Boston Legal Season 1 Cast -
“And Alan tells the best stories,” Tara said, not happily. She’d seen the way he operated—the charm, the theatrics, the raw nerve of a man who’d already lost everything once and was no longer afraid to lose it again.
Shirley smiled, cold and precise. “You remind them that I have the keys to the liquor cabinet and the partnership votes.”
The Unwritten Rule
Across the hall, in an office neat as a pin, Brad Chase was reviewing a deposition. He looked up as Shirley Schmidt glided past his door. She paused, tapped her manicured nail on the frame.
“To bending it,” Alan added.
Brad sighed. “That’s not a legal strategy. That’s a tantrum.”
“To winning,” Shirley said.
“It’s also effective,” Shirley said, a rare glint of approval in her eye. “The man cried because Alan quoted The Velveteen Rabbit at him for twenty minutes. Keep an eye on him. And Denny. They’re like two supernovas collapsing. Brilliant, but they’ll take the whole firm with them if we’re not careful.”


