:01:01
Son of a bitch!
:01:02
I mean, Your Honour, good shot.
:01:06
I`m currentIy doing
an externship for extra credits
:01:09
as a cIerk
for Judge Hookstratten.
:01:11
BJ Hookstratten?
:01:13
That`s more impressive
than being in the top %%.
:01:16
I don`t know offers
you`ve had from WaII Street...
:01:20
The top % in my cIass,
not the top %%. I`m sorry...
:01:24
Mr McDeere, we`re offering you
68,000 a year
:01:27
from the Ieading Iaw firm
in Chicago.
:01:30
- Where eIse do you have to be?
- My job. I`m on Iunch break.
:01:33
I know you`ve had
a Iot of offers,
:01:36
but we have 127 cIients
that are Fortune %00 companies!
:01:40
We`II offer you 74,000...
:01:42
..requirement
for a first-year associate
:01:44
is onIy 2,000 hours, not more.
:01:47
We want you to have a Iife
outside the office.
:01:50
If you`re a Lakers fan,
we have a box at the Forum.
:01:59
I know other firms have been
offering you everything.
:02:04
But with your abiIity
and ambition,
:02:06
the pIace for you is our firm.
:02:08
Let`s not taIk
about the package,
:02:10
Iet`s taIk about
what`s in the package.
:02:12
One partner is an ex-governor,
two are congressmen.
:02:15
One is a former secretary
of agricuIture...
:02:17
May I take your coat, sir?
:02:33
- MitcheII McDeere?
- Yes.
:02:35
Lamar Quinn. Come on in.
:02:37
I`d Iike you to meet OIiver
Lambert - our senior partner.
:02:43
This is Royce McKnight,
our managing partner.
:02:45
- WeIcome. Care for a drink?
- I`m fine.
:02:48
Take a seat, Mitch.
:02:53
Tired of interwiews?
:02:54
No, sir. I don`t quite know
what to say.
:02:58
UnusuaI for a Iawyer.
:02:59
I can get tongue-tied
in many situations, sir,