History Characters / Suits

* CasualKink: He eagerly takes the submissive role in his and Sheil's BDSM dynamic and practically scampers around to collect the NoodleImplements she demands for their sessions and obey her every whim and command.

[[folder: General]]

[[folder: Samantha Wheeler]]

[[folder: Alex Williams]]

[[folder: Katrina Bennet]]

[[folder: Gretchen Bodinski]]

[[folder: Zoe Lawford]]

[[folder: Harold Gunderson]]

[[folder: Kyle Durant]]

[[folder: Jeff Malone]]

[[folder: Edward Darby]]

[[folder: Scottie]]

[[folder: Stephen Huntley]]

[[folder: Nigel Nesbitt]]

[[folder: Terrence Wolf]]

[[folder: Eric Woodall]]

[[folder: Sean Cahill]]

[[folder: Anita Gibbs]]

[[folder: Andrew Malik]]

[[folder: Edith Ross]]

[[folder: Gordon Specter]]

[[folder: Esther Litt]]

[[folder: Travis Tanner]]

* MeaningfulRename: [[https://suits.fandom.com/wiki/Suits_Wiki While the other wiki]] and InUniverse legal technicalities establish them as separate firms, its really the same firm going all the way back to when it was originally Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke.

** In this same episode where the exchange takes place two things are revealed: 1) Daniel Hardman, the former managing partner, was a such a bigger {{Jerkass}} that he made Louis look like a NiceGuy. 2) There's a method to this madness as it turns out it runs on the philosophy that MiseryBuildsCharacter or skillset in this case. When he learns that the Associates think he dumps his work on them so he doesn't have to do it and have no respect for him, Louis proceeds to complete all of their assignments in a single night that they had all day to do. It should also be noted that whether it's an associate who trained under him or Louis himself looking for a job, his training methods are used as a ''selling point''.

[[folder: Louis Litt]]

* AbhorrentAdmirer: He had a somewhat pathetic crush on his hot superior, Monica Eaton. He apparentally always ate lunch at the same place she did and asked her out daily. She admitted at the time that this didn't really bother her, but it still bites him in the butt when she later claims sexual harassment.

* BadBoss: Louis actually takes pride in how badly he treats the new associates. Once he becomes managing partner he still struggles with this, such as shouting at Harvey and Robert in a blunt matter but he does try to be better.

* CampStraight: Despite being canonically straight, he does have some effeminate mannerisms, traits and interests (such as ballet and theatre for example).

* CharacterDevelopment: The biggest example of this in the entire series. An underhanded, petty man early on. A man of great courage, caring and honor by the end of it.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Harvey, Mike and Jessica note this is one of Louis's key flaws, that he'll jump into a situation without figuring out all the angles. The results can range from looking like a joke to getting himself (and the firm) into serious hot water.

** When the firm meets a lawyer regarding their possible bankruptcy, Louis hires a bunch of actors to pose as the staff (who left) to make the office look busier. Jessica coldly snaps that the point of this meeting is that the firm needs desperate financial help and making them look like "business is usual" isn't going to aid that.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Louis, even after going over to Hardman's side, [[spoiler: wouldn't vote to fire Harvey when Hardman called for it, and voted to get rid of Hardman after finding out that Hardman faked the memo that caused the lawsuit against the firm]].
* FatalFlaw: His {{pride}} and insecurities thereof keeps leading him to make boneheaded, petty decisions that often cause a lot of trouble for everyone. As the show establishes, when he can keep it under control, he's a very good lawyer.
* FatComicRelief: He's the only regular member of the main cast who's not trim and conventionally attractive, emphasized by the fact that he wears suits which are much too small for him. This doesn't stop him from being one of the most popular characters.

