1 00:00:03,260 --> 00:00:04,620 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,560 Ann, I'd like you to know something. 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:11,100 As far as I'm concerned, Mackenzie Brackman, well, it's you. 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,740 You spied on me? 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:20,660 I started out just waiting. 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,860 I will not be made to feel like a slut because I had dinner with my client. And 7 00:00:24,860 --> 00:00:29,400 I will not tolerate your spying on me. Does this writ say anywhere that I was 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,400 error? 9 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:32,739 No. 10 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:35,660 My job has rendered me a little short of temper lately. 11 00:00:35,980 --> 00:00:40,260 I'm getting out. The firms in town will start a feeding frenzy over a superior 12 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:41,260 court judge. 13 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:44,160 Actually, Leland, I'm here to give you first bite. 14 00:00:44,620 --> 00:00:48,820 I have no reason to expect your temperament as attorney to be any more 15 00:00:48,820 --> 00:00:50,460 liking than your temperament as a judge. 16 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:55,200 Judge with one count, PC 93, receiving a bribe by a judicial officer. 17 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:24,420 Curve appeal or what? 18 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,900 Oh, God, I think I'm in love. 19 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,580 I said the minute I saw it, this is the Arnie Becker dream house. What are they 20 00:01:30,580 --> 00:01:34,600 asking? A million three. But it doesn't even go on the market until next 21 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,260 Wednesday. And my feeling is if you make them an offer this week, you can steal 22 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:39,260 it for 950. 23 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:46,860 They put over a half million into remodeling. 24 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:51,220 At 950, they're taking a major bath on it. 25 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:52,960 God, look at that fireplace. 26 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:57,420 There's another one in the den, the dining room, the kitchen, and the master 27 00:01:57,420 --> 00:01:58,420 bedroom. 28 00:01:59,580 --> 00:02:01,780 This is exactly the house I've been looking for. 29 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:08,280 You sit on this baby six months. I could get you a million 450 for it. Easy. 30 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:15,740 So tell me, uh, why is it, why is it such a bargain now? 31 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:17,600 Divorce situation. 32 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:19,300 Very bitter. 33 00:02:20,430 --> 00:02:21,470 You know what that's like. 34 00:02:25,150 --> 00:02:29,130 I know I shouldn't be telling you all the gory details, but after what you did 35 00:02:29,130 --> 00:02:31,170 for me when the rat left, you're like family. 36 00:02:32,470 --> 00:02:33,470 So? 37 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:35,050 It's the old story. 38 00:02:35,510 --> 00:02:36,509 Rocky marriage. 39 00:02:36,510 --> 00:02:39,750 Instead of going to a shrink to work out the real problems, they buy a house 40 00:02:39,750 --> 00:02:40,750 instead. 41 00:02:40,830 --> 00:02:42,130 You've seen it a million times. 42 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:44,670 It starts with fighting over the color of the tile. 43 00:02:45,470 --> 00:02:49,470 Then he accuses her of having her taste in her behind, and she retaliates by 44 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:50,950 having an affair with the general contractor. 45 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:53,730 And the tile man. 46 00:02:54,970 --> 00:02:56,230 And the stone man. 47 00:02:57,810 --> 00:02:59,450 That's why there's so many fireplaces. 48 00:03:10,850 --> 00:03:15,220 So the upshot is... He absolutely hates the house. She totally loves it. 49 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:18,680 Well, she put so much of herself into it. 50 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:20,040 Tell me about it. 51 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,340 And he's insisting they sell and split the proceeds. 52 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:26,060 Who are the lawyers? 53 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,900 Greg Lyman for him and Matt Pates for her. 54 00:03:30,540 --> 00:03:34,120 If you want my advice, you beg, borrow, or steal to get this house. 55 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:38,240 Still, I'd sell my soul to get this house. 56 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,220 I didn't found Mackenzie Brackman so that it'd become the branch office of a 57 00:05:32,220 --> 00:05:35,340 York law conglomerate. You realize the upfront payment to the more senior 58 00:05:35,340 --> 00:05:37,840 lawyers would be in the nature of $300 ,000 to $400 ,000. 59 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:39,660 And somewhat less for the rest. 60 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,180 I believe I can speak for my partners. 61 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,660 You've created something rather special and unique at Mackenzie Brackman, which 62 00:05:46,660 --> 00:05:48,520 none of us have any desire to change. 63 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,120 Are you sure? 64 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,400 You know, the view of the mountain looks different from the bottom than it does 65 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:54,400 from the top. 66 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:58,300 Leland, I know the firm is your life, but I... doubt if you're going to want 67 00:05:58,300 --> 00:05:59,300 go on working forever. 68 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,020 Think of the younger members. 69 00:06:01,780 --> 00:06:04,360 In a year, we can triple your billings. 70 00:06:04,660 --> 00:06:08,020 I'm sorry, Raymond. Your offer is very flattering, but we're just not 71 00:06:08,020 --> 00:06:09,020 interested. 72 00:06:09,540 --> 00:06:10,560 Ask your partners. 73 00:06:10,940 --> 00:06:11,940 I don't have to. 74 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:13,560 Are you afraid to? 75 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:31,800 Do you want me to make you breakfast? 76 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:34,180 I'm late. 77 00:06:34,380 --> 00:06:35,380 I'm asleep. 78 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:40,260 Mickey, I hate this. By the time I get home, you're asleep. By the time I get 79 00:06:40,260 --> 00:06:41,260 up, you're gone. 80 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:42,640 This is no way to live. 81 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,480 Well, you have to look at the bright side, Gracie. 82 00:06:46,180 --> 00:06:47,300 At least we don't fight. 83 00:06:48,340 --> 00:06:49,340 I mean it. 84 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,860 Yeah, well, you get no argument from me. 85 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:53,940 Well, what are we going to do? 86 00:06:55,860 --> 00:06:58,520 Since Mackenzie Brackman doesn't have a night shift... 87 00:06:59,180 --> 00:07:00,360 I guess that's up to you. 88 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:02,940 Should I give them an ultimatum? 89 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,100 Don't paint yourself into a corner. This can't last forever. 90 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:10,760 Sleep on it. 91 00:07:12,580 --> 00:07:13,960 You want to sleep on it with me? 92 00:07:15,780 --> 00:07:16,780 I'd love to. 93 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,380 But I can't. 94 00:07:21,060 --> 00:07:23,140 I will wait up for you tonight, though. I promise. 95 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,040 Okay. 96 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:32,050 Bye, Mickey. 