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'''[[TranquilFury Laura]]''': [[MamaBear Look at that picture on his desk]] and [[PapaBear ask that again Jessica]]. ''[[Camera ''[Camera pans down to show a picture of Rachel]]''Rachel]''
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-->'''Louis Litt''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Who beat us?]]
-->'''Jessica''': Louis. I know you take immense pride in making the Associates' lives miserable-
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-->'''Jessica''': Louis. I know you take immense pride in making the Associates' lives miserable-
-->'''Louis''': [[InsaneTrollLogic Well I did until I found out was I the second best at it.]]
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-->'''Louis Litt''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Who beat us?]]
-->'''Jessica''':us?]]\\
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'''Louis''': [[InsaneTrollLogic Well I did until I found out was I the second best at it.]]
-->'''Jessica''':
'''Jessica''': Louis. I know you take immense pride in making the Associates' lives
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'''Louis''': [[InsaneTrollLogic Well I did until I found out was I the second best at it.]]
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* InsufferableGenius: When it comes to financials.
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* TookALevelInKindness: While being basically Mike's and Harvey's antagonist at the beginning of the series (when the stakes weren't that high yet), he was shown to be very loyal towards the people he respects towards the end of season two.
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* TookALevelInKindness: While being basically Mike's and Harvey's antagonist antagonists at the beginning of the series (when the stakes weren't that high yet), he was shown to be very loyal towards the people he respects towards the end of season two.
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* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: He is incredibly vain, unable to recognize his own flaws, and refuses to be more accepting of others while expecting the world to conform to his expectation. This is illustrated how he wears suits that are clearly uncomfortably small[[note]]notice how his buttons strain, the lapels bulge outwards , the shoulders and collar lift up, and how the jacket awkwardly gets caught around his chest when he raises his arms[[/note]] rather than acknowledging his physique and choosing larger cuts that can be tailored to better flatter his body.
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* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: He is incredibly vain, unable to recognize his own flaws, and refuses to be more accepting of others while expecting the world to conform to his expectation. This is illustrated how he wears suits that are clearly uncomfortably small[[note]]notice how his buttons strain, the lapels bulge outwards , outwards, the shoulders and collar lift up, and how the jacket awkwardly gets caught around his chest when he raises his arms[[/note]] rather than acknowledging his physique and choosing larger cuts that can be tailored to better flatter his body.
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Introduced as a Assistant District Attorney, Katrina makes a deal with Harvey allowing her to jump ship from criminal to corporate law like him and became a senior associate. She eventually began working for Louis Litt as his go-to associate until she was fired for helping him try to poach a client following his resignation. After working for Robert Zane for several years, she returned to Specter Litt with several other associates where she was promoted to junior partner. She eventually rises through the ranks to [[spoiler: become the "Bennet" in Litt Wheeler Williams Bennet in the final season.]]
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Introduced as a an Assistant District Attorney, Katrina makes a deal with Harvey allowing her to jump ship from criminal to corporate law like him and became a senior associate. She eventually began working for Louis Litt as his go-to associate until she was fired for helping him try to poach a client following his resignation. After working for Robert Zane for several years, she returned to Specter Litt with several other associates where she was promoted to junior partner. She eventually rises through the ranks to [[spoiler: become the "Bennet" in Litt Wheeler Williams Bennet in the final season.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: In a flashback we see that Harvey's push to become a partner in the firm was motivated in large part by a desire to make his father proud. [[spoiler: His father dies the day before the promotion becomes official and Harvey never had a chance to tell him]]. Interesting for this trope: it seems like his father was already proud of him.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: In a flashback {{flashback}} we see that Harvey's push to become a partner in the firm was motivated in large part by a desire to make his father proud. [[spoiler: His father dies the day before the promotion becomes official and Harvey never had a chance to tell him]]. Interesting for this trope: it seems like his father was already proud of him.
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* TheConscience: For pretty much everyone but especially for Harvey and Louis. She is often the one that makes the two of them question their morality and whether or not they are doing something wrong. It often takes either a talk or a lecture from Donna to get either Harvey or Louis to second guess their actions.
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* TheConscience: For pretty much everyone but especially for Harvey and Louis. She is often the one that makes the two of them question their morality and whether or not they are doing something wrong. It often takes either a talk or a lecture from Donna to get either Harvey or Louis to second guess second-guess their actions.
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* SexyMentor: To Harvey.
* StatuesqueStunner: The tallest female character on the show, and she's as stunning as the other women.
** Gina Torres, who moved on to spinoff ''Series/{{Pearson}}'', is 5' 10" in her bare feet. When Jessica is in heels, she towers over ''everybody''.
* StatuesqueStunner: The tallest female character on the show, and she's as stunning as the other women.
** Gina Torres, who moved on to spinoff ''Series/{{Pearson}}'', is 5' 10" in her bare feet. When Jessica is in heels, she towers over ''everybody''.
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-->'''Zoe''': Ok, first of all I'm younger than Creator/AnneBancroft.
-->'''Harvey''': Anne Bancroft was hot.
-->'''Zoe''': Which brings me to second of all. I'm hotter than Anne Bancroft.
-->'''Harvey''': Anne Bancroft was hot.
-->'''Zoe''': Which brings me to second of all. I'm hotter than Anne Bancroft.
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-->'''Zoe''': Ok, first of all I'm younger than Creator/AnneBancroft.
-->'''Harvey''':Creator/AnneBancroft.\\
'''Harvey''': Anne Bancroft washot.
-->'''Zoe''':hot.\\
'''Zoe''': Which brings me to second of all. I'm hotter than Anne Bancroft.
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'''Harvey''': Anne Bancroft was
-->'''Zoe''':
'''Zoe''': Which brings me to second of all. I'm hotter than Anne Bancroft.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: She was the top of her class at Harvard and something of a smug know-it-all according to Harvey.
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* DatingCatwoman: Her relationship with Harvey gives off this vibe in season one.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's an antagonist in season one, an ally in season two and an antagonist again in season three. [[spoiler: In later appearances she's back to being an ally.]]
* HelloAttorney
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's an antagonist in season one, an ally in season two and an antagonist again in season three. [[spoiler: In later appearances she's back to being an ally.]]
* HelloAttorney
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* BookSmart: She's an intelligent and accomplished attorney with even better grades at Harvard than Harvey, although he enjoys pointing out that while she's better on paper, he tends to outperform her in actual cases since she thinks too much "by-the-book".
