From Pro Bono Client to My First Defendant
A former classmate of mine, Zack Lindell, is unlawfully fired by his company and denied a severance package. With nowhere else to turn, he becomes so desperate that he threatens to take his own life.
I represent him entirely free of charge and run myself ragged until I secure a 500,000-dollar settlement for him.
Yet on the day he receives the money, he comes to me with a 50-dollar parking receipt.
"William, I drove my car that day, so I'll let the gas money slide, but the parking was because you had business at the courthouse, so that should be your expense, right?"
Beside him, his wife, Helena Lindell, adds sarcastically, "I hear you big-shot corporate lawyers make insane money. Tens of