97 00:07:39,270 --> 00:07:40,270 Yes. 98 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:44,570 Thank you. Leland McKenzie. 99 00:07:45,650 --> 00:07:46,650 Very impressive. 100 00:07:47,490 --> 00:07:51,290 Morsehood's really pulling out all the stops, isn't he? Stan, it's nice to see 101 00:07:51,290 --> 00:07:52,290 you looking so relaxed. 102 00:07:52,550 --> 00:07:53,710 And what is that supposed to mean? 103 00:07:53,990 --> 00:07:57,270 Just that this little sting operation wasn't your grandest hour. 104 00:07:57,980 --> 00:08:01,560 hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money, and all you bag is one 105 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,920 muni court judge for fixing tickets, and Morris Hood, who most certainly will 106 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,540 have these charges dismissed on the grounds of entrapment. Ah, I was waiting 107 00:08:10,540 --> 00:08:12,000 that magic word to be uttered. 108 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,360 Entrapment, when the crime was not contemplated by the defendant, but was 109 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,820 instigated by police officers, and the defendant was, by persuasion or fraud, 110 00:08:20,980 --> 00:08:25,620 lured into its commission. Where a defendant has a previously existing 111 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:30,720 intent... The fact that when solicited by a decoy he commits a crime does not 112 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,100 show entrapment. 113 00:08:33,059 --> 00:08:37,700 Morris Hood was an honest jurist with no propensity for bribery until your agent 114 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:38,700 lured him into it. 115 00:08:38,740 --> 00:08:39,740 Oh, really? 116 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:43,820 The life and times of your squeaky clean jurist. 117 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,480 If you could prove any of these prior allegations, you'd have brought him to 118 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,060 trial. Evidentiary problems. 119 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,800 And this one is every bit as tainted. He took the money, didn't he? Fifty 120 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,759 thousand bucks worth. 121 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,040 You came after him three times before he took it, raising the ante each time. Or 122 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,360 are you going to deny that, too? 123 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:09,880 No. Then you violated his rights yet again. You turned his arrest into a 124 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,580 spectacle. Well, what are we supposed to do? Nominate him for sainthood or maybe 125 00:09:13,580 --> 00:09:15,660 chief justice? Is that what you want? 126 00:09:16,020 --> 00:09:17,020 No, I don't. 127 00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:19,620 But I do think he's suffered enough. 128 00:09:20,970 --> 00:09:23,330 Let him retire from the bench with his pension intact. 129 00:09:23,890 --> 00:09:26,570 You want a dismissal. And you want him off the bench. 130 00:09:27,290 --> 00:09:31,270 You want to avoid the public embarrassment of losing your showboat 131 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:32,270 court. 132 00:09:32,470 --> 00:09:34,330 This serves both our ends, Stan. 133 00:09:34,910 --> 00:09:40,670 And truthfully, I don't see any good purpose to be met by sending a sad, 134 00:09:40,670 --> 00:09:42,650 man like Morris Hood to prison. 135 00:09:46,830 --> 00:09:48,790 People versus Dolores Kirby. 136 00:09:49,030 --> 00:09:51,790 Mother -in -law allegedly harassed the ex -wife. 137 00:09:52,110 --> 00:09:54,590 Some spillage from one of Arnold's divorce cases. 138 00:09:54,930 --> 00:09:56,550 And where do we stand on the Cromwell suit? 139 00:09:56,970 --> 00:09:59,690 We've already gotten two out of the three causes of action dismissed. 140 00:10:00,010 --> 00:10:02,010 Discovery and trial on the remaining cause pending. 141 00:10:02,470 --> 00:10:04,670 Cromwell called me himself to express his pleasure. 142 00:10:05,130 --> 00:10:06,170 That's good work, Anne. 143 00:10:06,470 --> 00:10:07,470 Thank you. 144 00:10:07,970 --> 00:10:11,770 Stuart, this Chapman case, does it have the possibility of bouncing into 145 00:10:11,770 --> 00:10:15,010 litigation? Well, I haven't interviewed them yet. I'm flying up to San Francisco 146 00:10:15,010 --> 00:10:16,010 on Thursday. 147 00:10:16,990 --> 00:10:22,810 Well, if there's nothing else... I had breakfast this morning with Raymond 148 00:10:22,810 --> 00:10:28,010 Lloyd, his senior partner in the firm of Marshall Taft, which Mr. Lloyd informs 149 00:10:28,010 --> 00:10:33,730 me now has over 400 lawyers with offices in New York, Miami, Chicago, San 150 00:10:33,730 --> 00:10:38,070 Francisco. They're seeking to establish a beachhead here in L .A. and wondered 151 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:41,270 if we'd be interested in becoming that beachhead. I turned him down. 152 00:10:41,590 --> 00:10:44,450 Why? Well, it was conditional on merging with them. 153 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,980 I'd think they'd have their pick of every firm in L .A. 154 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,060 It was a real coup that they won us. 155 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:52,180 Did Mr. Lloyd perchance mention any figures? 156 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:56,640 Purely speculatively, he threw out something in the nature of $300 ,000 to 157 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:57,900 ,000 per partner. 158 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,580 And you didn't think that was worth putting before the partnership? 159 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,900 I felt certain I spoke for us all. 160 00:11:03,540 --> 00:11:07,340 No offense, Leland, but if somebody wants to hand me close to a half a 161 00:11:07,340 --> 00:11:11,900 bucks, I don't want anyone speaking for me but me. I'd have to agree with 162 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:12,859 Arnold. 163 00:11:12,860 --> 00:11:17,080 I took it as an article of faith that the firm of Mackenzie Brackman would 164 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,120 cut into being franchised. 165 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,320 I see I was wrong. 166 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:26,040 Well, I think that what we're objecting to is having our opinions preempted, 167 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,040 Leland. 168 00:11:27,540 --> 00:11:31,420 In that case, Douglas, why don't you and Stuart contact Mr. Lloyd, get the full 169 00:11:31,420 --> 00:11:34,280 proposal, and present it to the partnership at its earliest convenience. 170 00:11:43,950 --> 00:11:46,970 How do you know I've got a ton of phone calls? Never mind that. Get my realtor 171 00:11:46,970 --> 00:11:47,970 on the phone, quick. 172 00:11:50,090 --> 00:11:56,630 I guess you know if this tribe splits up, it's you and me on the cold. 173 00:11:57,110 --> 00:11:58,110 I know. 174 00:11:58,230 --> 00:12:00,270 A trial experience can make it a little warmer. 175 00:12:01,190 --> 00:12:02,190 I know that, too. 176 00:12:03,010 --> 00:12:04,890 Well, why don't you take this telephone harassment case? 177 00:12:06,870 --> 00:12:07,870 When's the trial? 178 00:12:08,130 --> 00:12:09,130 Two days. 179 00:12:09,769 --> 00:12:10,669 Two days. 180 00:12:10,670 --> 00:12:11,670 It's me on the court. 181 00:12:11,710 --> 00:12:14,370 Basically, your client's word against the ex -daughter -in -law. You can learn 182 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:15,370 to fire within an hour. 183 00:12:15,450 --> 00:12:16,530 No, Victor, I don't know. 184 00:12:17,050 --> 00:12:20,230 I mean, it's just that the thought of trying the case by myself is kind of 185 00:12:20,230 --> 00:12:22,950 scary. Well, the first time always is, but two days from now, you will be much 186 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:25,070 more confident, not to mention more marketable. 187 00:12:26,710 --> 00:12:27,710 You're right. 188 00:12:28,610 --> 00:12:30,330 Okay, I'll take it. Good. 189 00:12:30,570 --> 00:12:32,250 I'll have the client come in the first thing in the morning. 190 00:12:33,070 --> 00:12:34,650 Don't you worry about a thing. You're going to be great. 