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you're wrong.

Why can't we be two experienced professionals
who disagree over a judgment call?

Why does it have to be that
you're right and I'm wrong?

Well,when there's a right and a
wrong answer,it isn't a judgment call.

Is everything okay,sir?

No,eli.

My position as managing partner
of my own firm is at stake,

and it appears the attorneys I've
chosen to defend me against allegations

I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress
disorder can't seem to agree on the time of day.

- It's 11:19.
- Give or take a few minutes.

I take it from the argument I've just spent the
last ten minutes trying not to pay attention to,

you disagree over whether I should
take the stand in my own defense.

- It's notven a close call in this situation.
- it's not so much a disagreement over that

- as over what--what the right thing
to do is here.- It's about the proof--

enough! both of you

make your case in one sentence or less.

Ladies and daughters first.

Go.

The burden of proof is
on posner and klein,okay?

We don't want to risk opening you up to cross-examination
to show that they haven't met their burden.

We do if we don't want to take the greater
risk of appearing that we have no other way

of demonstrating that you have all your faculties,which,by
the way,testifying will do very effectively.

- You used two sentences.-
Yours was a run-on.

I'm going to testify.

I respect your point of view on
this,sweetheart,but I agree with eli.

And just for the record,I
don't think you're wrong.

I just happen to agree with him.

That's the fourth time he's
"happened" to agree with you.

Look,you wanted a bench trial
to protect him from a jury.

You want an expedited hearing
to protect him from the press.

Now you want to keep him off the stand
to protect him from cross-examination.

He needs a litigator,taylor,not
an overprotective daughter.

Oh,what about an overeager prot?

who blames himself for
the mess his mentor's in?

He still has the support of the board.

How long do you think that'll last
the longer this thing drags out?

It's just too bad that no outside firm
will get in the middle of this,huh?

Yeah,it's too bad.

This is me.

- Good night.
- Good night.

god.

Yes,I'm rather anxious myself.

In moments such as these-- not that I've been
fortunate to have any on quite this scale--

I find it best to focus on the client.

The client?

Yes,the client,eli-- the
individual,or,in this case,

individuals who have retained
our services on their behalf.

Because of the thing with the,uh,case.

I'm not getting an overwhelming
feeling of confidence here.

It's okay,sir.

I'm ready for...trial.

I'm just not sure what that trial is.

eli,you're about to face nine
justices who are going to,at a minimum,

expect you to appreciate the distinction
between them and a state court.

"Them," sir?

Sorry,could you be more personal
with your personal pronouns?

Eli,we're less than an hour from arguing a
case before the highest court in the land.

The phrase "get on the
ball" comes to mind.

matt?

I heard that jordan wants to cut back
associate salaries by nearly half.

Not my business,tommy.

Sure it is.

You're the one sleeping
with the enemy...

or at least his daughter.

So is wethersby gonna bankrupt this
place and us along with it,or not?

No,he's not.all right,he
built this place.

He put that rolex on your wrist
and that designer suit on your back.

You don't have any of that without
him,so show the man some respect.

Taylor.

Just out of curiosity,did I miss any
classic matt dowd zingers just now?

Or did you remain completely
silent the entire time?

Tommy was just venting some
very understandable anxieties.

"Sleeping with the enemy"?

He's your dad,and they
know we're together.

Whatever I said wouldn't have mattered
because I'm not seen as objective,

and you've got the same problem.

Excuse me?

In court.

You're his daughter,taylor,and any argument you make
to a judge is going to lose credibility because of that.

You sound like eli.

And if he and I actually agree,that
should really tell you something.

You know,this isn't
really helpful right now.

You don't need to represent your dad
to prove to him you're a great lawyer.

The psychoanalysis isn't helping either.

Taylor... I'm gonna stay at my place
tonight.I've got a lot of work to do.

Okay.

Well,maybe this is the one that
takes you to the supreme court.

What?

Oh,you've got vision fever.

I must have missed that
day at medical school.

You had a vision last week.You
read a little bit of dad's journal.

It's all cool and exciting.

You got the prophet bug.

Will you stop making up
spiritual ailments,please?

I-I have no time for
new cases right now,nate.

