Exactly. These guys haven't earned the reputation as the gang who can't shoot straight just because we are cynical. And I suspect you are spot on re: Cooper, esq. Lawyers want to get their retainers, and the only real work they do before taking a case is a conflicts check. Cooper doesn't know what a monkey show MDMN is, nor what a greedy, lying, thief that Les is. Early results suggest the law firm isn't exactly deploying their best and brightest, given the absence of a counter-claim or challenge of the validity of Price's claim.
Scumbag Les beat the US Department of Justice in a fraud/kickback case when the facts were certainly not on his side. Cooper needs to treat this seriously and consider strategy carefully; otherwise, this will be the end of the company. Instead of the end of Les.
If this was a 12 round boxing match, beginning after the Florida discovery of Les' thievery, I'd say Les has won round 1 and 2, and that is painful to type.