Childers, Strauslund, Goldman and Wu was a very prestigious law firm in the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Their only clients were the Hauptman Cartel, the Hauptman family and, on occasion, Lady Honor Harrington. Clarise Childers, the firm's president and senior partner, personally handled the negotiations with ski consortiums to develop ski resorts in the Duchy of Harrington on the planet Gryphon. (HH10)