# The Street Lawyer

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- Book: [The Street Lawyer](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-grisham/the-street-lawyer) ([The Street Lawyer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-grisham/the-street-lawyer.md))
- Authors: [John Grisham](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-grisham)
- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-7360-582-4
- Published: 2014-09-25
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

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. " Fluent and fascinating. Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure -- and the clout to be able to say it to an audience of millions." Independent (P)1998 Random House, LLC