Louise "Lulu" Archer

Character introduced in "Loyalities"

Age:?

Marital status: was single when she took the job at Legal Services and married her boyfriend, Brian Olsen ["The Beginning"], whom she's dated since college and whom her parents like and refer to as their son-in-law ["In Loco Parentis"].

Children: None

Family Background:
Mother: Caroline Novak (nee Valent): lives in Vermont with boyfriend, Glen. Described by mother as a "lazy girl" who "slept around" and has terrible luck with men.["Chinese Wall"], Caroline has been married three time. She married Jack Novak in the mid-80s. According to Burton, Caroline was “one hell of a dancer”. Caroline also owns a company called Travel Master, which sues a lot and is sued and investigated a lot. Travel Master is also a client of Fallin & Fallin [“Ambition”]
Father:?
Maternal Grandmother: Rose Valent: widow for 20 years. Has Alzheimers disease and lives in nursing home. Caroline had guardianship, but relinquished it to a Harrisburg-based company when she moved to Vermont. Lulu got guardianship after Rose learning of Rose's abuse in the nursing home. Lulu learns that Rose had a lover, Darren, during her marriage.["Chinese Wall"]
Maternal Grandfather: William Valent: deceased. Knew of Rose's lover. ["Chinese Wall"]

Education:

• Undergraduate: ?
• Law School: Ohio State University [Columbia TriStar Production site], graduated from law school “6 years ago” [“Ambition”]
• Clerkship: just completed a Federal clerkship with Judge McHenry["Loyalities"]

Employment:

• Legal Services: Assistant Director["Loyalities"]Replaced Alvin on the Board of Trustees at Legal Services["Assuming the Position"]
• Lulu is offered a job at her mother’s company, Travel Master. She is interested in it due to her personal financial troubles and that she also lost her last 15 Legal Services cases. However, Nick tells her the company is in loads of legal and financial troubles, so she decline the offer.[“Ambition”],
• Begins doing some contract work on the side for Fallin & Fallin to supplement her income[“Ambition”]

Misc.:

• She took over Nick's broom closet-office.["Loyalities"]
• Interviewed by Nick for a position at Fallin & Associates, but tells him at the interview that he has helped her to decided to accept another job (at Legal Services) ["Loyalities"]
• Doesn't like classical music["Solidarity"]
• Doesn't wear her engagement ring to work due to the large size of the stone.["The Divide"]
• Her wedding ceremony is to take place at Brian's parent's country club["The Divide"]
• Uses her married name, Olsen
• Used to run in marathons [“You Belong to Me”]
• In High School, Lulu was the #1 magazine subscription seller for 3 consecutive years. She would buy a copy of every magazine and give articles that she thought would interest her potential victims. [“Ambition”]
• Chupa Chups lollipops: Lulu’s favorite candy per her mother [“Ambition”]
• Lulu wins a silent auction of Burton’s antique law books. The box, however, contains a Fallin family photo album and a slide carousel dated 1974 –1977. When Brian catches her viewing the slides one evening, he returns the box and its contents to Nick. [“Know Your Man”]
• Drives a Volkswagon (not the Beetle kind) [“Where are you”]

Character introduced in "In Loco Parentis" as Lulu's boyfriend. Later in Season 1, Brian became Lulu's fiance. ["Solidarity"]
Age: late 20's-early 30's
Family background: Not much is known about Brian's family, except his mother was driving Lulu crazy during the wedding plans and that his parents belong to a country club ["The Beginning"]. Brian’s mother lives in New Mexico, where she is ill, requiring Brian to visit her. [“You Belong to Me”, “Ambition”]
Occupation:When he was introduced to Nick, Brian was a finishing a medical residency at an unnamed hospital in Columbus, Ohio ["Solidarity"]. In the Season 2 episode, "Sacrifice", Brian is on staff at Pittsburgh County Hospital and working as a surgeon. After a number of deaths, Brian is investigated. In the end, Brian is cleared of wrong-doing in the deaths. However, Brian failed to disclose to the hospital that he was diagnosed with epilepsy 7 years ago and is currently under treatment for the disorder. Brian's privileges at the hospital are suspended. Brian sues County General for wrongful termination. The suit is for $1.5 million. He eventually settles for substantially less. Brian also gets a job in Columbus Ohio at Columbus Presbyterian. [“Know Your Man”]
Prostitution Problem:Brian lived in Columbus Ohio and drives to Pittsburgh to visit Lulu and to attend the engagement party thrown by Lulu's friend Kate (another lawyer). He arrives early and Lulu isn't at home. He then goes to a bar and picks up a prostitute. He is arrested for soliciting a prostitute and has Nick represent him. Brian is released with a $ 600 fine and 3 weeks of a class for people who solicit prostitutes. Lulu is unaware of his habit. ["Lawyers, Guns and Money"]
Lulu-Brian courtship and marriage: Brian and Lulu met during a "college mixer" his last year in college. He was off to medical school in Columbus, Ohio. He was finishing his residency in an unknown medical specialty and was planning to go to New York after residency. ["Solidarity"] (I do hope Dr. Brian is specializing in pathology or something that doesn't have to do with direct patient care. His crack about leaving caring about people to Lulu sounds like he shouldn't be allowed to go near living patients.---Milz). He asked Lulu to marry him. ["Solidarity"]. The wedding was to be held at "Brian's parent's country club" and Lulu's ring is rather large preventing her from wearing it at work. ["The Divide"]
Overwhelmed by the wedding plans and confused by her feelings for Nick, Lulu and Brian get married in Atlantic City. ["The Beginning"]

Lulu reveals to Brian that she knew of his arrest 3 weeks before their marriage. ["Assuming the Position"] She reveals to Nick that she knew that he represented Brian in court ["The Living"] The marriage deteriorates significantly in "Assuming the Position", when Lulu learns of Brian's prostitution trouble ["Lawyers, Guns and Money"]. As of "Sacrifice", Brian and Lulu's marriage is headed toward separation, with Brian planning to return to Columbus, Ohio. Lulu didn't know Brian was an epileptic until it was revealed in "Sacrifice".
Misc:
Brian also enjoys classical music ["Solidarity"]
In addition to taking Dilatin for his epilepsy, Brian is also taking Zoloft, an anti-depressant ["Sacrifice"]