He doesn't have an apartment either but in conversation with a client, secures room and board in her backyard a rather nice place off the beaten track.
He fortunately finds someone to work for but soon a lawsuit comes a' callin', and he's forced to abandon the practise and create a new one of his own.
A resilient legal aid resourcefully assists his fledgling endeavours (Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet), the two forging a dynamic team harnessing practical and constructive knowledge.
Medical insurance fraud indeed becomes their driving ethical focus, while an extremely distressing spousal abuse case takes up most of Baylor's free time.
They're up against a corporate team who offers them a settlement at the outset, but daring Baylor digs in deep and decides to challenge them in court.
Meanwhile, he's visiting Ms. Riker (Claire Danes) to offer counsel when her husband returns.
Literally in the fight of his life.
He responds with reciprocal reckoning.
The direct just how things go realistic hands-on overt narrative, leaving nothing to chance or whimsy everything presented as plain as day.
The latent dream overwhelming at times to simply tell it like it is, with lucid manifest striking composure bravely detailing complex dissonance.
I'd argue you'd have more success with this style or perhaps find a much larger audience, incumbent mystery and bewildering bantha not as appealing from time to time.
With relativity applied however there are manifold layers of concrete communication, one startling stark steady statement taking on several alternative significations.
Thus Dickens or Proust may seem out of touch if you focus intently on John Grisham (which I did in high school [even visiting Oxford, Mississippi {dad wanted to see Faulkner's homestead which was in the area}]), but if you train and practise and up your game you'll learn to harmonize the three.
The Rainmaker presents potential realities with appealing incandescent virtue.
I loved reading John Grisham in my youth.
Along with ye olde Anne Rice.
*Also love reading Faulkner.
**Co-starring Mickey Rourke (Bruiser Stone), Danny Glover (Judge Tyrone Kipler), Jon Voight (Leo F. Drummond), Mary Kay Place (Dot Black), Dean Stockwell (Judge Hale), Virginia Madsen (Jackie Lemancyzk), and Roy Scheider (Wilfred).