dennis murphy (voiceover): and the firm is where melissa lewis, earnest by-the-book attorney, found great success for herself and her clients. she was by all accounts a workaholic who loved what she did. [rock music playing] no shrinking violet, either. melissa loved those boozy, splashy office parties just as much as the other lawyers. she d found herself a nice slice of the american pie. and that s the thing about 38-year-old melissa lewis. even as she raised her voice in class with the senior partners, her sad end wasn t far off. and her unexpected death would get caught up in a chain of events right out of a john grisham novel. murder, betrayal, and billions of dollars in fraud. melissa lewis, at the start of everything awful that followed. it ended up being the beginning of the end. dennis murphy (voiceover): missy, as her family called her, had come so far. penthouse lawyering wasn t likely for a restless high school dropout.