Maton Dersch was a Litigaran public counselor and the lawyer assigned to Zhaan's initial case of "failing to heed a pedestrian traffic light." Though he seemed somewhat uninterested in his client, he seemed fairly confident that he could get her off on the minimum sentence of 10 solar days in jail. His mood soured toward his client, however, when an over-stressed Zhaan attacked him. He continued to represent her, however, even as Zhaan attempted to "escape" (with the help of the planet's top law firm) and was framed in the murder of a civil rights leader.