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Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, corporate lawyer Nick Fallin is sentenced to 1500 hours of community service at the local children's services department, due to drug possession.
Starring Simon Baker
Starring Simon Baker
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00:01Previously on The Guardian
00:03Son, do you want to make partner with this firm?
00:05Nicholas, I need your head in our business.
00:07This work you're doing outside the firm is getting the weight of your obligations.
00:11I'm sorry, I just can't do it to you.
00:13Just because you're my son doesn't mean you're going to get special treatment around here.
00:16Do you understand that?
00:17If I hadn't run up such huge school loans, I'd be working in public service.
00:20Father always told me not to worry about making money, but to worry about making a difference.
00:25I could have handled it.
00:26If you don't like what happened, you should have said something.
00:28Come on, Nick, I'm putting up an inexperienced girl as lead counsel.
00:31I mean, it's an old trick. The jury's going to see right through it.
00:33You think they'd find you more sympathetic?
00:35In all my life, all I've ever wanted to do is be a partner in a firm like this and work for a lawyer of your caliber.
00:44So, you like being a corporate lawyer?
00:47Sure.
00:48What do you like about it?
00:49Oh, the hours.
00:51Yeah. I mean, come on, really.
00:54Making deals, landing clients. I like business. I like being in the thick of it.
01:03Uh-huh.
01:06You always behave like this when you're applying for a job?
01:09Yeah. I mean, I like to know what I'm getting into.
01:12Well, my father's very interested in hiring you.
01:15I know. And I really appreciate his interest.
01:19But, uh, I just decided that, uh, I'm going to take a different job.
01:25But you've helped me. You know, you really have.
01:29Thanks.
01:30Well set with the lights, darling?
01:48Right here. Right here.
02:03Right here.
02:05And now, I've found this facilities.
02:07Come on!
02:08You're all about to be in thisroduction.
02:18Do-
02:26Oh, my God.
02:56I am sentencing you to 1,500 hours of community service, using your skills as a corporate attorney to work as a child advocate.
03:26I am sentencing you to 1,500 hours of community service, using your skills as a child advocate.
03:33I am sentencing you to 1,500 hours of community service, using your skills as a child advocate.
03:45I am sentencing you to 1,500 hours of community service, using your skills as a child advocate.
03:52What the hell?
03:55What are you doing here?
03:56This is my office.
03:57This is the broom closet.
03:58Yeah, well, for the last two months, it's been my office.
04:01Oh, well, they told me this was the broom closet.
04:03I mean, except for the guy who uses it when he chooses to stop by and make more work for the rest of them.
04:08I think they call him the community service jerk-off.
04:10I'm that community service jerk-off.
04:12I'm that community service jerk-off.
04:13Yeah.
04:14I just figured that out.
04:15This is the job you chose instead of working for my father's firm?
04:18Yeah.
04:19It's crazy.
04:22It is?
04:23You have any idea what they're going to put you through here?
04:26They pay you nothing.
04:27Oh, money.
04:28You think I care about the money?
04:30I don't care what I get paid.
04:31I never did.
04:35I chose to be the associate director of legal services of Pittsburgh instead of pushing papers for you.
04:41Associate director?
04:42Yeah.
04:44Which I believe makes me your boss.
04:55Morning, Nick.
04:56That girl in my office?
04:58Louise Archer.
04:59We're very lucky to have gotten her.
05:00She just finished her federal clerkship with Judge McHenry.
05:02What?
05:03I know who she is.
05:04Can you just get her out of my office?
05:05That's her office now.
05:06It's a broom closet.
05:08Oh, Miss Archer.
05:09Come in, please.
05:10I want you two to work on a case together.
05:12Why?
05:13It's sensitive.
05:14Ahmad Hassan, an Arab-American man, took a baseball bat to a kid who was vandalizing his restaurant.
05:19I read about that.
05:20That kid was arrested, wasn't he?
05:21Yeah, for breaking and entering.
05:22So what's the problem?
05:23The problem is the kid's parents are suing Hassan for damages for assault and battery.
05:27Are you kidding?
