NAKED LEGAL 1: Beginning

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NAKED LEGAL INTRODUCTION

This is a story of discovery and adventure for a young, sky-rocketing woman lawyer who finds herself on the outside looking in on the world she thought was going to be hers for the taking. This is a story about a woman who finds excitement and thrills while holding onto two very contrary parts of herself.

Raised in a progressive, demanding, and aggressive home, Grace McBride was taught a win at all costs morality and the role of the woman should be at the same level as any man. That outlook on life and the constantly increasing expectations of her father drove her to excel in nearly everything she took to, whether in school or athletics. There was no room for average and ‘okay’ in her evaluation or performance.

She graduated from one of the top law schools in the country at the top of her class. She passed the Bar exam with a near-record score. She was licensed and hired by one of the top, prestigious, law firms. Every case she took made waves of some kind. If it wasn’t a full-out win, she negotiated treacherous legal and social ground to minimize the damage to her client. In the process, she was quickly recognized in the legal community as one of the top up-and-coming legal adversaries. She was described as ‘genius’, ‘pit bull’, and ‘cut-throat’ all in the same breath.

That was a mask, though. A person can live behind and assume a mask for only so long before the mask begins to sag and slip, eventually exposing what is beneath. Once that mask begins slipping, people either adjust to incorporate the real part that was being hidden or … the division, the gap, between the two can become destructive.

That is the story of Grace McBride, a hard-driving, dominant, and extroverted personality. That was her professional world, the image she cultivated from childhood because it was demanded that she succeed. That was the mask. Underneath the mask, she fought to keep in place at all times, was a mild, submissive, and introverted personality. The push to be different and succeed was exhausting. It was only a matter of time before the method of her break-down appeared. When it did, it was stellar.

This becomes a story that reflects that sometimes the greatest love you can experience is when you can realize and accept the reality of yourself. A reality that becomes easy to share.

CHAPTER ONE: BEGINNING

My life was a mess. I had the world by the tail and I lost it … big time. My whole life had been geared to the point of realizing success just like I was achieving. From childhood, it was drilled into me endlessly. Athletics or school, there was no other option than to succeed and excel at the highest level. Of course, I knew it was all a farce, but I excelled even in living a farce.

At only 33-years-old, I was being described as ‘genius’, ‘pit bull’, and ‘cut-throat’ all in the same breath by those in my legal community. After graduating at the top of my class from one of the best law colleges in the country, I was aggressively recruited. I selected a top, prestigious firm as much as they selected me. I made waves in each case. If they weren’t full-out wins, I negotiated around treacherous legal and social ground to minimize the damage to the client. In the process, the firm reaped rewards, many passing at some level back to me. I was not only on top of my game, I was on top of everyone’s game. The word in the legal community and within the firm was that I was one of the top up-and-coming legal adversaries.

And, at 33 it was all gone. Lost, forever. As I sat in my nicely appoint apartment that I was going to have to seriously consider leaving, I relived it all for the umpteenth time. To satisfy my demanding parents, then demanding coaches, teachers, professors, and bosses, I maintained a tight grip on the mask I learned to live with from childhood. A mask can only be lived behind, though, for so long before the mask should be modified to incorporate the reality that is being hidden behind it, or … the mask begins to cover more than perceived deficiencies and becomes destructive.

Grace McBride, 33-years-old, 5’-6”, 120 pounds on an athletic frame capped with long, wavy, dark brown hair. An attractive woman, a significant element of my success, too. Underneath that attractive charm was the woman I had been forged to become. Grace McBride was never really a hard-driving, dominant, and extroverted personality. That was me in my striving world where people watched me. I had always had quiet, alone times where I could relax, revert, and stop pretending. Everything became so different, so demanding at a level I never managed well. The workload, the always-on demand, the never-ending interactions, and commitments. As a result, my distractions became more intense, more perverse, and more extreme, but I needed something to yield in my life to slow the never-ending cycle.

So, when the wheels finally came off, it wasn’t just a crash, it was a stellar obliteration of a stunning, short-lived glorified life. I could blame those demanding on me, the pushing, the driving and committing, but … I couldn’t really. Because I knew that mask was there, I also knew that all my success, everything I had achieved, was because of me using the mask. The same then had to be true about my crash. It was gloriously fatal in its finality to my career, my license, and any standing in the legal community. The question that remained was: was there any recovery? Was there anything a stellar attorney could do when she could no longer practice the law?

It had been a month since I stood in front of the Bar making arguments for the most important and desperate client I had represented … myself. It was all to no avail, of course. The only thing I had trained for, the only thing I had ever focused on, was the law. I was good at it. I was very good at it. But, I couldn’t practice it, anymore. In a month, I hadn’t moved past those thoughts. In a month, my associates, contacts, and networking went quiet. My searches left me befuddled and empty.

So, imagine the surprise when an unsolicited phone call came to me. Surprise wasn’t close to the reaction when I discovered the caller was Andrew Franklin. Shock was a far more appropriate deion. Andrew Franklin was known to anyone in the local legal community no matter what significance you were in the community.

“Do you know who I am, Miss McBride?” I assured him I did. People in the community were aware of me; how could anyone not be aware of one of the wiliest attorneys who was near royalty in the community. He had retired only two years ago from one of the highest regarded law firms as one of the senior partners after making his name and wealth. The stunning decision had been widely covered in newspapers, magazines, and online sources. He said he was interested in starting his own small firm where he could choose the clients and cases he felt were interesting or significant. Known as a work-horse for his clients, he had impeccable credentials with the success that was legendary. His renown legal tricks, maneuvers, and showmanship in the courtroom attracted young attorneys and were studied in classrooms. He was like a modern-day Perry Mason, though few young attorneys might even know what the reference meant.

“I do apologize, Miss McBride, for calling unannounced. I wasn’t sure how else to contact you. I would very much like to have a conversation with you about your career.”

I almost laughed out loud, “My career, sir? I don’t have a career left and, if you know who I am, you would certainly know that, sir.”

He did laugh, though. “Miss McBride, I very definitely know who and what you are. I have had my eye on you for quite some time. Since I left the partnership to start my own little enterprise, you have been on the top of my list of people I wanted to join me.”

The sigh I released into my cell spoke the volumes I had no desire to actually verbalize. “I am sorry to have disappointed you then, sir. You’re obviously too late so can I ask why you are calling?”

He laughed, again. “Because I want to talk to you about your career. You still have an influential and lucrative career in the right situation and I think I have that situation if you are interested in listening.