Who is Jerome Facher from A Civil Action and what is their importance?

Jerome Facher is the chairman of the litigation department of Hale and Dorr, a prestigious law firm in Boston. A physically unimposing figure, Facher is now sixty and, in addition to his position with Hale and Dorr, has taught a course at Harvard Law School for many years. As a trial lawyer, he is quite successful and shares many of the same personality characteristics as Jan Schlichtmann. Living alone, he works long hours, becomes obsessed with cases upon which he is working, and considers himself a superior litigator.