Having been expelled from his lucrative, respectable, even legendary career as an attorney under a very dark cloud, Billy spends most of his days getting drunk, with the occasional case tossed his way by his ex-wife, Julie, who works for the same high-powered, high profile firm he co-founded. When Billy becomes involved with a wrongful death case brought to him by a young lawyer, who's just been punitively fired from his old firm, he finds himself up against a formidable opponent.