disappeared at a point during the work day, Arlene Novak rifled

through his desk and discovered various illegal drugs and pills

at which point she alerted, yelling as she did so, the managing

partner, Martin Picillo. Martin Picillo, who subsequently left

to start his own firm, had virtually no idea of the extensive

and widespread use of illicit drugs at the firm, including the

use by the three most powerful partners at said firm, viz.,

David Gross, Mark (& Hank) Larner, and Michael Rosenbaum, and

very audibly responded to the frenzied complaints of Arlene

Novak that Todd would never be associated with said firm while

he was there. Hess was gone not long thereafter, but so to

was Arlene Novak’s tenure at said firm ended, not long there-

after, never to be allowed back despite her attempts to return

and the support for same of at least her husband, David.

My meetings with Paul, whether for lunch or otherwise spanned

a period both during and after both his and my tenure at the

firm. Clearly, Paul’s progress seemed optimal while at the firm

where words of encouragement, suggestions that he enroll in

college (including recommending that he take the evening courses

I was teaching - he did not; but he did take courses), with

his father’s “backing”, implicit and financial. On one occasion

while having lunch I remarked how proud everyone; including

his father was of him to which he responded with tears in his

eyes. However, most of our conversations centered on girls at

the firm where he enjoyed an enviable number of sexual conquests

with girls that one (if not for the workplace setting) would

have to be a bit crazy to turn down. His sex life did in fact