The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for hotshot young litigators Clay Carter dreams of a better job in a real law firm when he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a seemingly senseless street murder But as he digs into the background of his client, Clay uncovers evidence that implicates one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world If he wins the case, the enormous settlement would make him the newest King of Torts