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He secures a position with a memphis law firm, who then loses his job when the firm is. The book tells of a downonhisluck law student who stumbles on an interesting nonpayment of insurance case while doing probono work for a retirement home. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Moves at a pretty good pace and i loved the characters in the book and all the legal speak. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. He is a mixture of loud braggart and gentle dreamer. Rudys adventures in the legal world of memphis inevitably bring him to ethical questions. The main characters are developed well but not really challenged much.
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