05:28No, they claim their kid's hand and arm are permanently damaged.
05:30How much do they want?
05:31A million dollars.
05:32For what?
05:33The kid was just accepted at Pitt, pre-med.
05:36The parents claimed he was going to be a surgeon.
05:39Have fun.
05:46So you're performing community service here?
05:48Yes.
05:49Drug charge, huh?
05:50That's right.
05:51How's your guess?
05:52Always a drug charge.
05:53Rich kid connections.
05:55Community service.
05:56But you know what?
05:57There's something I don't understand.
05:58Really?
05:59What is that?
06:00The judge would ask someone like you to come and do this work.
06:03I can totally understand asking you to push papers or speak to high school kids, but to
06:07entrust you with this kind of responsibility when you've proven that you're moral fibers.
06:10My moral fiber?
06:11Your moral fibers.
06:12Uh, listen.
06:13If we have to work together, is there any chance that you might do me a favor and just
06:16shut the hell up?
06:17No.
06:18Well, our billable hours are down, but that's understandable given the economy, but I do
06:30think that we have to take a very hard look at the way we're doing business.
06:35I, uh, yeah.
06:37I have an announcement to make.
06:40I'm leaving the firm.
06:47I've decided to work with Kirk and McGee.
06:54Well, I'm, uh, surprised, Larry.
06:58Kirk and McGee has branches in seven cities, including London.
07:03There's mobility there.
07:04Here I'm just waiting for you to retire, Burton.
07:07Well, now you'll have a chance to see if you can stand on your own two feet.
07:12Who was this firm's top biller for the last five years?
07:15Off the strength of my clients, don't forget who landed them.
07:18Don't forget who kept them.
07:20I assume this, uh, deal was made, uh, based on your client's portability?
07:23I've made my announcements.
07:25I'll be out in the open about it.
07:27Feel free to compete.
07:29Well, stay away from my staff.
07:31I can recruit anyone I want.
07:33Stay away from my staff.
07:37Okay, let's just, uh, make a list of every one of his clients.
07:47Give them a call, drop by the office, whatever.
07:50But, uh, let them know in no uncertain terms that it's safer, smarter, cheaper to stay with us.
07:57So now I trust I have the loyalty of everybody.
08:01Absolutely.
08:02No question about it.
08:03Of course.
08:04Of course.
08:07Do you understand that the family of the boy you hit is filing a personal injury lawsuit against you?
08:11Yes.
08:12Do you understand what that lawsuit means?
08:14He's filing for assault and battery.
08:16They're going to say I used excessive force and self-defense.
08:20Do you think they can win?
08:22It's a frivolous lawsuit, Mr. Hassan.
08:24I know that.
08:25I'm asking if you think they can win.
08:27We are going to file a summary judgment motion and I think the case is going to be thrown out.
08:31What is it?
08:34Well, I think these are issues for a jury.
08:36I don't think any judge is going to want to throw this out.
08:39And if it goes to court?
08:41Well, you put that kid in a suit and tie, hold up his damaged hand for the judge and jury to see.
08:46Claim that Mr. Hassan overreacted to a childish prank.
08:49I think this case has stronger legs than Ms. Archer seems to think.
08:53So what do you think I should do?
08:55I think you should use your insurance money to settle.
08:58I don't have insurance.
09:03Well, I can schedule a meeting with the Hudson to see if we can work something out.
09:13So how are things at Duquesne Union?
09:16Fine burden, thanks.
09:18I really appreciate you coming down here on such short notice.
09:21No problem.
09:22Will you want a drink?
09:24Jake, get him a, what do you want, a beer?
09:26Get him a beer, will you?
09:29I understand that Larry Hines was the point man for you for these last few years.
09:35Now that Larry's gone, though, I'm going to jump in here personally and oversee your matters.
09:41Make sure that your transactions, lawsuits, whatever situation arises is going to get our A-plus attention.
09:48You're a hell of a lawyer, Burton.
09:51I've got a first class dilemma choosing between you guys.
09:54Well, we just hope we can keep your business.
09:57Okay, cheers.