191 00:12:43,150 --> 00:12:44,970 What do you think about this Marshall Taft proposal? 192 00:12:46,070 --> 00:12:47,070 Never happened. 193 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:52,550 Well, just in case you're wrong, Mike, I want you to know that if you ever 194 00:12:52,550 --> 00:12:56,930 decide to open up your own store, there's no one else that I'd rather hang 195 00:12:56,930 --> 00:12:57,930 shingle with. 196 00:12:58,710 --> 00:12:59,710 Thank you, Victor. 197 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:02,130 But I am positive that it won't come to that. 198 00:13:03,290 --> 00:13:04,830 We'll be in the same staff meeting or what? 199 00:13:05,630 --> 00:13:08,550 What you heard was anger at Leland's peremptory attitude toward the other 200 00:13:08,550 --> 00:13:09,550 partners. 201 00:13:09,850 --> 00:13:12,670 What I heard was the distinctive sound of money talking. 202 00:13:13,870 --> 00:13:19,290 I guarantee you, Victor, when push comes to shove, Mackenzie Brackman will not 203 00:13:19,290 --> 00:13:20,290 sell out. 204 00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:24,070 I hope you're right, man. 205 00:13:25,730 --> 00:13:28,290 But I think you're wrong. 206 00:13:36,450 --> 00:13:37,450 Forgive me. 207 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:42,180 I'm trying not to become too emotional, but when I come to think of it, I mean, 208 00:13:42,180 --> 00:13:46,200 how this woman could actually have me arrested and brought to trial just 209 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,780 I'm concerned about my grandson's well -being. Her statement to the police 210 00:13:49,780 --> 00:13:53,780 alleged that you made repeated calls at all hours of the night, that you used 211 00:13:53,780 --> 00:13:54,780 profane language. 212 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:57,100 How do I explain this? 213 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,680 Miss Perkins, do you by any chance have any children? 214 00:14:03,420 --> 00:14:04,420 This is my son. 215 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,540 Ah. Well, then. 216 00:14:06,890 --> 00:14:11,210 Maybe you will understand what it's like when someone tries to harm him. How you 217 00:14:11,210 --> 00:14:13,350 turn into a lioness protecting her cub. 218 00:14:14,110 --> 00:14:17,550 That's the way I felt about my son and now his son. 219 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:21,390 So what happens is you call to complain about how she's raising him. 220 00:14:21,670 --> 00:14:22,670 Oh, no. 221 00:14:22,730 --> 00:14:26,050 Actually, I just call to see how my grandson is. 222 00:14:26,410 --> 00:14:31,670 But when that nine -year -old boy tells me that he's home all alone with nothing 223 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:36,110 to eat while his mother is off running around with some man... 224 00:14:37,130 --> 00:14:41,370 All right, I'm not denying that perhaps my language could be a little more 225 00:14:41,370 --> 00:14:46,410 ladylike, but I wonder what you would say to a woman like that. Under the 226 00:14:46,410 --> 00:14:49,730 circumstances, Mrs. Kirby, I am sure the city attorney would be willing to talk 227 00:14:49,730 --> 00:14:50,669 about a plea bargain. 228 00:14:50,670 --> 00:14:51,790 Oh, no, no, I'm sorry. 229 00:14:51,990 --> 00:14:55,390 I don't mean to be difficult, but I'm not guilty of anything. 230 00:14:55,970 --> 00:14:58,750 She's the criminal, the way she neglects that child. 231 00:14:58,990 --> 00:15:03,530 The only reason she brought this complaint was as a wedge against my son 232 00:15:03,530 --> 00:15:04,530 custody suit. 233 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,820 If I were to cave into her now, I mean, who knows what she would do? 234 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,220 My God, you look like a juror bringing in the guilty verdict. 235 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,200 Actually, the meeting went well, Morris. 236 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,620 The DA's office has agreed to dismiss the charges if you'll resign from the 237 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:26,420 bench. You couldn't tell me that yesterday? 238 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,500 I didn't want to get your hopes up till I'd also met with Nick Pierce at the 239 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:31,419 state bar. 240 00:15:31,420 --> 00:15:33,060 It's just come from a breakfast meeting. 241 00:15:34,090 --> 00:15:37,470 He thinks the Ethics Commission will reinstate with only a three -month 242 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:41,890 suspension. Forget about that. Tell me about the meeting with the DA. They 243 00:15:41,890 --> 00:15:43,890 folded their tents just like that? 244 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:46,730 Their case is dubious. Their case is crap. 245 00:15:47,010 --> 00:15:48,890 Or else they wouldn't have folded that fast. 246 00:15:49,130 --> 00:15:50,069 Am I right? 247 00:15:50,070 --> 00:15:54,810 Morris, the fact that their case is tainted doesn't vitiate the fact that 248 00:15:54,810 --> 00:15:55,749 took a bribe. 249 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:56,850 You've got to resign. 250 00:15:57,550 --> 00:16:00,350 Innocent until proven guilty, Leland. 251 00:16:01,650 --> 00:16:05,830 Besides... If I beat the criminal charges, the ethics committee can't 252 00:16:05,990 --> 00:16:07,090 I wouldn't be so certain of that. 253 00:16:07,970 --> 00:16:10,050 Allegations of judicial impropriety. 254 00:16:10,750 --> 00:16:12,050 A federal wiretap. 255 00:16:12,590 --> 00:16:16,130 Suggesting that you may have taken a bribe on at least one other occasion. 256 00:16:16,730 --> 00:16:20,770 If the DA loses a trial, they'll throw this to the judicial committee and the 257 00:16:20,770 --> 00:16:23,010 bar. The same standards of evidence won't apply. 258 00:16:23,930 --> 00:16:25,530 You'll be thrown out of office, Morris. 259 00:16:26,030 --> 00:16:27,930 They'll never let you practice law again. 260 00:16:28,210 --> 00:16:31,450 I'm not some cheap crook. There's no case here, and you know it. 261 00:16:33,580 --> 00:16:36,640 I was coerced. A stronger man would have resisted. 262 00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:39,480 Morris, please, listen to me. 263 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:47,900 You've been lucky so far, but... Look, neither of us is 264 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:48,900 young anymore. 265 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,160 It's time, Morris. 266 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:53,420 It's time to retire. 267 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:55,340 Please. 268 00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:58,280 Sit in the sun, hit some golf balls. 269 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,660 God, that doesn't sound half bad. 270 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:06,099 No. Just because you're old and ready for the boneyard doesn't mean I am. 271 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,560 Morris, if you insist on taking this to trial, you'll have to get yourself 272 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,479 another lawyer. 273 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,220 I'll be happy to get a new lawyer, Leland. 274 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:18,819 I was just doing you a favor, giving you this case anyway, thinking you would 275 00:17:18,819 --> 00:17:20,960 have been grateful to win a big one like this. 276 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,980 But I guess you're past it, aren't you? 277 00:17:25,859 --> 00:17:27,359 I always knew you were overrated. 278 00:17:29,669 --> 00:17:33,570 Case continued until March 14, 1987. 279 00:17:34,670 --> 00:17:36,650 Defendant to remain free, O .R. 280 00:17:36,950 --> 00:17:40,550 Mr. Handelman, you'll let us know as soon as you're ready with your next 281 00:17:42,950 --> 00:17:43,950 Mr. 282 00:17:44,290 --> 00:17:47,650 Handelman, I'm Abigail Perkins from McKenzie, Rackham, Shane, and Cusack. 283 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:49,890 yeah. How's my pal Mike Cusack doing? 284 00:17:51,130 --> 00:17:52,130 Very well. 285 00:17:53,090 --> 00:17:56,230 I'm handling people versus Dolores Kirby set for jury trial tomorrow. 