Unbillable Hours: A True Story
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607146290 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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While at Latham his pro bono work on behalf of Mario Rocha, a young Latino man then serving a double life sentence for a murder he did not commit, was featured in the award-winning documentary film Mario's Story, currently airing on Showtime. About the AuthorIan Graham is a lawyer living in Los Angeles, California. Rocha, and worked as the Associate Producer of Kicking It, a documentary on the Homeless World Cup soccer tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa, that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and airs on ESPN. After graduating from Rice University in 1997 and the University of Texas Law School in 2001, he joined the law firm of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles where he worked as an associate from 2001 to 2006. He continues to represent Mr.
law firm, complete with a six figure income, signaled the beginning of the good life for Ian Graham. The work was grueling and boring, the days were impossibly long, and Graham’s sole purpose was to rack up billable hours. Clear-eyed and moving, written with the drama and speed of a John Grisham novel and the personal appeal of Scott Turow’s account of his law school years, Unbillable Hours is an arresting personal story with implications for all of us.. Landing a job at a prestigious L.A. But when he took an unpaid pro bono case to escape the drudgery, Graham found the meaning in his work that he’d been looking for. As he worked to free Mario Rocha, a gifted young Latino who had been wrongly convicted at 16 and sentenced to life without parole, the shocking contrast between the greed and hypocrisy of law firm life and Mario’s desperate struggle for freedom led Graham to look long and hard at his future as a corporate lawyer. But the harsh reality of life as an associate quickly became evident. The story—part memoir, part hard-hitting expose—of a first-year law associate negotiating the arduous path through
He continues to represent Mr. Rocha, and worked as the Associate Producer of Kicking It, a documentary on the Homeless World Cup soccer tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa, that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and airs on ESPN. Ian Graham is a lawyer living in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Rice University in 1997 and the Univers
"A layering of two stories that hooks you from the start" according to PAX. Ian Graham's "Unbillable Hours" weaves the true narrative of a young lawyer stumbling into counsel for the murder conviction appeal of Mario Rocha. Mario -- a young man who by all accounts appeared innocent -- was the on the wrong end of systemic oversight and miscarried justice that led to nearly a decade of imprisonment (see the documentary of his case, Mario's Story). Graham, whose privileged upbringing couldn't be any farther apart from Mario's, is drawn through a series of biographical twists and turns after moving to California to join an esteemed firm. Graham's navigation of the big l. Very nice read and well written I picked this book up for free and really enjoy d reading it. I'm t gives you a good perspective on both being a lawyer and on some of the challenges in the court system for under privileged minorities.. "Four Stars" according to Pam. Glad I'm not an attorney!