Mallory & Associates



On a street corner in Gotham is an old-style brick 4 floor office building. Almost all of the windows on the ground floor are broken, cracked, or have bullet holes. The color of the brick has diminished from its once red-brown to almost black, giving the effect of it sitting in its own shadow. From the sidewalk, a rusted, thin and straight metal gate with no ornamentation is all that stands between the street and the door. It bends at the hinges as if attempting to drag the visitor inside, the door itself just as welcoming with metal bars on the small window and a buzz-box underneath a directory.

According to the directory, the third and fourth floor is rented out to a law firm named Mallory & Associates. With only 23 associates, including 2 secretaries, Mallory & Associates is a very small company. It has been in business for 9 years with 14 of its lawyers fresh out of law school. For the most part it works as a sort of contract firm, sending it’s associates out on cases.

The third floor up, in the front window facing the street, a pile of papers and binders can be seen sitting on a desk. This small, square office room has sandalwood floors, pale green wallpaper, and old windows that keep it cold in the winter and hot in the summer. At the desk covered in multiple case files, court orders, subpoenas, and books sits Mo Ne Choi, attorney at law, 3 months at M & A.