- The Street Lawyer
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name = The Street Lawyer
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author =John Grisham
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Legal thriller
publisher = Doubleday
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media_type =Hardcover Paperback
pages = 448
isbn = 0-385-49099-2"The Street Lawyer" is a legal/suspense novel, the ninth such work written by American author
John Grisham . The hardcover first edition was published by Doubleday in1998 (ISBN 0-385-49099-2).Dell Publishing printed the paperback edition in1999 (ISBN 0-440-22570-1).The Street Lawyer
The book begins on the streets of D.C., when the life of Michael Brock, a high-priced
antitrust lawyer is turned upside down when a homeless man walks into his office at Drake & Sweeney, a large law firm. The man, DeVon Hardy, is angry because the firm evicted him from his home, along with some other squatters.After a near-life threatening incident inside the halls of Drake and Sweeney and with his marriage breaking up; Brock begins to re-evaluate his priorities. He decides that he can no longer work for the firm. In the process, he gets acquainted with life on the inner-city streets of D.C.
He joins a firm, the 14th Street Legal Clinic, which helps the Homeless; including people that have been evicted by the law firm that he once worked for.
Characters
* "Mister" - homeless "street bum" who holds hostages at Drake & Sweeney; later revealed as DeVon Hardy
* Michael Brock - the protagonist; wealthy lawyer at the firm Drake & Sweeney
* Mordecai Green - street lawyer; advocate for the homeless
* Claire Brock - wife of Michael Brock; aspiring neurosurgeon
* Arthur Jacobs - senior partner at Drake & Sweeney
* Barry Nuzzo - long-time associate lawyer with Drake & Sweeney
* Braden Chance - partner, real estate lawyer at Drake & Sweeney
* Hector Palma - paralegal for Braden Chance
* Lontae Burton - homeless woman, with four children: Ontario, Alonzo, Dante, and Kale
* Abraham Lebow - street lawyer; associate of Mordecai Green
* Sofia Mendoza - social worker; associate of Mordecai Green and Abraham Lebow
* Tillman Gantry - former pimp, small-time hustler, and twice convicted felon.
* Ruby - Homeless woman addicted to crack, Michael is trying to help her.
* Megan - Michael's later love interest, works at the women's homeless shelterUnsold television pilot
In
2003 , plans were announced, and atelevision pilot filmed, for a proposed small screen adaptation of the novel. Produced byTouchstone Television , the show was to starEddie Cibrian as Michael Brock,KaDee Strickland ,Mario Van Peebles andHal Holbrook .Paris Barclay directed the pilot, which was scripted byBrian Koppelman andDavid Levien . However, for reasons unknown, the show was never given a full season pick-up.References
* [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/showatch.cgi?id=street_lawyer&view=archive Street Lawyer, The (ABC)] . "The Futon Critic". Retrieved June 12, 2005. (television pilot)
External links
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/features/grisham/books/streetlawyer/ Grisham's official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362375/ IMDB entry for "The Street Lawyer"]
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