09:58Good to see you, Richard.
09:59You're looking good.
10:00Thanks.
10:01I just want to assure you that every transaction, every situation, every lawsuit will get our personal attention, big time.
10:14Well, it's always good to see you, Fred.
10:15Take care.
10:16And be sure to say hi to Helen, will you?
10:17Take care.
10:18Bye, Fred.
10:19Take care.
10:20Bye, Fred.
10:21Getting way too old for this crap.
10:22Take care.
10:23And be sure to say hi to Helen, will you?
10:24Take care.
10:25Bye, Fred.
10:26I'm getting way too old for this crap.
10:27See you in the morning, okay?
10:28I'm getting way too old for this crap.
10:50See you in the morning, okay?
10:55I don't see why you're so freakin' successful.
11:08I'm gonna see if we could settle this amicably.
11:11We'll settle for a million dollars.
11:14Mr. Hassan was acting out of self-defense.
11:17Maybe the first time he struck my client.
11:19Second time was brutal and excessive.
11:21Your client was vandalizing Mr. Hassan's property.
11:23It's a childish prank.
11:24Throwing bricks through windows and spray painting racial slurs on the door of a man's business is not a childish prank.
11:28Kids get carried away.
11:29Oh, come on. And the two of you are taking horrible advantage of a sensitive time.
11:34What are you teaching your child?
11:35That man destroyed Perry's future. His hand is permanently damaged.
11:40Now, you can fix a restaurant, you can paint over a door, but you cannot replace what that man took away from my son.
11:46Please drop this suit before the press gets a hold of it.
11:49Press is not our concern. If you're so worried about this getting out, perhaps you should ask your client to settle.
11:53My client doesn't have a dollar to his name.
11:55He has a restaurant.
11:56Which he worked 15 years for after he immigrated here. He has nothing else.
12:00Well, he should have thought about that before he picked up a weapon.
12:03He was protecting his daughter, you idiot!
12:06That's a card for Melissa Henning. That's a woman down at the Pittsburgh Police Department that specializes in hate crimes.
12:15Wait, you're not threatening a criminal charge as a counter to a civil suit? That's unethical!
12:18We can file civil hate crime charges. If that triggers a criminal charge from the DA and your client has to spend some time in jail, well, then that is out of our hands outside.
12:28Are you sure?
12:40They don't have a good case, Mr. Hassan. Their odds of proving liability aren't strong and it's going to be very difficult for them to prove that this kid's future damages are significant.
12:48But you can't be certain?
12:50You have the stronger case. Do you want to go ahead with this?
12:55I don't know.
12:57There are some risks. The press is probably going to get a hold of this and run with that.
13:01I doubt that. That's just my opinion.
13:04Well, do you think the Hudsons will drop this suit?
13:07If they don't, I strongly recommend you take this course of action.
13:10Well, let's see if they drop the case before we do something like this, all right?
13:15Okay. That's smart.
13:18Uh, you ever think of leaving your emotions out of negotiations?
13:21Why?
13:22Because it makes you look weak.
13:23Doesn't this piss you off?
13:25Yeah.
13:26But I don't give them the satisfaction.
13:28Well, I do.
13:34Mr. Fallon, Mr. McGee is here.
13:36Oh, send him in. Thank you.
13:40Hey, Bill. How are you?
13:43Good.
13:44Thanks for coming by. I appreciate it.
13:45Yeah. The place looks great.
13:47You're making a real go of it.
13:49Yeah. We'll get along okay.
13:54Sit down. I'm sorry.
13:57I admire you, Burton.
13:59Keeping a shop this size.
14:01Still working on all the cases.
14:04You know what, Bill? I still like to practice.
14:07So do I. Don't get me wrong.
14:09I've just found that if you locate enough good lawyers and lend your name to their work, the business is better all around.
14:19Yeah, I've noticed that.
14:22You wanted to talk about Heinz?
14:24Right.
14:25You know, Bill, our firms have gotten along so well over the years, you know, referred clients just kept out of each other's business.
14:32That's true.