I got my plate full with
posner and klein vs.Wethersby.

Just come with me to
see my new patient,okay?

I'll have you in and out of the
clinic in,like,less than an hour.

- Clinic?
- Yeah,I told you.

I'm volunteering at the
park presidio free clinic.

Since when?

Well,ever since you saved
me from the aneurysm,

I guess I figured I
should give something back.

All right,so this patient I've been
seeing--she's only 6 years old,all right?

She lives with her family in a low-income
housing unit in the tenderloin--you know,

the kind where the paint's been peeling
off the walls for the last 30 years?

In fact,that's why she needs you.

She's got lead poisoning?

Serious health problems.

It's impossible to prove
causation in lead paint cases.

And even if you could,the C.P.S.C.
Made lead paint illegal in 1978,

which means the statute of
limitations has already expired.

- Yeah,but,eli
- but thank you,and keep those great suggestions coming.

I gotta get back to the office.

eli?

"equal justice under law."

The equal protection clause was written
exactly for a case like this one--

for people struggling agnst powerful
interests arrayed against them.

This is the pinnacle of my
career,eli-- of any attorney's career.

But for you,I'd be on the other side,

representing the likes of
the L.P.M.A.I'd be dishonoring

these hallowed halls with a halfhearted
argument defending the constitutional

right of paint manufacturers
to poison innoce children.

This is the lead paint case.

Try not to sound so surprised.

ElI!Eli?

Vision?

No.

Yeah.

Uh,you could tell?

Yeah,you had vision face.

- And now who's making up ailments?
- Okay,so what did you see?

Was it--I mean,was
it about my case?

It was about my
case,wasn't it?-I knew it.

How could you p

you tell me you haven't
been reading dad's journal.

- I haven't been reading dad's journal.
- Well,skimming it,then.

You have!

Look,he said that you
take the lead case.

I mean,he wrote down the clients' names!

When I saw the kims' names
in here,I nearly had a stroke.

Look,I-I-I
dog-eared the page.

- Nate.-
Yeah,o-okay.

- I-I'm sure that you associate the journal with
grace,and that doesn't- this is not about her.

This is about me not wanting to live my life
according to dad's unabomber prophecy manifesto.

If you only knew these people
and what they've been through--

but I don't,nate.I don't know them.

I know jordan,and I know
what he's going through,

and I know what happens to him if I
don't doverything in my power to help him.

So just... go be a doctor.

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I didn't read it.

I-I performed a controlled
skimming of just one page,

which confirmed that the case in the book is the same
one that takes me and jordan to the supreme court.

What exactly did the page say?

See foseyourlf.

Okay,now look,kim is the name
of my would-be future clients.

But what's
this--"nurhachi"?

Not
what--who.

He's a teacher I studied with in china.

Well,I'm guessing that
he didn't give you an "A."

What he gave me were nightmares.

He was a student of zhiguai.

Yao-what?

Zhiguai.

It means "accounts of
anomalies." Black magic stuff--

werewolves,transmigration.

Kind of like the buddhist
version of "the x-files."

And what's his name doing in the book?

I-I studied acupuncture under him.

He taught me a technique.

He called it "the dark truth."

"The dark truth"?

It's old medicine-- supposed to
bring mental clarity through pain.

You're making this up.

Well,only insofar as I'm
just educated-guessing.

But it doesn't make a difference,because
I'm not ing this on you.

It's too dangerous.

Well,I already clearly have
the written consent of a parent.

Come on.This is about jordan.

I need to know,frank.

And now for something
completely different.

Take a deep breath.

do it.

someone call security.

Who let this man in here?

I'm just kidding,man.

Good to see ya.

How long has it been--
uh,like six months?

Saw you this morning.

Uh... yeah.

Did the "wethersby" fall off?

Is this little trip down memory
lane part of you coming to grips

with getting your ass spanked on
jordan's hearing six months ago?

Six months?

Okay.I don't suppose you paid extra
for the warranty on your brain surgery.

It sounds like you might
need a little tune-up.

What happened in the hearing?

Oh,about what you'd expect to happen when a lawyer
is crazier thanhe alleged crazy guy he's defending,

as this little reunion shows.

