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00:01Previously on The Guardian.
00:03Children's Legal Services. I want to volunteer.
00:06Do you think my father is going to approve?
00:08He lets you do it.
00:10If I hadn't run up such huge school loans, I'd be working in public service.
00:13Father always told me not to worry about making money, but to worry about making a difference.
00:18We will offer you a better future here at Kirk & McGee.
00:22Are you using that?
00:23You think? You think because I leave the firm, I'm using?
00:26Because I have a legal disagreement with you, you think I'm using?
00:28Do you understand I might be a little bit concerned when I see you this way?
00:32You got a problem?
00:34Yeah, your breath.
00:41What's going on here?
00:43Get away from me.
00:44Dad, I just screwed up.
00:45I know, I know.
00:46I'm screwed up.
00:47I can help you.
00:48I'm screwed up.
00:49Let me help you.
00:50Get up.
00:51You gotta get out of here.
00:58I'm screwed up.
00:59Get up.
01:01I'm screwed up.
01:02I need to do it.
01:03I need to do it.
01:05Hungry?
01:22Yeah, thanks.
01:25Sal, we got a little beat up last night, huh?
01:36You know, I've been thinking.
01:39I think you better come back to work for me.
01:45Working for me was not that great an idea, in my opinion.
01:52Get a little structure in your life.
01:59Yeah.
02:02A lot of syrup.
02:08Eggs.
02:09Here you go.
02:14So if you want, I could call McGee today and just explain the situation.
02:21No.
02:22I'll do it.
02:23Good.
02:24Oof.
02:25Eat up, son.
02:26We're late for a funeral.
02:28I watched Susan grow up.
02:29Pretty girl.
02:30Very smart.
02:31We all had high hopes for her.
02:32What happened?
02:33She married Ray Harper, a college professor.
02:34He turned her against her family.
02:35You think he had a hand in her drowning?
02:36Police are still investigating.
02:37Ray was the only one anywhere near.
02:38What's his state worth?
02:3911 million, give or take.
02:40Wendy.
02:41Sorry about your sister, honey.
02:42Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:43Okay.
02:44Okay.
02:45Frank, I'm so sorry about Susan.
02:46Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:47Frank, I'm so sorry about Susan.
02:48Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:49Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:50Okay.
02:51Frank, I'm so sorry about Susan.
02:52Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:53Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:54I'm sorry for your loss.
02:55Okay.
02:56Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:57Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
02:57Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
03:00All right, I'm so sorry about Susan.
03:11I'm Nick.
03:14I'm Birds.
03:23Excuse me.
03:31Dawn.
03:32Thank you for coming.
03:34It means so much for me to be here.
03:44I'm sorry about your wife, Ray.
03:46So sorry.
03:46Thank you, Mr. Fowler.
03:48Why won't you meet my son, Nick?
03:49Nick, nice to meet you.
03:50This is Ray Harwood.
03:51Hi, Ray. I'm sorry.
03:52It would mean a lot to Susan
03:53to see so many of her father's friends here today.
03:56I'm sure it would.
03:57Yeah.
03:57Excuse me.
04:01Frank wants to talk to us.
04:04Frank.
04:08Can I just hold a minute, James?
04:10Nick, are you serious with that thing?
04:12I need to take this.
04:13No, no, you don't.
04:13I'll be right there.
04:14I need to take it.
04:15In here?
04:22James.
04:23James.
04:24Yeah, I need you to cover for me.
04:27Nine-year-old girl.
04:28Mother's been hospitalized.
04:29Shelter hearing takes place today
04:30in Judge Bright's courtroom.
04:32Okay.
04:33I really appreciate it.
04:41Oh, I'm sorry.
04:41I...
04:42I'm not going to kill myself
04:47if that's what you're thinking.
05:04I am sentencing you
05:06to 1,500 hours of community service,
05:10using your skills as a corporate attorney
05:12to work as a child advocate.
05:14Burton, Ray killed my baby.
05:43That monster killed my baby.
05:47You don't know that.
05:48He did it.
05:51I'm sorry.
05:54After Susan married Frank,
05:55she gave up horses,
05:56she gave up piano.
05:57She turned her back
05:58on everything she loved.