* {{Bookworm}}: She's very studious and enjoys burying herself in books. Harvey teases her about it, claiming she was "married to the library" during their days at Harvard.
* DatingCatwoman:Her Has a FriendsWithBenefits relationship with Harvey gives off this vibe Harvey, despite them being rivals who often find themselves on opposite sides of legal battles, and often act very antagonistic towards each other. The constant rivalry and attempts to one-up the other seem to be a turn-on for both of them.
* FriendlyRival: She has a very competitive rivalry with Harvey, that dates back to their Harvard days and they're often trying to one-up each other inseason one.
cases, sometimes even resorting to dirty tricks. But they also have feelings for each other and work as allies when the situation demands it.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's an antagonist in season one, an ally in seasontwo two, and an antagonist again in season three. [[spoiler: In later appearances appearances, she's back to being an ally.]]
ally.
*HelloAttorneyHelloAttorney: She fits the stereotype of a young, attractive, and successful single attorney that has a sensual and confident demeanor.
* NewOldFlame: She and Harvey had years of RivalryAsCourtship before the series started and she was introduced again as a LoveInterest to him.
* RivalryAsCourtship: Her rivalry with Harvey turned into mutual lust even during their days at Harvard. When the series begins, they already have a sort of FriendsWithBenefits arrangement.
* SexGoddess: According to Harvey she's even more formidable in bed than at court. One post-coital scene shows her leaving bed leaving an exhausted Harvey behind and then teasing him about how he needs to hydrate after she made him "ran a marathon". Another scene had them engaging in a DuelOfSeduction over who takes the lead on a case, and
* {{Bookworm}}: She's very studious and enjoys burying herself in books. Harvey teases her about it, claiming she was "married to the library" during their days at Harvard.
* DatingCatwoman:
* FriendlyRival: She has a very competitive rivalry with Harvey, that dates back to their Harvard days and they're often trying to one-up each other in
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's an antagonist in season one, an ally in season
*
* NewOldFlame: She and Harvey had years of RivalryAsCourtship before the series started and she was introduced again as a LoveInterest to him.
* RivalryAsCourtship: Her rivalry with Harvey turned into mutual lust even during their days at Harvard. When the series begins, they already have a sort of FriendsWithBenefits arrangement.
* SexGoddess: According to Harvey she's even more formidable in bed than at court. One post-coital scene shows her leaving bed leaving an exhausted Harvey behind and then teasing him about how he needs to hydrate after she made him "ran a marathon". Another scene had them engaging in a DuelOfSeduction over who takes the lead on a case, and
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* NumberTwo: To Darby. It's even explicity mentioned that he's to him what Harvey is to Jessica, making him very much this trope.
* NumberTwo: To Darby. It's even explicity mentioned that he's to him what Harvey is to Jessica, making him very much this trope.
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The lead prosecutor in Mike's case when he's arrested for fraud, Gibbs works as a assistant attorney for the United States Attorney's Office.
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The lead prosecutor in Mike's case when he's arrested for fraud, Gibbs works as a an assistant attorney for the United States Attorney's Office.
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->'''Jessica''': How was I supposed to know you'd protect [Mike]?
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* FlatCharacter:
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* ParentalNeglect: His father sent him weekly memos via his secretary and according to him, Nigel was the tendwer age of ''4'' when he was sent away to boarding school. This ends up translating to him having a hands-off approach to training the Associates which drives Louis, who believes in being a DrillSergeantNasty, nuts and believes lessens the quality of their work (which is indicated to be true).
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* ParentalNeglect: His father sent him weekly memos via his secretary and according to him, Nigel was the tendwer tender age of ''4'' when he was sent away to boarding school. This ends up translating to him having a hands-off approach to training the Associates which drives Louis, who believes in being a DrillSergeantNasty, nuts and believes lessens the quality of their work (which is indicated to be true).
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* ItsPersonal: A lot of the Firms trouble with Law Enforcement or the DA's office come up because of personal grudges, usually against Harvey.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to have no real reason for some of his actions beyond being petty towards Harvey. In particular his decision to seek life in prison for Clifford Danner comes off as incredibly cruel to a man who's already spent 12 year in jail for a crime he didn't commit, even if Wolf didn't know he was innocent for certain or put him in jail in the first place.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to have no real reason for some of his actions beyond being petty towards Harvey. In particular his decision to seek life in prison for Clifford Danner comes off as incredibly cruel to a man who's already spent 12 year in jail for a crime he didn't commit, even if jail. Obviously Wolf didn't know he was innocent for certain or put him he was innocent, but he's still potentially punishing a man who's already served most of his sentence with life in jail in the first place.prison to send a message.
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* EvilFormerFriend: To Mike. ''Evil'' is kind of a stretch, but he's a complete {{Jerkass}} and Mike realizes too late he was ruining his life. Even Mike's grandmother tells him to drop the bum.
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* EvilFormerFriend: To Mike. ''Evil'' is kind of a stretch, but he's certainly not burdened with a strong moral compass. He's a drug dealer who's been lying to his girlfriend about it and is consantly using Mike's abilities to his own benifit, usually to Mike's detriment. In generall he's a complete {{Jerkass}} and Mike realizes too late he was ruining his life. Even basically everyone in Mike's grandmother life, including his grandmother, tells him to drop the bum.
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Harvey Specter's mother, an Art professor at a university who has been estranged from her son for years following her affair and forcing to keep it as a teenager.
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Harvey Specter's mother, an Art professor at a university who has been estranged from her son for years following her affair and forcing to keep it a secret as a teenager.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between her and Harvey is admitting this. Harvey can't keep blaming Lily for all their family problems, especially when her other son and late husband had forgiven her. Lily in turn points out that she's realized that it was a horrible decision to have her teenage son keep her on-going infidelity from his father.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between her and Harvey is admitting this. Harvey can't keep blaming Lily her for all their family problems, everything for his entire life is not fair, especially when her other son and late husband had forgiven her. Lily in turn points out admits that she's realized that it was a horrible decision to have having her teenage son keep her on-going infidelity from his father.father was an obviously horrible decision.
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* ParentsAsPeople: She obviously wasn't the best parent or wife, but it's also acknolweged that Harvey blaming her for the rest of their lives isn't fair either. Gordon wasn't exactly a great husband either, and while her cheating is never treated as justified, it is portrayed as an understandable mistake.
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* FlatCharacter
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't get as much focus as the other characters including her husband Robert who was bumped up to main character status until season 9.
