| Author: | Barry Jay Freeman | ISBN: | 9781311134400 |
| Publisher: | Barry Jay Freeman | Publication: | June 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Barry Jay Freeman |
| ISBN: | 9781311134400 |
| Publisher: | Barry Jay Freeman |
| Publication: | June 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
A Tale of Two Lawyers is a combination of an entertaining fictional story with the educational revelations of informative nonfiction. After practicing law for forty seven years in Chicago, the author has a lot to say about the profession, and he says it in this book. It describes the colorful lives and loves of two Chicago attorneys, along with an in-depth, authentic exposé of the much maligned business of law and its most flagrantly practiced attorney/client conflict of interest—hourly billing.
The book begins at the story’s end when the unidentified newly-wedded husband and wife enjoy recent retirement at the poolside of their new Costa Rican beachfront home. The tale actually begins in the second chapter, where we meet roommates Mel Foster and Jerry Sloan, freshmen at Northwestern Law School in the 1950s. At the end of the book—after moving through law school, career advancements, varied clients, and life/love experiences of the two lawyers—we learn which thus ends his career and enters retirement with his love to live happily ever after. Colored by the author's critical observations and experiences in the practice, the tale follows Mel and Jerry as they pursue the legal profession down contrasting and divergent pathways. The two lawyers meet head-on at the end of their careers, facing each other in a class action battle that brings the tale to its fitting conclusion.
A Tale of Two Lawyers is a combination of an entertaining fictional story with the educational revelations of informative nonfiction. After practicing law for forty seven years in Chicago, the author has a lot to say about the profession, and he says it in this book. It describes the colorful lives and loves of two Chicago attorneys, along with an in-depth, authentic exposé of the much maligned business of law and its most flagrantly practiced attorney/client conflict of interest—hourly billing.
The book begins at the story’s end when the unidentified newly-wedded husband and wife enjoy recent retirement at the poolside of their new Costa Rican beachfront home. The tale actually begins in the second chapter, where we meet roommates Mel Foster and Jerry Sloan, freshmen at Northwestern Law School in the 1950s. At the end of the book—after moving through law school, career advancements, varied clients, and life/love experiences of the two lawyers—we learn which thus ends his career and enters retirement with his love to live happily ever after. Colored by the author's critical observations and experiences in the practice, the tale follows Mel and Jerry as they pursue the legal profession down contrasting and divergent pathways. The two lawyers meet head-on at the end of their careers, facing each other in a class action battle that brings the tale to its fitting conclusion.
