David Zinc is a 31-year-old Harvard Law graduate who is burnt out from working long hours underwriting bonds for the high-powered law-firm of Rogan Rothberg. This story starts with his anxiety attack, causing him to flee his lucrative job, escaping to an all-day bender that indirectly lands him with the "boutique" firm of Finley and Figg. Showing up drunk on their doorstep, he ultimately convinces them to take him into their firm as an almost unpaid associate. David is refreshed by the change, but shocked by the often questionable ethics of his new firm. When Wally Fig, the junior partner, stumbles across the possibility that Krayoxx, an anti-cholesterol drug, might lead to heart attacks and strokes, he sees a chance to move beyond the divorce, personal injury, and other "street law" staples of his ambulance chasing firm. Partnering with highly profitable tort firms, the plan is to accumulate clients for the almost guaranteed settlement. With a title of "The Litigators," you can easily speculate how that turned out for this set of lawyers with almost zero trial experience and a lawsuit that turns out to be pretty shaky.
While this was not my favorite Grisham book, that's not necessarily a bad review. Grisham is the king of the legal thriller. Although I would consider this less of a thriller, I really enjoyed this book and found much of it humorous. While the underlying plot was pretty predictable, the story was told in a way that really engaged me and kept my interest.
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