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't get as much focus as the other characters including her husband Robert who was bumped up to main character status until season 9.
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* FlatCharacter
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* OutOfFocus:Doesn't get as much focus as Given that she's not a lawyer, she only shows up occassionally and is never really key to the other characters including plot. Even as her husband Robert who was bumped up to main becomes a more significant character status until season 9.she doesn't show up often.
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* AffablyEvil: He's a friendly guy, but he's also a lying, cheating, philandering, embezzling backstabber who values no relationship above getting what he and only he wants.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to have no real reason for some of his actions beyond being petty towards Harvey
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she is a jerk about it, Anita's point that Mike's lack of a formal education easily could've resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and ending up in prison for life.]] Mike's ultimately lucky that he did end up being very good at his job, because his fraud genuinely did put all of his clients at risk.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she is a jerk about it, Anita's point that Mike's Mikes lack of a formal education easily could've could easily have resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as is very valid. Considering the high stakes of many of his cases like [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and potential ending up in prison for life.]] Mike's life during his retrial]], Mike and his clients are ultimately VERY lucky that he did end up being very good at his job, because his fraud genuinely did put all of his clients at risk.job.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
* RaisedByGrandparents: Edith took over caring for her only grandson after both her son and wife are killed in a drunk driving accident.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Edith took over caring for her only grandson after both her son and wife are killed in a drunk driving accident.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her son (Mike's dad) died in a car accident when mike was a kid.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Edith took over caring for her only grandson after both her son and his wifeare were killed in a drunk driving accident.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Edith took over caring for her only grandson after both her son and his wife
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* SupportYourParents: Mike Ross gets in trouble more than once while trying to get money through less-than-legal means to support his grandmother, who took him in when his parents died, due to her health issues.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself While many of the same Lawyers in the show work in grey areas, Tanner is probably the most obvious example of one. In his first appearance he commits multiple outright crimes, abliet in ways that can't be traced back to him. He tends to assume that other lawyers will operate this way as well, which Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
uses to his advantage.
* EvilCounterpart: ToHarvey. He even Harvey, given that he's actually willing to cross the line into illegal territory to win cases. He's also from a rival city (Boston to Harvey's New York) and went to Yale, the a rival law school (Yale to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater. Harvard).
* EvilCounterpart: To
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* HeroAntagonist: Even when you ta
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sadly Anita makes at least one legitimate point about Mike's fraud that makes him damn lucky to simply be that good at being a lawyer. Namely that his lack of a formal education could've resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and ending up in prison for life.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sadly Anita makes at least one legitimate point about Mike's fraud that makes him damn lucky to simply be that good at being a lawyer. Namely that his lack of a formal education could've resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and ending up in prison for life.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: She's prosecuting the fraud case against Mike, which puts her opposed to our heroes, but also completely in the right. Mike, Harvey and the rest who know absolutey had defrauded dozens if not hundreds of clients, regardless of how nice a guy Mike is or how good he is at his job. Even when you ta
her dirty tactics aren't all that far from things Harvey himself would do if roles were reversed.
* JerkassHasAPoint:Sadly Anita makes at least one legitimate While she is a jerk about it, Anita's point about that Mike's fraud that makes him damn lucky to simply be that good at being a lawyer. Namely that his lack of a formal education easily could've resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and ending up in prison for life.]]]] Mike's ultimately lucky that he did end up being very good at his job, because his fraud genuinely did put all of his clients at risk.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: His main point of anger with Harvey was that he got tap as Cameron Dennis' "favorite" and protege which gave him access to newsworthy high-profile cases. Meanwhile, Malik was stuck with the day-to-day cases and had to climb his way up the ladder.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: His main point of anger with Harvey was that he got tap tapped as Cameron Dennis' "favorite" and protege which gave him access to newsworthy high-profile cases. Meanwhile, Malik was stuck with the day-to-day cases and had to climb his way up the ladder.
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* IWarnedYou: His father warned Gordon that nit to marry Lily his future wife because she would eventually cheat on him. This wasn't paranoia either: Gordon was the man she had an affair behind her first husband.
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* IWarnedYou: His father warned Gordon that nit to marry Lily about his future wife because she would eventually cheat Lily cheating on him. This It wasn't paranoia either: unfounded either, since Gordon was the man she had an affair behind cheated on her first husband.husband with.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between the two of them is admitting this. Harvey can't keep blaming Lily for all their family problems, especially when her other son Gordon had along forgiven her. Lily in turn points out that she's realized that it was a horrible decision to have her teenage son keep her on-going infidelity from his father.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between the two of them her and Harvey is admitting this. Harvey can't keep blaming Lily for all their family problems, especially when her other son Gordon and late husband had along forgiven her. Lily in turn points out that she's realized that it was a horrible decision to have her teenage son keep her on-going infidelity from his father.
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** He gets it right back when he falls off the wagon with his gambling addiction which causes his wife to leave him. Then an even worse one comes when it turns out the reason was that he got caught by his daughter and asked her to keep it a secret.
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->'''Portrayed by''': [[spoiler: Creator/AmyAcker]]
The sister of Louis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.
->'''Portrayed by''': [[spoiler: Creator/AmyAcker]]
The sister of Louis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.
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Laura Zane]]
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The sisterCreator/MeganGallagher
Rachel's mother and the wife ofLouis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.Robert Zane.
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* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms of looks and personality.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms of looks and personality.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes BrokenPedestal: After he's arrested for fraud, Laura's understandably angry with both Mike and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, Jessica that they have been lying to them for years and Esther takes care worse, endangered their daughter's future. [[spoiler: What's more its can infered that they would have been still angry but would have agreed to be fellow {{Secret Keeper}}s.]]
->'''Jessica''': How was I supposed to know you'd protecther company and her consumers by checking the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded[Mike]?
->'''[[TranquilFury Laura]]''': [[MamaBear Look at thather children aren't "Litts" picture on his desk]] and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives[[PapaBear ask that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns again Jessica]]. ''[[Camera pans down pursing anything further.
to show a picture of Rachel]]''
*StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' FlatCharacter
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't get aspeople are dumbfounded to find out that a woman much focus as the other characters including her husband Robert who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms of looks and personality.was bumped up to main character status until season 9.
->'''Jessica''': How was I supposed to know you'd protect
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded
->'''[[TranquilFury Laura]]''': [[MamaBear Look at that
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, and Esther takes care to protect her company and her consumers by checking the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool asHarvey Louis Litt both in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago terms of looks and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.personality.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EricClose
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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The sister of Louis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.