286 00:17:56,630 --> 00:17:58,390 I was wondering if we could discuss the case. 287 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,840 This is the grandmother who keeps calling her daughter -in -law? Yeah. 288 00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:05,020 Hey, look, I hate these family beefs. 289 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,460 I've got no problem with a 50 -buck fine, three -month summary probation. 290 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,580 Actually, I was looking for a dismissal. 291 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,080 Oh, I can't do that, all right? I have a daughter -in -law screaming for my 292 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,080 scalp. 293 00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:18,160 Maybe we can just continue the thing with no finding or something. 294 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,360 My client had no statutory intent to annoy or harass. 295 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:22,719 That's what she said. 296 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,100 If you ask me, I think it's the state that's guilty of harassment in the 297 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:26,100 prosecution of this case. 298 00:18:26,650 --> 00:18:27,870 What is it with your firm? 299 00:18:28,070 --> 00:18:31,430 First Kuzak comes in chopping me at the knees over some cheap hooker case. 300 00:18:31,630 --> 00:18:34,870 Now you've got the hatchet. I've got no hatchet, just an innocent client. 301 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:37,270 Either you agree to a dismissal or there's no deal. 302 00:18:38,270 --> 00:18:39,830 Guess I'll see you in court, Counselor. 303 00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:45,590 According to the proposal, they say we can stay intact. 304 00:18:46,210 --> 00:18:47,670 They say we don't have to move. 305 00:18:48,310 --> 00:18:50,790 They're offering us a huge chunk of change. 306 00:18:51,510 --> 00:18:53,290 People... I don't see the downside. 307 00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:56,590 Marshall Taft has over 400 lawyers. It's a factory. 308 00:18:56,910 --> 00:18:58,930 Look, I want to buy a house. 309 00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:01,830 I want some equity in my life, and this is my chance. 310 00:19:02,250 --> 00:19:06,250 Look, even speaking strictly from a financial point of view, I think we're 311 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:10,110 short -sighted. Arnie, their average partner income is less than ours is 312 00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:11,110 now. You understand what that means? 313 00:19:11,330 --> 00:19:14,590 It means we'll be making more money for them than they will be for us. 314 00:19:15,130 --> 00:19:17,810 Besides which, I don't understand how many more cases we can take on than we 315 00:19:17,810 --> 00:19:18,469 already have. 316 00:19:18,470 --> 00:19:21,130 With a greatly expanded support system, lots. 317 00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:25,850 None of us is exactly starving here. We already work 10, 12 hours a day. 318 00:19:26,870 --> 00:19:32,110 Now, my concern, my bottom line, if you will, is quality of life. 319 00:19:32,550 --> 00:19:34,390 What happens when we want to tell a client to go to hell? 320 00:19:34,690 --> 00:19:36,970 We have to fly all the way back to New York to explain it to some management 321 00:19:36,970 --> 00:19:40,170 committee? Half the times you want to tell someone to go to hell, you can't 322 00:19:40,170 --> 00:19:41,170 explain it. It's a feeling. 323 00:19:41,670 --> 00:19:43,750 So how are we going to talk feelings to New York? 324 00:19:44,630 --> 00:19:45,630 I don't know. 325 00:19:45,850 --> 00:19:49,090 We're going to wind up representing a lot of folks that we have no business 326 00:19:49,090 --> 00:19:50,090 dealing with. 327 00:19:50,830 --> 00:19:51,830 And that scares me. 328 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:57,050 Here, here. It seems to me that this is first and foremost a business. 329 00:19:58,010 --> 00:20:02,150 And it's bad business that they know to an offer as potentially lucrative as 330 00:20:02,150 --> 00:20:03,150 this one. 331 00:20:07,090 --> 00:20:12,670 As we have been here for several hours, and the hour is growing late, no one has 332 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:16,250 anything else to say, I suggest we vote. 333 00:20:16,510 --> 00:20:18,410 Yes for merger, no against. 334 00:20:49,740 --> 00:20:51,160 We have a 3 -3 deadlock. 335 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,200 In consideration of which, I'm changing my no vote to yes. 336 00:20:57,700 --> 00:21:00,320 Leland, don't. Michael, please. 337 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:06,300 If I may. 338 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,980 And I hope I don't embarrass anyone when I tell you how much this firm means to 339 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:13,980 me. 340 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,560 It's been my life. 341 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:18,280 My family. 342 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:25,200 But the thing that strikes me most as I listen to the pros and cons of this 343 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:31,560 merger proposal is the fact that I'm old enough to be the father of every 344 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:32,560 partner in this firm. 345 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:40,320 And I suppose, like all fathers, I've loved this firm somewhat to its 346 00:21:42,220 --> 00:21:43,740 I've loved it like my child. 347 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,480 But the ultimate job... 348 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,200 of a parent is to know when to stop parenting. 349 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,360 To know when it's time to... to let go. 350 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:03,520 And clearly, if there is to be a future for this firm, it lies in heeding the 351 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:04,960 wishes of the younger partners. 352 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:09,000 Deadlock only exposes our divisiveness. 353 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:11,780 It leaves us vulnerable to raiding. 354 00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:17,080 Whereas accepting this offer, by doing that, 355 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:19,440 At least we'll be together. 356 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:29,060 Under the circumstances, I... I know of no other solution. 357 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:34,580 And unless someone else does... I 358 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:41,440 suggest that we 359 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:46,220 let Douglas enter into substantive negotiations with Marshal Tapp. 360 00:22:50,030 --> 00:22:51,610 And as that concludes the... 361 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,100 It was you, wasn't it? 362 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,040 It was me what? 363 00:23:24,060 --> 00:23:25,700 You were the third vote to sell out. 364 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,940 Yes. I don't understand how you can do it, Ann. 365 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:30,640 Marshall Taft is a factory. 366 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,080 I mean, it's cold, it's impersonal. 367 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,820 They go by the numbers, Ann. 368 00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:36,620 It's got an impressive power base. 369 00:23:37,460 --> 00:23:40,760 It'll allow us to access the kind of cases we're not currently equipped to 370 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:41,760 handle. Yeah? 371 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:42,900 At what price? 