Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway

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name=Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg, & Holliway


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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="She-Hulk" #1 (May 2004)
creators=Dan Slott
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base=Timely Plaza
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employees=Holden Holliway
Arthur Zix
Jennifer Walters
Stu Cicero
Augustus "Pug" Pugliese
Mallory Book
Awesome Andy
Two-Gun Kid
Ditto
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Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway is the name of a fictional law firm featured in the pages of the "She-Hulk" comic books, published by Marvel Comics.cite book | last = Sanderson | first = Peter | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City | publisher = Pocket Books | date = 2007 | location = New York City | pages = 3 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1-14653-141-6] Created by Dan Slott, senior GLK&H law partner Holden Holliway first appeared in "She-Hulk" #1 (May 2004), where he hired the titular heroine to be a lawyer for his law firm, but as Jennifer Walters.

As a law firm specializing in superhuman law, they represent superhumans whenever they need any sort of legal help. These cases can run from libel lawsuits (such as the one launched by Spider-Man against J. Jonah Jameson in "She-Hulk" #4) to defending superheroes from damages (such as in "She-Hulk" #10, where The Constrictor sued Hercules for $168M). Their legal cases also run into the outer-worldly territory, such as across time, space, and the mortal plane.

To help with legal precedents, actual Marvel Comics (especially those published with the approval of the Comics Code Authority) are routinely cited as legal documents. As a result, their library basement consists entirely of comic books, although they were forced to change over to trade paperbacks when the law offices were destroyed in "She-Hulk" #11 (March 2005).

Initially representing heroes, the law firm began representing villains, which leads to some conflicts of interest, considering Jennifer Walters' status as a superheroine.

In "She-Hulk" #21 (2007), the firm name becomes Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Book.

The main offices of the firm are located in Timely Plaza (a reference to Timely Comics) in New York City, which, according to Dan Slott, is near the New York Supreme Court.

The name of the firm is a series of references to the history of Marvel Comics: Martin Goodman was Marvel's original publisher; "Lieber" and "Kurtzberg" are references to the birth names of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; "Holliway" is merely a fictional character.

Personnel Roster

*Goodman, Lieber, and Kurtzberg (first names all unknown), the first three senior law partners of GLK&H. Their names are based on founding members of Marvel Comics, namely Martin Goodman (the first publisher at Marvel), Stan Lee (born Stanley Lieber), and Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg).
*Holden Holliway. The only regularly seen partner at GLK&H. He is currently on sabbatical while he tracks down his delinquent granddaughter, Sasha Martin (a.k.a. the teen supervillain, Southpaw).
*Jennifer Walters, also known as She-Hulk, she was recruited at GLK&H due to her experience in the superhuman community. As Holliway hired Jennifer Walters (as opposed to She-Hulk), one of the terms of her employment is that she comes to work in her normal form, a policy that has since been relaxed with Arthur Zix in charge. Now he's gone and after a brief leave she is back on the payroll.
*Arthur Zix. The mysterious lawyer who first appeared in the second "She-Hulk" series, he is left in charge at GLK&H while Holliway is on sabbatical. He has a much more relaxed approach to law and allows Jennifer Walters to come into work as She-Hulk. He put in changes at the law firm to allow them to start defending the supervillain community. Ultimately revealed to be a disguised RT-Z9 (or simply "Z9"), She-Hulk's robotic recorder and bailiff while she works for the Magistrati (agents of the Living Tribunal). A more complete version of his name is "Rigel Type Zeta 9". He appears to be a variant of the Rigellians' Recorders. He is now destroyed, having been used by a villain in his attempts to find a safe place to plot his attack on creation.
*Augustus "Pug" Pugliese, Jennifer Walters' roommate, colleague, and occasional work-out partner. Holds an unspoken crush on her, although she's married to John Jameson. He took a potion from a witch and now only see's She-hulk as a friend and is that witch's indentured servant.
*Mallory Book, another lawyer at GLK&H. Is antagonistic towards Jennifer Walters for reasons not-yet fully understood. She was left confined to a wheelchair when the law offices were destroyed, although she has since recovered. She is also The Leader's attorney during his trial (She Hulk v.2#19). She now heads up the firm and rehired She-hulk, provided she work as Jennifer Walters. Her "Ultimate plan" whatever it was, was revealed by RTZ9 as ultimately not important in the great scheme of things and petty.
*Stu Cicero, works in the law library basement. He was almost killed by Boomerang, but because of the shift from comics to trade paperbacks, they were thick enough to prevent a weaponized boomerang from stabbing him. He is also in possession of an official No-Prize from Marvel Comics. He was shot and appeared to be disintegrated by Arthur Zix in "She-Hulk" #10 (October 2006) upon discovering Zix' true identity. However, he had been merely teleported to Duckworld, pseudo-homeworld of Howard the Duck ("She-Hulk" v.2 #19). Now back he's taken up a job at Marvel comics.
*Awesome Andy, formerly the Awesome Android, used to be the robotic lackey of Mad Thinker. He gained self-awareness and is now a general office worker at GLK&H, doing heavy lifting and other menial tasks. He was also responsible for Mallory Book's rehabilitation and developed a crush on her, although he left the firm after she rejected him. He was last seen returning to his creator, his memory apparently wiped by himself.
*Two-Gun Kid, the time-displaced former Avenger who was initially brought in as a lawyer, but due to him needing to catch up on over 100 years of changes in the justice system, he decided to focus on more of a bailiff-type role, which allows him to keep his guns.
*Ditto, the shape-shifting process server, who assumes the form of trusted individuals to serve legal notices. After he gave up the whereabouts of Jennifer Walters to Titania, his then-roommate Awesome Andy ceased communications with him. Discovering the murder of Stu by Zix, Ditto has been forced to take Stu's place, despite his lack of knowledge of comics. (In a typical in-joke, when Ditto claims to know nothing of comic continuity, Zix responds "From what I've heard of comics these days, that shouldn't be a problem.")
*Sasha Martin, who is also known as the supervillain Southpaw. A glimpse into the future reveals that she will become a lawyer herself, influenced by her grandfather. Currently on the run.
*Whiz Kid, a superfast courier in the firm's mail room. Currently a member of the Liberteens.

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