Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 107 Class Litigation Lawyer Selection Meeting (1)

July 9, afternoon.

Tokyo, Minato-ku, Imamishi Law Firm.

The largest meeting room, which is not usually used in the law firm, has already been lit at this time.There are nearly two hundred lawyers in the entire law firm, all present in the conference room.Just a group of dark suit colors is enough to exude a dignified and breathless atmosphere.At this time, what was printed on the slide was no longer the Terai-Kawamoto Expressway Litigation Countermeasures Committee, but the group litigation countermeasures committee.

There were many people in the entire meeting room, but it was eerily quiet.The director of the law firm, Imanishi, sat on the table in the middle, frowning tightly, like a silent statue.No one could have imagined that a traffic accident case would turn into a group lawsuit against a listed company. No amount of words can describe the shock.

There is a "Notice of Suspension of Litigation" on the table. The case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway needs to be suspended due to the initiation of a class action, pending the progress of the class action.

Imanishi looked at the "Notice of Suspension of Litigation" coldly, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.As if everything was a dream.My intuition is right.That kid really created a risk beyond his control, but he didn't expect that his hole card was actually a group lawsuit.

In this way, Imanishi also understands why that boy in Kitahara spent so much energy digging deep on the Kawamoto Expressway-road markings, labor dispatch, illegal subcontracting, etc.It turned out that everything was paving the way for this moment.

The class-action lawsuit now has close to 1 registrations.

Although the increase in the number of lawsuit registrations has been decreasing, this class action has become the fifth largest class action in Toyo history.

Even so, it is still difficult for Imanishi to imagine linking this class action lawsuit with that idle figure.The contrast here is too great.

However, admiration is admiration, and Beiyuan will stop here.

From the moment the class action was launched, he was out.

This young man is still naive, Imanishi thought.If I were that Beiyuan, and I had this hole card, I would definitely not choose to file a group lawsuit, but use this card to put pressure on Kawamoto Expressway.

The reason is simple, because it is impossible for Beiyuan to become a lawyer for class action.

According to the next procedure, the Shinjuku District Court will select lawyers for the Kawamoto Expressway group lawsuit.The tribunal will select two lawyers from among the members of the court lawyer pool to represent the class action.

It is impossible for Beiyuan to pass the selection.He was too young and too inexperienced.Even if he declares to the court to become a member of the lawyer pool, no one will support him at all.

Thinking of not having to face this young man like a mad dog again, Imanishi felt a sense of relief.

For some reason, even if he would rather face a class action lawsuit of 1 people, Imamishi doesn't want to stand opposite that kid again.

Although the class action has a great damage to the reputation of a listed company, the litigation process will not last for a few years.During this period, the listed company has already earned the compensation profits.

In the subsequent group lawsuits, swordsmanship and tit-for-tat trials are not common.

I need to use all possible legal procedures to delay the case.

Imanishi quietly picked up the water glass, took a sip, and looked up at the wall clock in the conference room.

The time on the wall clock has pointed to 1:23.Today, the Shinjuku District Court will select lawyers for the Kawamoto Expressway group lawsuit this afternoon.As a result, we should be able to come down before 3:[-].

That means before they leave work in the afternoon, they will know who will be representing them in the class action.

Imanishi turned his head and looked at Onoda beside him, "How many large law firms are participating in the selection meeting this time?"

Onoda lowered his head, looked at the materials in his hand, and reported: "Maori Law Firm, Changdao Law Firm, Nishimura Law Firm, Sakai Law Firm, and Mimura Law Firm are all participating The selection of the lawyer pool. It is expected that the final selection results will be produced in two of the five law firms."

Hearing the names of these law firms, the expressions of the lawyers present in the conference room changed slightly.These five are members of the 200-meter club.These five law firms are the unattainable pinnacle of oriental legal circles.

Imanishi nodded slightly.The next opponent is the lawyer of the 200-meter club.

That young man named Beiyuan will not be on this stage...

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At 1:[-] p.m., Shinjuku District Court, Class Action Lawyer Selection Conference Room.

