From Pro Bono Client to My First Defendant

A former classmate of mine, Zack Lindell, is unlawfully fired by his company and denied a severance package. With nowhere else to turn, he becomes so desperate that he threatens to take his own life.

I represent him entirely free of charge and run myself ragged until I secure a 500,000-dollar settlement for him.

Yet on the day he receives the money, he comes to me with a 50-dollar parking receipt.

"William, I drove my car that day, so I'll let the gas money slide, but the parking was because you had business at the courthouse, so that should be your expense, right?"