* {{Flanderization}}: While he starts as an unsympathetic yet very competent BadBoss-type with a few quirks (his soft spot for cats and a couple of unusual hobbies), by season three these quirks started overriding his professionalism, making him go to a mock trial for custody over a cat with an opposing (and equally eccentric) lawyer that isn't even his in the first place, and later totally flunks extremely important negotiations with said lawyer because of that cat. The other guy told him that he didn't read the cat the letters he wrote her. He becomes more nuanced in following seasons however, especially when we see the private pain he displays in therapy sessions.
* {{Foil}}: To Harvey. They share much of the same traits and behaviors with the major difference being that if Harvey 'plays the man', Louis 'plays the law'. It is Louis's strict adherence to the letter of the law (especially when it benefits him) that most people tend to dislike him for whereas Harvey's approach at least makes him seem somewhat charming. Also, Harvey is TheStoic, very handsome, successful and TheAce, while Louis is very emotional, HotBlooded, average-looking, and a NoRespectGuy. Both of them have pride in some form as their biggest flaw, but while Harvey is often arrogant, Louis is often insecure [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex which he cloaks with smugness and bluster]].

* InformedJudaism: The fact that Louis is Jewish is not brought up until season two, when he casually mentions that he is going to call his rabbi to brag about his promotion. He later asks Jessica to have Rosh Hashanah off.

* InsufferableGenius: When it comes to financials, and he never shuts up about it when the situation calls for it.

* PetTheDog: He has his moments, though they're usually take a while to happen and they're often for selfish reasons. Which makes the moments when he's sincere even more surprising, at least to everyone but himself.

** Further deconstructed in Season 4, where [[spoiler:his wacky antics as he tries to cover up a serious mistake lead to Mike figuring out something is up. Once he does that, and goes to Harvey, they figure out what he's probably hiding in a few ''minutes''.]]

* SmugSnake: While Louis is by no means stupid, as he is a brillant attorney, everytime he lets his emotions dictate what to do, the results as always disastrous. He is prone to do very risky and stupid things to boost his ego, and his plans always backfire at him.

* StrongerThanTheyLook: He's usually wimpish looking but puts Mike Ross in an impressive chokehold in Season 4.

* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: He is incredibly vain, unable to recognize his own flaws, and refuses to be more accepting of others while expecting the world to conform to his expectation. This is illustrated how he wears suits that are clearly uncomfortably small[[note]]notice how his buttons strain, the lapels bulge outwards, the shoulders and collar lift up, and how the jacket awkwardly gets caught around his chest when he raises his arms[[/note]] rather than acknowledging his physique and choosing larger cuts that can be tailored to better flatter his body.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Louis will not give in for anyone or anything. Except American Ballet Theatre tickets.

A former friend of Harvey's, Alex worked for Bratton Gould for many years making his way up to Senior Partner when Harvey became Managing Partner of Specter Litt. Offered a job, Alex joined the firm with eyes on becoming Named Partner which comes to past in Season 8 along with Samantha Wheeler.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed. Her frequent condescension and arrogance towards everyone in the firm who isn't in a position of power, along with her trying to replace Mike as Harvey's personal assistent and her unecessarily cruel revenge scheme when Mike finally has enough of her bs and calls her out lead to everyone but Louis absolutely hating her guts, which in turn pigeonholes her into being Louis' assistant with no hope of ever advancing in her career at Pearson & Hardman. It's downplayed in that she comes to like working for Louis and they actually make a pretty good team.
* TheMovieBuff: Well, more like tv shows buff... in an episode in which she and Mike are forced to work together, the two grow closer due to both being fans of Series/TheWire and Series/TheSopranos.
* NeverMyFault: A lot in the beginnings of her career at Pearson & Hardman. She has a rather nasty tendency to shift blame and deflect whenever others call her out for her AlphaBitch attitude and her cutthroat methods. Even when she tries to apologize, she can't help but word said apology in a way that makes it sound like the recipient would be unreasonable not to immediately accept it, completely ignoring any reasons they might have for not doing so.

[[folder: Norma]]

* {{Foil}}: To Donna as a legal secretary for one of the main characters. Donna was a master of anticipating [=and/or=] meeting Harvey needs, acted as a sounding board and anchor, and is a drop-dead gorgeous woman. Norma is none of these things with Louis constantly complaining that he has to do all the work himself, is never around, and was once referred by Jessica as "the mummified remains of a legal secretary".

