Brad Chase
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Brad Chase is a fictional attorney portrayed by Mark Valley on the American legal show Boston Legal.
He is a former Marine and has expressed conservative-leaning views. In "The Nutcrackers (3x10)", Jeffrey Coho, in an attempt at reconciliation, mentioned "Peace on Earth," a line from "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." In response, Brad stated, "I knew it. Liberal" indicating an opposite view of politics. Alan Shore once commented that Chase views global warming as "fuzzy math."
Brad was transferred from Crane, Poole & Schmidt's Washington, D.C. office in the series pilot to assist in reining in the erratic conduct of Denny Crane. A former Marine, Brad is extremely patriotic and frequently voices his support for the military. He and Alan Shore frequently clashed. Throughout the series he had a close friendship with Lori Colson until she left the firm; he also at one point wished to take their relationship further but she declined. He has developed a good friendship with fellow attorney Denise Bauer in the second season, leading to a "friends with benefits" arrangements.
In the second season, Brad became a partner at the firm. Despite this promotion, he nearly lost his job. Suspicious of Denny's fiance's intentions, he offered her $500,000 not to marry Denny. To convince Denny to reach a divorce settlement, Brad admitted his actions, after which Denny promptly fired him. Ultimately, Denny relented and gained greater respect for Brad.
Brad's former background as a Marine makes him a person that the firm turns to when they need a difficult job done. He helped Denise Bauer rescue a young boy from the kidnapping hands of a pedophile by impersonating an FBI officer along with Denise in order to assume the authority to do what was necessary to save the young child belonging to a friend of Denise. Also, Brad goes undercover and discovers that Paul Lewiston's daughter was using methamphetamine.
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| Alan Shore | Denny Crane | Shirley Schmidt Brad Chase | Paul Lewiston | Denise Bauer | Jeffrey Coho |
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