06:00I figured that Ray
06:00was after her money,
06:02so I got a will drawn up,
06:03leaving her wealth
06:04to the family trust.
06:07Six months ago,
06:08Susan had this drawn up.
06:10It, uh...
06:11It leaves everything to Ray,
06:13they found a lawyer
06:16in a mall.
06:18Burns and Brown
06:19paid $200
06:20for an $11 million estate.
06:22Now, I'm looking at this.
06:24Can you get it thrown out?
06:26Well, the investigation
06:28is still open,
06:29but if Ray were convicted,
06:30they'd throw that out
06:31in a second.
06:33Well, what if the police
06:34can't make a case?
06:34We could make a settlement
06:38offer to Mr. Harper
06:39before the police
06:40make up their minds.
06:41Never.
06:45Actually, I, uh...
06:46I think Nick has a point.
06:50Well, first,
06:51let us just
06:52take a look at this, Frank.
06:53How are you?
06:57Good to see you.
06:58Mr. Fallon?
07:00Yeah?
07:01I have to write this essay
07:03about my career interests
07:04for school.
07:05I was wondering, um,
07:07could I stop by your offices
07:08and ask some questions
07:10about law?
07:11Sure you could, yeah.
07:12We'd love to have you.
07:13Absolutely.
07:14Seems fascinating.
07:15It is.
07:16Mm-hmm.
07:17So many secrets.
07:22Okay, anytime.
07:23Bye-bye.
07:32Good morning.
07:34Good morning.
07:34Uh, you know,
07:35that, uh, thing that I said
07:36last night,
07:38the thing I said
07:39about, uh, you and me?
07:40Nick with it.
07:40You know, I had a few drinks
07:42and I didn't mean to do...
07:44I mean, I wasn't.
07:45I was not implying
07:47that we should ever do...
07:48I mean, because I'm a professional
07:49and we work together.
07:50I know.
07:51It's...
07:51It's really okay.
07:52Okay.
07:54So we're okay on that?
07:55Yeah, we're okay.
07:56All right.
07:57What are you doing for dinner?
08:00Just kidding.
08:03Wait, I understand it,
08:04but it clearly says
08:05it on docket 6087.
08:07You got a second?
08:07Not really.
08:08What do you know
08:09about kids that cut themselves?
08:10Hold on.
08:12What are you talking about?
08:14Razorblades.
08:15Cut as year.
08:15We've had our share
08:16come through here.
08:17Cutters.
08:18What, are they suicidal?
08:19Depends.
08:20Shrink says, uh,
08:21they're inflicting
08:21physical pain
08:22to cover up emotional pain.
08:23Teenage girls, mostly.
08:25Who is it?
08:26What?
08:26Just a kid.
08:27Well, she should get
08:28some help.
08:29Yeah.
08:29Yeah.
08:31Yeah.
08:32What are you doing here?
08:34Volunteering.
08:35Hey, Nick.
08:35What happened to your...
08:36No, Nick.
08:38I walked into a door.
08:39Does my father know you're here?
08:40Uh, well,
08:41we have to do pro bono work.
08:43This is how I'm doing mine.
08:44He doesn't know.
08:46You know,
08:46you should get back to the firm.
08:51Don't your clients realize
08:52that they're paying
08:53for all of this stuff?
08:54This will your work?
08:56Yes.
08:57Remember the clients?
08:58Of course.
08:59Water?
09:00Please.
09:03Who did all the talking?
09:05They both did.
09:07Take a seat.
09:14You realize that the man
09:15is under investigation
09:16for the murder of his wife?
09:18I read the papers.
09:20You didn't think
09:21it was unusual
09:22that you were being asked
09:23to draft a will
09:25on an $11 million estate?
09:26Why?
09:29It's a nice ad.
09:34How many wills
09:35have you written?
09:36A few.
09:37I've done over a thousand.
09:38Tomorrow,
09:39you'll be served a subpoena
09:40to turn over all the notes
09:42you used in preparation,
09:43and we will contest the will.
09:45A good lawyer
09:46can work out of a mall,
09:47Mr. Fallon.
09:48I'll pit my $200 will
09:50against anything
09:51you care to throw at it.
