In the city of Boston, there are two types of attorneys: lawyers and practitioners. Lawyers belong to large firms with expensively decorated offices in sleek high-rise buildings; practitioners have a five-man legal practice in a few rooms at ground level. While the lawyers may sneer at Bobby's public defense practice dedicated to helping those who are unable to afford an attorney from a firm with a lobby, Bobby knows that his hard-won legal expertise makes a deeply-felt difference in the lives of those he represents.