CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Marc’s dinner with Ben Parker is a nice distraction that has been too many weeks in coming, each man a slave to his own stressful and crowded schedule. As fate would have it, both now practice criminal law but on opposite sides of the courtroom, with Marc a court-appointed defense attorney and Ben a deputy DA.
Back in their Berkeley days, Ben was hell bent on corporate law for a lucrative career, while Marc had not wavered from his desire to work in criminal law. They had even discussed becoming partners in a law firm, a dream that would never come to fruition, but their friendship endured.
Years later, Ben soured on the corporate law scene, disgusted with the sharks and scammers. It was the Wall Street grifters, bilking good people out of their money, making them lose