09:57$200 will looks solid.
09:58All right.
10:02So, uh,
10:02what's next?
10:04We either settle out
10:05or we try to look for evidence
10:06that she wasn't competent
10:07to sign a will.
10:09Well, Nick, I mean,
10:10it can be half out of your mind
10:12to write a will
10:13on a ham sandwich
10:14and still have it
10:14hold up in court, so...
10:16Ray's not a lawyer.
10:16He doesn't know that.
10:18What would you do, Nick?
10:21Scare him into a settlement.
10:24Yeah.
10:25You and your father, man.
10:32Now, why don't you just see
10:32if the family trust
10:33provides a way around the will?
10:35Look, last week,
10:35you were at each other's throws.
10:36You stood right here
10:37and you quit.
10:38And now it's like
10:39nothing happened.
10:41Nothing happened.
10:44Ah, Louisa Archer,
10:45Amanda Bowles.
10:47Amanda works with Nick
10:47over at Fallon.
10:48Ah, Lulu.
10:49Nice to meet you.
10:50Hi.
10:50She wants to give us
10:51ten hours a week.
10:52Great.
10:52You want to start right now?
10:54Really?
10:55Yeah.
10:55Have fun.
10:56Thanks.
10:58So, her name's Ruth Stern.
11:00She's 87 years old
11:00and her doctor is suing her
11:02for $34,000
11:03in unpaid medical bills.
11:17Miss Stern?
11:18Mrs. Stern.
11:19I was married for 52 years.
11:21Mrs. Stern.
11:23My name is Amanda Bowles.
11:24I'm your attorney.
11:26Your legs are thin.
11:28The color of your hair
11:29is beautiful.
11:29Is it dyed?
11:31Uh...
11:31May I feel your waist?
11:33It's firm.
11:34Good.
11:34Mrs. Stern.
11:35Keeping shape.
11:36I hear you have a problem
11:37you need to discuss.
11:38Yes.
11:39Dr. Ettinger.
11:41He's my specialist
11:42for my back.
11:43He tells me I have
11:44spurs and herniated discs.
11:46Yes.
11:48But he says
11:49I don't have to live
11:50with the pain.
11:51He tells me he has
11:52a pain management clinic.
11:54Okay.
11:55So I start to go
11:56three days a week
11:57and the pain goes away
11:58for a while
11:59but then it always comes back
12:00so I keep going to him
12:02for a year
12:02and sometimes I go
12:04five days a week
12:05and then he sends me
12:07this bill.
12:08$34,000.
12:10They say I have to be
12:11in court on Friday.
12:13I'm going to lose
12:14everything I have.
12:16Everything.
12:18Okay, Mrs. Stern.
12:19Let me review this.
12:25Oh.
12:26Oh.
12:27Well,
12:29when shall we talk again?
12:31Call me.
12:32Anytime.
12:33Oh.
12:33Okay.
12:33Okay.
12:36Mr. Harper?
12:38This is a new low.
12:42Do you know how
12:42I spent my morning
12:43calling old friends?
12:45One after another
12:46I had to break the news.
12:48Mr. Harper,
12:48you got Susan
12:49to change her will
12:50so that everything
12:51comes to you
12:51and then she dies.
12:53I didn't kill my wife.
12:55You should settle.
12:56If, uh,
12:57if they file charges
12:58chances are
13:00you'll wind up
13:00with nothing.
13:01Here's a chance
13:02I could bring
13:02Frank Newberg
13:03down with me.
13:04You have no idea
13:05the things I know.
13:06You have no idea.
13:07What was Susan's
13:10state of mind
13:10when, um,
13:11when the will
13:12was drawn up?
13:13What, do you want
13:14to suggest she was insane?
13:15Legally incompetent
13:16to complete a will.
13:20Can you win
13:20something like that?
13:21No, I did once.
13:23About 11 years ago
13:24some men thought
13:25his wife was Satan
13:26and that he was Jesus
13:27when he signed the will.
13:29We got it thrown out.
13:32Look,
13:33Susan was troubled.
13:35But I'm bringing
13:36all this in the court
13:37and it would be like
13:37killing her a second time.
13:41Do it.
13:45Well,
13:46it could test the will.
