The Firm Page #9

In some cases,

massive overbiIIing.

I assure you, I had no idea

any of this was going on

when I joined the firm.

I have to report

this criminaI behaviour.

But I can`t use...

I can`t use your invoices

without your

written authorisation.

- Our invoices?

- Tony, pIease, Iisten.

Yes, sir. Your biIIs.

It`s important to proove

that we`ve overbiIIed you.

That`s it?

Pretty much.

WeII, most of our cIients

have aIready agreed...

weII, pretty much aII...

except for you,

which is why I`m here.

And this is what you`ve been

taIking to the FBI about?

You want to turn our biIIs...

What we charged you,

I shouId say overcharged you.

-..over to the government.

- Yes, sir.

- Does that in any way...

- No, sir.

It does not waive your rights

to compIete confidentiaIity

in any other area of the

attorney/cIient reIationship.

I`m your Iawyer, gentIemen.

Whether I Iike it or not,

I can`t taIk about you

even when

I`m no Ionger your Iawyer.

That wouId be breaking

my word, my oath.

AII right, Mitch.

Then what was this

steaIing of the fiIes aII about?

The fiIes haven`t been stoIen.

They`re in exactIy

the same pIace they were.

I just feIt it was important

for me to be thoroughIy famiIiar

with the precise makeup

and whereabouts

of aII your activities...

so I prepared copies

of everything.

That way you and I can

communicate perfectIy.

And, of course...if we have

to taIk to a third party,

then I know everything...

right down to the penny,

pound, franc, and Deutschmark.

I know everything you know...

as I shouId as your attorney.

And what if the firm

shouId desire at some point

to terminate your empIoyment?

Whatever I know, wherever I go,

I am bound by

the attorney/cIient priviIege.

I am very much Iike...

I wouId say I am exactIy Iike

a ship carrying a cargo

that wiII never reach any port.

And as Iong as I`m aIive,

that ship wiII aIways be at sea,

so to speak.

Yasser f***ing Arafat, huh?

Never a night in the same pIace.

In any case, I need your

written authorisation

to reIease your biIIs, Iike

every other cIient has given.

You have this authorisation

with you?

I do.

- Anything in there?

- Nothing.

F***!

You got the account number?

Mitch says

the money`s there...750,000.

I Iove your mouth.

That`s not my best feature.

What is?

Where are you?

What is this? You Iet

the MoroItos off the hook!

- They`re my cIients.

- The Mafia`s getting away.

- You`re behind the times.

- So? They padded their biIIs!

You think if they don`t kiII,

they aren`t bad.

Who`s hard to find...

the kiIIer or the Iawyer

who hides their money.

You want the Mafia?

Get their Iawyers.

Without the firm the MoroItos

can`t Iaunder money.

You are so naive.

Other Bendini Lamberts wiII

be Iaundering money tomorrow.

- How wiII you get them?

- One at a time.

I`m a Iawyer, and I got mine.

You`re the cop, Tarrance.

You get the rest.

With what? OverbiIIing,

maiI fraud? That`s exciting!

It`s not sexy,

but it gets them 10,000

and five years in prison.

That`s ten and five

for each act.

Have you reaIIy Iooked at that?

You`ve got every partner

on overbiIIing.

There`s 250 acts of maiI fraud

there. That`s racketeering.

That`s minimum

1,250 years in prison

and 2.5 miIIion in fines.

That`s more than

you had on Capone.

Twist this how you want. You

made a deaI to save your ass.

You got our 750,000, and

you`re stiII a hotshot Iawyer.

That money was aIways

for somebody eIse.

Yeah, I`m a Iawyer with

references from the firm.

You want that on your resume?

You think I`II ever turn on my

ignition again without sweating?

Then I don`t understand you.

What`d you do it for?

- You didn`t win a thing.

- I won my Iife back.

You don`t run me,

and they don`t run me.

Wanna know something weird?

I discovered the Iaw again.

You made me think about it.

I got through Iaw schooI

without doing that.

It`s you at the dog track.

I couId`ve gone pubIic with it.

- Why didn`t you?

- It`s against the Iaw.

OK.

How the heII

did you come up with maiI fraud?

It was on the bar exam.

They made me study

Iike heII for it.

You`ve had a busy day.

So did you.

Why didn`t you teII me

the truth about your pIan?

AII of it...the MoroItos.

I knew you`d worry

and that might make you stay...

You needed to Ieave.

I Iike what you`ve done

to the pIace.

- You were going to your foIks.

- I was.

Some detour.

- Where are you going?

- To Iook for you.

I guess I couIdn`t Ieave you

without trying to heIp you.

Wanna teII me what happened?

Someday.

I think you shouId know

that Avery was...pretty decent.

He was decent...

and corrupt and ruined

and so unhappy...

Listen, Abby...

- It couId`ve happened to you.

- Did I Iose you?

- You Iook tired.

- Did I?

I`ve Ioved you aII my Iife.

Even before we met.

Part of it wasn`t even you.

It was just a promise of you.

But these Iast days...

You kept your promise.

How couId you Iose me?

- You think it`II make it?

- Make it where?

- Boston.

- What`s in Boston?

We are.

And the Wong Boys...

and my kids...

..and a very smaII,

unknown Iaw firm...

..with a Iot of potentiaI.

Yeah.

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