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12. Alienation of Affection

Lockhart/Gardner's future is at stake when a couple whose divorce was overseen by the firm accuses them of encouraging the breakup for financial gain.

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Alicia, Will, Diane and David Lee are being sued by a couple whose divorce Lockart/Gardner handled during Alicia's first year with the firm. The couple, having reconciled, claim that the firm deliberately split them up to make a commission on the liquidation of the company the couple started together. Their argument has some merit, too, as David Lee used some less-than-savory methods in order to get full custody of the children for his client. As the partners squabble over who was really at fault, the onus falls on Alicia, who as a first-year associate was assigned to get their client to sign the crucial document that would let Lockhart/Gardner off the hook – a document that is now missing. As Wendy Scott-Carr's investigation of Will heats up, he hires Elsbeth Tascioni to represent him and fight back.

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