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The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track -- until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she'd get her old job back. In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Mattie Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and head of the town's legal aid clinic, is there to teach her how to "help real people with real problems." For the first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. And she learns that Brady, like most small towns, harbors some big secrets. Her new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.
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Legal aid, Coal trade, Country lawyers, Corrupt practices, Coal mines and mining, Women lawyers, Fiction, Suspense, Thrillers, Legal, Lawyers, Suspense fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, legal, Women lawyers, fiction, Appalachian mountains, fiction, Virginia, fiction, American fiction, Fiction, thrillers, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-11-09, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Minas de carbón, Ficción, Virginia, Carbón, Comercio, Corrupción y prácticas corruptas, Asistencia legal, Mujeres como abogadosTimes
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Hace una semana Samantha Kofer trabajaba en una prestigiosa firma de abogados de Nueva York. Ahora trabaja gratis en una asesoría legal para clientes sin recursos en una pequeña ciudad de Virginia. La caída de Lehman Brothers supuso para ella la pérdida del trabajo, de la seguridad y del futuro. Su mundo no tiene nada que ver con su vida pasada de peces gordos y bonos desorbitados. En la actualidad se enfrenta a clientes reales con problemas reales en las tierras del carbón, donde la ley es diferente y defender la verdad significa poner en peligro la vida. Su nuevo jefe se dedica a demandar a las compañías mineras por los destrozos medioambientales que están devastando la comarca, y mucha gente lo odia por ello. La vida de Samantha ha dado un giro de 180 grados.
A week ago, Samantha Kofer worked at a prestigious law firm in New York. She now works for a free legal advice for under-qualified clients in a small town in Virginia. The fall of Lehman Brothers meant for her the loss of work, security and the future. Her world has nothing to do with her past life of bigwigs and exorbitant bonuses. She is currently facing real clients with real problems in coal lands, where the law is different and defending the truth means putting life in danger. Her new boss is dedicated to sue the mining companies for the environmental damages that are devastating the region, and many people hate him for it. Samantha's life has taken a 180-degree turn.
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