14:33I'd just like to cut the crap right here.
14:36You know, I never poached any of your lawyers.
14:39And I would just like your word as a gentleman that you won't poach any more of mine.
14:44I'll be up front with you, Burton.
14:48I am not going to give you any promises that I can't keep.
14:53Our business is flourishing.
15:03And despite these hard times, we are gaining clients.
15:08And retaining our established relationships.
15:12We're also building branch offices.
15:15Your father's firm is flatlining, Nick.
15:17Don't get me wrong.
15:18He's a great attorney.
15:20But he micromanages his people.
15:22And as a result of that style, the firm is shrinking.
15:25I realize that this is complicated by your relationship to your father.
15:34We will offer you a better future here at Curt and McGee.
15:38You'll have more responsibility.
15:40And you'll make more money.
15:43You know, as long as you're with your dad, nobody's going to believe that you earned your position.
15:48You'll always just be Burton Fallon's son.
15:51Here, you'll be your own man.
15:54What do you offer?
15:55To make you a partner.
16:01Take a few days.
16:02Think about it.
16:24They won't drop the case.
16:25Oh, damn it.
16:26Hudson's attorney said that they would settle for half a million.
16:29I hope you're not suggesting that Mr. Hassan...
16:31It's just my obligation to inform the client of what opposing counsel is saying.
16:34Because it would be blackmail.
16:35It would be blackmail, Mr. Hassan.
16:36Listen to me.
16:37I just want to make sure that you don't even begin to entertain their specious claims.
16:40Because if you do, you're going to give credit to this kind of opportunism.
16:43It's racist opportunism.
16:44Ms. Satya, I think Mr. Fallon was just telling me the facts.
16:47I was.
16:48Besides, I don't have $500, let alone $500,000.
16:54Do you want to go ahead and file a hate crime suit?
16:58Yes.
16:59Yes, I'm...
17:00I'm ready.
17:01Okay.
17:02Jake!
17:03Hey, Larry, how's it going?
17:04It's a whole new world, Jake.
17:05A whole new world.
17:06You've been with Fallon for what, seven years?
17:07Yeah.
17:08How long has Fallon's kid been there?
17:09Four and a half.
17:10You think you have a chance in hell of eating Nick to the partner's office?
17:25Listen, I've been in those partner meetings.
17:27It's not going to happen.
17:28What's on your mind, Larry?
17:29I need you to come with me to help service my big clients.
17:32They're used to you doing that day-to-day.
17:34And what are you offering?
17:3625% of the business we bring from Fallon, 20% increase in salary.
17:40What about the partner track?
17:41It's here for you.
17:42Two years tops.
17:43But I have to know in two days, you've got to ensure the client's moving with me.
17:47So you've got to do it now.
17:49Perry Hudson and his buddies got drunk the other night and decided that it might be fun to take out their patriotic urges on a fellow American citizen.
18:03So they drove to my client's restaurant, spray painted the door, broke the window, and proceeded to make unauthorized entry onto the premises.
18:11Once Perry was inside, my client did what any property owner has the right to do. He simply defended his property.
18:17The issue here is whether he acted reasonably. Even if he was afraid, Mr. Hassan cannot beat my client with impunity.
18:23Well, he didn't just frighten him, Your Honor. He broke into his place of business and frightened him.
18:26Well, again, that's an issue for a jury to decide.
18:28Mr. Hassan acted in self-defense because he was afraid for his life.
18:31He hit my client several times with a baseball bat.
18:34Twice, Your Honor. The intruder was carrying what appeared to be a weapon.
18:39A baseball bat against a spray paint can. You do not have to swat a fly with a machine gun.
18:44Well, you certainly don't have to spray paint racial epithets on your neighbor's store and you don't have to break windows and make unauthorized entry.
18:51Your Honor, everything that I am saying is based on police records as well as a sworn affidavit from Perry Hudson himself.
18:58Mr. Hassan was clearly acting in self-defense. He had very good reason to believe that he and his daughter were in danger.
19:05These are triable issues of fact. Motion denied.
19:11What?