* UltimateJobSecurity: Louis's comments about her abilities indict that she should've been fired a long time ago even by someone who didn't have the lawyer's insanely high standards and demands.

Harvey Specter's legal secretary after Donna leaves to work for Louis for a time before the two woman would switch positions.

Mike is an associate at Pearson Specter who is renowned for his photographic memory. He also has a secret: he's not actually a lawyer. He never even graduated from university. But Harvey saw potential in Mike and hired him anyway with the two, and a select few, working to maintain the ruse lest everyone involved is imprisoned for fraud. [[spoiler: Which is exactly what happens in the midseason finale of Season 5... After a rigorous trial, a couple months in prison before cutting a deal to get out, he manages to pass and join the [=NY=] Bar thanks to the "Reading the Law" statute. He leaves the city with Rachel his wife to run a legal clinic in Seattle at the end of Season 7 but returning for OneLastJob in Season 9.]]

* GoodWithNumbers: It's part of his genius. In a flashback it's revealed he can solve any hard math question immediately.

* HyperAwareness: There's reason why Harvey took him on: they have about the same level of it.

* JustifiedCriminal: In the premiere, Mike only agrees to act as a drug courier so he can pay for his grandmother's medical treatments. We later find out that he only agreed to help people cheat on the [=LSATs=] because he needed the money to pay for full time care for his grandmother. In fact, the only reason he's unable to get into Harvard is because the dean's daughter was the one who got caught buying test answers from his friend Trevor, and Mike couldn't let Trevor take the fall. The dean, whose daughter is now blacklisted (her own fault) and his own career at risk, takes it out on Mike and ensures that no law school will take him.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After Trevor got caught selling test answers, Mike realized that Trevor would never sell him out and take the blame himself. So, he went to the dean and confesses. Not only did the dean kick him out, but he used his contacts to blacklist Mike from going to law school. Apparently, the dean's daughter was the one who got caught buying said answers, and the dean chose to blame solely Mike for it. Had Mike stayed quiet, the dean would've had no proof of Mike's involvement beyond suspicion.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He regularly comes into conflict with Jessica and Harvey because he wants to take on social justice cases that won't bring in a meaningful amount of money into the firm.

* TaughtByExperience: On the job experience, even.

* TwoFirstNames: His first name Michael or Mike is masculine first given name and his surname is also commonly a masculine first given name.

A vicious and highly-skilled litigator. Harvey came from humble beginnings and was working as a mailroom clerk before Jessica Pearson recognized his potential and arranged for him to go to Harvard. After graduating from law school, he worked as a prosecutor before joining Pearson Hardman as an associate and quickly working his way up to being a name partner at the newly-christened Pearson Specter.

* AwesomeButImpractical: He's an excellent closer, but his narcissism, his abrasiveness when dealing with the other partners and his tendency to do stupid shit, like hiring Mike, make him almost more trouble than he's worth.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Harvey seems to have turned into one, despite his protestations to the contrary. In season two premiere he becomes fiercely protective of Mike, to the point where [[spoiler: he throws his PlausibleDeniability out the window to save Mike's job]]. This coming from the man who, twelve episodes earlier, had said: "I have to put my own interests above yours. It's nothing personal." Over time, it becomes more and more of a familial bond as the two get closer. It doesn't help that Harvey has a FreudianExcuse and Mike has no one else in his life.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Mike. Harvey has become somewhat of an older brother figure, a mentor figure and even a father figure for Mike. Harvey has basically guided Mike throughout the course of the show.

* TheCharmer: Comes with the turf of being a closer. Harvey is very arrogant, cocky and brash but at the same time, he is also incredibly charismatic.

* MrFanservice: Even women he's on adversial terms with admit he's handsome and he's not an IndifferentBeauty about it.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Harvey creates the vibe of an AmoralAttorney as bait for crooks - they have a harder time predicting his moves, since they expect him to act just like them.

* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Part of the reason why Harvey rose so quickly through the law firms ranks is because he is proficient in multiple areas of the law. His main specialty is mergers and tax law but he also spent a few years working as a criminal prosecutor specifically to get a solid background in criminal law. This is averted with most of the firm's other partners who specialize exclusively in certain areas of the law and can be very territorial when Harvey gets involved in a case that falls into their area of expertise. On the other hand, as part of their Training from Hell, the junior associates are supposed to work any case that is assigned to them no matter what areas of the law it touches on or how proficient they are in the subject matter.

* SternTeacher: He ''really'' doesn't believe in spoon-feeding. Forget deep-ends, he goes for rapids.

* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: He like his coffee in the mornings. Not nearly as much as Donna, but he has a preference for the coffee from the cart on the street outside the office. At all other times, he goes for scotch. Specifically, he's a huge fan of high-end Macallan, the more bespoke the better.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Donna, Mike and Jessica. He is willing to do anything for them and has consistently shown his loyalty to them.

* WouldHitAGirl: Reluctantly steps in the boxing ring to fight Samantha Wheeler under Donna's behest that not doing so would be disrepecting Wheeler.

* TheConscience: For pretty much everyone but especially for Harvey and Louis. She is often the one that makes the two of them question their morality and whether or not they are doing something wrong. It often takes either a talk or a lecture from Donna to get either Harvey or Louis to second-guess their actions.

* GirlFriday: For Harvey, Mike and Louis. She is often the one who helps them out when they need information for cases and what not. Donna is the considered to be the "Go To Girl" whenever a problem or issue comes up and needs to be solved.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: When Donna visits Louis at the range she outshoots him with ease. She then reveal that she was a champion competitive shooter in her youth.
* LargeHam: Befitting her formidable acting skills (both the character In-Universe and the actress who plays her), Donna is this on a regular basis, until she gets pushed over the edge later.

* NumberTwo: To Harvey. She is basically his right hand woman, his confidant and his MoralityPet.

* PluckyOfficeGirl: For the most part, Donna is actually the most optimistic and hopeful character on the show. She is also the one to try to relieve tension amongst among situations and other characters from time to time.

* SassySecretary: Donna is very sarcastic and witty. She always has a solid come back and good one liners, which often results in SnarkToSnarkCombat with other characters, especially Harvey.

* WomenAreWiser: Donna seems to be much more wise, logical and practical in her thinking and outlook than her male counterparts such as Harvey, Louis and even Mike at times.

* NiceGirl: Despite allusions to a less than moral past, she is definitely this. She is generally friendly to everyone in the office and will even go out of her way to help those in need, even if they have mistreated her. Her interactions with Louis's associate are a good example. And you ''have'' to be this trope to be able to be civil with early seasons Louis.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Rachel can be partly said to be driven by this, though there's more to it than that. She and Robert eventuall work through it when working on cases together in later seasons.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's beautiful, composed, aloof woman with black hair.

* TeamMom: Jessica is the authority figure that intervenes to make Louis and Harvey play nice.

[[folder: Daniel Hardman]]

* BigBad: The closet the series has to one being the most frequent recurring antagonist and one whose actions have long reaching consequences. His attempted take over causes huge loses for the firm that they merge with Darby International, this leads to Harvey and Mike's temporary rift and the mess with Ava Hessington's criminal trial.
** He {{blackmail}}s Jeff Solof into helping in a second attempt in season 5 to be allowed to return to the firm and one of the Senior Partner's moves was [[spoiler: to appoint Mike as a Junior Partner which draw too much attention and being revealed as a fraud.]]
** His third and final appearance is as Simon Lowe's attorney as an attempt to get Harvey disbarred for breaking privilege and regain his reputation as a serious lawyer. [[spoiler: Instead Robert Zane gets disbarred and Faye Richardson get appointed as managing partner via Special Master]] and the events of the final season.

-->'''Zoe''': Ok, first of all I'm younger than Creator/AnneBancroft.\\

* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: Louis is not nice to any of his associates, but he likes to treat Harold as his personal ButtMonkey. Not only he's versally abusive towards him, he also makes Harold take care of his cat even though it is clearly evident that Harold is extremely allergic.

