L.A. Law (TV Series)

Bound for Glory (1990)

Alan Rachins: Douglas Brackman, Jr.

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• [Ann, Stuart and Douglas having a coffee break before heading to court, Ann is speaking with Douglas and Stuart] 

  Ann Kelsey : Did you see that? She's taking over. I told you, Stuart. I told you.

  [Stuart sighed] 

  Stuart Markowitz : She just backed you up on your case, Ann. That's a good thing.

  Ann Kelsey : That wasn't backing me up, Stuart. That was a calculated manipulation.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : She bossed me up. Did you hear the way she bossed me?

  Stuart Markowitz : She wasn't bossing you, Douglas.

  Ann Kelsey : Support, support, support. That's all she ever gets from you.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : ''Move along''. Very bossy.

  Stuart Markowitz : She beat me in the election. I'm the one who's being sensitive here.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : I think we should organize a little private meeting, see how everyone feels.

  Ann Kelsey : Why don't we just take another vote?

  Stuart Markowitz : It got to be done by executive committee. Article 3, Section 7.

  Ann Kelsey : Support, support, support.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Not support, Ann. A rule.

  Leland McKenzie : Excuse me. What's going on?

  Stuart Markowitz : Uh, nothing. We're just talking.

  Leland McKenzie : Benny has a little problem, Stuart. Could you help him out?

  Stuart Markowitz : Sure.

  Leland McKenzie : Let's be grownups.

  [while Ann is preparing to head to court, Douglas will be heading back to his office, and Stuart will take care of that while helping the Law Messenger Benny] 

• Abby Perkins : He's the client. Not Abe. If he doesn't want to plead guilty - I can't be...

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Come on. Abby, he's a drug addict.

  Abby Perkins : He wasn't on drugs when he was here, Douglas, I have no reason to question his capacity to make this decisions.

  Arnie Becker : OK, Abby, technically, you're right. Joel is the client, you're... you're supposed to do what he says. Look if we do get this thing kicked, that kid go straight back to drugs. Hey, are you gonna feel good about that just because technically you're ethically correct? Let me tell you something else. If we get the case dismissed, we'll lose Abe Lassen as our client.

  Abby Perkins : I can't let that be a factor.

  Arnie Becker : Look, Abby, I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you here.

  [Arnie closed the door and have private at Douglas' office] 

  Arnie Becker : If I lose Abe Lassen as a client, I lose a big chunk of my clout. The balance of power tilts even more heavily in Rosalind Shays' favor. She already has to be as client bases, she already been made Senior Partner. Losing Abe Lassen is going puts her one step closer to having unfettered control to do whatever the hell she wants.

  Abby Perkins : Why don't you take me off the case? Cut the plea yourself.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : If we did that, Joel would smell a rat, and get a new lawyer, and the results for here will be the same.

  Arnie Becker : You know the kid is better off doing the 6 months, Abby, you know it. All we're asking you to do is steer him in the direction would best help him give up drugs. Yes, I'm asking you to do it for Abe, yes, I'm asking you to do it for me, but I'm asking you to do it for Joel. Maybe his only chance, for God's sake.

  Abby Perkins : OK, I'll see if I can convince him.

  Arnie Becker : Thank you.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Thank you.

  [Abby will give it a shot and a try to help save her client Joel Lassen] 

• [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.

  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.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Breecher vs Wynn.

  Jonathan Rollins : That's mine. 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?

  Rosalind Shays : 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.

  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] 

  Rosalind Shays : Move along, Douglas.

  [Douglas is waiting, Leland holding his address note book] 

  Rosalind Shays : I said, why don't we move along?

  [Meeting is adjourned]