legal Thriller, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 113905
places: Washington, D.C.
publisher: Doubleday