Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man about town and the youngest partner at the white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Fisher is called in to defend David Ross, a college kid accused of selling drugs at a party near Columbia University. The case against David is meant to send a message to his council-man father, from a real estate developer who was refused for a variance on one of his buildings.There are devious schemes afoot-- and Fisher needs to stay one step ahead of his enemies