372 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:44,500 I'm talking about you. 373 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,420 You think Marshall Taft is going to look kindly on Ann Kelty's humanist 374 00:23:48,420 --> 00:23:51,600 instincts? You think they're going to let your meter run while you represent 375 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,460 some principal that may or may not have a profitable bottom line? Come on, Ann. 376 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,360 Marshall Taft. Marshall Taft thinks pro bono is Latin for sucker bet. 377 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:06,520 Stuart, we're all so inbred here. 378 00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:13,540 I am not afraid of change. I like the idea of new contacts, travel, a bigger 379 00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:14,860 pond. Travel. 380 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:16,840 You know what you're doing, don't you? 381 00:24:17,740 --> 00:24:20,420 You're selling out the integrity of this firm because you want to distance 382 00:24:20,420 --> 00:24:21,379 yourself from me. 383 00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:22,380 That's ridiculous. 384 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,200 Uh -uh. I don't think so. 385 00:24:24,460 --> 00:24:28,380 Ann, I'm asking you, please, please reconsider this merger business. 386 00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:29,900 And I'm going to make it easy for you. 387 00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:32,980 Our relationship is over. I'm not going to bother you anymore. 388 00:24:58,250 --> 00:24:59,250 Gracie, you're up. 389 00:24:59,770 --> 00:25:00,770 More or less. 390 00:25:01,170 --> 00:25:02,930 You know, I never even heard you come in last night. 391 00:25:03,510 --> 00:25:07,490 The good news is I threatened to quit unless they let me out of night court. 392 00:25:08,230 --> 00:25:12,510 The bad news is they took me seriously, which means I'm still gainfully 393 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:13,510 employed. 394 00:25:13,630 --> 00:25:14,770 You're back in day court? 395 00:25:15,010 --> 00:25:17,930 Downtown felony trials starting Monday. 396 00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:19,410 That's great. Yeah. 397 00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:21,390 Oh, Gracie, I missed you. 398 00:25:21,610 --> 00:25:22,610 Me too. 399 00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:25,390 You didn't really think about quitting, did you? 400 00:25:27,820 --> 00:25:28,820 Not this minute. 401 00:25:29,340 --> 00:25:33,200 But I sure can't picture myself doing the same job my whole life. 402 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,400 You know, I actually used to think I could. 403 00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:36,780 Coffee, coffee, coffee. 404 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,400 I mean, be a lifer in a firm. 405 00:25:41,380 --> 00:25:42,660 But I'm not a corporate man. 406 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,220 And if Leland ever decided to pull back his involvement... What would you do? 407 00:25:50,180 --> 00:25:51,340 That's just the thing. I don't know. 408 00:25:52,820 --> 00:25:54,520 I just wanted it to stay the way it was. 409 00:25:56,620 --> 00:25:58,800 Well, if you don't like it, you can always quit. 410 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:01,780 I've been thinking about that. 411 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:03,600 Tell you what, Cusack. 412 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,020 You want to take six months off and figure this out. 413 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,500 Don't worry about money. 414 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:12,180 I can take care of us. 415 00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:14,540 Gracie. 416 00:26:15,420 --> 00:26:16,420 Come here. 417 00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:18,740 Let me dry you off. 418 00:26:25,610 --> 00:26:29,970 All support personnel are tied to the same mini -computer. It handles up to 30 419 00:26:29,970 --> 00:26:31,310 freestanding VDTs. 420 00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:33,670 We're only using half its capacity. 421 00:26:34,270 --> 00:26:35,830 Plenty of room for expansion. 422 00:26:36,270 --> 00:26:40,110 You'll need the extra room. Is your file room online, too? I'm afraid we're in 423 00:26:40,110 --> 00:26:43,150 the dark ages when it comes to our filing system. It's all paper. 424 00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:47,630 You ever think about putting up dividers, walls around these desks? You 425 00:26:47,630 --> 00:26:51,550 these support personnel, you cut down on unnecessary gossip. A lot more work 426 00:26:51,550 --> 00:26:54,970 done. You make the walls around the secretary's desk smoke plexiglass. 427 00:26:55,340 --> 00:26:58,000 They can't hang anything, so they stop bringing in mementos. 428 00:26:59,220 --> 00:27:02,160 It gives the firm a clean, hard -edged business look. 429 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,020 You mean they can't see out? 430 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,200 No, but you can see in to make sure they're working. 431 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,800 Sounds a little claustrophobic. 432 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,820 We have to work in offices, don't we? Why shouldn't they work in cubicles? Why 433 00:27:13,820 --> 00:27:15,040 not cut down on the clutter? 434 00:27:15,660 --> 00:27:16,660 Personally, I like clutter. 435 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,180 I can't help it. 436 00:27:26,860 --> 00:27:31,040 I have my opening statement on cards, my questions, my list of cases on point, 437 00:27:31,340 --> 00:27:33,580 cross -exam questions, closing arguments. 438 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,740 They will never know what hit them. 439 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,880 So how come I'm scared to death? 440 00:27:46,340 --> 00:27:49,360 Rock, this house in Malibu, it's got glass everywhere. 441 00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:54,420 It's got a black -bottom pool, 180 -degree ocean view. It's got a fireplace 442 00:27:54,420 --> 00:27:56,000 big you could roll a tree into it. 443 00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:59,740 Rocks. I love it. 444 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Oh. 445 00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:03,900 Rock? 446 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:08,020 Whatever it is, I'm going to make it better. 447 00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:10,260 Come here. 448 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:12,880 Oh, Ernie. 449 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:14,620 It's going to be awful. 450 00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:18,880 What? If we become part of Marshal Taft. 451 00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:20,300 Oh, no, it won't. 452 00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:22,700 Is there any chance it won't go through? 453 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,980 I doubt it, but where I go, you go. 454 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,370 I swear, Rox, we're joined at the hip. 455 00:28:29,770 --> 00:28:32,150 Nothing is going to separate us. 456 00:28:33,610 --> 00:28:35,050 I've done some calling around. 457 00:28:36,550 --> 00:28:38,170 They make you punch time clocks. 458 00:28:38,410 --> 00:28:40,350 They charge you for personal calls. 459 00:28:40,730 --> 00:28:43,050 You have to get supervisory approval for overtime. 460 00:28:43,410 --> 00:28:46,370 The secretaries have work quotas. Rox, that's there. 461 00:28:46,930 --> 00:28:50,050 We're going to stay put right here. It's going to be business as usual. 462 00:28:50,290 --> 00:28:54,910 Arnie. There are two efficiency experts out there right now measuring us for 463 00:28:54,910 --> 00:28:59,450 cubicles. And put this in your computer. Marshal Taft imposes a dress code on 464 00:28:59,450 --> 00:29:00,610 all its attorneys. 465 00:29:00,910 --> 00:29:02,370 They ought to call it Marshal Law. 466 00:29:02,570 --> 00:29:03,890 Ask Scott Gottlieb. 467 00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:05,530 Who's Scott Gottlieb? 468 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:09,330 He's a trust expert with Cohen, Kagan, and Fowler on the 12th floor. 469 00:29:09,650 --> 00:29:12,230 He used to work for Marshal Taft in Chicago. 470 00:29:12,970 --> 00:29:14,370 Okay. Call. 471 00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:16,550 See if he's free for lunch. 