Businesswoman Chapter 25

By seeing the black robes, Loreen and Lisa looked at each other with profundity and respect. They visited the Court of Chancery in Georgetown.

“I remember studying about this in college,” Loreen announced. “Two thirds of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware. Now, of course, they have headquarters elsewhere, but they know that if there’s going to be litigation with a certain firm, it’s going to be settled in the First State.”

“Yes, I too remember that from school. We did a mock trial, no jury of course,” Lisa replied.

“Here he comes,” Loreen instructed Lisa to rise to her feet. Judge Grayson Dett strode out of his chambers. He had converted to civilian clothes and looked sharp in business attire.

“Good afternoon, sir,” the two women said in unison.

“Ladies, good afternoon.”

“We just wanted to talk about the possibility of—”

“Hold it, Businesswoman…” He turned to Lisa. “Businessgirl?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Businesswoman, Businessgirl, I know what you’re about to ask. You’re going to say when will more companies be protected by the courts, no?”

Loreen smiled frankly. “No, sir. We were preparing to advise a company based in Dallas that is incorporated in Delaware.”

“And?”

“And we wanted to lend our expertise,” Loreen claimed.

“What you two do is great. ‘Crusaders for business.’ That’s wonderful, but we just got through establishing a statute barring third parties from influencing the subject of a lawsuit.”

“I’m sure you know that billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are on the line here….”

“I know. So?”

“So, we will find some way to save this company.”

“Do you know what they create?” Judge Dett asked.

“Yes, they developed an app that makes it possible for linguists to make personal lessons with students,” Lisa answered.

Loreen beamed. “Sir, we know.”