->'''Portrayed by''': [[spoiler: Creator/AmyAcker]]
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Gordon Specter]]
->'''Portrayed by''':[[spoiler: Creator/AmyAcker]]
Creator/JamesMcCaffrey
Thesister father of Louis Litt Harvey Specter, a Jazz musician who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt divorced his wife after learning she had been cheating on him for legal help.several years. Sadly been dead for some time, happening the same day Harvey made senior partner.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, and Esther takes care to protect her company and her consumers by checking the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms of looks and personality.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms of looks and personality.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, and Esther takes care to protect her company and her consumers by checking {{Cuckold}}: His wife cheated on him for years becoming the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.
source of Harvey's BerserkButton as well [[FreudianExcuse his commitment issues.]]
*[[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate:DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: {{Deconstructed}} When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which Harvey speaks about his father responded in the beginning, he seems like a perfect dad who had the misfortune of being cheated on. Subsequent flashbacks show that her children aren't "Litts" while Gordon was a good man, he was also a neglectful husband and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attractionfather due to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives his traveling for his music career.
* IWarnedYou: His father warned Gordon thatshe's simply still hurting from nit to marry Lily his future wife because she would eventually cheat on him. This wasn't paranoia either: Gordon was the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
man she had an affair behind her first husband.
*StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out WrongGenreSavvy: He thought that a woman who looks like Esther could come from his wife would be loyal to him despite the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms fact that they met via an affair behind the back of looks and personality.her previous husband.
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* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction
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Harvey Specter's mother, an Art professor at a university who has been estranged from her son for years following her affair and forcing to keep it as a teenager.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself BedroomAdulteryScene: Happened off-screen but this was the same as straw that broke the camel's back for Harvey in keeping her infidelity a secret. The reason this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed happened was because she broke the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below one rule Harvey had which was to never bring their affair home.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between thebelt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claimstwo of them is admitting this. Harvey can't keep blaming Lily for all their family problems, especially when her other son Gordon had along forgiven her. Lily in turn points out that she's realized that it was a horrible decision to have made this when he resurfaces her teenage son keep her on-going infidelity from his father.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Lily dies of a heart attack, ironically like her ex-husband Gordon, late in"Toe to Toe". Season 9 only a couple years after finally reconciling with Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.that her death hits him hard.]]
* ParentsAsPeople:
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between the
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/BillyMiller
Harvey's younger brother, the son of Gordon and Lily Specter, who owns and runs a restaurant and a recovering gambling addict.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gives this to Harvey for the way he continues to treat his mother to the point that the elder Specter has missed out on a chunk of time with his family in general.
-->'''Gordon''': Do you have any idea what its like to explain to a five year old why Grandma and Uncle Harvey can't be in the same room?
** He gets it right back when he falls off the wagon with his gambling addiction which causes his wife to leave him. Then an even worse one comes when it turns out the reason was that he got caught by his daughter and asked her to keep it a secret.
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->'''Portrayed by''': [[spoiler: Creator/AmyAcker]]
The sister of Louis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, and Esther takes care to protect her company and her consumers by checking the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as Louis Litt both in terms of looks and personality.
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!!Other Attorneys
[[folder: Travis Tanner]]
!!Travis Tannner
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EricClose
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/UsmanAlly
A Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and later a Deputy Attorney General for State of New York, his time at the [=DA=]'s office started out the same as Harvey with the two having a complex past.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: His main point of anger with Harvey was that he got tap as Cameron Dennis' "favorite" and protege which gave him access to newsworthy high-profile cases. Meanwhile, Malik was stuck with the day-to-day cases and had to climb his way up the ladder.
* RememberTheNewGuy: {{Deconstructed}}. Harvey barely remembers the man despite being at the [=DA=]'s office at the same time which is actually one of Malik's point that makes him dislike the corporate lawyer.
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A Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and later a Deputy Attorney General for State of New York, his time at the [=DA=]'s office started out the same as Harvey with the two having a complex past.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: His main point of anger with Harvey was that he got tap as Cameron Dennis' "favorite" and protege which gave him access to newsworthy high-profile cases. Meanwhile, Malik was stuck with the day-to-day cases and had to climb his way up the ladder.
* RememberTheNewGuy: {{Deconstructed}}. Harvey barely remembers the man despite being at the [=DA=]'s office at the same time which is actually one of Malik's point that makes him dislike the corporate lawyer.
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Senior Partner at Darby International and briefly [=Pearson Darby/Pearson Darby Specter=]
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!!Other Attorneys
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The sister of Louis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, and Esther takes care to protect her company and her consumers by checking the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool asHarvey Louis Litt both in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago terms of looks and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.personality.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Scientist's Beautiful Sister]]:
* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Averted}} ''hard'' as people are dumbfounded to find out that a woman who looks like Esther could come from the same gene pool as
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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* AmoralAttorney: He considers himself the same as Harvey in this regard, except, unlike Harvey, he has crossed the line long ago and has no problems with using underhanded tactics and hitting people below the belt.
* EvilCounterpart: To Harvey. He even went to Yale, the rival law school to Harvard, Harvey's alma mater.
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.
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* MeaningfulName: [[https://suits.fandom.com/wiki/Suits_Wiki While the other wiki]] and InUniverse legal technicalities establish them as separate firms, its really the same firm going all the way back to when it was originally Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke.
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* MeaningfulName: MeaningfulRename: [[https://suits.fandom.com/wiki/Suits_Wiki While the other wiki]] and InUniverse legal technicalities establish them as separate firms, its really the same firm going all the way back to when it was originally Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke.
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* RunningGag: There have been so many name partners coming and going at Pearson Specter Litt that it's become this trope. With Season 8, after the departures of Meagan Markle and Patrick Adams, the opening credits changed, and now include a montage of the various firm names over the years ... which changed ''again'' in Season 9. Once it becomes its current incarnation
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* RunningGag: There have been so many name partners coming and going at Pearson Specter Litt that it's become this trope. With Season 8, after the departures of Meagan Markle and Patrick Adams, the opening credits changed, and now include a montage of the various firm names over the years ... which changed ''again'' in Season 9. Once it becomes its current incarnationincarnation of Litt Wheeler Williams Bennet in the final episode, [[LampshadeHanging Louis places an embargo on changing the name for the next five years.]]
