Three associates enter the office of legendary rainmaker and trial champion extraordinaire Ryan Silversmith.

"Under Skadden Arps Reg. 421(c), I hereby declare you unfit for trial command and relieve you of your attendant duties as first chair and strike team leader. As of 10:00 am EDT, June 10, 2014, I am transferring command and control of the General Electric trial strike force to my own authority. Let the record reflect that this has been done with full witness and consent of my fellow associates Michael Stagliano and Jonathan Rockhart, here in your corner office, flanking my either side. You will be escorted to the employee Cafetorium, where you will be temporarily detained until your wife, Maggie, has finished dropping off your children at daycare, at which point she will stop by to pick you up and take you home--please give her my best, really enjoyed seeing her at the firm picnic last month; her apple bars were wonderful. A full investigative tribunal will be convened in due course.

But, for the time being, and through the course of this trial, I am now in command."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2589400&forum_id=3#25719554)

The chairman of Skadden sits before a radio broadcasting set in the firm's emergency bunker; clearing his throat, he begins his address to the firm's remaining, surviving attorneys in their offices throughout the nation.

"Yesterday, June 10, 2014, a date which will live in infamy, partners across our national offices were deliberately and unjustifiably relieved from duty by associate strike teams from TTTs. The partners were at peace with our associates, and, at the soliciation of the associates, were still in conversation with their Associate Lifestyle Committee and its leadership toward the maintenance of peace in the firm. Indeed, one hour after associate strike teams began to relieve our partners, the head of the Associate Lifestyle Committee delivered to our regional office head a revised version of the trial themes outline he had asked for at midnight the night before--with a tabbed backup binder, no less. While this memorandum lacked, perhaps, his usual complete diligence and attention to detail as evidenced by the inconsistent use of Oxford commas, it contained no threat or hint of war against the partnership."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2589400&forum_id=3#25719569)