472 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,620 We're live from downtown Los Angeles where Judge Morris Hood has just arrived 473 00:29:22,620 --> 00:29:24,980 a hastily called news conference to announce his resignation. 474 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,740 His decision to call it quits follows his highly publicized arrest for 475 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:34,620 accepting a bribe. Let's hear what he has to say. Hey, I've served with 476 00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:38,700 diligence and integrity and now I've earned the right to step aside. 477 00:29:40,060 --> 00:29:43,800 Isn't it true that your resignation was key to the DA's office dropping criminal 478 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:44,800 charges against you? 479 00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:48,170 My client is leaving the bench with all the privileges of his former position. 480 00:29:48,230 --> 00:29:51,950 Further than that, we have no comment. Mr. Glantzman, is it true that Judge 481 00:29:51,950 --> 00:29:53,690 is joining your criminal law practice? 482 00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:57,150 As a matter of fact, I have tendered an offer to Judge Hood, and I look forward 483 00:29:57,150 --> 00:30:00,830 to a long and rewarding association with such a distinguished colleague. 484 00:30:01,030 --> 00:30:02,030 Thank you, Paul. 485 00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:06,110 The truth is, my personal experience of the past few weeks has given me a 486 00:30:06,110 --> 00:30:07,410 renewed sense of purpose. 487 00:30:07,690 --> 00:30:10,230 After a short vacation with my wife... 488 00:30:10,430 --> 00:30:14,310 I look forward to defending individuals like myself who have been deprived of 489 00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:15,650 their constitutional rights. 490 00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:20,330 He just couldn't give you the satisfaction, could he? 491 00:30:23,210 --> 00:30:24,210 You look tired. 492 00:30:24,770 --> 00:30:25,870 Why don't you go home? 493 00:30:27,050 --> 00:30:28,050 Maybe I will. 494 00:30:29,630 --> 00:30:31,290 Go hit some golf balls. 495 00:30:31,910 --> 00:30:33,870 Self -pity doesn't become you, Leland. 496 00:30:35,410 --> 00:30:36,810 Nor does self -delusion. 497 00:30:37,070 --> 00:30:38,830 You're not getting any younger, Iris. 498 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,420 On three years, I'll be finished with law school. 499 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:43,860 We can hang out a shingle, Hubbard and McKenzie. 500 00:30:44,540 --> 00:30:46,420 Oh, that has a nice ring to it. 501 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:51,640 McKenzie and Hubbard. 502 00:30:52,860 --> 00:30:56,180 Your Honor, I represent the defendant, Dolores Kirby, in this matter, who is 503 00:30:56,180 --> 00:31:01,680 charged with one count PC, section 653M. I have the papers, Counselor. Let's 504 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,020 proceed. Yes, sir. 505 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:08,580 The defense will show that the defendant is the grandmother of the complainant's 506 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:12,460 son. We will further show that she made the phone calls in question out of her 507 00:31:12,460 --> 00:31:13,460 love for her grandson. 508 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:15,100 A counsel approach. 509 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,340 What are we doing here? 510 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,200 I tried to plea it out, Judge. I even offered to continue it without a 511 00:31:27,460 --> 00:31:30,560 My client is innocent, Your Honor, and I cannot in good faith recommend that she 512 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:31,560 plead guilty to a crime. 513 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,740 Civilian complaint, Judge. I can't just drop it. All right, let's go. 514 00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:36,840 Uh, Ms. Perkins. 515 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,420 I'm sure the rest of your opening is going to be terrific, but since I'll be 516 00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:44,240 deciding this case on the evidence, can we just get to it? 517 00:31:45,180 --> 00:31:46,180 Yes, sir. 518 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,460 The people call Nancy Trichler. 519 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:58,900 And at some point, Miss Trichler, did you call the police about the phone 520 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,440 I had to. I couldn't take it anymore. 521 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,580 The vile language, the threats. 522 00:32:04,140 --> 00:32:06,780 I had to do something to finally stop her. Thank you. 523 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:08,500 I have nothing further. 524 00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:10,060 Counselor. 525 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:17,720 Ms. 526 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,440 Tritchler, isn't it true that you often forgot to pick up your son after school? 527 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:23,740 Objection. Irrelevant. 528 00:32:24,220 --> 00:32:25,220 Sustained. 529 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,760 It goes to state of mind, Your Honor. I'm trying to establish that my client 530 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,920 called out of concern because she felt that Ms. Tritchler was neglecting the 531 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,740 child. The witness is incompetent to testify as to the defendant's state of 532 00:32:36,740 --> 00:32:40,520 mind. But if it'll speed things up, the people will stipulate that the defendant 533 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,400 thought the witness was a lousy mother and that she often called to express 534 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,480 sentiment. The people will also stipulate that the defendant's son felt 535 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,200 the same way. Is that where you're going, Ms. Perkins, to show this woman 536 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,040 these calls to criticize this woman's maternal performance? 537 00:32:57,540 --> 00:33:02,220 Yes. Well, then I don't... No, I mean, she called for more than that. She also 538 00:33:02,220 --> 00:33:03,540 called to provide information. 539 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,280 You may proceed within that scope. 540 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:14,540 Miss Trichler, didn't my client sometimes call to tell you things like 541 00:33:14,540 --> 00:33:17,180 boy could be picked up or what time he should be dropped off? 542 00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:22,240 No. His father would do that. She would only call to berate me. Like bloody 543 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,700 hell! I will not tolerate any more of that, Mrs. Kirby. 544 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,400 Isn't it true that she would sometimes call to ask you legitimate questions? 545 00:33:30,140 --> 00:33:31,140 She would... 546 00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:35,090 called to tell me that I was the worst thing that ever happened to her son and 547 00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:37,570 that I was probably the worst thing that ever happened to my son. 548 00:33:40,010 --> 00:33:41,010 I have nothing further. 549 00:33:42,210 --> 00:33:45,270 People rest, Your Honor. You may step down, Mrs. Tritchler. 550 00:33:47,530 --> 00:33:51,270 Um... Uh, the defense calls Dolores Kirby. 551 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,130 All right. 552 00:33:56,450 --> 00:33:57,450 Mrs. Kirby. 553 00:33:57,630 --> 00:34:00,430 Could you tell the court what occasioned you to telephone the complainant 554 00:34:00,430 --> 00:34:01,950 repeatedly over the last two months? 555 00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:03,930 I was worried about my grandson. 556 00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:06,330 What specifically bothered you, Mrs. Kirby? 