- It was my fault.
- Hey,don't be so hard on yourself.

that's my job.

eli,take it easy.You're back.

What did you see?Eli?

can you repeat that?

I have to withdraw from your case.

- Excuse me?- I know this
comes as a surprise,but--

I seem to recall a rather
impassioned argument about

how this hearing was the most important
moment in my professional life,

and there was no one better suited
to steer me through it than you.

I know,sir,but I think I was wrong.

You should go with taylor,and
just taylor,on this one.

I would just drag you down,believe me.

You're absolutely right,eli.

If you were planning on exhibiting this
kind of capricious judgment on my behalf,

I wouldn't be well-served
by you representing me.

- Taylor...
- do what you need to do.

We're fine.

I'm fine.

I can do this.Don't worry.

S-something I did?

More like something you didn't do.

I can't believe you,of all
people,bailing on jordan.

It's like you chose a side.

I didn't choose anything.I got
one of my 9-1-1 calls from god.

Then you star-69 him and say you'll take
care of it after you take care of jordan.

It doesn't work that way.

Trust me,you want me
off the jordan case.

You really do.

What's this?

Lead paint product liability.It's david
versus goliath stuff--your favorite.

- Just read it.
- Well,I don't have to read it.

There's nothing in this file that could
make me want to abandon our mentor.

firstly,he's not your mentor.

Secondly,I didn't abandon him.

Taylor's handling it,and believe
me,she's happier that I no longer am.

And thirdly,I'm doing this
with or without your help.

And we both know that you're biologically
incapable of turning down a poor,

sick kid case like this one.

I hate you.

That's a lot of discovery for a
simple breach of contract case.

I know.

I'm an artist.

Uh,can you give us a minute,buddy?

Absolutely.

I'm here for keith,actually.

- Him?
- Me?

I need to replace eli on
posner and klein vs.Wethersby.

Well,I'm kind of busy helping matt
draft discovery requests in koehler.

I'm sure matt won't mind,especially considering
how important my father's case is to him.

100%.

Jordan needs a capable and
objective lawyer on his team.

Leesie started having
seizures when she was 3.

We hug her till she stops shaking.

It's the only thing we can do.

And when she started school this year,her teacher
told us she was slower than the other kids.

We're not spiteful people,mr.Stone,and
we've never sued anyone.

But leesie's doctor's bills-- they're more than
I make in a year,and I'm already working two jobs.

Did you ever actually see
leesie ingest paint chips?

No,but when she was a toddler,everything she
could get her little hands on went into her mouth.

I saw her picking at the paint.

If we could afford a better
place,maybe leesie would be okay.

********

******

do you know,uh,when
your apartment was built?

Um,1950s,I think.

No one has ever won a lead
paint liability case before.

That's part of the reason why.

I-I don't understand.

Well,if your apartment was
constructed in the 1950s,

that means it's got at least two
decades worth of lead paint in it.

It's highly unlikely that that
paint is from a single manufacturer.

So even if we stood a chance of
bringing a successful lawsuit,

we wouldn't know which one to sue.

so what do we do?

We sue them all.

if you don't mind,I'd like it to be just
me and leesie at the plaintiff's table.

You're demoting me to the gallery?

- Very mature,eli.
- It's not like that.

It's just,gibbons is gonna
have an army in there.

I want it to be as few people
as possible at our table.

Sympathy is our best and only play here.

Okay.

frankly,I'd always been
in awe of jordan wethersby.

The man was single-minded.

It was rare finding a man
whose tenacity exceeded my own.

You can imagine my surprise when I get
a phone call out of the literal blue,

telling me he could "no longer in
good conscience" represent my company.

Did he explain why?

He registered some moral indignation regarding
the wages we pay at our sri lanka factory.

It was like I didn't
even know the man anymore.

- Objection.
- Sustained.

Nothing further,your honor.

So for over 30 years,jordan
wethersby was an amoral gun for hire,

- and his sudden conscience makes him unrecognizable
- objection.

Withdrawn.

What is the mills foundation?

It's a public interest
nonprofit I started with the,uh,

- proceeds from my company's I.P.O.
- Whose idea was it?