19:12Uh, Your Honor, you are- you're not gonna let this ridiculousness continue.
19:16Ms. Archer.
19:17Your Honor, this is a joke!
19:18Ms. Archer, another word and you'll be in contempt.
19:22Your Honor, if you listen to-
19:23Please excuse my colleague, Your Honor. She's letting emotions get the better of her.
19:26Sit down.
19:31You did not have to do that.
19:32Oh, yes, I did.
19:33No, you didn't.
19:34What does this mean?
19:35It means the Hudson's case is still very much alive.
19:42And what kind of law are you interested in, Amanda?
19:45Well, I'd like to deal more with people.
19:48People?
19:49Yeah, I mean, I think corporate law is interesting, but it's a lot of contracts.
19:53Due diligence, research.
19:55Corporate law's dirty little secret.
19:57I'd like to mix in more free work for the indigent.
20:00Kirk and McGee does a lot of pro bono work.
20:03I've talked with Bill McGee about you.
20:06He was very impressed with your credentials.
20:09He was?
20:10I've scheduled an interview for you at the end of the week.
20:13With Mr. McGee?
20:15Amanda, when you come in for the interview,
20:17I'd stick to the corporate line, though, you know?
20:19Keep the save-the-world stuff between us.
20:24Civil suit worked.
20:26The district justice contacted the DA's office
20:28and they're pressing criminal charges against Perry Hudson, third-degree felony.
20:31So they're definitely going to settle now.
20:33Look at this.
20:36A million people read that newspaper.
20:38It's like an invitation.
20:45You might want to think about staying inside for a few days, Mr. Hassan.
20:48Salaam has to go to school.
20:50I have to work.
20:52Well, we're going to go to the police and ask them to step up protection.
20:55No, I can take care of my daughter myself.
20:58What's going to happen to Perry Hudson?
21:00If the civil suit works, his family will pay your father damages.
21:05If the hate crime charges stick, he'll go to jail.
21:11Daddy.
21:12Yes?
21:14Daddy, Perry Hudson...
21:18Yes?
21:20Perry...
21:21Perry...
21:22was my boyfriend.
21:37We dated for six months.
21:40I never told you because I knew you wouldn't approve.
21:43Six months?
21:46He's a really sweet guy, Dad.
21:49He was always nice to me.
21:51What happened?
21:53I don't know.
21:55I just...
21:57I wasn't ready to do the things the other girls do.
22:01And Perry, he was patient, but I could feel how much he wanted me to dress differently or drink or have sex.
22:16I started to feel really uncomfortable, so I broke up with him.
22:22And he took it really badly.
22:28He started following me around, waiting for me outside of the restaurant and at school.
22:34He couldn't accept it, I guess.
22:37So he did this because he's in love with you?
22:42Why didn't you tell me this?
22:44I thought you would be angry.
22:45I know how you feel about me dating boys.
22:53Daddy...
22:55Please...
22:57Please...
22:59Tell them not to press charges.
23:02I don't want Perry going to jail.
23:08No, he...
23:10He wouldn't have done this to you if you were a white girl.
23:12Daddy...
23:13No, I came to America to live with dignity and respect.
23:17If someone decides to insult me, I'm not just going to smile and say thank you.
23:21I'm sorry, Salam, but just because you hurt this boy's feelings doesn't give him the right to do what he did.
23:25I think I might leave the firm.
23:26I think I might leave the firm.
23:30Larry Hines.
23:31Larry Hines mounts every secretary, every paralegal, every soccer mom he can.
23:43I'd be very careful before I believed a word that came out of his mouth.
23:44You think he's just trying to sleep with me?
23:45It's what he does.
23:46That is so offensive.
23:47That's why I'm telling you.
23:48What have I done to offend you?
23:49I try my best to be friendly, to do good work, and all you do is treat me like I'm some stupid school girl.
23:50Do you think that Kirk and McGee might be a bad guy?
23:51I don't know.
23:52I don't know.
23:53I'm sorry.
23:54Do you think that Kirk and McGee might actually want me because I'm a good lawyer?
23:55You want the truth?
