The Street Lawyer

The Street LawyerMichael 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

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.

And a thief.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 02/16/1998
ISBN: 9780385490993
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.35w x 1.15d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/1997 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 01/19/1998 pg. 371
Booklist 02/15/1998 pg. 948
New York Times 03/22/1998 pg. 28
School Library Journal 06/01/1998 pg. 175
Library Journal 11/01/1997

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 35654 / Street Lawyer
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 15