Lockhart Gardner Canning? They hired me six times, fired me three, and I quit the other three. Typical big-city, high-powered firm. First time I was a temp for David Lee, who fired me the first day because I'm a guy, but then Diane and Alicia hired me back just to get under David's skin. I stayed until midnight once to help them win a big case, and then David hired me back to prevent a wealthy female divorce client from firing him.
Will always kept his distance from me, but was polite because he didn't want to seem jealous to Alicia, who thought I was the best paralegal she ever had. Peter couldn't stand me because of Alicia but didn't want to seem sexist to his kids. Whenever I ran into him we'd chat and he'd ask about Alicia, remind me he was the governor (so what?), and try to figure out if Alicia and I had ever slept together (we hadn't, but one night we went for drinks on the way home after winning a case and something could have happened). KIalinda? Don't get me started. We were stuck waiting for an e-mail for two hours one night and got into it about sex, men, women, and power. Lots of sexual aggression but neither of us would ever settle for the other.
Canning? Strictly business, pays well, respects support staff, but they all do pretty much. He plays to win and plays rough but plays fair, expecting everyone else to do the same. Totally nice guy outside of work but I did have to turn down his wife. Stopped working with Alicia when she opened her new firm because it's out of the way and in a building I don't trust, but she's arranging for me to telecommute. I like working in this field because the focus is on skill, we all work for the system, and everyone is smart. That they look good and are freaky is just a bonus.
They're doing what? A show about my former employer? No one would believe it. I hope they do it in a way that shows how much smarter, cooler, sexier, sharper, more professional, and better-dressed anyone who works at a law firm is relative to the average person. The audience of people who would live vicariously through the firm if they knew what really went on could be pretty big.
There's also this one wmoan I temped for who acts completely crazy but it's all an act. Someone left a few letters off her first name on her birth certificate. Most brilliant boss I've ever had.
Will always kept his distance from me, but was polite because he didn't want to seem jealous to Alicia, who thought I was the best paralegal she ever had. Peter couldn't stand me because of Alicia but didn't want to seem sexist to his kids. Whenever I ran into him we'd chat and he'd ask about Alicia, remind me he was the governor (so what?), and try to figure out if Alicia and I had ever slept together (we hadn't, but one night we went for drinks on the way home after winning a case and something could have happened). KIalinda? Don't get me started. We were stuck waiting for an e-mail for two hours one night and got into it about sex, men, women, and power. Lots of sexual aggression but neither of us would ever settle for the other.
Canning? Strictly business, pays well, respects support staff, but they all do pretty much. He plays to win and plays rough but plays fair, expecting everyone else to do the same. Totally nice guy outside of work but I did have to turn down his wife. Stopped working with Alicia when she opened her new firm because it's out of the way and in a building I don't trust, but she's arranging for me to telecommute. I like working in this field because the focus is on skill, we all work for the system, and everyone is smart. That they look good and are freaky is just a bonus.
They're doing what? A show about my former employer? No one would believe it. I hope they do it in a way that shows how much smarter, cooler, sexier, sharper, more professional, and better-dressed anyone who works at a law firm is relative to the average person. The audience of people who would live vicariously through the firm if they knew what really went on could be pretty big.
There's also this one wmoan I temped for who acts completely crazy but it's all an act. Someone left a few letters off her first name on her birth certificate. Most brilliant boss I've ever had.