THink about this.
HKS attaches himself to ANS way back when when J. Howard Marshall died. He holds her purse and her coca-cola’s since way back then waiting for his millions to come in.
But they lose the Texas case. They win in Cali and then win again and then lose. Finally it goes to the Supreme Court.
In the meantime HKS is stuck with ANS...Ms. Trainwreck herself. A whore, a pig, drug addict alcoholic who was mean when crossed or sober. HKS had to keep the ANS empire afloat during lean times (when ANS weighed over 300 lbs or was pregnant) in order to pay the army of lawyers to keep the lawsuits both for and against them floating along.
LB and DAnny were big threats to his control of ANS and both got squeezed out. HKS knew that child would be a magnet between ANS and LB and would be a threat to his future. DAnny getting older and more assertive and questioning was another threat to him.
There was NO WAY he was walking away from ANS when he had worked for over a decade on the Marshall money. No matter what he had to do he was not going to let anyone and that included ANS, her children, her boyfriend or anyone else get between him and the money he felt he had coming.
ANS could order him to leave all she wanted... he just increased the drug dosage to keep her asleep longer.
This may sound stupid - I am not a leagal eagle - but is there a point at which Howard could have ended his “legal” relationship with Anna and still received the benefits of the Marshall lawsuit? I mean if you have a lawyer who works on a big case for you - takes you most of the way to a settlement or a win - but then you have a falling out and you hire a new atty. to finish the last bit of the job - does that first atty. get any of the $$ besides just their pay? Does the new lawyer just get to step in at the end and reap the rewards? Maybe someone will know.