23:56Yes.
23:57No, I don't.
23:58No, I don't.
23:59Why not?
24:00Because I don't think you want to be a corporate lawyer, Amanda.
24:02it's what he does that is so offensive that's why I'm telling you what have I
24:10done to offend you I try my best to be friendly to do good work and all you do
24:16is treat me like I'm some stupid school girl do you think that the Kirk and
24:20McGee might actually want me because I'm a good lawyer you want the truth yes no
24:24I don't why not because I don't think you want to be a corporate lawyer Amanda I
24:28can see that you don't like it now and I don't think you're gonna learn to like
24:31it later you seem like a good person who wants to do good things with your life
24:35and if that's the case I don't think you're gonna find what you're looking
24:38for here so what does this do to my case it complicates it you saw the word he
24:52painted on my door yes and this broken window here is going to cost me a
24:57thousand dollars at least and now I have to get this place reinspected because
25:02of all of this I'm not saying that you don't have a case I am just saying it is
25:05complicated by the pre-existing relationship between Salam and Perry they
25:09will argue that this is not a crime motivated by hate but a crime motivated
25:14love or love
25:18Salam Salam who did this to you Salam who did this to you kids from my school boys they
25:31were angry about Perry and they chased me and I ran and fell no I'm going call the
25:37police no daddy please I just felt that's all I just felt I'm going to call the police
25:45can you give me their names
25:49do you want to file a report
25:55Salam don't be afraid tell him who did this to you Salam look at me you tell them who this was
26:06I don't want anyone else getting into trouble
26:08excuse me
26:12the police need to step up protection do you have any idea how far our resources are stretched
26:24the men are working 60 hour weeks skipping the vacations to keep up with the hiding state of
26:29alert that we're already in now we want to protect everyone that's why we're here do you know that an
26:34Islamic school about 30 miles from here got a phone call from someone saying that they were
26:38going to paint the streets with the children's blood and then there was a Muslim student in
26:42California that got stabbed in the back and in the arm on his way out of a fundraiser for the
26:46victims families a fundraiser there's an obvious threat to the Hassan family here and you have a
26:53special duty of care now if something happens to them or to their property we will claim that you
26:58breached that duty
27:00come in
27:04hey Jake
27:06sit down
27:10what's on your mind
27:14uh Kirk and McGee made me an offer
27:16I'm listening
27:26twenty percent increase in salary a better package
27:30clear path to a partnership
27:32you think you don't have that here
27:34you tell me
27:36just gotta be patient Jake
27:38how long
27:40Jake
27:41you gotta understand that a partnership here is a much stronger position than at Kirk and McGee
27:46will
27:48Nick
27:49be made a partner before I am
27:51I tell you what
27:54let me have a day or two I'll try to fool around with some numbers and see if we can't make you a lot happier okay
28:00but I want you to know that you're very important to this firm you understand that very important
28:12okay thanks
28:14thanks for coming in
28:22come in
28:24Mr. Fallon
28:28Mr. Fallon
28:29yeah
28:33um
28:36well
28:37uh
28:38what is it Amanda
28:41Larry Hines said
28:42he might want me to come fill a position over at Kirk and McGee
28:48he might want you to
28:51I mean I just want to be on the up and up
28:53but did he make you an official offer
28:55no
28:56but
28:57they said they were going to
28:59well
29:00why don't we just talk when
29:01uh
29:02when they actually
29:03make you the offer okay
29:07okay
29:10oh
29:11and Amanda
29:12in the future
29:14don't tell your boss you're thinking about leaving until the uh
29:17competing offer is on the table
29:19and
29:21yeah
29:23I'm uh
29:24working on the Palmer case
29:36I need a couple signatures
29:38Nick
29:40Jake and Amanda are thinking about going over to Kirk and McGee
29:44do you know anything about that?
29:46no
29:48no
29:49no I didn't
29:51they're not talking to you are they
29:55are they?
29:57yeah
30:00they uh
30:01made me an offer
30:02hello
30:15burton
30:17my son
30:18he's a hell of a good lawyer
30:19he's also my son
30:21are you gonna make him a partner?