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Introduced as a Assistant District Attorney, Katrina makes a deal with Harvey allowing her to jump ship from criminal to corporate law like him and became a senior associate. She eventually began working for Louis Litt as his go-to associate until she was fired for helping him try to poach a client following his resignation. After working for Robert Zane for several years, she returned to Specter Litt with several other associates where she was promoted to junior partner. She eventually rises through the ranks to [[spoiler: become the "Bennet" in Litt Wheeler Williams Bennet in the final season.]]
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->'''Portrayedby:''' Creator/AmandaSchullby''': Creator/KatherineHeigi
Samantha Wheeler was a Senior Partner at Rand, Kaldor, & Zane when Robert Zane left to merge with Specter Litt and become Zane Specter Litt, following along with several other partners and associates. Extremely ruthless and hardworking, Samantha is Robert's NumberTwo filling the same role for him as Harvey did for Jessica eventually becoming Named Partner along with Alex Williams in Season 8.
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Samantha Wheeler was a Senior Partner at Rand, Kaldor, & Zane when Robert Zane left to merge with Specter Litt and become Zane Specter Litt, following along with several other partners and associates. Extremely ruthless and hardworking, Samantha is Robert's NumberTwo filling the same role for him as Harvey did for Jessica eventually becoming Named Partner along with Alex Williams in Season 8.
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* AlphaBitch: Her default mode with most people other than Louis, she's especially this to Rachel.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns from Barcelona in the episode "Bad Faith".
* CatchPhrase: Doesn't have one herself, but she's apparently a fan of "You just got Litt up!". Going so far as to trademark it and get it printed on a mug in order to cheer Louis up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Just as Harvey wanted 'another him', Katrina ultimately wins Louis's position as his personal associate by the fact that she went to war with Louis (and almost won), among other things. He appreciated the fact that she gave him respect and treated him as a threat.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a job at Pearson & Hardman by essentially blackmailing Harvey - he'd get a win, she'd get a job. Subsequently, picks a fight with Mike in order to try and take his spot and ends up with Louis.
* {{Foil}}: What Mike is to Harvey, Katrina is to Louis. She shares Louis's hyper-competitive streak, his killer instinct, his penchant for trying to win respect through intimidation, fear, and humiliation. And as with Mike to Harvey, she also shares Louis's passion for the arts, his pool of references and hobbies, and respects/looks up to him as a mentor.
* GirlFriday: For Louis, with shades of BattleButler. She's a full-fledged lawyer, and damned good, too.
* HelloAttorney: She's a blonde, gorgeous lawyer.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NumberTwo: To Louis. So much so, that when Nigel seeks to win a mock trial against Louis, he intentionally sends Katrina to another country so Louis can't call on her help.
* PlatonicLifePartners: For the time she was on the show, she was this with Louis.
* PutOnABus: During Louis's mock trial, so that she can't help him, Nigel sends her to Barcelona.
* UndyingLoyalty: Katrina ends up being extremely loyal to Louis. She even helps him out when he is no longer her boss and doing so will most likely result in the end of her career.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns from Barcelona in the episode "Bad Faith".
* CatchPhrase: Doesn't have one herself, but she's apparently a fan of "You just got Litt up!". Going so far as to trademark it and get it printed on a mug in order to cheer Louis up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Just as Harvey wanted 'another him', Katrina ultimately wins Louis's position as his personal associate by the fact that she went to war with Louis (and almost won), among other things. He appreciated the fact that she gave him respect and treated him as a threat.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a job at Pearson & Hardman by essentially blackmailing Harvey - he'd get a win, she'd get a job. Subsequently, picks a fight with Mike in order to try and take his spot and ends up with Louis.
* {{Foil}}: What Mike is to Harvey, Katrina is to Louis. She shares Louis's hyper-competitive streak, his killer instinct, his penchant for trying to win respect through intimidation, fear, and humiliation. And as with Mike to Harvey, she also shares Louis's passion for the arts, his pool of references and hobbies, and respects/looks up to him as a mentor.
* GirlFriday: For Louis, with shades of BattleButler. She's a full-fledged lawyer, and damned good, too.
* HelloAttorney: She's a blonde, gorgeous lawyer.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NumberTwo: To Louis. So much so, that when Nigel seeks to win a mock trial against Louis, he intentionally sends Katrina to another country so Louis can't call on her help.
* PlatonicLifePartners: For the time she was on the show, she was this with Louis.
* PutOnABus: During Louis's mock trial, so that she can't help him, Nigel sends her to Barcelona.
* UndyingLoyalty: Katrina ends up being extremely loyal to Louis. She even helps him out when he is no longer her boss and doing so will most likely result in the end of her career.
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* AlphaBitch: Her default mode with most people other than Louis, she's especially this to Rachel.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns from Barcelona in the episode "Bad Faith".
* CatchPhrase: Doesn't have one herself, but she's apparently a fan of "You just got Litt up!". Going so far as to trademark it and get it printed on a mug in order to cheer Louis up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Just as Harvey wanted 'another him', Katrina ultimately wins Louis's position as his personal associate by the fact that she went to war with Louis (and almost won), among other things. He appreciated the fact that she gave him respect and treated him as a threat.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a job at Pearson & Hardman by essentially blackmailing Harvey - he'd get a win, she'd get a job. Subsequently, picks a fight with Mike in order to try and take his spot and ends up with Louis.
* {{Foil}}: What Mike is to Harvey, Katrina is to Louis. She shares Louis's hyper-competitive streak, his killer instinct, his penchant for trying to win respect through intimidation, fear, and humiliation. And as with Mike to Harvey, she also shares Louis's passion for the arts, his pool of references and hobbies, and respects/looks up to him as a mentor.
* GirlFriday: For Louis, with shades of BattleButler. She's a full-fledged lawyer, and damned good, too.
* HelloAttorney: She's a blonde, gorgeous lawyer.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NumberTwo: To Louis. So much so, that when Nigel seeks to win a mock trial against Louis, he intentionally sends Katrina to another country so Louis can't call on her help.
* PlatonicLifePartners: For the time she was on the show, she was this with Louis.
* PutOnABus: During Louis's mock trial, so that she can't help him, Nigel sends her to Barcelona.
* UndyingLoyalty: Katrina ends up being extremely loyal to Louis. She even helps him out when he is no longer her boss and doing so will most likely result in the end of her career.NumberTwo
* TheBusCameBack: She returns from Barcelona in the episode "Bad Faith".
