SEVERUSMAX
Benevolent Master
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Harvey Nash, Esquire, Attorney-at-Law, snarled as he listened to opposing counsel present her arguments during the settlement negotiations. That was okay. He held aces as always. Nash always did his homework, even if his clients were a little squeamish about it.
In fact, except when really pissed-off, his clients usually had their issues with his methods, but they always came around due to his results. He had a dynamic record of making the other side blink. Then again, he didn't take on the kind of clients who lacked what he considered "just cause". That reduced the pool of losers, who ended up with less selective attorneys, such as Miss Grundy, his favorite opponent across the table.
Katrina Grundy was sharp as a tack, but she had a bad habit of going to work for what she considered "aggrieved women"....even when they were in the wrong, as they often were. That was more because she listened to and believed their sob stories without checking facts first than because she believed in female infallibility, though for all he knew, she might believe in that, too. Women's studies courses taught soft-headed BS that filled people's heads with mush.
Harvey Vance Nash VIII, who loved to play up his first initial and numerals by dressing as Good King Harry whenever possible, was an old money Southerner from an antebellum family who stood at the top of the social pyramid in this part of central Tennessee. The Nashes had survived the War of Northern Aggression, so they survived anything and even prospered.
Nash seemed on the surface a true Southern gentleman, but he was actually a bit of a legal pirate, in that he didn't mind using blackmail and other controversial methods to get his way. He also liked the ladies...enough that he wisely avoided matrimony and thus kept his fortune intact. The good thing about blackmail was that people were too afraid to report it. He had a zealot's ruthlessness in his commitment to his causes. He was also a firm Libertarian, who agreed with Robin Hanson that blackmail should actually be legal.
His other cause was saving men from financial ruin by their ex-wives during their divorce settlements. He only took on female clients when it was abundantly clear that they were in the right, which didn't happen to his liking very much. The other side's client needed to be pure as the driven snow, or else he had them dead to rights. The former almost never happened, of course.
"Are you finished? Good. As to marital infidelity, it is quite clear here that there was no exception or clause in the pre-nup pertaining to it. Furthermore, the photographic evidence I have acquired here makes it quite evident that Mrs. Baker should be content with the frankly rather generous terms of this agreement. Trash it and you expose her to judges who will not turn a blind eye to her own infidelity, no-fault or not. You would be remiss in your counsel to your client, Ms. Grundy, if you didn't pass my offer on to her and highly recommend it as the most practical option to one in her present position," Harvey drawled out in his best West Tennessee accent as he handed a copy of the "evidence" to Katrina.
Harvey smirked and thought ahead to a wonderful steak dinner and some shots of Jack and Coke.
In fact, except when really pissed-off, his clients usually had their issues with his methods, but they always came around due to his results. He had a dynamic record of making the other side blink. Then again, he didn't take on the kind of clients who lacked what he considered "just cause". That reduced the pool of losers, who ended up with less selective attorneys, such as Miss Grundy, his favorite opponent across the table.
Katrina Grundy was sharp as a tack, but she had a bad habit of going to work for what she considered "aggrieved women"....even when they were in the wrong, as they often were. That was more because she listened to and believed their sob stories without checking facts first than because she believed in female infallibility, though for all he knew, she might believe in that, too. Women's studies courses taught soft-headed BS that filled people's heads with mush.
Harvey Vance Nash VIII, who loved to play up his first initial and numerals by dressing as Good King Harry whenever possible, was an old money Southerner from an antebellum family who stood at the top of the social pyramid in this part of central Tennessee. The Nashes had survived the War of Northern Aggression, so they survived anything and even prospered.
Nash seemed on the surface a true Southern gentleman, but he was actually a bit of a legal pirate, in that he didn't mind using blackmail and other controversial methods to get his way. He also liked the ladies...enough that he wisely avoided matrimony and thus kept his fortune intact. The good thing about blackmail was that people were too afraid to report it. He had a zealot's ruthlessness in his commitment to his causes. He was also a firm Libertarian, who agreed with Robin Hanson that blackmail should actually be legal.
His other cause was saving men from financial ruin by their ex-wives during their divorce settlements. He only took on female clients when it was abundantly clear that they were in the right, which didn't happen to his liking very much. The other side's client needed to be pure as the driven snow, or else he had them dead to rights. The former almost never happened, of course.
"Are you finished? Good. As to marital infidelity, it is quite clear here that there was no exception or clause in the pre-nup pertaining to it. Furthermore, the photographic evidence I have acquired here makes it quite evident that Mrs. Baker should be content with the frankly rather generous terms of this agreement. Trash it and you expose her to judges who will not turn a blind eye to her own infidelity, no-fault or not. You would be remiss in your counsel to your client, Ms. Grundy, if you didn't pass my offer on to her and highly recommend it as the most practical option to one in her present position," Harvey drawled out in his best West Tennessee accent as he handed a copy of the "evidence" to Katrina.
Harvey smirked and thought ahead to a wonderful steak dinner and some shots of Jack and Coke.