SPOTTED: NOLAN FITZPATRICK in new york city! heard the THIRTY-NINE year old belongs to THE CONTINGENCY as an INFORMANT. word on the streets is that they can be CHARISTMATIC, RESOURCEFUL, but they can also be IMPULSIVE, OPPORTUNISTIC.
character name: nolan michael fitzpatrick
birthday & star sign: march twenty-ninth, aries
gender & pronouns: male, he/him
occupation: criminal defense attorney at fitzpatrick law, pllc
education: BBA (finance), queens college; JD (law), columbia university
sexuality: heterosexual
gang affiliation: the contingency
faceclaim: charlie cox
character inspo: saul goodman (breaking bad/better call saul), matt murdock (daredevil), dan egan (veep)
tl;dr biography key points.
tw: religion, mentions of illness, suicide, death
Nolan Fitzpatrick grew up in a devout Irish Catholic family consisting of two parents and younger brother. They moved from Londonderry, Northern Ireland to the US when Nolan was 13 after his father, Jack, decided he wanted to expand his family's deli business out west.
Despite their success back in Europe, the same couldn't be said for here in NYC. Feeling helpless, Nolan resorted to hustling, scamming to help with business, keeping his newfound tricks of the trade secret as much as possible as neither parent would approve.
After Jack was suddenly killed in a robbery attempt, Nolan and his little brother took over the family business. His mother took her life soon after, leaving him to raise Ronan alone at only eighteen.
Struggling financially for many years, Nolan eventually pursued law, borrowing heavily to attend law school and eventually passing the bar.
He became a criminal defense attorney, initially working out of the deli before opening his own practice, leaving the day to day operations to Ronan. Nolan gained a reputation as a smarmy, morally flexible lawyer, willing to do whatever it takes to win cases.
Though still operating as a free agent, a go-between for the various gangs with loyalty for none and knowledge for the highest bidder, Nolan more recently made a deal with Imani Kline to become an informant for the Contingency.
headcanons
very devoutly catholic, but surely does not practice what he preaches -- which is why he can often be found in a confession booth at his church at least once a week.
big time poker player. catch him at the casinos making poor financial decisions.
does not like to talk about either of his parents much, but especially not his mother. that's a sore subject.
he considers himself a free agent even despite now being tied to the contingency, willing to work with whatever organization has the money to hire him. he gets results, even if he gets them in a way that could easily make him lose his license to practice law.
no one other than imani or his paralegal, cc, knows about his ties to the contingency.
he's a lot more eloquent of a speaker while he's working, but once he's off the clock he's less polished in his words, far looser with his grasp of grammar and much more crass.
often works most days out of the week, usually he gives himself two dedicated saturdays off a month -- but if duty calls, he's there, priding himself on always being available.
a big whore with commitment issues. he thinks he wants a relationship, will be a fabulous boyfriend for a time, but then he'll inevitably drop the ball and put everything before his relationships.
boxes for fun, helps him out when he inevitably gets in a scrap or too. please don't piss this man off when he's drunk.
loves to be by the water, LOVES a boat moment. honestly park this man anywhere by the ocean and he is happy as a clam, but will burn without sunscreen,
not a pet person. he likes cats and dogs well enough, but feels he is far too busy to be able to properly take care of one.
full biography
Church, school, and family — that had been his father’s mantra for as long as Nolan Fitzpatrick could remember. It bellowed throughout the halls of the household as him and his younger brother woke up in the morning all the way up until they were tucked into bed at night. Honor thy father and thy mother. Even despite Nolan's behavioral issues, the love and respect he had for his parents was paramount, only superseded by his love and respect for God.
Born in the city of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the young family immigrated to the states when Nolan was thirteen years old. His father, Jack, had dreams of moving and expanding their successful family-owned chain of deli's out west. After years of planning, saving, acquiring all the proper permits, they were off to start their new life.
But things weren't full steam ahead -- Irish delis were a dime a dozen in NYC, and they struggled to differentiate themselves from the competition. Times were tough, money was tight and Jack was not nearly as business savvy as his siblings back home. Time after time, Nolan would watch his father make poor decision after poor decision, constantly bringing the deli on the brink of closing before, somehow, pulling off some miracle to keep the doors open -- usually in the form of refinancing, more loans. Frustrated with the man's inaction, Nolan found himself engaging in certain extra curricular activities to help keep things moving. Pulling scams, swindling unsuspecting suckers with fake back-alley drug deals, get-rich-quick schemes and hustling. Jack merely raised an eyebrow when the tip would start evening out at the end of the month, thinking that, perhaps, they were just doing better than he remembered.
Of course, there was nothing sinful about this -- there couldn't be, not truly, when he was simply honoring his father, his mother, keeping his family afloat. Right? At least that's what he told himself each Sunday after confession, when he became absolved of any wrongdoings.
Things completely shifted, however, after Jack was killed behind the register by a lone gunman with intentions of robbing them blind, leaving the deli to he and his little brother. Nolan had been studying at community college during that time, and soon found himself taking on the role as family patriarch even despite dealing with his own suffocating grief, only compounded by Colleen's mental break due to her husband's death. After about a year of being in and out of the hospital, she ended up taking her own life, and from then on it was just the two of them and a failing business.
But Nolan couldn't accept that -- life didn't have to be this hard, did it? With his younger brother now eighteen and able to take care of things at home, Nolan decided to pursue a career path that would eventually garner them the money they needed, the money they deserved to survive: law. Now, the young man's penchant for justice was surely lacking, but he had a smart mouth and was resourceful enough to make the system work for him. Surely a courtroom would be no different.
And so, the eldest Fitzpatrick took out an insurmountable debt to attend law school -- and truly, those few years were some of the most difficult. His wheeling and dealing antics could only get him so far on a day to day basis, but they came in handy when needed, and after a few years Nolan had passed the bar and become a full fledged lawyer, spending a few years working at various practices -- including a short stint at the mayor's office -- eventually opening his own practice specializing in criminal defense.
For a while he was operating out of the back room of Fitzpatrick's Deli, but after a few years of taking on literally any case for anyone --regardless of how reprehensible, how obviously guilty, how devoid of morals or character -- he was able to pay off his debts and open up his own office.
Nolan Fitzpatrick has now become one of the cities most sought after criminal lawyers, not above getting down and dirty where it counts or doing whatever it takes to win a case. More recently, he decided to make a deal with Imani Kline and the Contingency, promising them first dibs on any valuable information he carries before operating business as usual. It's an adjustment, sure, but at the end of the day Nolan is only loyal to himself, and considering the payout she's giving him -- well, it'd be silly to refuse. Until a better offer comes in, that is.
Overall, people either love Nolan or hate his fucking guts -- which is really no surprise considering his short temper and holier-than-thou attitude. Still, though, no matter what the lawyer does to hurt someone, no matter the lengths he goes to get a win (personal or otherwise) he can still cleanse himself by going to confession -- but what happens when that doesn’t become enough anymore?
