Mon, Nov 19, 2001
Burton Fallin asks in vain for Nick's help in the case of former CEO Harry Josephs with terminal cancer, whose business partners, the Hopeson brothers, ruthlessly invoke a contract clause allowing them to sell back his shares at a measly historical price. Nick gives priority to the case of incurably sick Lesley Walker, who needs a legal guardian to be eligible for a donor heart. Her former foster parents refuse to adopt her at their own children's expense, but Nick considers filing for custody himself. Burton's lover makes him promise to introduce her to Nick, who never forgave him being an absent father and husband, but is stood up.
Mon, Mar 25, 2002
Friendly gay judge Stanton, who once let Nick off with community service, is promoted to federal judge, but a heart attack soon kills him. Nick minds Stanton's dog, Burton remembers his advice there's more to a lawyer's life then lucrative clients, considering to opt for the judicial bench. Alvin defends adolescent Ted Popper, whose delusions since parental abuse make him unsuited for youth shelters, due to violent episodes. Fondly remembering his political campaigning past, Alvin starts a movement for suitable psychiatric care. Nick takes the case of Janine McGregor, who needs to cash in her missing daughter Grace's trust fund by having her declared legally dead to keep her other child home, but thus finds a girl who claims to be the Grace.