Standing in line in the corridor, the lawyers in line are all wearing extremely expensive suits or famous watches.Almost all those present were male lawyers over the age of 50, and their age alone was enough to fully demonstrate their seniority.These barristers gathered together, and their auras blended with each other, creating an extremely powerful and coercive feeling.

But among this group of people, there are two very out-of-group people, a man and a woman.They looked to be in their twenties, and their faces had not lost the childishness of graduates.The man is holding a booklet and concentrating on reading, while the woman looks around nervously from time to time.

Kitahara was concentrating on reading the instruction manual for the selection of class action lawyers issued by the Shinjuku District Court.Prior to this, Kitahara and the others had applied in writing to join the selection lawyer pool of the Shinjuku District Court.Come today to sign the final confirmation of participation and participate in the selection process.

According to the rules of this manual, after registering as a lawyer pool, a team of expert consultants will vote on the list in the lawyer pool to select lawyers for class actions.

This expert team is composed of law professors from famous universities in the East, well-known lawyers, officials of relevant judicial offices, magistrates, and famous people in the social circles to vote.As for how "well-known" people in this expert team can enter this team, it is mentioned in the brochure, but it is unclear.

Looking at this rule, Bei Yuan couldn't help but sneer, and gently closed the booklet.

Class action is an extremely lucrative type of litigation.

Being able to become a representative lawyer in a class action can not help but mean that he will earn a lot of money, and it means that his reputation can be spread like never before.Therefore, in the struggle to become a lawyer representing a group lawsuit, it is full of intrigue and conflict of interests.

This struggle is reflected in the composition of the expert panel with voting rights.

Although members of the voting expert group may include people with official backgrounds, the expert group itself is not an official organization.The legal nature is extremely vague.This kind of intentional blurring and opacity does not know how many interest exchanges are hidden in the dark.

The registration team keeps moving forward.

Beiyuan finally got the first one in line, and then he took out his lawyer's card, and began to copy his name and lawyer's card number on the registration form.

But he saw an experienced lawyer sitting beside the registration desk.His hair is somewhat bald, forming a Mediterranean look.He has been sitting there without speaking a word from beginning to end, just watching one lawyer after another indifferently complete their final participation registration in the court lawyer pool.However, this indifferent expression reveals that his identity is different.

He is Goro Ikegami, the vice president of the Tokyo Local Bar Association.He is good friends with Miyagawa's father Imamishi.It is thanks to Ikegami that Imanishi can become a director of the Tokyo Local Bar Association.

The reason why Ikegami appeared here was because the Tokyo District Bar Association considered the huge influence of group lawsuits, so it appointed a vice president to assist the court in organizing the selection of lawyers.

Seeing Beiyuan seriously write down his name in the lawyer pool on the selection list, Chi Shang's lips moved slightly, and a somewhat deep voice sounded, "You don't have to think about being selected. Originally, you didn't even have the qualifications to enter the pool this time. No. It’s just because you are one of the initiators, so I made an exception and let you participate in the selection.”

"I didn't expect you to actually sign the final confirmation of participation today. It's too self-aware."

After the words fell, there was a faint "cold snort" immediately, as if he was directly mocking the young man's overreaching.

These words and gestures were like swinging a hammer directly, trying to directly smash the self-esteem of the young man in front of him, completely lacking the almost hypocritical politeness of the oriental people.

Bei Yuan smiled, took the signature stamp of his personal name, and seriously stamped a bright red mark on the register, without looking up at Chi Shang, "There are many things, how will you know if you don't try?"

At this time, almost all the lawyers who came to the board to participate in the selection did not know - Vice President Chi Shang sitting next to the registration desk.He has a piece of A4 paper on his body.Voting has not yet started, but the A4 paper clipped in his suit jacket has already printed the results of the Kawamoto Expressway class action selection in large characters.

There was a line of text printed on that A4 paper, which read:

[Kitahara Yoshiichi: Zero votes]

(End of this chapter)