It was your
father's-- jordan'S.

I take it he made that suggestion
during that same phone call last week?

Oh,no,nothat was... that
was nearly 30 years ago.

When mr. Wethersby was suffering
from pre-traumatic stress disorder.

Are we out of witnesses?

Just one more for the plaintiffs,your
honor-- ellen wethersby.

It's a stunt,your honor.

Actually,I withdraw that.

To be a stunt,it'd have to be
in service of a legitimate case.

This is a legitimate case.

Hundreds of people have filed
lead paint liability suits.

Just out of curiosity,how many of those cases
were filed within the statute of limitations?

We'll be able to prove it here.

Through discovery,we will obtain
evidence that will prove lead paint--

in other words,u don't have any evidence,but
you're hoping you'll find some...

maybe.

Your honor,at this time,I'd like to supplement our
motion to dismiss with a motion for rule 11 sanctions.

Your honor,sanctions?

Wholly appropriate when a plaintiff
brings a case as frivolous as this.

Our complaint alleges causation.

That should be sufficient at this stage.

Not for me,mr. Stone.

But I'm not heartless.

Nor do I fail to notice the
6-year-old girl at your table.

You've got 24 hours to convince
me why she's got a case.

I renew my objection,your honor.

Marital communications privilege prevents my
client's wife from revealing private confidences.

And ms.Klein has already been
warned against asking her to do so.

Can you describe your husband's
behavior following his accident?

Objection.Mrs. Wethersby
is not a psychogist.

I am not asking her to diagnose
his behavior-- merely describe it.

Overruled.

he's different,isn't he?

He's different since the bank.

He can't seem to fall asleep.

When he does,he can't stay that way.

He's spending more time at the office.

When he does come home,he just works.

Thank you for your candor.

The lack of sleep,the
constant work--

are you describing someone traumatized
by an accident or reinvigorated by it?

I don't know.

You're in therapy,aren't you?

Objection.Relevance?

Just give me one more question.

Yes,I'm in therapy.

So obviously you
believe in its benefits.

But you didn't suggest that
your husband see someone?

No.

Clearly,you're not that worrd about him.

Have you expressed your concern fr
youhusband to anyone other than him?

Yes.

- I told taylor I was concerned.
- Objection!

Is there a stepdaughter
privilege I'm unaware of?

Overruled.

When you expressed your concern to
ms.Wethersby,what did she say in response?

Taylor said she was worried,too.

She was afraid he'd become
self-destructive since the accident.

I'm sorry.

- Obviously,they
- it's fine,taylor.

There's no law against a daughter
being concerned for her father.

That having been said,your
client is very concerned.

I know,but I'll fix it.

By calling me to the witness stand.

I'm returning to the office
to prepare my testimony.

Late night?

My defense team's a bit understaffed.

I know I left you in the
lurch,but I had a ason.

The lead paint case I'm working on...

it goes to the supreme court.

We take it there.

- We're still working together
- I'm sure you believe your divine calling,

but it's not particularly
helpful to me at the moment,eli.

It was helpful to you when you were
buried under the credit dauphin bank.

I don't understand.

It'S... how I found you.

I was guided.

"Guided"?

Just like I was guided away from your
case to the one I'm working on now.

If I stay with you,we lose.

Enough,eli.

- If I could just describe to you what I saw
- I said enough about your damn visions!

I'm losing my firm,everything
I've worked for.

I stand accused of not being in my right mind,which
is ironic given you've been my inspiration,

and now I'm beginning
to doubt your sanity.

I never told you to go to
war with posner and klein.

You didn't seem to have a problem
with me doing it last year.

What about trying to
fire half our clients?

We discussed changing the firm!

Not tearing it apart!

Sir,you're thone that wanted to
do this,and now you're blaming me.

I'm not blaming you,eli!

But I am disappointed that you would indulge
your personal fantasies at the moment.

I'm defending myself
against something very real.

I promise... I'm doing this for you.

Yes.Well...

those words have never
been more comforting.

Eli,did you know this marble was
cut from a quarry in alicante,spain?

I can only hope our competition
is equally as daunted by the space.

I don't think that gibbons and
his army of lawyers daunt much.

