Michael Was In A Hurry. He Was Scrambling Up The Ladder At Drake & Sweeney, A Giant D. C. Firm With 800 Lawyers. The Money Was Good And Getting Better; A Partnership Was Three Years Away. He Was A Rising Star, With No Time To Waste, No Time To Stop, No Time To Toss A Few Coins Into The Cups Of Panhandlers, No Time To Walk Around Them On The Sidewalk. No Time For A Conscience. But A Violent Encounter With A Homeless Man Stopped Him Cold. Michael Survived; His Assailant Did Not. Who Was This Homeless Man? Michael Did Some Digging And Learned That He Was A Mentally Ill Veteran Who'D Been In And Out Of Shelters For Twenty Years. Then Michael Dug A Little Deeper, And Found A Dirty Secret, And The Secret Involved Drake & Sweeney. The Fast Track Derailed; The Ladder Collapsed. Michael Bolted From The Firm, And Took A Top Secret File With Him. He Landed In The Streets, A Poverty Lawyer, A Street Lawyer, An Advocate For The Homeless. And A Thief.