557 00:34:06,570 --> 00:34:10,850 Well, all her men friends, for one thing. She lives the life of a whore. I 558 00:34:10,850 --> 00:34:14,830 that on the record. Sit down, Mrs. Treachler. I don't think it's right that 559 00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:17,330 nine -year -old boy should be brought up in that environment. 560 00:34:17,830 --> 00:34:19,830 I'd call to express my opinion, that's all. 561 00:34:20,090 --> 00:34:23,830 Now, Mrs. Kirby, the records indicate that sometimes you would call as many as 562 00:34:23,830 --> 00:34:24,830 six times a day. 563 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:26,750 Most of those calls were to my grandson. 564 00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:30,370 I'd call, and he'd be out playing, so I'd call back later. 565 00:34:30,989 --> 00:34:34,750 Can I help it if that filthy little slut keeps answering? I want that on the 566 00:34:34,750 --> 00:34:39,250 record right next door. Somebody please shut over your dead body. Mrs. Kirby! 567 00:34:42,630 --> 00:34:47,449 Is it your testimony, then, that you made these calls to your ex -daughter 568 00:34:47,449 --> 00:34:52,310 -law, not with the intent to annoy or harass, but simply out of concern for 569 00:34:52,310 --> 00:34:53,310 welfare of your grandson? 570 00:34:53,489 --> 00:34:54,489 Yes, it is. 571 00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:55,710 Thank you. 572 00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:56,889 I have nothing further. 573 00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:58,670 No cross. 574 00:34:59,090 --> 00:35:00,950 Mrs. Kirby, you're excused. 575 00:35:02,010 --> 00:35:03,450 The defense rests, Your Honor. 576 00:35:03,730 --> 00:35:05,510 Can we waive closing arguments? 577 00:35:05,910 --> 00:35:09,510 Yes. Well, I'd like to say... Nothing you could say, Miss Perkins, could 578 00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:12,770 possibly sway me. Will the defendant please rise? 579 00:35:16,450 --> 00:35:20,070 Mrs. Kirby, I'm sure you're a very giving grandparent. 580 00:35:20,940 --> 00:35:24,240 But you have no right to call this woman to tell her she's a bad mother. 581 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:27,740 You have no right to threaten her or to use obscene language. 582 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,240 If you want to file a report with the social services, that's one thing. But 583 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:35,300 those repeated calls constitute a criminal violation. 584 00:35:36,260 --> 00:35:37,260 Don't do it. 585 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,820 Now, what I'm going to do is continue this matter without a finding for one 586 00:35:41,820 --> 00:35:45,820 year. If you behave, I'll dismiss the complaint at that time. 587 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:51,510 But... If you continue to make these calls, I will find you guilty on the 588 00:35:51,510 --> 00:35:52,650 presented to me today. 589 00:35:53,090 --> 00:35:56,610 I'll slap you with a big fine, and I'll make you spend a week in jail. 590 00:35:57,570 --> 00:36:01,570 Now, I know you don't want that to happen, so no more calls. 591 00:36:02,530 --> 00:36:06,190 Now, Mr. Handelman, Miss Perkins, approach the bench. 592 00:36:12,810 --> 00:36:16,210 Let me offer you these observations, Miss Perkins, in the hope that you learn 593 00:36:16,210 --> 00:36:17,210 something from them. 594 00:36:17,590 --> 00:36:22,510 I found your irresponsible rejection of a city attorney's offer coupled with a 595 00:36:22,510 --> 00:36:27,090 defense strategy that all but assured conviction and compounded by your 596 00:36:27,090 --> 00:36:31,330 inability to control your own client to be shamefully unprofessional. 597 00:36:32,130 --> 00:36:35,610 Please be so kind to tell your firm that the next time they look to send 598 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:40,670 inexperienced attorneys out to cut their teeth, that they stay away from my 599 00:36:40,670 --> 00:36:41,670 courtroom. 600 00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:42,940 That's all. 601 00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:51,020 Abby? 602 00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:53,780 I am sorry about McGrath. 603 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,960 If I'd known it was going to get transferred to him, I never would have 604 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,120 in. He is a bear. 605 00:36:58,520 --> 00:36:59,560 I was a mess, Victor. 606 00:36:59,900 --> 00:37:03,220 I couldn't even think straight in there. I remember my first trial. All I got 607 00:37:03,220 --> 00:37:05,780 was an upset stomach, two wobbly knees, and a guilty verdict. 608 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:08,640 Seriously, I had to run out after the trial and throw up on my new pair of 609 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,600 shoes. I'm not meant to be a trial lawyer. 610 00:37:11,210 --> 00:37:15,430 I should just be the little office mole, researching, site -checking, stuff like 611 00:37:15,430 --> 00:37:19,630 that. It happens to everybody, Abby. The only thing that really matters is the 612 00:37:19,630 --> 00:37:20,630 result. 613 00:37:21,010 --> 00:37:22,310 And Mrs. Kirby got a good one. 614 00:37:22,910 --> 00:37:24,330 Don't try to make me feel better, Victor. 615 00:37:24,650 --> 00:37:25,650 You weren't there. 616 00:37:26,050 --> 00:37:27,090 But I was. 617 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:30,890 Can you excuse us for a minute, Victor? 618 00:37:34,070 --> 00:37:35,070 Sure. 619 00:37:37,830 --> 00:37:38,970 For what it's worth... 620 00:37:39,470 --> 00:37:40,890 I thought the judge was out of line. 621 00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:45,090 Oh, but you weren't, telling him it was me who wanted the trial. 622 00:37:45,810 --> 00:37:46,810 It was the truth. 623 00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:50,510 He was against me from the start, and you contributed to that. Listen, it 624 00:37:50,510 --> 00:37:52,590 happened. I lost my first case, too. 625 00:37:52,810 --> 00:37:56,070 Oh, and you just love rubbing my nose in it, don't you? Not really. 626 00:37:56,350 --> 00:37:57,370 Then why did you come down here? 627 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,130 To ask you out on a date. 628 00:37:59,370 --> 00:38:00,370 A date? 629 00:38:00,650 --> 00:38:02,210 What's with you? What's with you? 630 00:38:02,590 --> 00:38:05,930 You do everything you can to embarrass me in court, and then you come marching 631 00:38:05,930 --> 00:38:08,510 in here... Hey, I just tried my case. You embarrassed yourself. 632 00:38:11,020 --> 00:38:13,600 I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I came in here. 633 00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:19,820 Hiya, George. Stink it, Counselor. 634 00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:23,100 Status, Cromwell. 635 00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:28,500 Unchanged. Stewart is currently in San Francisco on the Chapman case. 636 00:38:29,020 --> 00:38:32,880 And in her first major league at bat. 637 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:36,020 Douglas, Victor, even the great ones strike out. 638 00:38:36,750 --> 00:38:41,650 I trust, Miss Perkins, you will dig in at the plate next time at bat and hit 639 00:38:41,650 --> 00:38:42,910 ball out of the park. 640 00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:46,910 Thank you. Even Richard Nixon lost his first case. 641 00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:53,450 Finally, negotiations, as you all know, are proceeding apace vis -a -vis merging 642 00:38:53,450 --> 00:38:54,790 with Marshall Taft. 643 00:38:57,890 --> 00:39:02,690 Uh, Douglas, if you'll permit me, after a great deal of thought... 644 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,200 I have come to regret the position I took on the merger. 645 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:08,680 All right, Annie. 646 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:13,840 The decision was made emotionally and in haste. 647 00:39:14,180 --> 00:39:19,020 And I don't think I had the firm's best interest or even my own at heart. 648 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,220 So I'm formally changing my yes vote to a no. 649 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:26,600 Leaving us where? 650 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:28,320 Back at 3 -3. 651 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,940 Anyone else care to recant? 