Gibbons?Eli,

the L.P.M.A. Swapped him out after
the trouncing you gave him at trial.

Their new attorneys are
somewhat more formidable.

How did we do it?

How did we trounce gibbons?

Excuse me?

I'm sorry,sir.

I don't have much time.

Maggie,it's eli.

I-I found out how we win.

***********

Your honor,the plaintiffs would like to
withdraw their product liability claim...

if you think doing that's gonna
immunize you from sanctions--

and amend our complaint to include a
claim under the public nuisance doctrine.

You're even crazier than I thought.

- This is
- I get to yell at him first,mr. Gibbons.

Factories have been compelled to
install scrubbers on smokestacks.

Why shouldn't paint manufacturers be held accountable
for putting poison on the wall of every home nationwide?

That's the most slanderous
characterization I've ever heard.

Wait,you're gonna love this part.

Public nuisance claims do not
require plaintiffs to prove causation,

and the statute of
limitations doesn't apply.

Your honor,the rhode island supreme court
has soundly rejected this nuisance theory--

do I look like rhode
island to you,mr.Gibbons?

Color me intrigued,mr.Stone.

- Your honor
- the defendant's motion to dismiss is taken under advisement.

Motion for sanctions denied.

I appreciate that,that I've
been acting out of character.

In point of fact,I hope I have.

I'm determined to make changes to
my life,my practice and my firm.

You proposed firing the
firm's most profitable clients.

I proposed culling the firm's most
socially irresponsible clients.

But W.P.K. Has represented
them for upwards of 30 years.

Implicit in your question is the belief that the
only explanation is that I've lost my mind somehow.

So what's the other explanation?

That I've had what alcoholics
term "a moment of clarity,"

a realization that the way I'd heretofore been living
my life has been detrimental to myself and others.

Thank you.

All our time in a courtroom together,never
thought we'd be on opposite sides of the aisle.

Ask your questions,martin.

Let's begin with your sudden
decision to change our firm.

It wasn't sudden.

No,you just walked in fresh from your accident and
announced that you were going to fire half our clients.

The accident was immaterial.This was
the consequence of spending decades

of my life aiding and abetting
a host of immoral acts to--

listen to yourself."Aiding
and abetting." Jordan--

spare me the false concern,martin.

It's as transparent as your emotion,which is nothing more
than a naked attempt to unseat me as head of our firm.

You're aware,aren't you,that--that
paranoia is a symptom of P.T.S.D.

Mm,so this entire hearing is a
delusion of mine.How comforting.

So your accident had no impact whatsoever
on your decision to restructure our firm?

No,I was on my way to do just
that when the accident occurred.

Is it fair to say that you were inspired,in
part,by one of our associates-- eli stone?

Yes,that's true.

And interesting when you consider that
mr.Stone is counsel to the almighty.

This is a transcript from eli
stone's testimony of three weeks ago.

Will you please read
the highlighted portion?

- Objection.
- Overruled.I want to hear this.

"I can pack this courtroom with people whose lives
"I've changed because of the other visions I've had,

sent to me by some higher
power,perhaps divine."

And now before you object,this
goes to the respondent's judgment.

Eli stone believes that he's
following instructions from god.

He's one of your acolytes,which--which
begs the question then--

do you believe that you plan
for the firm is the will of god?

Move for a recess,your honor.

- There's a question before the witness.
- We want a recess,judge.

- Jordan,are you being led by god
- enough,mr. Posner.

We'll resume tomorrow.

I'm authorized to
settle this for $500,000.

you don't win the lottery
without paying for a ticket.

Astute.

This settlement would be sealed
with no admission of liability

and an ironclad
confidentiality agreement.

And you never file suit against any
of the L.P.M.A. Companies ever again.

You don't even have a harsh
word to say to any of them.

I'll need to talk this
over with my clients.

The offer won't get any better.

It's a bribe.

A $500,000 bribe.

Which chris and joanna
aren't going to take.

We're not?

We could pay off all our debt
and then some with this money.

They're paying to keep you quiet and
to keep us from helping other families.

I'm sorry,mr. Stone.

This is too much for us to turn down.

But you do.

