Books like The litigators by John Grisham

Oscar Finley and Wally Figg have spent more than twenty years running a modest law practice from a cramped office in southwest Chicago, bickering like an old married couple while keeping their business afloat. When a new associate, the exhausted attorney David Zinc, stumbles into their office after a personal crisis, the partners find an opportunity that could change their fortunes. Varrick Labs, a $25‑billion pharmaceutical company, has produced the cholesterol‑lowering drug Krayoxx, which has recently been linked to heart‑attack cases. A lucrative class‑action lawsuit is gathering momentum in Florida, and Finley & Figg are poised to join the effort by recruiting patients who have suffered heart attacks while taking Krayoxx. The partnership could earn them wealth without the usual courtroom grind, presenting a risky but potentially rewarding gamble for the couple’s struggling practice.

First publish date: 2011