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The Common Lawyer follows Andy Prescott, a modest traffic‑ticket lawyer who runs his practice from an office above a tattoo parlor in Austin, Texas. When a billionaire philanthropist seeks Amelia’s help to secure his dying son’s future and a secretary faces a speeding ticket, Prescott’s worlds intertwine in unexpected ways.
Throughout the novel, Prescott wrestles with the moral complexities of defending a client whose wealth and influence threaten to eclipse his own ethics, ultimately questioning whether success can be measured by money alone.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: Mark Gimenez
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