* CatchPhrase: Doesn't have one herself, but she's apparently a fan of "You just got Litt up!". Going so far as to trademark it and get it printed on a mug in order to cheer Louis up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Just as Harvey wanted 'another him', Katrina ultimately wins Louis's position as his personal associate by the fact that she went to war with Louis (and almost won), among other things. He appreciated the fact that she gave him respect and treated him as a threat.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a job at Pearson & Hardman by essentially blackmailing Harvey - he'd get a win, she'd get a job. Subsequently, picks a fight with Mike in order to try and take his spot and ends up with Louis.
* {{Foil}}: What Mike is to Harvey, Katrina is to Louis. She shares Louis's hyper-competitive streak, his killer instinct, his penchant for trying to win respect through intimidation, fear, and humiliation. And as with Mike to Harvey, she also shares Louis's passion for the arts, his pool of references and hobbies, and respects/looks up to him as a mentor.
* GirlFriday: For Louis, with shades of BattleButler. She's a full-fledged lawyer, and damned good, too.
* HelloAttorney: She's a blonde, gorgeous lawyer.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NumberTwo: To Louis. So much so, that when Nigel seeks to win a mock trial against Louis, he intentionally sends Katrina to another country so Louis can't call on her help.
* PlatonicLifePartners: For the time she was on the show, she was this with Louis.
* PutOnABus: During Louis's mock trial, so that she can't help him, Nigel sends her to Barcelona.
* UndyingLoyalty: Katrina ends up being extremely loyal to Louis. She even helps him out when he is no longer her boss and doing so will most likely result in the end of her career.
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!!!Firm Staff
[[folder: Norma]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' [[TheGhost No One]]
[[TheGhost The oft-mentioned never-seen]] legal secretary of Louis Litt since he became a Junior Partner some years ago, her abilities apparently lead a lot to be desired if her boss' comments are any indication. [[spoiler: Sadly, she passes away in the Season 4 finale while caring for her sister being replaced by Donna Paulsen for a time and then Gretchen Bodinski.]]
[[folder: Norma]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' [[TheGhost No One]]
[[TheGhost The oft-mentioned never-seen]] legal secretary of Louis Litt since he became a Junior Partner some years ago, her abilities apparently lead a lot to be desired if her boss' comments are any indication. [[spoiler: Sadly, she passes away in the Season 4 finale while caring for her sister being replaced by Donna Paulsen for a time and then Gretchen Bodinski.]]
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->'''Portrayed
[[TheGhost The oft-mentioned never-seen]] legal secretary
A former friend of
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* BeleagueredAssistant: [[PointyHairedBoss When your boss]] is [[BunnyEarsLawyer Louis]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Litt]], you're this by default.
* {{Foil}}: To Donna as a legal secretary for one of the main characters. Donna was a master of anticipating [=and/or=] meeting Harvey needs, acted as a sounding board and anchor, and is a drop-dead gorgeous woman. Norma is none of these things with Louis constantly complaining that he has to do all the work himself, is never around, and was once referred by Jessica as "the mummified remains of a legal secretary".
* KilledOffScreen:
* UltimateJobSecurity: Louis's comments about her abilities indict that she should've been fired a long time ago even by someone who didn't have the lawyer's insanely high standards and demands.
* {{Foil}}: To Donna as a legal secretary for one of the main characters. Donna was a master of anticipating [=and/or=] meeting Harvey needs, acted as a sounding board and anchor, and is a drop-dead gorgeous woman. Norma is none of these things with Louis constantly complaining that he has to do all the work himself, is never around, and was once referred by Jessica as "the mummified remains of a legal secretary".
* KilledOffScreen:
* UltimateJobSecurity: Louis's comments about her abilities indict that she should've been fired a long time ago even by someone who didn't have the lawyer's insanely high standards and demands.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: [[PointyHairedBoss When your boss]] is [[BunnyEarsLawyer Louis]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Litt]], you're this by default.
DarkSecret:
*{{Foil}}: To Donna as HappilyMarried: Has a legal secretary for wife (Rosalie) and two daughters (Joy and Debbie) making Alex one of the only members of the main characters. Donna was a master of anticipating [=and/or=] meeting Harvey needs, acted as a sounding board and anchor, and is a drop-dead gorgeous woman. Norma is none of these things with Louis constantly complaining that he has cast to do all the work himself, is never around, and was once referred by Jessica as "the mummified remains of a legal secretary".
* KilledOffScreen:
* UltimateJobSecurity: Louis's comments about her abilities indict that she should've been fired a long time ago even by someone who didn'thave the lawyer's insanely high standards and demands.a stable homelife.
* ICouldaBeenAContender:
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[[folder: Gretchen Bodinski]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/AlomaWright
Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/AlomaWright
Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.
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[[folder: Gretchen Bodinski]]
Katrina Bennet]]
!Katrina Bennett
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->'''Portrayedby''': Creator/AlomaWright
Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.by:''' Creator/AmandaSchull
!Katrina Bennett
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->'''Portrayed
Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: {{Subverted}} as Gretchen proves to keep up with Louis and can give as good as she gets in the snark department with him, Harvey, and any of the other characters. Needless to say she's a far and above improvement over Norma.
* ConnectedAllAlong: A half-season after being introduced, it turns out she was friends with Louis's infamous secretary Norma, playing Mahjong every Tuesday for 35 years.
* DeadpanSnarker:
* ConnectedAllAlong: A half-season after being introduced, it turns out she was friends with Louis's infamous secretary Norma, playing Mahjong every Tuesday for 35 years.
* DeadpanSnarker:
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* BeleagueredAssistant: {{Subverted}} as Gretchen proves to keep up AlphaBitch: Her default mode with Louis and can give as good as she gets in the snark department with him, Harvey, and any of the most people other characters. Needless to say than Louis, she's especially this to Rachel.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns from Barcelona in the episode "Bad Faith".
* CatchPhrase: Doesn't have one herself, but she's apparently a fan of "You just got Litt up!". Going so far as to trademark it andabove improvement over Norma.
* ConnectedAllAlong: A half-season after being introduced,get it turns out she was friends with printed on a mug in order to cheer Louis up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Just as Harvey wanted 'another him', Katrina ultimately wins Louis'sinfamous secretary Norma, playing Mahjong every Tuesday position as his personal associate by the fact that she went to war with Louis (and almost won), among other things. He appreciated the fact that she gave him respect and treated him as a threat.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a job at Pearson & Hardman by essentially blackmailing Harvey - he'd get a win, she'd get a job. Subsequently, picks a fight with Mike in order to try and take his spot and ends up with Louis.
