Law & Order (TV Series)

Nowhere Man (2004)

Vyto Ruginis: William Wachtler

Quotes 

• Jack McCoy : Tenofskie loved what he did. He loved the D.A.'s office, loved trial work. He even loved the appeals bureau.

  Serena Southerlyn : The only thing that could have stopped him from going after your clients was the fear of losing all of that.

  Jack McCoy : Back in 1978, you were a night student at Brooklyn Law, but you took one day class. Corporations, with Professor Hoffman.

  William Wachtler : I barely remember it.

  Serena Southerlyn : You had a classmate, the real Daniel Tenofsky; the one who dropped out.

  Jack McCoy : You sat across the aisle from him for six months. So when Libretti and Biscotti and you had your first sit-down with our Dan Tenofskie, whose real name was Jacob Dieter, you knew he was a fake.

  William Wachtler : You'll never prove that.

  Jack McCoy : Your clients did not bribe Tenofskie. They blackmailed him, with your help. They threatened to expose him, threatened to take away his identity, take away the life he'd built for himself.

  William Wachtler : You want me testify against these guys?

  Jack McCoy : Libretti, Biscotti, and Tortomassi.

  William Wachtler : I'll need to go into witness protection.

  Jack McCoy : You'll testify and go to jail. And if I'm in a good mood, I'll consider arranging segregation from the general population.