* WhosLaughingNow: He sues Louis from his new firm and even manages to one-up him, until Louis goes after his career. After Rachel points this out to Louis, Louis gives in and accepts Harold's original statement.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Last seen in the second to last episode of Season 1 and never gets a mention ever again, even his actions that episode aren't brought up again.

* ArmouredClosetGay: He was in the past; as he confesses to Jessica, the times were different in the past, and back when he was with [[spoiler: Ava's father]] he stayed in the closet.

* BookSmart: She's an intelligent and accomplished attorney with even better grades at Harvard than Harvey, although he enjoys pointing out that while she's better on paper, he tends to outperform her in actual cases since she thinks too much "by-the-book".

* HelloAttorney: She fits the stereotype of a young, attractive, and successful single attorney that has a sensual and confident demeanor.

!!Nigel Nebitt

[[folder: General]]

* ItsPersonal: A lot of the Firms trouble with Law Enforcement or the DA's office come up because of personal grudges, usually against Harvey.

[[folder: Cameron Dennis]]

The Manhattan [=DA=] and Harvey's mentor during his time as a Assistant District Attorney, he comes back into his protege's life when he's investigated for burying evidence to get convictions.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Harvey tries to pull this during Ava Hassington's murder trial, since Dennis used to be all about "putting the bad guy behind bars" no matter what, and Ava is, against all odds, innocent.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: A darker version of this trope; Cameron twists and bends the law, going as far as to committing illegal acts such as burying evidence, if he thinks the person is guilty and should be locked up.

* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to have no real reason for some of his actions beyond being petty towards Harvey. In particular his decision to seek life in prison for Clifford Danner comes off as incredibly cruel to a man who's already spent 12 year in jail. Obviously Wolf didn't know for certain he was innocent, but he's still potentially punishing a man who's already served most of his sentence with life in prison to send a message.

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He may be willing to use underhanded methods to gather evidence against those investigates but he won't delude himself into thinking he's a saint.

* HeroAntagonist: She's prosecuting the fraud case against Mike, which puts her opposed to our heroes, but also completely in the right. Mike, Harvey and the rest who know absolutey had defrauded dozens if not hundreds of clients, regardless of how nice a guy Mike is or how good he is at his job. Even her dirty tactics aren't all that far from things Harvey himself would do if roles were reversed.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she is a jerk about it, Anita's point that Mikes lack of a formal education easily could easily have resulted in inadequate representation for his clients is very valid. Considering the high stakes of many of his cases like [[MiscarriageOfJustice Clifford Danner]] [[FromBadToWorse potential ending up in prison for life during his retrial]], Mike and his clients are ultimately VERY lucky that he did end up being very good at his job.

A Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and later a Deputy Attorney General for State of New York, his time at the [=DA=]'s office started out the same as Harvey with the two having a complex past.

* RememberTheNewGuy: {{Deconstructed}}. Harvey barely remembers the man despite being at the [=DA=]'s office at the same time which is actually one of Malik's point that makes him dislike the corporate lawyer.

The paternal grandmother of Mike Ross and his legal guardian growing up after his parents were killed in a car crash, her increasing health issues over the years is what ulitmately leads him to Harvey Specter and joining Pearson Hardman by chance.

* AffectionateNickname: Is called Grammy by her grandson despite being an adult and she in turns calls him "Michael" while everyone else calls him Mike.
* KilledOffscreen: Mike is preparing an apartment that he bought for her when Rachel arrives, delivering the bad news that she's passed away. Worse he had gotten it partly out of guilt for allowing work take time away from her and had been planning to be more attentive.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her son (Mike's dad) died in a car accident when mike was a kid.