I mean...
you just--

I know that you're not the kind of people
to turn your backs on--on other people.

We'll think about it,but I don't
think we'll be changing our minds.

They're gonna turn it
down,go to trial.Don't worry.

I am worried,because I don't
think they should turn it down.

They're drowning in medical bills,and it'salpractice
for you to tell them to reject the life raft.

From the look on that guy's face,I thought
you'd be popping champagne corks in here.

This shouldn't be happening this way.

This is the best result we
could hope for,and you know it.

Well,what about everyone else?What
about all the other little leesies?

- What about them?
- We don't represent them.

Then what the hell was all this about?

- I need the journal.
- What journal?

Dad wrote all his
prophecies down in a journal.

Your dad could see the future,too?

Can you?

No.Well,just once.

You know what?

The kims hired us to
practice law,not sorcery.

Forget for a second about the
future and live in the now.

You don't need visions or a book or whatever
to tell you what the right thing to do here is.

Just do it.

"War does not determine who is right..."

only who is left.

- Mccullough.
- Bertrand russell,actually.

I-I meant the scotch.

It's very good.

I was saving it for a courtroom victory.

Sadly,this one seems
to be at my expense.

Well,it's not over yet,sir.

It's jordan.

After this is over,I suspect
no one will be calling me "sir.

Maybe,maybe not,but,um,someone
will still be calling you dad.

"You might want to consider
going a little easier on her.

Taylor didn't want you to take
the stand,and she was right.

I owe her an apology.

My undoing was not her doing.

Well,she did do one thing
right,though-- getting eli to jump ship.

You'd have handed them the case
with eli sitting at your table.

Taylor didn't get eli
to...yes,that's what eli said.

I guess we were better off without him.

Know somethin'?

It's hard for me to picture the three
of you at my age,just startin' out.

It was,in every sense,a lifetime ago.

exhibit A."

how many glasses of mccullough did
you have when you all wrote this?"

Not as many as you would have imagined.

Then maybe it is exhibit "A."

- I need help.
- Doin that nurhachi thing on you again.

I don't want you to.I just-- I
want my father's journal back.

No,eli,you really don'T.

Look,I-I ditched jordan's case so that I
could take the one going to the supreme court,

and now both are circling the drain.

The book can't help
with that,eli.Trust me.

This book got me into
thisesS.It can get me out.

The book didn't get you into trouble.It
was you messin' with the plan.

Oh,there's a plan?That's great.

Remind me,which part are we up to now?

The part where you realize you
can't control the uncontrollable.

I can't just sit around and hope that
everything works out for the best.

God helps those who
help themselves,right?

You don't want to know
what's in this book,eli.

I wish i didn't know.

If there was anything that
bad,nate would have told me.

There are things in here
te couldn't understand.

I'm sorry,but wn you took
up the prophelemant again,

you had to know there'd
be some dark times.

Yeah,for me.

I chose to have the
aneurysm back.Jordan didn'T.

Now if there's even a chance that there's
something in that book that could help him,

I'm gonna take that chance.

You want to help
jordan?Just be there for him.

You don't need that book.

My religious beliefs aren't
relevant in this case.

Eli stone n't relevant.

The only thing that is relevant is
whether I'm suffering from P.T.S.D.

And if so,whether such a
condition makes me unfit to chart

the course of a firm I've spent
the past 30 years building.

have I made a decision to radically
alter the way my firm does business?

Is eli stone a factor?

Only insofar as he has reminded me of a
part of myself that I'd lost touch with...

that the three of us
have lost touch with.

Fortunately,I've kept a reminder.

Our mission statement.

"W.P.K. Will be a firm that serves the
public good and honors the public trust."

Ironic n't it,how evocat at is to the proposal
I'm now accusedof being crazy for making.

How did we get here?

How does one go from the boldness of a
youthful dream to accusations of insanity?

It starts out small-- a justifiable
compromise here or there,

till one day you start believing
that life is about compromise.

30 years ago,we each put our signature to this
and promised to use the law to change the world.

Somewhere along the line,the law just
became a way to make a lot of money,

and this napkin became disposable.

I'm trying to honor my
true self,my dumber self.

