mitch passes the bar exam and begins working long hours that put a strain on his marriage. working closely with tolar, mitch learns that most of the firm's work involves helping wealthy clients hide large amounts of money in off-shore shell corporations and other dubious tax-avoidance schemes. while on a trip to the cayman islands mitch listens to tolar talk to client sonny capps about taxes and hears capps state how the firm's clients in chicago break people's legs. later on, mitch is seduced by a local woman and cheats on abby. unbeknownst to mitch, this encounter has been arranged by the firm's sinister security chief, bill devasher (wilford brimley), who later uses photos of mitch's beach tryst with the woman as blackmail to keep him quiet about the firm's questionable, even illegal, activities.