652 00:39:32,350 --> 00:39:33,430 Well, you've still got the chance? 653 00:39:35,070 --> 00:39:38,630 Well, actually, I've been thinking about it. 654 00:39:39,050 --> 00:39:44,010 Douglas. I truthfully am quite put off by their hands -on style of management. 655 00:39:44,570 --> 00:39:49,710 Further, after several sessions of hard negotiation, it's become clear that the 656 00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:52,490 upfront dollars once talked about are illusory. 657 00:39:52,730 --> 00:39:55,870 What? They propose payment over a seven -year span. 658 00:39:56,470 --> 00:39:57,490 Wait, seven years? 659 00:39:58,070 --> 00:39:59,790 Non -negotiable. 660 00:40:00,580 --> 00:40:01,920 Oh, forget that. 661 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:07,520 Besides, I had lunch with a guy who used to work for them in Chicago. 662 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:09,780 Says it was like boot camp. 663 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,220 Let's tell him to go to hell. 664 00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:15,860 Okay. 665 00:40:19,180 --> 00:40:21,820 Leland, that makes you the only one left. 666 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:25,880 I'll bow to the will of the majority. 667 00:40:46,259 --> 00:40:47,500 Rocks, we're not merging. 668 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,560 Deal's off. Call my realtor quick. 669 00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:54,900 It's a dress code. 670 00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,940 Thank you. 671 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,340 Personally, I think you made the right decision. 672 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:05,240 I hope so. 673 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:07,520 Sometimes bigger really is better. 674 00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:13,830 Well, for what it's worth, I chose Mackenzie Brackman because of you and 675 00:41:13,830 --> 00:41:14,830 they were small. 676 00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:19,050 I've had no reason to regret my decision on either count. 677 00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:20,810 Thank you. 678 00:41:21,190 --> 00:41:24,970 Ann, I think I told you the first time we went to dinner together that 679 00:41:24,970 --> 00:41:26,710 flirtation is just not my style. 680 00:41:27,350 --> 00:41:31,650 The last few weeks working with you so intimately, I've... Well, I've grown 681 00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:34,090 intensely attracted to you. 682 00:41:35,950 --> 00:41:36,950 I'm sorry, George. 683 00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:40,430 You're as attracted to me as I am to you. I can feel it. 684 00:41:41,430 --> 00:41:43,970 Maybe at another time in my life. 685 00:41:46,090 --> 00:41:49,050 So what you're saying is that you're a tease. You just like to flirt. 686 00:41:49,910 --> 00:41:54,750 No. Oh, yes, that you enjoy shooting up these little sexual flares, late -night 687 00:41:54,750 --> 00:41:56,870 meetings, the intimate little touches. 688 00:41:57,550 --> 00:42:00,310 What was the real agenda, Ann? This Markowitz character? 689 00:42:00,910 --> 00:42:02,990 Pump me up so you can yank his leash? 690 00:42:03,250 --> 00:42:05,570 If I gave you any mixed signals, I apologize. 691 00:42:06,510 --> 00:42:08,610 But I'm in love with this Markowitz character. 692 00:42:10,010 --> 00:42:12,970 And if you'll excuse me, I've got to catch a plane. 693 00:42:17,610 --> 00:42:21,150 Mr. Becker, your realtor tells me you have a written offer to present on our 694 00:42:21,150 --> 00:42:22,150 house. 695 00:42:22,630 --> 00:42:23,630 Barney. 696 00:42:23,930 --> 00:42:28,710 And actually, to be totally candid with you, I don't want to buy your house. 697 00:42:29,810 --> 00:42:33,290 Well, in that case, I've got better things to do with my time. Mr. Alport. 698 00:42:33,370 --> 00:42:34,370 Alport, please. 699 00:42:34,980 --> 00:42:37,240 I know this seems very unorthodox. 700 00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:41,960 The truth is, my heart went out to both of you when I heard about your 701 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,560 situation. What did you hear? 702 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,760 Just that the house that you bought in hopes of showing up at troubled marriage 703 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,660 had become a mirror of your shattered dreams. 704 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,140 Who the hell is this jerk? 705 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,540 Listen, pal, our marriage is none of your damn business. 706 00:42:56,980 --> 00:43:01,500 Actually, it is my business. Literally, I mean. I'm a divorce lawyer. 707 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:05,300 Well, we already have a couple of sharks bleeding us dry. In fact, I happen to 708 00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:07,860 admire and respect both of your attorneys, and I'm not trying to steal 709 00:43:07,860 --> 00:43:09,420 business. So what's in it for you? 710 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,760 Absolutely nothing more than the satisfaction of seeing two people who 711 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,880 love each other very much work out their problems. 712 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,520 Love? Well, the little woman sure had a hell of a way of showing it. 713 00:43:21,260 --> 00:43:22,260 It was nothing. 714 00:43:23,060 --> 00:43:24,060 A cry for attention. 715 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:26,300 What the hell do you know about this? 716 00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:28,760 Only people who love each other. 717 00:43:29,529 --> 00:43:32,630 punish each other this much. Well, thanks a lot, Dr. Freud. 718 00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:34,310 Tell me, Gordon. 719 00:43:35,270 --> 00:43:39,750 Look me right in the eye and tell me that you never did it with another woman 720 00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:40,750 while you were married. 721 00:43:45,350 --> 00:43:49,830 So the house became a very good way to avoid dealing with your real problems. 722 00:43:52,210 --> 00:43:54,590 Since the day we bought it, we were at each other's throats. 723 00:43:55,050 --> 00:43:57,290 Of course, it happens all the time. It's not your fault. 724 00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:00,860 The decisions, the constant hassles. You know, I get enough of that stuff at 725 00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:02,340 work. I didn't need to come home to that punishment. 726 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,660 Maybe you could have been a little bit more understanding. 727 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,880 And maybe you could have been more sensitive to her needs. 728 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:20,280 Oh, come on. 729 00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:23,980 Don't. 730 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:25,680 Marriage is like a ship in the ocean. 731 00:44:26,779 --> 00:44:29,600 Sometimes you just have to ride the storm out. 732 00:44:30,420 --> 00:44:31,600 Let's give it another try. 733 00:44:33,180 --> 00:44:34,260 Please, come home. 734 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:35,840 I can't live there. 735 00:44:36,940 --> 00:44:38,100 Well, I don't want to sell it. 736 00:44:38,460 --> 00:44:44,180 Look, how about in the spirit of compromise, you lease it? 737 00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:49,160 I could live with that. 738 00:44:49,860 --> 00:44:51,800 Me too, I guess. 739 00:45:16,970 --> 00:45:17,970 Excuse me. 740 00:45:18,890 --> 00:45:19,910 Buy a lady a drink? 741 00:45:21,050 --> 00:45:22,310 What would the lady be drinking? 742 00:45:24,210 --> 00:45:25,730 You know how to make a Venus butterfly? 743 00:45:26,650 --> 00:45:28,710 No, I'm sorry. That one's not in my repertoire. 744 00:45:29,490 --> 00:45:30,490 That's okay. 745 00:45:31,530 --> 00:45:32,530 It's in mine. 746 00:45:36,650 --> 00:45:38,930 Are you here alone at the hotel? 747 00:45:42,610 --> 00:45:43,610 Perhaps. 748 00:45:46,570 --> 00:45:47,570 We could go to your room. 749 00:45:56,330 --> 00:45:57,410 I have to call room service. 750 00:45:58,130 --> 00:45:59,130 I know.