The Brooke Miller Series by Brenda Janowitz

Author:Brenda Janowitz [Janowitz, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940610603
Publisher: Polis Books

“And the best part is,” I tell Noah Goldberg, one of the founding members of the firm and the “G” in the SGR, “she’s still designing my dress!”

“Well, she can’t design your dress if you’re representing her,” Noah says with a laugh.

She can’t? Why can’t she? Should I have consulted the rules of ethics before I came into this meeting? Surely there’s some provision about associates and their wedding dresses? “But, I am thrilled for you. Your first case!”

My wedding dress, is all I can think. I love that dress more than anything in the world. More than the French love Jerry Lewis. More than the Germans love David Hasselhoff. I manage to eek out: “My first case!”

“I’m really excited for you, Brooke,” Noah says, “you remind me of myself when I got my first big case.” It’s never a good sign when a partner, founding or otherwise, tells you that you remind him of him. That can only mean one thing—you’re about to be slammed with more work than you ever thought possible. “And I think you’re ready.”

“For what?” I ask. More traumatic trips to wedding boutiques with my mother? I know that Noah sees me as a big time lawyer who can handle anything, but I am so not ready for that.

“To take the lead on this case.”

“What an honor,” I say, “what a thrill! Who will be working with me on it?” I’m secretly hoping that he’ll say that Esther can work on the case with me, but I don’t want to sound as if I don’t appreciate the opportunity. I will just act thrilled and enthused no matter what associate he tells me he’s going to assign to this case. There are four different first years that I’d be happy to work with—Jordan, Ethan, Spencer and Ruby are all great, and there are four other second years that wouldn’t be bad, either—Stacey, Jon, Jen or Lee have great reputations, too. Maybe I’ll even get two junior associates to work with! And I won’t complain or say a word if one of them’s not Esther.

“I don’t know if you need any more man-power on the case just yet,” he says. “Let’s start off by staffing it lean and mean and take it from there, okay?”

Um, that is so not okay.

“Okay,” I say, trying to hide the look of horror that is no doubt crossing my face at this very instant. At my old law firm, Gilson Hecht, such a case—a complicated commercial litigation with a fabulously famous client—would have been staffed by at least four attorneys. And Noah wants me to go it alone?

I immediately rush back to my office and start researching the cause of action of dissolution of partnership. Next, I draft a very professional e-mail thanking Monique for her business and asking her to gather the partnership contract and various non-compete agreements that she had with her husband, and then arrange for a messenger service to pick all of it up from her brownstone. After that, I pick up the phone to call Vanessa.

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