Counsellor at Law 1933 Crackerjack lawyer George Simon is a workaholic, and a successful one Having just gotten a woman acquitted of a murder charge, he is juggling cases ranging from breaking a will to quashing the disorderly conduct charges against the son of a woman he knew in the old neighborhood, before he became a hot shot counsellor He adores his wife Cora, who feels she married a bit below her station as do his stepchildren His secretary Rexy adores him, although he is oblivious to the fact Threatened with losing his practice due to a discretion in a case seven years earlier, his wife leaves for Europe until the scandal blows over, and he comes to realize just in time who his true friends are