L.A. Law1986

[In the morning of the city of Los Angeles, in the 444 Flower Building, the first day of a new incoming Senior Partner as the first woman to be in charge in the law offices meeting is Rosalind Shays since she was elected last week]

Stuart Markowitz:
Ann.

Rosalind Shays:
Douglas, I think everybody's here. Why don't you get started? [And every people seated. Douglas bring his coffee and opened his time on his pocket watch, beginning the meeting of today in the morning]

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Okay. People vs. Lassen. [That's for Abby Perkins]

Abby Perkins:
Joel Lassen's been busted for possession again. Arraignments tomorrow.

Rosalind Shays:
Why are we in this?

Arnie Becker:
Because he's Abe Lassen's son.

Rosalind Shays:
Say no more. [Abby will get started working on Joel's case. Moving along]

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Breecher vs Wynn. [That's for Jonathan Rollins' who represent the defendant Gretchen Wynn, being suing for damages by the plaintiff Ray Breecher, who was represented by Mr. Breecher's lawyer Michael Roitman]

Jonathan Rollins:
That's mine. [Michael Kuzak has done enough already working on Earl Williams' case last week, and he'll be returned to practicing law on his own until he listen during the meeting. But right now he's looking up the paper in the file] Our client packages county fairs. The main event of one of them is a frog-jumping contest. There was prize money involved, and one enterprising entrant, got himself something called an African Goliath frog.

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
An African Goliath frog.

Jonathan Rollins:
Yeah. It was ruled ineligible hence the suit.

Rosalind Shays:
I understand that there's appeal in things novel and strange. I also understand that as an attorneys we need to amuse ourselves. But quite frankly, what I can't countenance are the sort of indulgences that hurt us.

Victor Sifuentes:
How does this hurt us?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
It costs us. It makes us look foolish. What I'm saying, Jonathan, is that I think you're to have to be more selective of the kinds of cases he take on.

Leland McKenzie:
Actually, he didn't take on the case, Rosalind. I did. [Rosalind is waiting. Move on the next quorum. Arnie looked quiet. Leland is waiting, too]

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Moving along. Jackson vs. Haas. [That's for Ann Kelsey, who is representing the plaintiff Charles Jackson and his wife Mrs. Jackson, who is suing against the skinhead family for kicking the black youth boy to death. Joseph Haas as a defendant were represented by his Lawyer William Willis, and were helped from Joseph's his wife Pauline]

Ann Kelsey:
That's mine. A young black boy was kicked to death by a skinhead. We're suing the skinhead's parents.

Arnie Becker:
Why?

Ann Kelsey:
Why? Because a kid doesn't become a racist thug in the vacuum.

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
But suing the parents? To me, this utter litigiousness. It's... it's looking to the courts for a payday.

Jonathan Rollins:
It's looking to the courts to fight bigotry, like... like Brown vs. Board of Education. Was that utter litigiousness?

Rosalind Shays:
What was the age of the defendant's son at the time of killing, Ann?

Ann Kelsey:
He was 15, Rosalind.

Rosalind Shays:
I think that's young enough to infer parental liabilities. Good luck. [Stuart is next soon] Move along, Douglas. [Douglas is waiting, Leland holding his address note book] I said, why don't we move along? [Meeting is adjourned]