 The firm's partners and senior associates are involved in tax

fraud and money laundering

 If a lawyer wants to leave after finding out, they get killed.
 Mitch learns that his car, house, and office are bugged
 The FBI make a deal where Mitch gives them information and he
gets money, protection and his brother out of prison

Bendini, Lambert, and Locke

"Look, Mich, I know you must have a thousand questions. Okay. So I'll
just keep talking and tell you what I know. The Five dead lawyers all
wanted out after they learned the truth. We never talked to the first
three, because, frankly, we knew nothing about the firm until seven
yers ago. They've done an excellent job of staying quiet and leaving no
trail. The first three just wanted out, probably , so they got out. In
coffins. Hodge and Kozinski were different. They approached us, and
over the course of a year we had several meetings. They dripped the
bomb on Kozinski after he'd been there for seven years. he told Hodge.
They whispered between themselves for a year. Kozinski was about to
make a partner and wanted out before that happened. So he and
Hodge made the fatal decision to get out. They never mentioned it to
us. We sent Wayne Tarrance to Memphis to bring them in. Tarrance is
an organized-crime specialist from New York. He and the two were
getting real close when that thing happened in the Caymans. These
guys in Memphis are very good, Mitch. Don't ever forget that. They've
got the money and they hire the best. So after Hodge and Kozinski
were killed, I made the decision to get the firm. If we can bust that
firm, we can indict every significant member of the Morolto family.
There could be over five hundred indictments. Tax Evasions,
laundering, racketeering, just whatever you want. It could destroy the
Morolto family, and that would be the single most devastating blow to
organized crime in the past thirty years. Ans, Mitch, it's all in the files
that the quiet little Bendini firm in Memphis"

My Favorite Paragraph
The Firm
Reason
By John Grisham
This paragraph gives the first insight and explanation to what the law
firm is actually doing. It makes Mitch doubt everything he has been
told, even though he does not trust Tarrance completely. It explains
almost everything the law firm is doing and explains the story behind
the deaths of Hodge and Kozinski.

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About the Author

John Ray Grisham, Jr. is his full name, and he was born on February 8,
1955. Other than writing legal thrillers, he is also a politician and
lawyer. He graduated from Mississippi State University before
attending the University of Mississippi school of Law in 1981. As of
2008 he has sold over 250 million copies worldwide. He has also won
the Galaxy British Book award. The Firm is his bestseller, selling over
seven million copies.

Grisham talks about The Firm (Book, TV Show, and Movie)

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My Opinion

 Very interesting, exciting, thrilling, and surprising

 I could not put it down. I always had to find out what was going
to happen next
 The author went into great detail to describe the surroundings,
the characters, and the setting. I felt like I could picture every
place and every character perfectly
 This book would be good for almost any age, but especially high
school and college students
 I always felt very surprised at some of the twist and turns the
author took
 This book was very believable. It almost makes you wonder if
there is a law firm like that out there somewhere.
 The themes in this book included: Conspiracy, Crime, Power,
Morals, Trust, Loyalty and many more
  In my opinion, one of the many messages I got from the book was
that you can only trust a few people in the world because you
never really know the whole truth.

The TV show
Ideas
Main Ideas
The Firm Trailer
Ideas

 Mitch works with Eddie's secretary, Tammy Hemphill, and they

copy over 10,000 documents
 Mitch and Abby plan to run away (With Ray) after they turn over
the files to the FBI, because they do not completely trust them
 The Mafia finds out the Mitch is working with the FBI

Money Controls

 Mitchell "Mitch" McDeere graduated in the top three of his class

at Harvard
 Mitch married his high school sweetheart, Abby Sutherland
 Mitch has two brothers, one is dead (Rusty) and the other is in
prison (Ray)
 Mitch gets offers from big law firms in Chicago and New York
 He eventually joins the law firm Bendini, Lambert, and Locke, a
small firm in Mepmphis
 They offer him a large salary, a new car, a low interest mortage,
and dream of becoming a young millionaire
 After passing the Bar Exam, he is assigned to lawyer Avery Tolar
 Shortly after joining two colleagues mysteriously die in a scuba
diving accident in the Cayman Islands, adding to the already 3
deceased lawyers
 Mitch wonders about these deaths, so he hires Private
Investigator, Eddie Lomax ( Ex-cell mate of Ray)
 Lomax delivers details of all 5 deaths, and he is murdered soon
after
 Eventually Mitch is confronted by an FBI agent named Wayne
Tarrance
  Mitch finds out the firm is controlled by a mafia family named the
Morolto Family
 A large part of the firm dealt with real clients and real work

"Are you scared, Mitch?"

"Terrified."
"Me too. This is crazy."
"But we made it, Abby. We're alive. We're safe. We're
together."
-Mitch and Abby McDeere
P. 540
Ideas
"Happy lawyers are Productive lawyers."
-Oliver Lambert
P. 20
They are now safe, but they are still scared of the uncertainty
of the future.
They repeat this over and over again, in the book. It is very ironic that
they say this because of all the corruption and conspiracy .

 After hearing that news, he runs from both the mafia and the FBI
with his brother and wife
 He steals $10 million from the firm's Grand Cayman's bank
account
 He eventually flees to the Grand Cayman's with his brother and
wife
 Most of the Morolto family and the firm's lawyers were convicted

"There's an unwritten rule in the firm--what we do away

from Memphis stays away from Memphis."
-Tolar Avery
p.181
"The bad guys, Mitch. Those from Memphis and Chicago
and New York. The ones who'll kill you tomorrow if you
get real cute."
-Wayne Tarrance
P.355
"Gimme a call sometime, but be careful. Remember,
they're listening"
-Wayne Tarrance
P. 141
This represents the secrecy and the mysterious ways of the firm.

This shows how dangerous the firm and the mafia is. You should not
mess with them if you are not prepared.

This is another example of the conspiracy and how the firm is always
listening .