YMMV / The King of Torts

• Evil Is Cool: Max Pace may be a confidence artist who engages in outright immoral business practices, but he is also a very charismatic character, perhaps more than Jarrett Clay Carter II.
• Magnificent Bastard: "Max Pace", real name unknown, is a smooth talking con artist who offers inside information on faulty medication, ensuring profits by selling pharmaceutical shares short. Enlisting the services of aspiring attorney Jarrett Clay Carter II, Max has Clay start his own firm, sell pharmaceutical stocks short, and legally settle with the pharmaceutical companies in question, with Clay and his firm paying off people affected negatively by the faulty medication and keeping the rest of the profits. When the FBI pursues him for fraud, Max disappears with his own profits, abandoning Clay and leaving him bankrupt and disbarred.