13:49Your sister Susan
13:50prepared her will
13:51in June 2001.
13:53Did you see her
13:54often that summer?
13:56Oh, sure.
13:57All the time.
13:58Did she seem happy?
14:01Susan was never happy.
14:02Can you give me
14:03some specific examples?
14:08One time,
14:10I think it was
14:11last June,
14:13she told me
14:13she was the Virgin Mary.
14:16Virgin Mary?
14:17From the Bible.
14:18Jesus' mother.
14:19and she told me
14:23Ray was the angel
14:25of death.
14:27Thank you,
14:28no further questions.
14:34Your father set up
14:35a trust for you
14:36and your sister.
14:38I guess.
14:40How much do you know
14:41about that trust?
14:43Not a lot.
14:44Did you know
14:44that the money
14:45that your sister had
14:46comprises exactly
14:47half of that trust?
14:50I guess.
14:52And if you
14:53and your family
14:53were to take
14:55your sister's money
14:56away from Mr. Harper,
14:57who do you think
14:58would get that money?
15:00I don't know.
15:02Care to guess?
15:03My mom and dad.
15:05Care to guess again?
15:08Me.
15:10Bingo.
15:17Well, that was a disaster.
15:26You know,
15:26we can appeal it
15:27to another trial, judge.
15:28You think that's
15:28going to make a difference?
15:30Sorry I missed it.
15:31I was, I,
15:32I got caught up in,
15:33sorry.
15:34Do you want to show me
15:35your office?
15:37Yeah, why don't you
15:38do this, son?
15:39Care for a little
15:40tour the whole place?
15:41Sure.
15:42Yeah.
15:42It's done.
15:43Thank you,
15:44very educated.
15:44God.
15:50Couldn't really
15:51use a drink.
15:54Take care of that.
15:55Yes, Mr. Fallon.
16:12Did I show you
16:13my, uh,
16:15my new necklace?
16:22What?
16:25Everything that you said
16:26is...
16:26I said what I was
16:27supposed to say,
16:27Mr. Fallon.
16:29You angry with me?
16:33You can tell me
16:34the truth.
16:35No, I can't.
16:38There's this thing
16:38called attorney-client
16:40privilege.
16:41I'm not your client.
16:42My dad is.
16:44You are as well.
16:45In regards to this will
16:46and your trust,
16:48you're my client.
16:50So what does
16:51attorney-client privilege
16:52mean?
16:53You can tell me
16:53the truth,
16:54and not only can no one
16:55make me tell them
16:56what you said,
16:57I'm prohibited by law.
16:58Oh.
17:00So you mean,
17:01like,
17:02if I tell you a secret
17:04and then you tell on me,
17:06you could go to jail
17:08or something.
17:10Or lose my license
17:12to practice.
17:12Yeah.
17:16Last summer,
17:17I stole a boat
17:19with my friends.
17:22I got drunk,
17:23and I crashed it
17:24into my neighbor's dock.
17:26And then,
17:27like,
17:28three months ago,
17:30I stole some makeup.
17:31I shoved it down
17:34my pants.
17:36And until last month,
17:38I had a 28-year-old boyfriend.
17:41And you cut yourself?
17:44Yeah.
17:46Why do you do that?
17:47I'm just bored,
17:51Mr. Fallon.
17:53It's nothing tragic.
17:55I'm just really,
17:57really bored.
18:00And your sister?
18:02My sister was crazy,
18:03but she didn't think
18:04she was the Virgin Mary.
18:07Believe me,
18:08neither of us are that.
18:10You know you perjured yourself.
18:12Are you going to tell on me?
18:17Mrs. Stern.
18:21Dr. Ettinger
18:22called me late last night.
18:24He said he would do anything
18:25to get the money from me.
18:26I'm scared.
18:28All right.
18:29This is what we need to do.
18:30We need every document.
18:31We need all your medical bills
18:33and Medicare stubs.
18:34Well, they're all in shoeboxes
18:36in my apartment.
18:37I don't know what's important
18:38and what's not.
18:40I'll come with you.
18:41I'll be back in an hour.
18:42I'll be back in an hour.
18:47Grant.
18:49Hey there.
