L.A. Law (TV Series)

I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz (1992)

Michael Tucker: Stuart Markowitz

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• Ann Kelsey : Stuart, I just realized I've got this deposition until 5:00 tomorrow. I'm going to have to come right home from there and change.

  Stuart Markowitz : Change for what?

  Ann Kelsey : The AIDS benefit in Santa Monica?

  Stuart Markowitz : That's tomorrow night?

  Ann Kelsey : Honey, of course it is.

  Stuart Markowitz : Ann, I have my meeting with Lilah Vandenberg tomorrow night.

  Ned Barron : Lilah Vandenberg, the actress?

  Stuart Markowitz : Yeah.

  Ann Kelsey : I thought that was in the afternoon.

  Stuart Markowitz : No, she only takes evening meetings. She finds them much more civilized.

  Ned Barron : She a client of yours?

  Stuart Markowitz : She's represented by Susan Bloom, but they've asked me to take a look at her finances.

  Ann Kelsey : So I go to the dinner alone?

  Ann Kelsey : No, why don't you call somebody from the firm? Maybe Douglas would want to go.

  Ned Barron : I could take you.

  Ann Kelsey : [Ann turned to Ned]  Very sweet of you.

  Stuart Markowitz : Now, wait a minute, that's a great idea.

• Ann Kelsey : Who's going to take care of Matthew?

  Stuart Markowitz : Matthew can stay with the whatchacallits next door.

  Ned Barron : The Haleys.

  Stuart Markowitz : The Haleys. He's crazy about little, uh...

  Ned Barron : Chelsey.

  Stuart Markowitz : [Stuart continues]  Little Chelsey. He won't even know we're gone.

  Ann Kelsey : It's black tie, Stuart.

  Ned Barron : Oh, that's no problem, my roommate used to be a maître' d. Actually, he owns a tuxedo.

  Stuart Markowitz : Great, no problem. You see? No problem. It's no problem at all, is it Matthew? No problem.

• Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Next up: Campos et al vs. Halifax Chemical.

  Tommy Mullaney : We're going to trial.

  [Brackman and McKenzie exchange a look] 

  Grace Van Owen : This is the class-action suit brought by the Hondurans?

  Tommy Mullaney : Mm-hmm. I'm co-chair with Alex DePalma, the attorney who brought it to us. Farm workers down there used a real nasty pesticide called Z-Chlor, also known as Wallop. Made 400 of them sterile.

  Cara Jean 'C.J.' Lamb : Wallop indeed.

  Tommy Mullaney : Z-Chlor was suspended by the EPA but Halifax kept shipping tons of the stuff to Honduras.

  Ann Kelsey : I thought this case was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.

  Tommy Mullaney : We appealed, and the court ruled that since Halifax is based in California, we can try it here.

  Arnie Becker : Foreign workers suing in our courts. Good luck.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : It's worse than you think. DePalma is a solo practitioner from East L.A., Halifax is represented by Breech and Spitzer.

  Jonathan Rollins : Oof, those guys are pit bulls.

  Arnie Becker : Kiss this one goodbye.

  Tommy Mullaney : Look, we know it's a longshot, but what that company did to these people was a crime.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : But you can't right every wrong in the world, and this is eating up billable hours.

  Cara Jean 'C.J.' Lamb : Hours aren't the point here.

  Stuart Markowitz : This is about conscience, Douglas.

  Arnie Becker : Come on, folks, we have to have me fiscal responsibility.

  Jonathan Rollins : But how far are we expected to go?

  Leland McKenzie : [to Mullaney]  Before this goes any further, I want to talk to Mr. DePalma and the class rep.

  [to Brackman] 

  Leland McKenzie : Anything else, Douglas?

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : No, we're adjourned.