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The FirmJohn Grisham

Characters in The Firm

31 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Mitchell Y. McDeere

    A Harvard Law graduate from a poor Kentucky family who takes a lucrative job at a Memphis tax firm and learns what it really is.

Antagonists

  • Oliver Lambert

    The courtly senior partner of Bendini, Lambert & Locke who recruits Mitch and runs the firm with a gentleman's polish.

  • DeVasher

    The firm's head of security, who keeps close watch on the associates.

Supporting characters

  • Abby McDeere

    Mitch's high-school sweetheart and wife, an elementary school teacher who stands by him as the danger closes in.

  • Ray McDeere

    Mitch's older brother, serving time in a Tennessee prison, whose fate is tied to the choices Mitch makes.

  • F. Denton Voyles

  • Wayne Tarrance

    An FBI agent investigating the firm who approaches Mitch and presses him to turn informant.

  • Royce McKnight

  • Lamar Quinn

  • Nina Huff

  • Nathan Locke

  • Sonny Capps

  • Lou Lazarov

  • Eddie Lomax

    A private investigator and Ray's former cellmate whom Mitch hires to look into the firm's past.

  • Tammy Hemphill

    Eddie Lomax's secretary, who helps Mitch with the investigation.

  • Randolph Osgoode

  • Barry Abanks

  • Joey Morolto

  • Frank Mulholland

  • The Nordic Guy

  • Alfred (The Firm)

  • Vinny Cozzo

  • Bud Riley

  • Andy Patrick

  • Abigail McDeere

  • FBI Agent Wayne Tarrance

  • Jessie and Roosevelt Frances

  • Joe Hodge and Marty Kozinski

  • Carrie, Julia and Eilene

  • Acklin, Laney and Jenkins