Ophelia Featherstone was a lawyer before she discovered that she was a skunk, but don’t think for a minute that either one predestined the other.
Idealistic yet practical, she was drawn to the law to help prevent it from stinking any worse than it already does (remember, skunk musk is also the source of many perfumes). Not exactly a full-fledged junior partner at her firm, she’s quite happy to be taking on her lower-level clients at the office of Doolittle and Waite. Given the choice, she’d rather mediate than litigate, and she leaves work at the office door. Home is where she can be herself… in more ways than one.
As for others knowing she’s furry, as far as the courts go, it would assume facts not in evidence. Although the eldest of her housemates, she’s not the “dorm mom”; in her book, each is his own fur. She is, however, a good friend who’s ready to lend an ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on… and not at an hourly rate.