[[folder: Trevor Evans]]

* EvilFormerFriend: To Mike. ''Evil'' is kind of a stretch, but he's certainly not burdened with a strong moral compass. He's a drug dealer who's been lying to his girlfriend about it and is consantly using Mike's abilities to his own benifit, usually to Mike's detriment. In generall he's a complete {{Jerkass}} and basically everyone in Mike's life, including his grandmother, tells him to drop the bum.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In season 5, Trevor, no longer a drug dealer, seemingly becomes a better person and has a friendly conversation with Mike...except that he has also become very judgmental about Mike breaking the law (even if it was Trevor's fault in the first place) and refuses to attend his wedding. In a later episode he even turns against Mike at the trial, ready to reveal everything about him.
* TheMillstone: For Mike. Everything that went wrong for Mike between his tenure at the University and the beginning of the series was because of Trevor's douchebaggery. But because they were the best of friends before that Mike stood by him no matter what. As Mike's grandmother put it, Trevor is an anchor. At the same time, after getting caught selling test answers, which Mike got for him, he refuses to give up his friend, claiming that he got the answers all by himself.

[[folder: Lily Specter]]

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The first step towards proper reconciliation between her and Harvey is admitting this. Harvey blaming her for everything for his entire life is not fair, especially when her other son and late husband had forgiven her. Lily in turn admits that having her teenage son keep her on-going infidelity from his father was an obviously horrible decision.

* ParentsAsPeople: She obviously wasn't the best parent or wife, but it's also acknolweged that Harvey blaming her for the rest of their lives isn't fair either. Gordon wasn't exactly a great husband either, and while her cheating is never treated as justified, it is portrayed as an understandable mistake.

[[folder: Marcus Specter]]

-->'''Gordon''': Do you have any idea what its like to explain to a five year old why Grandma and Uncle Harvey can't be in the same room?

[[folder: Laura Zane]]

* BrokenPedestal: After he's arrested for fraud, Laura's understandably angry with both Mike and Jessica that they have been lying to them for years and worse, endangered their daughter's future. [[spoiler: What's more its can infered that they would have been still angry but would have agreed to be fellow {{Secret Keeper}}s.]]

* FlatCharacter: You don't hear much about her other than her disapproval over Mike's lies and Rachel constantly hawing and hemming over marriage dates.
* OutOfFocus: Given that she's not a lawyer, she only shows up occassionally and is never really key to the plot. Even as her husband becomes a more significant character she doesn't show up often.

->'''Portrayed by''': [[spoiler: Creator/AmyAcker]]
The sister of Louis Litt who he has a relationship typical of teenagers despite both being adults, Esther makes her first onscreen appearance in season 5 looking to Pearson Specter Litt for legal help.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Her company makes and sells bake goods, specifically muffins, and Esther takes care to protect her company and her consumers by checking the inventory and suppliers to ensure the her products use safe ingredients.

* MaidenNameDebate: When his parents pull the IWantGrandkids card on Louis after making senior partner, he points out Esther has children to which his father responded that her children aren't "Litts" and carry on the family name.
* OnTheRebound: She shows an attraction to Harvey and two spend the night together, however Harvey beleives that she's simply still hurting from the divorce and turns down pursing anything further.

* AmoralAttorney: While many of the Lawyers in the show work in grey areas, Tanner is probably the most obvious example of one. In his first appearance he commits multiple outright crimes, abliet in ways that can't be traced back to him. He tends to assume that other lawyers will operate this way as well, which Harvey uses to his advantage.

* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made this when he resurfaces in "Toe to Toe". Harvey doesn't believe it for a second, but he does in fact behave in a completely reputable manner, even offer to recuse himself from the case because he knows Harvey doesn't trust or believe him.

** In this same episode where the exchange takes place two things are revealed: 1) Daniel Hardman, the former managing partner, was a such a bigger {{Jerkass}} that he made Louis look like a NiceGuy. 2) There's a method to this maddness as it turns out it runs on the philosophy that MiseryBuildsCharacter or skillset in this case. When he learns that the Associates think he dumps his work on them so he doesn't have to do it and have no respect for him, Louis proceeds to complete all of their assignments in a single night that they had all day to do. It should also be noted that whether it's an associate who trained under him or Louis himself looking for a job, his training methods are used as a ''selling point''.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rachel. They give each other advice on everything and you ''know'' shit's hit the fan if they fall out over soemthing.

