Chapter 60 Section 10

Judge Skinner greeted Gero first.The relationship between the two began when they were students at Harvard University, and it has been more than 30 years so far. "Mr. Fisher, are you also interested in this case?" "I represent one of the defendants." Jie Luo bowed and added, "But this is not my motion." "Personally," began Justice Skinner, "I am very interested in 'Section 11.' Lawyers should use this provision more often and to the fullest." Jane stood up and said, "I would like to draw your Honor's attention to a section of the motion, under 'Abetment to Prosecute'. Mr. Cheeseman states that he has 'concrete and direct evidence to support this charge.'"

"'Abetting to prosecute'?" Judge Skinner was puzzled. "Which lawyer was talking to the client?" "Howler & Doerr LLP, their client is the Beeches Group, the parent company of J. J. Riller Tannery." Sure enough, the judge took the motion and pored over it for a while, then said, "I'm not interested in 'inappropriate for court.' Let's move on to the 'section 11 motion' hearing.” "However, Your Honor," Jane didn't want to stop there, "do you think I am still qualified to represent my client if I am charged with the vague charge of 'prosecuting and abetting'? I am still qualified to stand Is this to speak to you? ... Before we proceed, I ask the defense to either release the facts or retract the allegations."

Judge Skinner sighed: "Mr. Fisher, would you like to disclose the contents of the conversation between you and your client?" "The so-called 'concrete and direct evidence' is his wording," Jerome Fisher pointed to William Cheeseman, "not mine. But if your honor wishes, I can check with my client again. one time." "You can find a pay phone in the corridor outside." Jero shrugged.He didn't actually want to verify it now, but since the judge said so...Jero turned around and left the courtroom slowly. "Okay, let's move on to the 'Section 11 Motion' hearing." The judge repeated, "The question to be clarified in this hearing is very simple: What kind of evidence does the plaintiff have that is sufficient to sue the defendant? Sue? Now Mr. Cheeseman asks the plaintiff."

William Cheeseman stood up and opened his notebook, as if preparing to call witnesses. Jane Hilleman protested: "Once I am on the witness stand, I am obliged by law to answer all questions, so it is impossible to represent my client as an attorney in this case." "The questions Mr. Cheeseman will ask are very limited, Mr. Hilleman, and will not interfere with your continued work for your client." After some debate, Jane suggested to the judge: "Can we work around it so that you, Your Honor, ask us the same question?" "Mr. Cheeseman, what do you think?"

William Cheeseman hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly walked towards the bench with his notebook.Jane heard him tell Judge Skinner that his handwriting was illegible, and the two of them then had a long discussion about the questions William had drawn up.Jane couldn't help being smug, because he could tell that Judge Skinner was getting impatient. Sure enough, after the judge asked a few questions in William's notebook, he asked everyone if they had anything else to say before the adjournment. "Finally," said Jane, "I think Mr. Fisher has spoken to his client."

Jero Fisher had returned to the court long ago and witnessed what just happened. "I can't provide any updates at the moment, they are all out for lunch. But I can contact them again." Two weeks later, Judge Walter Skinner ruled: "The plaintiff's prosecution is based on circumstantial evidence relevant to the case and, for reasons well known, some of the evidence on which the prosecution is based has yet to be developed and collected. Therefore , this Judge finds that the 'Section 11 Motion' does not apply to this case, and hereby denies the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Warburn."

For the next year and a half, Jane Hilleman put the Warburn case aside.He is very busy, earns a lot of money, and his career is booming and flourishing.First, Barry Reed brought in a hotel fire in which a businessman died.Jane En volunteered to take the case.Among his assistants, of course, was Kevin Conway, and a young lawyer who had recently joined Reed-Mulrigan, Bill Connolly.They hired well-known experts across the country and spent 15,000 US dollars to make various photos, pictures and mold models to be displayed in court. They invited the lawyer and insurance company of the hotel involved in the accident to a high-end hotel for negotiation and mediation.After three days of negotiations, Jane Hilleman received a $2.25 million compensation check.

Barry Reed took most of the pay, even though he wasn't present at any of the negotiations.The remaining less than a third was divided between Jane, Kevin and Bill.When a reporter from the "Boston Globe" interviewed by phone, Barry talked about the case with eloquence, taking all the credit for himself. "You should at least mention my name!" Jane found the boss's office after reading the report.The unpleasant conversation ended Jane Hilleman's career at Reed-Mulrigan, and Kevin and Bill resigned with him. The newly opened law firm of the three is called Hilliman-Conway-Knolly.They rented an office near the federal courthouse and invested all the money they earned from the hotel fire case into interior decoration and high-end office furniture.Jane also asked the secretary to order flowers from the florist every day.On the opening day, more than 100 colleagues came to the door to add to the fun, and Barry Reed and Joe Mulligan also brought their wives to congratulate.

Excluding all kinds of expenses and management, the three people have little left in their pockets.Kevin Conway, who has always been prudent and prudent, has become the gatekeeper of the firm. Every case must be reviewed by Kevin, and he will judge the possibility of winning the case and decide whether to accept it.So in the beginning, they only took some small cases, most of which were patients who sued doctors and hospitals. Their income was not much, and they did not worry about food and clothing.But this kind of petty fighting is not against Jian En's temper at all. He likes big money by nature, and what he plays is high investment, high return, and naturally high risk.He had his eye on a case that had already been rejected by two big firms.