For James Brady—investor, businessman and crusader against the corporate forces he believes have trampled over his rights—every fight must come at a cost. Not least of all, the one that has consumed him for the last seven years.

The New Jersey resident has been in a pitched battle with the board of the Manhattan commercial co-op where he owns a penthouse suite. Despite prior rulings denying him the relief he seeks, he refuses to retreat, even directing his grievances at the judicial system itself.