* {{Foil}}: What Mike is to Harvey, Katrina is to Louis. She shares Louis's hyper-competitive streak, his killer instinct, his penchant for35 years.
trying to win respect through intimidation, fear, and humiliation. And as with Mike to Harvey, she also shares Louis's passion for the arts, his pool of references and hobbies, and respects/looks up to him as a mentor.
*DeadpanSnarker:GirlFriday: For Louis, with shades of BattleButler. She's a full-fledged lawyer, and damned good, too.
* HelloAttorney: She's a blonde, gorgeous lawyer.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NumberTwo: To Louis. So much so, that when Nigel seeks to win a mock trial against Louis, he intentionally sends Katrina to another country so Louis can't call on her help.
* PlatonicLifePartners: For the time she was on the show, she was this with Louis.
* PutOnABus: During Louis's mock trial, so that she can't help him, Nigel sends her to Barcelona.
* UndyingLoyalty: Katrina ends up being extremely loyal to Louis. She even helps him out when he is no longer her boss and doing so will most likely result in the end of her career.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns from Barcelona in the episode "Bad Faith".
* CatchPhrase: Doesn't have one herself, but she's apparently a fan of "You just got Litt up!". Going so far as to trademark it and
* ConnectedAllAlong: A half-season after being introduced,
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Just as Harvey wanted 'another him', Katrina ultimately wins Louis's
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a job at Pearson & Hardman by essentially blackmailing Harvey - he'd get a win, she'd get a job. Subsequently, picks a fight with Mike in order to try and take his spot and ends up with Louis.
* {{Foil}}: What Mike is to Harvey, Katrina is to Louis. She shares Louis's hyper-competitive streak, his killer instinct, his penchant for
*
* HelloAttorney: She's a blonde, gorgeous lawyer.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NumberTwo: To Louis. So much so, that when Nigel seeks to win a mock trial against Louis, he intentionally sends Katrina to another country so Louis can't call on her help.
* PlatonicLifePartners: For the time she was on the show, she was this with Louis.
* PutOnABus: During Louis's mock trial, so that she can't help him, Nigel sends her to Barcelona.
* UndyingLoyalty: Katrina ends up being extremely loyal to Louis. She even helps him out when he is no longer her boss and doing so will most likely result in the end of her career.
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!!!Former Firm Staff
[[folder:Michael "Mike" Ross]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PatrickJAdams
Mike is an associate at Pearson Specter who is renowned for his photographic memory. He also has a secret: he's not actually a lawyer. He never even graduated from university. But Harvey saw potential in Mike and hired him anyway with the two, and a select few, working to maintain the ruse lest everyone involved is imprisoned for fraud. [[spoiler: Which is exactly what happens in the midseason finale of Season 5... After a rigorous trial, a couple months in prison before cutting a deal to get out, he manages to pass and join the [=NY=] Bar thanks to the "Reading the Law" statute. He leaves the city with Rachel his wife to run a legal clinic in Seattle at the end of Season 7 but returning for OneLastJob in Season 9.]]
[[folder:Michael "Mike" Ross]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PatrickJAdams
Mike is an associate at Pearson Specter who is renowned for his photographic memory. He also has a secret: he's not actually a lawyer. He never even graduated from university. But Harvey saw potential in Mike and hired him anyway with the two, and a select few, working to maintain the ruse lest everyone involved is imprisoned for fraud. [[spoiler: Which is exactly what happens in the midseason finale of Season 5... After a rigorous trial, a couple months in prison before cutting a deal to get out, he manages to pass and join the [=NY=] Bar thanks to the "Reading the Law" statute. He leaves the city with Rachel his wife to run a legal clinic in Seattle at the end of Season 7 but returning for OneLastJob in Season 9.]]
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[[folder:Michael "Mike" Ross]]
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!!!Firm Staff
[[folder: Norma]]
->'''Portrayed by:'''
Mike is an associate at Pearson Specter who is renowned for his photographic memory. He also has
[[TheGhost The oft-mentioned never-seen]] legal secretary of Louis Litt since he became a
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* {{Foil}}: To Donna as a legal secretary for one of the main characters. Donna was a master of anticipating [=and/or=] meeting Harvey needs, acted as a sounding board and anchor, and is a drop-dead gorgeous woman. Norma is none of these things with Louis constantly complaining that he has to do all the work himself, is never around, and was once referred by Jessica as "the mummified remains of a legal secretary".
* KilledOffScreen:
* UltimateJobSecurity: Louis's comments about her abilities indict that she should've been fired a long time ago even by someone who didn't have the lawyer's insanely high standards and demands.
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[[folder: Gretchen Bodinski]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/AlomaWright
Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: {{Subverted}} as Gretchen proves to keep up with Louis and can give as good as she gets in the snark department with him, Harvey, and any of the other characters. Needless to say she's a far and above improvement over Norma.
* ConnectedAllAlong: A half-season after being introduced, it turns out she was friends with Louis's infamous secretary Norma, playing Mahjong every Tuesday for 35 years.
* DeadpanSnarker:
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!!!Former Firm Staff
[[folder:Michael "Mike" Ross]]
[[quoteright:344:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eb7cdebd8019845e2a380fc3a25dba3a.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PatrickJAdams
Mike is an associate at Pearson Specter who is renowned for his photographic memory. He also has a secret: he's not actually a lawyer. He never even graduated from university. But Harvey saw potential in Mike and hired him anyway with the two, and a select few, working to maintain the ruse lest everyone involved is imprisoned for fraud. [[spoiler: Which is exactly what happens in the midseason finale of Season 5... After a rigorous trial, a couple months in prison before cutting a deal to get out, he manages to pass and join the [=NY=] Bar thanks to the "Reading the Law" statute. He leaves the city with Rachel his wife to run a legal clinic in Seattle at the end of Season 7 but returning for OneLastJob in Season 9.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Donna as a legal secretary for one of the main characters. Donna was a master of anticipating [=and/or=] meeting Harvey needs, acted as a sounding board and anchor, and is a drop-dead gorgeous woman. Norma is none of these things with Louis constantly complaining that he has to do all the work himself, is never around, and was once referred by Jessica as "the mummified remains of a legal secretary".
