Speechless Author:J. Thomas Set amidst the backdrop and political tumult of the abortion debate, Speechless explores the very different perspectives of two attorneys struggling to achieve the same goal - and winning is not the issue. The real issue is yearning for something beyond themselves, something greater than the ordinary practice of law, seeking a success that will ... more »allow each of their lives to transcend the mundane. Both are convinced that taking one case to the United States Supreme Court will satisfy this illusive yearning. Thomas K. Jeffreys is a creative, carefree, and undisciplined attorney who, like the majority of attorneys, has devoted his entire legal career to a solo practice that barely allows him to financially survive. Clarence William Harold, III, is a highly organized and efficient attorney that by all objective accounts is adorned with all the opulence of success. Both believe that the opportunity to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court means true success. For Thomas and William the case is about free speech - for everyone else it is about so much more.« less