18:50I play in a hockey league
18:51and the goalie of my team
18:53works in the DA's office
18:54gave me this.
18:56Susan Newberg,
18:57autopsy report.
18:58What are they saying?
18:59Murder or accident?
19:00They're calling this a suicide.
19:02She had three types
19:03of antidepressants
19:04in her blood,
19:050.17 alcohol,
19:06and it was past evidence.
19:08She had scars on her wrist
19:09from two previous attempts.
19:10She was a pretty messed up girl.
19:14It's not murder.
19:15It doesn't help with her will.
19:17Excuse me.
19:21I need to describe a situation.
19:23Hypothetical situation.
19:25Family, two daughters.
19:27The younger daughter is 16.
19:28The older daughter is 24.
19:31She commits suicide.
19:32Is she living at home?
19:33No.
19:34No.
19:34The younger daughter
19:35is completely controlled
19:37by her father.
19:38She lies for him.
19:39She follows his every command.
19:41In return,
19:42he lavishes gifts on her.
19:45What else?
19:46This girl
19:47cuts herself
19:49with a razor blade.
19:52Has she ever attempted suicide?
19:54No.
19:55No.
19:55Just cuts herself.
19:58The cutting obviously indicates
19:59an underlying problem,
20:01some kind of personal violation.
20:03Sexual abuse?
20:05In many instances, yeah.
20:07Well, how would you know for sure?
20:10I'd ask the child.
20:23Bye, Wesley.
20:28What are you doing here?
20:29You tell me.
20:34You hide in bathrooms
20:35cutting yourself.
20:37Your sister attempts suicide
20:39a couple of times
20:40and finally she succeeds.
20:41And no one in your family
20:43is doing anything
20:44except blaming Ray Harper.
20:46We went to the Benidim Center
20:53last week,
20:53me and my dad.
20:55We saw Lena Trobe's
20:56modern dance company.
20:57They're very progressive.
20:59They even took off their tops
21:00for the last piece.
21:05Dad got me this.
21:07Yeah, that's very nice.
21:08My father's a really big donor,
21:13so we got to go backstage
21:16and meet Lena personally.
21:20Then we drove home in the rain.
21:22I felt a tingle at my back.
21:25I had this really good talk
21:27with my dad
21:28about how nudity is cool.
21:30He talked about how tasteful
21:32it all was
21:32and the shape of their breasts.
21:35How it's all perfectly natural.
21:36How sex is perfectly natural.
21:42You often talk like this
21:43with your father.
21:46Are you asking me
21:47as my attorney?
21:51Does your father...
21:53Does he what?
22:01This is good here,
22:03but it just doesn't mean that you...
22:04Oh, excuse me, Mr. Fallon.
22:06I don't know if Nick told you,
22:07but I volunteered over
22:09at legal services.
22:10I thought I could use it
22:11as my pro bono work.
22:12No, we assigned that a matter.
22:14You don't choose.
22:15But I thought since Nick was...
22:17No, Nick has to be there.
22:19So I can't do it.
22:21Well, I can't stop you,
22:23but I'd prefer you didn't, all right?
22:24You won't make a difference.
22:30Do drugs.
22:32Get arrested.
22:35Well, the M.E. ruled
22:37the death of suicide, Your Honor.
22:39That's a prima facie indicator
22:40of a mental illness.
22:42They're taking advantage
22:42of a tragic situation
22:44to take money away
22:45from a man
22:45who just lost his wife.
22:47It is a tragic situation,
22:50but if we can prove
22:51that she was not competent
22:52to sign a will...
22:53You greedy sons of bitches.
22:54Mr. Harper.
22:55You can't wait
22:56to get your hooks
22:56into her money, can you?
22:58You killed my daughter.
22:59Oh, shut the hell up, Frank.
23:00You killed my daughter.
23:01You got away with it.
23:03You sick bastard.
23:03And now you want the money.
23:04What?
23:04You're responsible.
23:05Gentlemen.
23:07Frank, sit down.
23:08Sit down.
23:09Sorry, Your Honor.
23:10The suicide by itself
23:13does not preclude competence
23:15to sign a will.
