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11. Schmidt Happens

Shirley Schmidt returns to Boston to clean up the litigation department, much to Denny's dislike. Lori and Paul sue the US Government for failure to rescue the people of Sudan. Alan defends Bernard Ferrion, a man who killed his mother with a skillet.

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A prominent business man who is originally a Sudanese native wants to sue the U.S. government for the lack of action taken against the mayhem happening in his country and Paul looks to Lori to take the case; founding partner Shirley Schmidt arrives with a mission to bring order to the firm and while making herself known, she has to deal with Denny who does not want her there, help with Lori's extremely high profile case, and learns that she has to keep her eye on Alan; Alan ends up defending a man who killed his mother by accident, or so he says. * First appearance of Shirley Schmidt

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