30:22that's none of your business
30:23associates have always been fair game burton
30:25if you think you're gonna capitalize on my name by offering my son a position that you and I both know he's not ready for
30:32that's your opinion
30:33that's a fact
30:35you think your business is safe?
30:38I'll go after your associates
30:39your clients
30:41your paralegals
30:45and your secretaries
30:47and it's a promise
30:48hey
31:02hi
31:04great news
31:05McGee wants to hire someone to oversee all pro bono work
31:09a kind of half and half position
31:12really?
31:13and McGee thinks you'd be perfect for it
31:15look for it
31:24what?
31:25oh my god
31:26I wasn't
31:27oh my god you just wanted to
31:28Amanda get a hold of yourself
31:29I just patted your hand
31:30that's all
31:31I overreacted
31:33Amanda
31:34you're a lovely young woman
31:35but I am a happily married man with kids
31:38and believe me if I were younger
31:41well
31:42I'd be younger then wouldn't I?
31:45well you'll see
31:48when you meet with Bill McGee you'll see
31:51I wasn't just saying all this
32:01we're learning more today about a story involving a restaurant owned by a Muslim immigrant that was set on fire last night
32:06the blaze was quickly put out and damage was not thought to be extensive but reports now indicate that that same restaurant owned and operated by Ahmad Hassan was damaged by vandals just ten days ago
32:20now police won't confirm if the two incidents are related or if they're racially motivated
32:24I don't think suing the police is a good idea
32:25I think you should move your family to a safer place just until this thing sounds
32:39well like where?
32:40homeless shelter at catholic charities
32:42the Hassans are not homeless
32:43yes I understand that
32:44don't let Mr. Fallon dissuade you
32:45I don't think it's a good idea calling even more attention to ourselves
32:49we can do this you have rights and you should assert them
32:52the police didn't do this to my restaurant the government didn't send me those letters my fellow Americans did
32:57my countrymen burned my restaurant
33:01I can guarantee you a 20% raise in salary
33:11how about 10% of all the work we do for Van Owen?
33:15same for Halderson and Smith
33:17well they offered me 25% of all new business
33:20fine
33:2225% of all new business
33:25better office
33:30new furniture
33:32new furniture
33:35they told me two years before I made partner
33:38they didn't go and do you that?
33:42no
33:43but I want your word that you won't make me wait more than two years
33:48you got it
33:58thank you Burton
34:00thank you Jake
34:01thank you Jake
34:03why didn't you tell me?
34:16I don't know
34:20so you still considering their offer?
34:26yeah
34:27you think you're ready to be a partner?
34:30yeah
34:31based on what?
34:33you know how many of your own clients do you have?
34:36I have Duquesne Union Bank
34:38since when?
34:39yesterday
34:40Adamson told me that he would go wherever I went
34:44you still don't think I'm ready?
34:48son
34:50it's just a matter of judgment and experience
34:53and I don't mean legal experience
34:55I mean
34:56life experience
34:57hell you're still figuring that out
34:59it's about the drugs isn't it?
35:01it's about straightening out your life
35:04I mean you can't scrape by on your wits
35:07until you work off that community service
35:10and devote yourself to this firm
35:13and I mean double time
35:15you're just not ready
35:19what am I going to do?
35:21what?
35:22you know all my life I've listened to that speech
35:24maturity, responsibility, wisdom
35:27you want to know something?
35:30I look at you
35:32alright?
35:34I look at you
35:35and I don't exactly see those qualities pouring out from behind your desk
35:39oh Nicholas
35:42I have never asked you to make me partner
35:44no
35:45no I have just worked very hard for this firm
35:47I have done very well by this firm
35:49Nicholas
35:50they are trying to exploit my name
35:53all my life I've worked my ass off to build up this firm
35:57all I've got is my name
36:00my reputation
36:02it's my name too
36:09who is it?
36:20it's Nick Fallon
36:21coming
36:22hey Nick
36:25what is he doing here?
