Twice Schlichtmann had gone up against Cheeseman, one of Boston’s best practitioners in pretrial maneuvers, and he had come out a winner both times. The case was two and a half years old now, and so far he had done nothing but respond to Cheeseman’s attacks. Many years later Schlichtmann would say that if it had not been for Cheeseman, especially the Rule 11 motion, he might have followed Conway’s advice and let Woburn slip away.

Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, loc. 682