In a way,it is like
post-traumatic stress

because I don't ever want to go back to the
battle that nearly stole that person from me.

Congratulations.

I heard you won your case.

Settled,actually.

My clients got the proverbial
offer they couldn't refuse.

You won,right?

I heard the judge ruled that
none of your screws are loose.

Yes.

Unfortunately,in taking my case to
trial,I lost the support of the board,

which I suspect was martin
and marci's gambit all along.

- So they...
- they voted me out as managing partner 20 minutes ago.

Uh... I'm sorry,sir.

It could've been worse.I could have lost
the case entirely,been branded a psychotic.

Had my license to practice
called into question.

Given how they went at me
through you,I have no doubt all

that would've transpired had you been my
attorney during this instead of merely my friend.

Your friend?

What better term for someone I care
deeply about and admire even more?

I just thought that after
the other night and..

friends fight,eli,and the other night,I
couldn't indulge in supreme court prophecies.

today,however,I could use
something to look forward to.

Sorry,sir.

It doesn't look like we'll be going
to the supreme court after all.

We all have visions,eli.

I had a vision for what
this firm would become.

Sometimes we have to readjust our plans.

If we're not meant to go to the supreme
court with this case,perhaps another.

This case needs to go
to the supreme court.

But maybe what it doesn't need is us.

what are you gonna do now?

I'd considered golf as an option,but the accident
the other week has left my lower back in spasm.

That leaves me no other option
than to continue practicing law.

I intend to create the kind of practice
I've been expelled for proposing.

Might I entice you to follow
your old boss to a new firm?

No.

But I'll follow my friend.

What's the catch?

no catch.

So you just want to hand over
a brilliantly thought out,

fully developed case file
against the paint industry?

Well,not the whole case.You still
have to find yourself a client.

My point is,this is
big,like big tobacco big.

Why me?

We're not exactly besties.

Which is why no one will suspect
you got the information from me.

This public nuisance theory of yours,it could
make it all the way to the state supreme court.

Federal,even.

Are you about to be indicted?

Sorry,you're not that lucky,jeff.

No,I just...

I realized that this has to
be someone else's crusade.

I'm sorry it had to come to this.

Somehow you'll manage,I imagine.

You can stay on as of counsel.

In fact,marci and i have discussed
it.We would very much like you to.

Well,that's a very magnanimous
consolation prize,martin.

I have some rather specific anatomical
suggestions as to what you can do with it.

I trust that when administration
sends me my things,

you'll remember that many of the paintings
here are from my personal collection.

Sorry.Am I interrupting?

we were just leaving.

Stay.You'll want to hear this.

Your testimony about the cocktail
napkin reminded me of something.

One of my very first assignments when I joined
W.P.K. Was to review the firm's real estate holdings.

- So?
- Uh,15 years ago,

when you expanded the firm
to this location,martin,

you were involved in that bitter divorce,and,marci,you
were under investigation for insider trading.

I was exonerated of those false charges.

Yes,happy times.

Because of the clouds hanging
over your respective heads,

the three of you decided to put this
building solely in my father's name.

Now the three of you may
have signed that napkin,

but only my father's name is
on the title to this building.

Well... marci,martin,it appears
you're trespassing on my property.

But I can be gracious,give the attorneys
here time to decide if they want to stay.

A week sounds fair,doesn't it?

Don't worry.I didn't read it.

Although I was tempted to make sure george
lucas didn't make any more "star wars" movies.

What stopped you?

I don't want to live my life according to what
I think some notations in some book might say.

I don't want to try to control
the uncontrollable anymore.

That was... bold.

"Bold" would have been reading
it or asking you what it said.

You're gonna take long strides
on the surface of the earth,eli.

And with every step,you're
gonna change the world.

That was in the book?

Doesn't matter.

That's what I believe.

jeff.

Eli.

Maggie,what are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

oyez,oyez,oyez!

All persons having business
before the honorable,

the supreme court of the united states,are
admonished to draw near and give their attention,

for the court is now sitting.

Mr. Chief justice,and
may it please the court,

my name is maggie dekker of
posner,klein,and associates

appearing on behalf
of the petitioner--

the lead paint manufacturers' alliance.

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