23:17Unless I am presented
23:18with compelling evidence
23:19by Friday,
23:20I will accept
23:20the 2001 will
23:22is authoritative.
23:30Look,
23:34when I transferred
23:35the shares of Susan,
23:36I had a buyback option
23:38at the original price
23:39as long as the shares.
23:40transferred out of the family.
23:41Well,
23:42why didn't you mention
23:43this earlier?
23:43Because I thought
23:44we were going to win.
23:46I have the documents
23:47back in my place.
23:48Why don't you come
23:49and take a look?
24:02I'm going downtown.
24:04I'll be gone
24:05for most of the day.
24:06The rest of the boxes
24:07are in the study.
24:09Okay.
24:09M-m-m-m-m-see now.
24:10I'll see you now.
24:10Let's go.
24:40Let's go.
25:10Let's go.
25:40Let's go.
26:11Look, I'm not going to bore you with my life story.
26:14Suffice it to say that my childhood was not a particularly happy one.
26:19Yeah, you molested your daughter.
26:20I would trade all the money and all the success in the world to change what happened.
26:26It was a brief and terrible period in my life.
26:30It's as if something came through me and then it passed.
26:38Why are you telling me this?
26:41Because it has to do with my case.
26:45Or because you're afraid that Wendy would tell me first.
26:48Your father has worked for me for 20 years.
26:53We're like family.
26:54It's important to get things out in the open.
26:56Yeah.
26:57And now it's covered by privilege.
27:00Oh, well, I hadn't thought of that.
27:02I just thought if we were going to work together, it was important that you be prepared to protect me in case things got bad.
27:11There's abuse going on at the Newberg household.
27:25What kind of abuse?
27:27Sexual.
27:28He molested Susan when she was a girl, and I think it may be occurring with Wendy as well.
27:36How do you know about this?
27:37I saw pictures of Susan.
27:39Pictures?
27:40Yeah, and then Frank Newberg told me.
27:44He told me.
27:45You on the clock?
27:46Yes.
27:48Did he tell you he'd do it again?
27:49No, just the opposite.
27:52Son of a bitch.
27:55I had drinks with him a couple of nights ago.
27:58And he was joking around, talking about women.
28:01At one point, he says,
28:02Now, you can't tell my wife this.
28:04This is privilege, right?
28:05Not that, but he was joking.
28:08And then he started asking questions about privilege.
28:10What was privileged?
28:11What wasn't privileged?
28:14As if out of a, you know, normal curiosity.
28:16Well?
28:17Well, everything he told you is privileged.
28:19Unless he told you you'd do it again.
28:21She's living with a man who has a history.
28:23Nicholas, we can't do a damn thing here.
28:26You leak this and they find out about it, you could be disbarred.
28:32In March of 1998, you began to suffer from extreme back pain.
28:36Oh, it was terrible.
28:38I bent down to get the kugel out of the bottom oven.
28:40I have two ovens, you know.
28:42And I couldn't stand back up.
28:43I laid on the kitchen floor.
28:44Mrs. Stern, you just have to answer the question, like we talked about.
28:48In March of 1998, you began suffering from back pain.
28:53Yes.
28:54And you sought treatment from Dr. Ettinger.
28:57Treatment is what he calls it.
28:59What was his diagnosis?
29:01He said the pain was in my head.
29:03Did he recommend a course of treatment?
29:05Yes.
29:06Talk therapy.
29:08Talk therapy.
29:09For back pain.
29:12Yes.
29:13How often did you go?
29:14Oh, sometimes every day.
29:17How much did this cost?
29:18You have it there.
29:20Please read it.
29:24$34,516.74.
29:30Did the pain go away?
29:34No.
29:35No further questions, Your Honor.
29:39Mrs. Stern, did Dr. Ettinger perform any tests?
29:44Yes.
29:45An MRI and four separate motion examinations?
29:49Yes.
29:50But you rejected his recommendation of anti-inflammatory drugs.
29:54Well, the pills made me all rumbly.
29:56He recommended surgery as well.
29:58Surgery?
29:59I can't do that.
30:00You rejected his advice, and yet you kept coming to see him.
30:06Well, Dr. Ettinger was always very welcoming to me.
