The Common Lawyer/The Perk

Mark Gimenez

THE COMMON LAWYER:
Andy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin Texas. Specialising in traffic law he operates from a room above a ramshackle tattoo parlour. When billionaire Russell Reeves retains Andy as his lawyer and pays him more money than he has ever earned before his life is transformed. But nothing comes for free. Russell is a desperate man whose sole aim is to save his eight-year-old son Zach who is dying from leukemia. He is prepared to do anything - even if it means putting Andy's life in danger...
THE PERK:
Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out. Meanwhile Beck is pushed into becoming town Judge and he makes some powerful enemies...