'''Louis''': [[InsaneTrollLogic Well I did until I found out was I the second best at it.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: Louis, though a sadist teacher to his associates, cares for them on some level. Showing weakness may not be liked but when [[spoiler: he was quitting and saw Mike come out of an elevator with a bloody face, he dropped his stuff and rushed to help Mike, taking him to the bathroom to get cleaned up without a second thought]]. Likewise, though he was determined to make Katrina respect him, he nevertheless [[spoiler: ultimately assisted her in her case even as he was trying to make a fool of her.]]

* TheLancer: After season 6.

%%* NumberTwo

%%* DarkSecret:

* BadBoss: Louis actually takes pride in how badly he treats the new associates.

* {{Flanderization}}: While he starts as an unsympathetic yet very competent BadBoss-type with a few quirks (his soft spot for cats and a couple of unusual hobbies), by season three these quirks started overriding his professionalism, making him go to a mock trial for custody over a cat with an opposing (and equally eccentric) lawyer that isn't even his in the first place, and later totally flunks extremely important negotiations with said lawyer because of that cat. The other guy told him that he didn't read the cat the letters he wrote her.

%%* InsufferableGenius: When it comes to financials.

* PetTheDog:
** He has his moments, though they're usually take a while to happen and they're often for selfish reasons. Which makes the moments when he's sincere even more surprising, at least to everyone but himself.

* AmoralAttorney: He will often use questionable and underhanded tactics to win a case or close a deal, but he will also go out of his way to help out an innocent person even if it jeopardizes the case. His 'crusades' are usually motivated by his ego: he is showing off what a great lawyer he is. However, he seems able to sacrifice his ego if the case is really important.

* AFatherToHisMen: To the younger associates.

%%* MrFanservice: And, knows it.

%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rachel.

* NiceGirl: Despite allusions to a less than moral past, she is definitely this. She is generally friendly to everyone in the office and will even go out of her way to help those in need, even if they have mistreated her. Her interactions with Louis's associate are a good example.

%%* PlatonicLifePartners: With Louis, to a degree.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Rachel can be partly said to be driven by this, though there's more to it than that.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He's outright stated to be basically the British version of Harvey in that he's NumberTwo to the Managing Partner of a prominent law firm. [[spoiler: However, Harvey for all his arrogance and willingness to bend ]]
%%* EvilBrit: He turns out to be.

%%* FlatCharacter:

An incredibly powerful New York law firm. It came under the control of Jessica Pearson after she and Daniel Hardman staged a coup against the original name partners. The firm is notable in that it has a long-standing policy of only hiring Harvard Law School graduates with less than a handle of exceptions.

* NeverMyFault: A lot in the beginnings of her career at Pearson & Hardman. She has a rather nasty tendency to shift blame and deflect whenever others call her out for her AlphaBitch attitude and her cutthroat methods. Even when she tries to apologize, she can't help but word said apology in a way that makes it sound like the recipient would be unreasonable not to immediately accept it, completely ignoring any reaons they might have for not doing so.

** Louis initially reacts this way when he realizes Jeff used his friendship with him to get close to Jessica, though later recants this when he realizes Jeff loved her (and Louis needs his help).

!!Darby International
[[folder: Edward Darby]]
!!Edward Darby
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ConlethHill

* ArmouredClosetGay: He was in the past; as he confesses to Jessica, the times were different in the past, and back when he was with [[spoiler: Ava's father]] he stayed in the closet.
%%* StraightGay

[[folder: Scottie]]
! Dana "Scottie" Scott
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AbigailSpencer
One of Harvey's academic rivals from Harvard and his on-off FriendsWithBenefits despite often being on the opposite sides of legal battles. Later after the merger and dissolving of Pearson Darby, she becomes a Senior Partner at Pearson Specter and attempts a relationship with him but ultimately leaves.

* MamasBoy: Absolutely devoted to his grandmother and even buys a large apartment for the both of them so they can spend more time together. He's devastated when Rachel informs his of her death just before they were supposed to move in.