30:11Your Honor, I would like to enter into the record the nine separate letters requesting Mrs. Stern leave Dr. Ettinger alone.
30:22Did your client charge Mrs. Stern for these visits?
30:25Only when she took up appointments that legitimate patients needed.
30:28And how many times was this?
30:31From August of 1999 to September 2001, Mrs. Stern came to Dr. Ettinger's office on 203 occasions.
30:40Your Honor.
30:41Your Honor, Dr. Ettinger is willing to waive these bills.
30:45In return, he simply wants a promise from Mrs. Stern that she will leave him alone.
30:50Your Honor, I'd like a moment to confer with my client.
30:58I didn't think you were the type to hang around children's playgrounds, Mr. Fallon.
31:12I know the truth about your sister.
31:15Your father told me what happened.
31:20Is it happening to you?
31:23It's not.
31:29Wendy, I want to help you.
31:32You think I want them to tear the roof off my life and make me tell every bad thing that ever happened to a bunch of strangers who want to cure me?
31:38Wendy, I...
31:39My sister went to expensive psychiatrists and clinics.
31:44She had every kind of treatment.
31:47And look how she wound up.
31:48Is that the truth?
32:00You were just lonely.
32:03I had pain, but nobody would listen to me.
32:08Some of the women in my building play cards together.
32:11Some of them have children and grandchildren, pictures in their wallets.
32:21I don't have those things.
32:24I lived my life for my husband and then he died.
32:28And I was left with no one and the pain.
32:36Some days I can hardly get out of bed.
32:40Well, he promised to leave that doctor alone.
32:53Come on.
32:55Let's go tell the court.
33:05Nick.
33:06Great.
33:07Glad to see you.
33:08Thanks.
33:08Scotch rocks.
33:13Frank's decided not to contest the will.
33:18I know.
33:20About what happened to Susan, you know.
33:23I know.
33:29Amazing what he could get away with.
33:33What about Wendy?
33:36Is he raping her?
33:38I don't know.
33:39I don't know.
33:42But you suspect.
33:45Well, what do you think?
33:48I'll get you the tickets and they're on me.
34:04How are you doing, Frank?
34:07How are you doing, Frank?
34:11So what's on your mind?
34:14Well, I have some sensitive business I want to talk to you about.
34:18Yeah?
34:21Newberg Brewing sponsors America's Cup Yacht.
34:26Right.
34:27Right.
34:28So we're going to need some high-level help.
34:31They're going to be able to travel on the beer jet.
34:35That's what we like to call it.
34:38That's it?
34:40That's it?
34:42Well, we'll look it over.
34:44You'll look it over?
34:46Burton, I'm giving you free money here.
34:47Frank, I'm not so sure we can do any of this anymore.
34:53You're not in the business of representing Saints, Burton.
34:56I'm not judging you.
34:58Then what are you doing?
34:59We've got a little problem, a potential conflict between you and your daughter, since you're
35:03both clients of ours.
35:05You represent me, not my daughter.
35:07No, that's not exactly true.
35:10We represent your family, and we can't be adverse to any of you.
35:18What did she tell you?
35:21Don't make me say it, Frank.
35:26People will know what I'm talking about.
35:30Whatever she said to you, it's not true.
35:32I'll be glad to recommend another firm to see you through this transition.
35:55So you ready to do this?
36:00Do what?
36:01Call social services.
36:03I just washed my hands of them.
36:06Can't do anything else.
36:07He's admitted it.
36:08What he said is privileged.
36:10He will do it again.
36:11You can't prove it.
36:12You know what he is.
36:13He will do it again.
36:14We both took an oath, okay?
36:16We both accepted the terms of our profession.
36:19What if I make an anonymous call?
36:21He'd find out.
36:22He'd file a complaint.
36:23He'd call that tip into court, and we'd both be disbarred.
36:26So you're comfortable doing nothing about Whitney?
36:36No.
36:37Well.
36:43So go ahead.
36:45Do what you think is right.
36:46Laurie, I think an improper relationship exists between Wendy Newberg and her father.
37:04You've got to give me something to point to, some kind of evidence.
37:08Can you get me a statement from Wendy?
37:10She'll never admit it.
