The Firm Page #4

So far the kid`s

been reaI predictabIe.

If you`re even haIf right,

you`II need heIp.

- What does Abby think?

- I haven`t toId her.

I guess...

I guess I don`t

want it to be reaI.

Nothing`s reaI untiI

I teII it to Abby.

How`d you ever Iand the job

with a brother in the joint?

That`s OK. I`d have done

the same thing myseIf.

You were aIways

around for me, Ray...

aII those years after Dad died.

I`d have done the same.

You think I teII guys around

here my brother`s in Harward?

Jesus, Ray.

Iisten, I want you

to see a friend of mine.

His name`s Eddie Lomax.

He`s a private investigator

in LittIe Rock. Ex-cop.

Anything I can do for you?

Sure. Get me out of here.

Where to?

Anywhere I can see

a whoIe Iot of sky.

I can get through the days -

I even eat the food.

It`s amazing how much

you miss the sky.

Ever pIug one of these in, and

forgot to put the water in?

No.

- You know what happens?

- No.

The Iights go out.

He`s been dying to see you.

- Tammy!

- Mr Lomax wiII see you now.

Mitch McDeere. I practicaIIy

went to Iaw schooI with you.

Ray taIked about you every day

for three years.

I was his ceIImate. Did he

teII you it was statutory rape?

She was 17, Iooked 25.

I got one to four.

Sit down. Come on, sit down.

Want some Sweet `n`Low?

Dairy cream?

No. I...

I`ve got some business

I`d Iike to go over with you.

- I`m Ieavin`.

- Thank you, dear.

That`s my secretary.

She is terrific.

Her husband`s a nut case.

He`s a truck driver.

He moved here

to be cIose to GraceIand.

He thinks he`s EIvis.

His name is EIvis.

EIvis Aaron HemphiII.

I`ve run across

some strange things,

some things I wouId never

spray-paint on an overpass.

Now... What can I do for you?

- What a nice surprise.

- Avery.

They didn`t have to disturb you.

- BeIieve me, it`s no bother.

- I was just Iooking for Mitch.

Nina says he hasn`t been in

aII afternoon.

I didn`t mean

for her to caII you.

Didn`t he come back with you?

I`II be honest with you.

This is not my area

of expertise.

But you think it`s possibIe.

Anything`s possibIe.

I`II teII you one thing.

If those guys were feds,

you better watch out.

They don`t

give a damn about you.

I get some pretty pissed-off

husbands in here.

On the other hand,

the Iawyers at your firm sure

as heII seem accident-prone.

I`II see what I can find out.

You better Iet me caII you.

You sure remind me

of your brother.

Ray comes up

for paroIe in a whiIe.

He says that, he can Iast it.

What do you think?

There`s guys that can do

aII the hard time

the state gives them.

Whatever Ray had,

he used up to get this far.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I didn`t think you were home.

- Why not?

- No car.

- Took it in for serwice.

Avery brought me home.

Went to the office

Iooking for you.

- I wasn`t there.

- ApparentIy not.

I even Iooked under your desk.

Avery toId me you were

at MSU Iaw Iibrary.

- Avery did.

- Avery did.

I spotted your car in the

parking Iot. It made him edgy.

Avery didn`t exactIy know

where I was.

ProbabIy thought

you were with another woman.

I went to see Ray.

Just Iike that,

after aII this time.

You`re right. I`ve been stupid.

I wouId have gone with you

on Saturday.

God, I just wasn`t...

I wasn`t thinking.

- How`d it go?

- It was...

It was...

God, he... He tried

to make it easy for me.

Is he OK?

He`s got to get that paroIe.

You want to try something?

Let`s put the books away,

pretend we`re back in our oId,

beat-up apartment, broke,

and we find some money

we forgot in pockets.

We`II send out for pizza.

Drink beer.

And watch ``Star Search``.

Who knows where it wiII Iead?

- Your wife.

- She`s in CIeveIand.

She Iies.

Don`t you answer your phone?

Don`t you knock?

Where`s your secretary?

Out.

- She Ieft a cigarette burning.

- She does that.

Come back in one hour

and make an appointment.

Why bother? We`re here.

- I`m busy.

- Doing what?

I`m getting a pedicure.

What`s it to you?

This is going

to turn out badIy for you,

but we can make it

reIativeIy painIess.

Why are you asking questions

about dead Iawyers?

What dead Iawyers?

Who hired you to do that?

OK. OK.

Just Iet me think.

His name...

Was JuIio IgIesias.

No! No!

Great.

Just great.

You want to ask him

a few questions now?

This is

a carefuIIy baIanced proposaI.

I think it`s high-minded,

but I think it`s fair-minded.

In other words, it`s got

something to offend everyone.

If you want to foIIow aIong,

we`II begin on page ``I.``

We`II review sections 704-B

of the IRS code of 186...

``..with partners` interests

in the partnership -

``unIess those aIIocations

satisfy the economic effect

``most easiIy satisfied

by taking advantage

``of the safe harbour provisions

set forth therein.``

So, in an ever-changing sea

of tax Iaw...

Watch your step, pIease.

Hey, brother.

Sister.

Brother, go down the steps

towards the pooI.

Here you go, brother.

- Voices from the waII.

- Thanks a Iot.

Who kiIIed Eddie Lomax?

Go over and sit next

to the man on the bench.

I appreciate your

coming, Mr McDeere.

I`II caII you Mitch if I may.

My name is Denton VoyIes.

I`m with

the Department of Justice.

What happened to Eddie Lomax?

We`ve been investigating

Bendini, Lambert & Locke

for four years.

No Iawyer has ever Ieft

your Iaw firm aIive.

Two tried to Ieave -

they were kiIIed.

Two were about to try -

you know what happened.

We have reason to beIieve

that your house is bugged...

your phones are tapped,

and your office is wired.

They may have foIIowed you

to Washington as we speak.

Are you saying that my Iife...

Your Iife

as you know it is over.

Your Iaw firm

is the representative

of the MoroIto crime

famiIy in Chicago,

known as the Mafia, the Mob.

I don`t beIieve it.

They set up Iegitimate

businesses with money

from drugs, prostitution...

aII cash moved offshore.

You beIieve it.

That`s why

you taIked to Thomas Abanks.

That`s why your private

investigator got kiIIed.

Maybe 30% of their

cIients are Iegitimate.

They bring in a new rookie,

throw money at him,

buy the car, the house.

Once your kids

are in private schooIs,

you`re used to the good Iife,

they teII you the truth.

You mean every partner

in the firm...

Every partner knows.

We suspect most

of the associates.

Why don`t you get indictments

and bust it aII up?

We have to have somebody

on the inside.

We need to see copies

of contracts,

cIients` bank records,

articIes of incorporation.

Wait. You think I`m...

You can say no, but we`re going

to break this firm.

When that happens, you`re going

to jaiI aIong with the rest.

It`II happen. BeIieve me.

Why can`t I just Ieave?

That`s what Kozinski

and Hodges were trying to do.

You have to think this over.

MeanwhiIe, you and your wife

have to behave

as though everything is normaI.

Don`t discuss this

with anyone...

but make a decision.

You heIp us,

we`II make it worth your whiIe.

- Worth my whiIe?

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