Character details


First Name
Nathaniel
Last Name
Parker
Notes
Wolfe's lawyer -- the only lawyer Wolfe ever sent orchids to. A bachelor who plays bridge on winter Sundays. (Appears as "Henry" Parker in The Squirt & the Monkey and The Golden Spiders.)
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Parker represents Sarah Jaffee at Wolfe's request. (He also asks her out.)
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Had authority to sign Wolfe's checks while Wolfe was in Montenegro.
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Mentioned; Archie calls him and gets his clerk, while checking out Rudolph Hansen's bona fides.
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Served as Selma Molloy's attorney and arranged for Pat Degan to serve as her administrator and open the safety deposit box.
Reserved notes for this caseHe and Archie refused to leave the room when Pat Degan wanted to open the safety deposit box in private.
Springs Archie (no bail this time).
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Wolfe phones him.
Reserved notes for this caseBecause the phones are being monitored, Wolfe speaks to Parker in French to find out the particulars of the Ambassador's immunity.
Called in by Wolfe after his and Archie's arrest as material witnesses.
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Wolfe hired Parker to obtain the release of Saul Panzer and Fred Durkin when they were arrested while 'staking out' the cottage of Alice Porter.
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Mentioned by Archie.
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Archie decided not to use him to bail out Mira Holt because his fee would be ten times the amount of Archie's retainer.
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Bails Archie out.
Reserved notes for this caseArchie is insulted that his bail is only $500.
Recommended by Wolfe to Mrs. Hazen
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Telephoned by Wolfe when Cramer brandishes material witness warrants. ghetto!!!
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On Wolfe's recommendation, asked to represent Elma in an action against Mercer's and several of its employees for defamation.
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Bails Archie out; Archie, not Wolfe, is his client.
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Mentioned, as Archie contemplates asking Wolfe whether to call him on Kirk's behalf.
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Engaged by Orrie upon the latter's arrest as a material witness; Orrie sent him to Archie.
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Bailed out Wolfe and Archie at $30,000 each.
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