It takes just one, he says over and over. You hear that all the time in this business. One big case, and you can retire. That's one reason lawyers do so many sleazy things, like full-color ads in the yellow pages, and billboards, and placards on city buses, and telephone solicitation. You hold your nose, ignore the stench of what you're doing, ignore the snubs and snobbery of big-firm lawyers, because it takes only one.

"The Firm remained on the The New York Times' bestseller list for 47 weeks and became the bestselling novel of 1991. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1977 receiving a BS degree in accounting. The judge dismissed the libel case on September 18 2008 saying "The wrongful convictions of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz must be discussed openly and with great vigor.

His books have been translated into 29 languages and publiJohn Grishamd worldwide. Released in 1991 it sold more than seven million copies.