Jack of Harts

When the partners failed to assassinate Louis Mattioli’s character, they tried to assassinate him all the way. They attempted the tried and true applications like sabotaging a car first. He kept walking away from the wrecks though, and all it did was help car companies diagnose faults in their security and send out targeted updates. They tried various biological, chemical, and cybernetic attacks next, but the Cybernetic Council tends to frown upon people killing their favorite people. So they helped make sure none of the attempts worked out. And Louis continued to calmly represent people in court without ever once accusing his old law firm of doing anything at all to him. The news media followed the various cases with far more interest though, and every failed assassination attempt became one more step on his path to cultural folk hero.

Our man Louis started a one-man legal war with one of the most powerful and richest law firms on Earth and Alpha Centauri. And then he proceeded to beat them like rented mules again and again and again. Every time he won, he said that he would see them again next time, and wink. It did not take long for word to get around that if they represented you, then Louis Mattioli would be seeing you in court soon. And you were probably going to lose. Companies soon began canceling their legal contracts with the law firm and finding other representation, and even insurance companies began increasing their rates if a corporation used their services. It was a bloody legal battle that more and more companies sought to distance themselves from, and that did not make the partners happy.

The Louis Mattioli of today is a good lawyer again. An amazing lawyer. Probably the best in the Solar and Alpha Centauri systems. I should know. I hired him to watch over my affairs on Earth. Most of us Cowboys who have affairs on Earth or Alpha Centauri have done the same, and our homes have always been ready for us every time we’ve returned. And that many contracts represents a non-trivial amount of money let me tell you. He may not have had his old firm, but we gave him a nice little nest egg to grow out with. Louis took full advantage of that and did what he has always done. Excelled at what he meant to do. And what he meant to do was regain control of the law firm he built from the ground up with his own sweat and tears. The new partners did not know what they were dealing with.