L.A. Law (TV Series)

Since I Fell for You (1991)

Jill Eikenberry: Ann Kelsey

Quotes 

• Judge Richard Lobel : What's this about?

  Ann Kelsey : Corey Walker shot Suzanne.

  Tommy Mullaney : Ann.

  Jeanette Walker : Hey.

  Ann Kelsey : Not in self-defense, it was pre-meditated.

  Tommy Mullaney : Ann, stop this.

  Ann Kelsey : He also shot his father.

  Tommy Mullaney : Ann.

  Jeanette Walker : For God's sake, how could you do this?

  Ann Kelsey : I'm sorry, Jeanette, I can't.

  Tommy Mullaney : Please.

  Judge Richard Lobel : Hold on.

  Ann Kelsey : I went there that night. The boy told me what happened.

  Jeanette Walker : This is attorney-client privilege. You can't...

  Judge Richard Lobel : Quiet, please. The boy told you after you agreed to be their lawyer?

  Ann Kelsey : Yes.

  Tommy Mullaney : Oh, boy.

  Ann Kelsey : I don't care anymore, you hear me? I don't care about privilege.

  [to Jeanette] 

  Ann Kelsey : You're about to go on trial for something you didn't do. A 13-year-old boy killed 2 people. He should be getting psychiatric help and he's not.

  Judge Richard Lobel : Counsel...

  Ann Kelsey : No, Your Honor. I have stopped playing by the rules. If the rules can result in this, and I want out. Disbar me, do whatever you have to do, I am not staying quiet any longer.

  Tommy Mullaney : Your Honor, if I could take a minute with...

  Judge Richard Lobel : No, I'm taking over now, Mr. Mullaney. Let me do the talking. In the interests of justice, I'm dismissing the claim against Jeanette Walker. Miss Clemmons, you can bring the boy up on charges if you want. But I'm telling you right now, Miss Kelsey's inside information is totally excluded by the attorney-client privilege. Given that you have no real evidence, I strongly suggest that you work something out. Now, Ms. Kelsey... I'm reporting your actions to the State Bar. As of now, you're their problem, not mine. You'll be there, 11:00, tomorrow morning.

• Judge Richard Lobel : I don't mind telling you, Ms. Clemmons, I've got serious doubts here about your ability to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. There's nothing tying the gun to the defendant, there's nothing to support the alleged conspiracy between the boy and his mother. I don't much like wasting taxpayers money on foregone conclusions, but I cannot deny that probable cause at least does exist. I have no choice therefore but to order the defendant bound over for trial.

  Ann Kelsey : Your Honor, request to be heard in chambers.

  Judge Richard Lobel : What's going?

  Tommy Mullaney : Oh, God, Ann?

  Ann Kelsey : I need to be heard in chambers now.

  Tommy Mullaney : Ann.

  Ann Kelsey : Please, Your Honor.

• Stuart Markowitz : Fine.

  [Opening the door at the State Bar Hearing is Tommy Mullaney] 

  Tommy Mullaney : How's it going?

  Stuart Markowitz : Good, good, I think it went fine. I think we'll get off with just a slap.

  Ann Kelsey : He's back there deciding.

  Tommy Mullaney : Oh, I just came from Zoe's. We plead Corey out on 2 counts of voluntary juvie. So he'll be going to security camp with psychiatric help.

  Stuart Markowitz : Thank God for that, huh?

  [Opening the door at the State Bar Hearing is the Honorable Judge Donald Tytell presiding] 

  State Bar Clerk : All rise.

  [Ann Kelsey and Stuart Markowitz rise] 

  Judge Donald Tytell : All right, you may be seated.

  [Three of them take a seat and listen to Judge Tytell's hearing and address Ann Kelsey for her wrongful doings] 

  Judge Donald Tytell : Ms. Kelsey, I'm impressed with your unflinching sense of morality, the breaching of the privilege with Suzanne Hamil was admittedly arguable. But with Jeanette Walker, it was inexcusable. While I'm aware that our legal code of ethics sometimes runs in the face of human decency, lawyers can never be allowed to run in the face of that code. Given the severity of your violations, it is my decision that you hereby be suspended from the practice of law for a period of 3 months.

  Stuart Markowitz : 3 months, are you nuts?

  Ann Kelsey : Stuart.

  Judge Donald Tytell : Who are you?

  Stuart Markowitz : Stuart Markowitz, I'm her husband. As well as a member of the bar.

  Judge Donald Tytell : I'll ask you to take your seat.

  Stuart Markowitz : She did a moral thing, for God's sake.

  Ann Kelsey : Stuart...

  Judge Donald Tytell : Counsel...

  Stuart Markowitz : You just suspended her for 3 months for having a conscience. You insult our entire profession.

  Judge Donald Tytell : You can keep your wife company for the first week. You're suspended for 7 days.

  Ann Kelsey : Objection!

  Stuart Markowitz : You can't suspend me for that.

  Judge Donald Tytell : I just did.

  Stuart Markowitz : You self-righteous fat-ass Rotarian windbag.

  Judge Donald Tytell : You hit a month at fat-ass. Windbag brought you to 5 weeks.

  [Judge Tytell takes off his glasses] 

  Judge Donald Tytell : You want to keep going?

  Tommy Mullaney : No, Your Honor, uh, 5 weeks is a nice round number. We will stop there. Let's all just have a lovely day.