37:11I saw photos, but she'll never see them.
37:13All I can give you is my word.
37:15Call the child abuse hotline.
37:22It's anonymous.
37:24Once there's a tip, we can take her out of the house for an investigation.
37:28God help us if you're wrong, Nick.
37:38After careful consideration, we've determined that this child should be placed in a temporary shelter,
37:43the location to be concealed from the parents.
37:46Why the concealment?
37:48Your Honor, this is a 4302 investigation.
37:52Suspicion of incest.
37:54Does the child concur with the recommendation?
37:56No, Your Honor.
37:59Miss Newberg, you disagree with your counselor's recommendation?
38:06Yes.
38:09Why?
38:11Nothing happened.
38:13I shouldn't even be here.
38:20All right, what is going on?
38:24I had a confidential informant alert about a problematic situation.
38:27A CI?
38:28You're tearing this family apart on a tip?
38:31Absolutely not, Miss Solt.
38:32It was a very trustworthy source.
38:34Your Honor.
38:34Thank you, Your Honor.
38:35This has been a very difficult time for us.
38:38You're the only voice of reason that we've encountered.
38:40Your Honor, Miss Solt, I will not remove this child on the basis of a phone call that could have been made by anyone.
38:47I made the call.
38:49I made the call.
38:50I made the call.
38:51I made the call.
38:53Mr. Fowler, please approach the bench.
39:00Mr. Fowler, I'm so sorry.
39:10Mr. Fowler, please come with us.
39:13Mr. Fowler, you're not going to fall.
39:15Mr. Fowler, I'm so sorry, sweetheart.
39:16It's going to be all right.
39:18Don't be fine.
39:19I love you.
39:20Mr. Fowler, you have to go to the shelter.
39:22Seven hours after you were fired by my client, you made an anonymous call to a sexual abuse hotline.
39:30That's retribution, slander, and breach of confidentiality.
39:34We're going to sue you on all counts.
39:35That was impending harm.
39:37You can't prove that.
39:38Frank.
39:39I will.
39:40I'll depose your daughter.
39:41I'll depose your wife.
39:42I will subpoena every doctor who ever treated Wendy, her best friend, her schoolteacher.
39:46To what end?
39:47The only legal question left is whether incestual pedophilia rises to the standard of impending harm.
39:53But my guess is Mr. Newberg doesn't want to find that out.
39:56You son of a...
40:10Mr. Fowler, I wanted to apologize for volunteering without asking you.
40:14Well, you know how I felt about it.
40:18I'm sorry.
40:20You work here, Ms. Bowles.
40:22Here.
40:22Not there.
40:24You let Nick do it.
40:30Ms. Bowles, why don't you, um...
40:32Why don't you finish the briefs for me, okay?
40:36You favor your son.
40:39You ignore everyone else.
40:41I mean, Nick quit.
40:42Took his clients with him, then just decided to come back.
40:45And there were no repercussions at all.
40:47All I did was spend 15 hours working on something, trying to make a difference.
40:52And you treat me like I'm the one around here that committed a crime.
40:55What is it you want, Ms. Bowles?
40:57To be more than a glorified paralegal.
41:01That's what a first-year associate is.
41:04Yeah, well, I quit then.
41:05I quit then.
41:20Well.
41:24Well.
41:25Welcome back, son.
41:35Welcome back, son.
42:01Don't look at me like that, like I'm some kind of victim, because I'm not, okay?
42:31I'm not, don't you get it, I've put in my time, two more years and I would have been in college, two more years I would have been able to put this all behind me, without anyone knowing, what do you want to do, what do you think, I mean look at my choices,
43:01I can go live with foster parents, leave my school and spend half my day talking to some shrink about what happened to me, or I can go back home and keep my life, keep what's mine, what I've earned.
43:19What would you do?
43:25I'd leave.
43:26Why?
43:29It's already happened, you can't take that away.
43:33It's already happened, and I've learned to deal with it.
43:45What more can I say?
43:49It's just the way it is.
43:52You deserve better.
43:54I deserve better than this.
43:55Okay.
43:59I'll be around if you need anybody, anybody to help you with anything, I'll...
44:07I'll be around.
44:19I'll be around.