The Street Lawyer (40 page)

I didn’t dare think of the future; the past was still happening.

Author’s Note

BEFORE WRITING this book, I had not worried too much about the homeless. And I certainly didn’t know anyone who worked with them.

In D.C., I found my way to the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, where I met Patricia Fugere, the Director. She and her colleagues—MaryAnn Luby, Scott McNeilly, and Melody Webb O’Sullivan—introduced me to the world of the homeless. Many thanks to them for their time and assistance.

Thanks also to Maria Foscarinis of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and to Willa
Day Morris at Rachael’s Women’s Center, and Mary Popit at New Endeavors by Women, and Bruce Casino and Bruce Sanford of Baker & Hostetler.

Will Denton once again read the manuscript and suggested changes to keep it lawyerly. Jefferson Arrington showed me the city. Jonathan Hamilton did the research. Thanks.

And to the real Mordecai Greens, a quiet tribute for your work in the trenches.

Books by John Grisham

A TIME TO KILL
THE FIRM
THE PELICAN BRIEF
THE CLIENT
THE CHAMBER
THE RAINMAKER
THE RUNAWAY JURY
THE PARTNER
THE STREET LAWYER
THE TESTAMENT
THE BRETHREN
A PAINTED HOUSE
SKIPPING CHRISTMAS
THE SUMMONS
THE KING OF TORTS
BLEACHERS
THE LAST JUROR
THE BROKER
THE INNOCENT MAN
PLAYING FOR PIZZA
THE APPEAL
THE ASSOCIATE
FORD COUNTY: STORIES

JOHN GRISHAM has written twenty-one novels, including the recent #1
New York Times
bestsellers
The Associate
and
The Appeal
, as well as one work of nonfiction,
The Innocent Man
. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi. His new book from Doubleday is
Ford County: Stories
.

www.jgrisham.com