Michael Clayton is an in-house fixer at one of the largest corporate
law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care
of Kenner, Bach, & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the
firm's co-founder, Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content
with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture, and
mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At
U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the
multi-million dollar settlement of a class-action suit that Clayton's
firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner
Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the
U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his
life.
