Mike Farris

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Wrongful Termination (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Bay Muckleroy is a modern-day Diogenes, looking for an honest man. His problem lies not in the object of his search, but in the venue-he is a partner in Black West & Merriam, the largest law firm in Dallas, Texas, where honest men are scarce. Bay came up through the ranks of the firm at a time when honor and integrity did not constitute character flaws. But times have changed with the influx of lawyers the firm hired laterally from other law firms. Lawyers like Tripp Malloy, who brought with him ten million dollars' worth of legal business and a sacrifice-truth-for-wealth attitude. Infiltrating the power structure of the firm by the threat of taking their clients and moving on if challenged, Malloy and his ilk have brought a new era to the firm, one that Bay finds distasteful. Enter Meg Kelly-a first-year associate who blows the whistle on Malloy's chronic overbilling of clients. What she couldn't possibly know was that something far more sinister was lurking beneath of the surface of those bloated fee statements. Something that Tripp and the firm needed to keep hidden. When she is fired for insubordination, Meg turns to Bay, her mentor, for help. Unaware of the tempest they are about to unleash, he champions her wrongful termination lawsuit against his own firm. But when they stumble onto a truth that threatens not only Tripp Malloy, but the entire law firm, they soon find themselves both in danger of being wrongfully terminated.

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Autor

MIKE FARRIS is a 1983 cum laude graduate of Texas Tech University School of Law, where he was an associate editor on the Texas Tech Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Recently retired, Mike's practice had included commercial litigation as well as entertainment law, focusing on the movie and publishing industries. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington in the Political Science Department where he teaches Constitutional Law and Entertainment Law. Mike was lead counsel for the plaintiff in what has become known as the"Fifty Shades of Grey" lawsuit (Jennifer Lynn Pedroza v. Amanda M. Hayward and TWCS Operations Pty. Ltd. in the 153rd District Court in Tarrant County), which resulted in a plaintiff's judgment, following a jury trial, in excess of $13.2 million (which includes pre-judgment interest and attorney's fees). Mike represents various university presses and has successfully placed subsidiary rights to their published books, including negotiating the sale of movie rights to producers and Hollywood studios, such as "The Free State of Jones," published by University of North Carolina Press. The movie "Free State of Jones" was released in June 2016, starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and directed by multi-time Oscar nominee Gary Ross. Mike was the 2014 Chair of the Dallas Bar Association's Sports and Entertainment Law Section, after also having served as Chair in 2009 and 2012, and Vice-Chair in 2011. He served as Chair of the State Bar of Texas Entertainment and Sports Law Section during the 2017-2018 year and was past editor of the Entertainment and Sports Law Journal. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas in its Sports & Entertainment Management MBA program, where he served on the Sports & Entertainment Advisory Board. Mike is much in demand as a presenter at writers' conferences around the country, including the Screenwriting Conference at Santa Fe and the La Jolla Writers Conference, speaking on topics ranging from beginning screenwriting and cinematic storytelling to legal issues for writers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 293
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611876956
• Artikelnr.: 41141622