Jake Brigance

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fictional character lawyer novel character

Jake Brigance is a small-town Mississippi lawyer known as the protagonist of John Grisham’s legal thrillers, particularly for defending controversial clients in racially charged cases.

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Surface form Occurrences
Jake Brigance series 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
novel character ⓘ
appearsInSeries Jake Brigance series ⓘ
associatedWith Ford County courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry Rex Vonner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judge Omar Noose NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucien Wilbanks NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn Ford County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait determined ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
morally driven ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Brigance law firm NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Ford County series NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn A Time to Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre legal thriller ⓘ
hasChild Hannah Brigance NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfCharacter English ⓘ
legalSpecialty civil litigation ⓘ
criminal defense ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
notableFor defending controversial clients ⓘ
handling racially charged cases ⓘ
notableWork A Time for Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Time to Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sycamore Row NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation defense attorney ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfResidence Clanton, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Matthew McConaughey NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedIn A Time to Kill (1996 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherOfWorksFeaturing Doubleday NERFINISHED ⓘ
residenceType small-town community ⓘ
settingOfActivity American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Carla Brigance NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
workLocation Clanton courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
office on the Clanton square ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Time to Kill → mainCharacter → Jake Brigance ⓘ
A Time to Kill → characterPortrayed → Jake Brigance ⓘ
Sycamore Row → featuresCharacter → Jake Brigance ⓘ
Sycamore Row → series → Jake Brigance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jake Brigance series
Sycamore Row → protagonistName → Jake Brigance ⓘ
A Time for Mercy → featuresCharacter → Jake Brigance ⓘ
A Time for Mercy → mainProtagonist → Jake Brigance ⓘ
A Time for Mercy → series → Jake Brigance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jake Brigance series