36:30he came by the office today
36:32he has something to say to you
36:33I'd appreciate it if you heard him out
36:40your daughter
36:42I really, really liked her
36:44I didn't really try to understand anything about her
36:48where you're from
36:50your religion
36:51when we would go out with my friends
36:54it just never really worked out
36:55you know
36:56I thought she was uptight
36:58I guess I knew she was going to dump me
37:01but when she did
37:03and she said that
37:05you told her to
37:07I don't know
37:12I asked my parents to drop the lawsuit against you
37:17Mr. Fallon told me I should probably have the guts to tell you that to your face
37:21why did he come here?
37:35he's in a tight spot
37:36criminal charges, stronger civil suit
37:39you think he's trying to manipulate me?
37:41maybe, maybe not
37:42you think I should drop my lawsuit as well?
37:47no, I never said that
37:48well I can see that's how you're feeling
37:50you have a very strong case, Mr. Hassan
37:53if you wish to proceed
37:55it would be my pleasure to be there for you
37:58I would like to have a meeting with that boy's parents
38:01ok
38:12did you know that our children were dating?
38:17neither did I
38:19I've had to raise my daughter alone
38:22her mother died when she was two years old
38:25I am a proud man, a Muslim man
38:28and I was raised in a
38:30very, very different culture
38:33I have been very strict with my daughter
38:36and I will always be this way
38:38when I was young and I had just met my wife
38:42I would sneak over to her home and try to talk to her
38:46without her parents' permission
38:49I remember the feeling I had when I was away from her
38:54I thought about her all the time
38:57I still do, I look at my daughter
39:00and I see my wife
39:03and if your son feels
39:06the way I do about her
39:09I can begin to understand
39:14he did a terrible thing
39:16but I do not think he did it because I am Muslim
39:21I will drop my case against your son
39:27his injury is severe I think
39:31I think perhaps he has suffered him
39:35poor and young girl
39:38it is very, very sad
39:41and very sad
39:43providing
39:44my uncle
39:46it is sad
39:47holding up
40:01yeah
40:03Mr. McGee, I'm Amanda Bowles.
40:13Oh, well, hello there.
40:16You've never heard my name, have you?
40:19Well, I'm sorry, but no.
40:22Yeah, I didn't think so.
40:33Hey, Amanda, there's a meeting in the conference room.
40:40Hey, hey, hey, hey, Amanda.
40:43What's wrong?
40:45Oh, nothing. I'm fine.
40:48Come on.
40:49We've done well this week.
40:51We held on to all but three of Larry's major clients.
40:55Our associates have proven their loyalty.
40:59And as of this afternoon, we haven't had another defection.
41:04I know that sometimes I'm a hard man to work with.
41:09I know that I'm demanding.
41:13Sometimes you people don't realize how much I appreciate your hard work.
41:20Well, know that I do.
41:25Each and every one of you is incredibly important to this firm.
41:29And it would be a shame if you thought otherwise.
41:39Let's get back to work.
41:50Come in.
41:51You're not going to name a new partner?
42:09No.
42:13Not yet.
42:20When you made me the offer to come and work with you.
42:24Yeah.
42:26Why did you?
42:30Thought you'd be an asset to the firm.
42:32Not because I'm your son?
42:36No, no.
42:40No, I don't do things that way.
42:43Yeah, that's what I thought.
42:49Business comes first.
42:51Makes sense.
42:52Well, I'm, uh, I'm glad you understand, son.
43:04I'm going to take that position over at Kirk and McGee.
43:07Did you take the day off from work today?
43:28No, I quit my job.
43:30You're kidding.
43:31No, I did.
43:32I start work at Kirk and McGee next week.
43:34Uh-huh.
43:35Mr. Hassan.
43:43Yes?
43:45I just, um...
43:47I just...
43:49Yes?
43:52Well, I took the day off from school.
43:55And I thought, you know, if you didn't mind,
43:57I thought maybe I could help out.
44:05I'm sorry.
44:06Yes, sir.
44:07You're the only one man going after I saw her.
44:08Yes, sir.
44:15But atch...
44:17You Officer.
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