* KilledOffScreen:
* UltimateJobSecurity: Louis's comments about her abilities indict that she should've been fired a long time ago even by someone who didn't have the lawyer's insanely high standards and demands.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gretchen Bodinski]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/AlomaWright
Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: {{Subverted}} as Gretchen proves to keep up with Louis and can give as good as she gets in the snark department with him, Harvey, and any of the other characters. Needless to say she's a far and above improvement over Norma.
* ConnectedAllAlong: A half-season after being introduced, it turns out she was friends with Louis's infamous secretary Norma, playing Mahjong every Tuesday for 35 years.
* DeadpanSnarker:
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!!!Former Firm Staff
[[folder:Michael "Mike" Ross]]
[[quoteright:344:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eb7cdebd8019845e2a380fc3a25dba3a.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PatrickJAdams
Mike is an associate at Pearson Specter who is renowned for his photographic memory. He also has a secret: he's not actually a lawyer. He never even graduated from university. But Harvey saw potential in Mike and hired him anyway with the two, and a select few, working to maintain the ruse lest everyone involved is imprisoned for fraud. [[spoiler: Which is exactly what happens in the midseason finale of Season 5... After a rigorous trial, a couple months in prison before cutting a deal to get out, he manages to pass and join the [=NY=] Bar thanks to the "Reading the Law" statute. He leaves the city with Rachel his wife to run a legal clinic in Seattle at the end of Season 7 but returning for OneLastJob in Season 9.]]
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[[folder: Anita Gibbs]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/LeslieHope
The lead prosecutor in Mike's case when he's arrested for fraud, Gibbs works as a assistant attorney for the United States Attorney's Office.
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* HeroAntagonist: Even when you ta
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sadly Anita makes at least one legitimate point about Mike's fraud that makes him damn lucky to simply be that good at being a lawyer. Namely that his lack of a formal education could've resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and ending up in prison for life.]]
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/LeslieHope
The lead prosecutor in Mike's case when he's arrested for fraud, Gibbs works as a assistant attorney for the United States Attorney's Office.
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* HeroAntagonist: Even when you ta
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sadly Anita makes at least one legitimate point about Mike's fraud that makes him damn lucky to simply be that good at being a lawyer. Namely that his lack of a formal education could've resulted in inadequate representation for his clients such as [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse losing his retrial and ending up in prison for life.]]
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[[folder: Sean Cahill]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NealMcDonough
A prosecutor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who investigates Pearson Specter at the suggestion of his friend and new boss Eric Woodall after the latter is appointed the head of S.E.C.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He may be willing to use underhanded methods to gather evidence against those investigates but he won't delude himself into thinking he's a saint.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being introduced as an InspectorJavert who firmly believed in the firm's guilt, he was willing to let go of his vendetta once he learned of Woodall's corruption.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NealMcDonough
A prosecutor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who investigates Pearson Specter at the suggestion of his friend and new boss Eric Woodall after the latter is appointed the head of S.E.C.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He may be willing to use underhanded methods to gather evidence against those investigates but he won't delude himself into thinking he's a saint.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being introduced as an InspectorJavert who firmly believed in the firm's guilt, he was willing to let go of his vendetta once he learned of Woodall's corruption.
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[[folder: Eric Woodall]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ZeljkoIvanek
A U.S. Attorney who investigates Pearson Hardman for bribing witnesses during the Ava Hessington trial with a reputation for hating dirty lawyers [[{{Hypocrite}} despite being willing to use unscrupulous methods to do so.]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ZeljkoIvanek
A U.S. Attorney who investigates Pearson Hardman for bribing witnesses during the Ava Hessington trial with a reputation for hating dirty lawyers [[{{Hypocrite}} despite being willing to use unscrupulous methods to do so.]]
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[[folder: Terrence Wolf]]
->'''Portrayed by:''': Creator/ChiMcBride
The Manhattan District Attorney who replaced Cameron Dennis after he was forced to step down, despite his reputation as a fair man Wolf proves to be little better than his predecessor in some aspects.
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->'''Portrayed by:''': Creator/ChiMcBride
The Manhattan District Attorney who replaced Cameron Dennis after he was forced to step down, despite his reputation as a fair man Wolf proves to be little better than his predecessor in some aspects.
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* HeroAntagonist: Ordinarily, these people would be the protagonists and heroes going after {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s and facing off against the {{Amoral Attorney}}s protecting them. However, the audience knows that the main characters are willing to bend the rules but have clear moral lines they won't cross and their clients are {{Honest Corporate Executive}}s for the most part.
* {{Hypocrite}}: A common point of contention amongst these characters is they see the main characters and corporate attorneys in general as corrupt with no respect for the law and using it to suit their needs. So naturally they see the need to bend the rules and use LoopholeAbuse in the law to make their cases.
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* HeroAntagonist: Ordinarily, these people would be the protagonists and heroes going after {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s and facing off against the {{Amoral Attorney}}s protecting them. However, the audience knows that the main characters are willing to bend the rules but have clear moral lines they won't cross and their clients are {{Honest Corporate Executive}}s for the most part.
* {{Hypocrite}}: A common point of contention amongst these characters is they see the main characters and corporate attorneys in general as corrupt with no respect for the law and using it to suit their needs. So naturally they see the need to bend the rules and use LoopholeAbuse in the law to make their cases.
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!!Trevor Evans
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomLipinski
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!!Trevor Evans
->'''Portrayed
The paternal grandmother of Mike Ross and his legal guardian growing up after his parents were killed in a car crash, her increasing health issues over the years is what ulitmately leads him to Harvey Specter and joining Pearson Hardman by chance.
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* AffectionateNickname: Is called Grammy by her grandson despite being an adult and she in turns calls him "Michael" while everyone else calls him Mike.
* KilledOffscreen: Mike is preparing an apartment that he bought for her when Rachel arrives, delivering the bad news that she's passed away. Worse he had gotten it partly out of guilt for allowing work take time away from her and had been planning to be more attentive.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
* RaisedByGrandparents: Edith took over caring for her only grandson after both her son and wife are killed in a drunk driving accident.
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[[folder: Trevor Evans]]
!!Trevor Evans
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomLipinski
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* KilledOffscreen: Mike is preparing an apartment that he bought for her when Rachel arrives, delivering the bad news that she's passed away. Worse he had gotten it partly out of guilt for allowing work take time away from her and had been planning to be more attentive.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
* RaisedByGrandparents: Edith took over caring for her only grandson after both her son and wife are killed in a drunk driving accident.
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[[folder: Trevor Evans]]
!!Trevor Evans
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomLipinski
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