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Archibald Elliott Stemple is a lawyer who attended Harvard Law School with Harvey Specter.
History
- "I've got your number, Reginald. I haven't been ducking you. I've just been setting you up. I took a page from your hero's playbook, rope-a-dope."
- ―Elliott Stemple to Harvey Specter
Harvey is an old rival of Stemple's from Harvard. He defeated Harvey three times in mock trials while they were Law students, but has been avoiding confrontation with him ever since.
In "Moot Point", Mike wants to give Harvey a present, and not knowing what to give, he asks for Donna's help. She explains to him there's something Harvey wanted was never able to get it, which was a confrontation with Stemple. When he encounters Harvey in court, he teases him until see that he is the one who he has to defeat. As the case goes on, he says his analyst will come up with anything he wants on the stand.
Later, he begs Harvey to sign the deal, but with no success. That's when Stemple confesses he cheated in Harvard to beat Harvey. After this, the two go back to court, where Elliott invalidates Harvey's argument, later revealing the whole history about cheating in the past was a set-up to make Harvey's client look like a thief to the court. He is defeated by Harvey and Mike when they put together proof against Stemple for corporate espionage.
Stemple also appears in "Accounts Payable", where he blackmails Harvey to give him the painting in his office. He is also mentioned in the episode "Shame" where Mike Ross compares Andrew Malik to being both Louis Litt and Stemple rolled into one, advising Harvey not to challenge the new Deputy Attorney General.
Years later, in "Scenic Route," Donna, Alex Williams and Katrina Bennett conspire together to get Harvey's painting back from Stemple. They have a forger replicate the painting and then Donna switches it with the original in Stemple's office. After successfully retrieving the painting, Donna returns it to Harvey and tells him what she did.