Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the defense of Neil Avedon, a famous young actor who has been suffering from severe drug and alcohol problems - and has been charged with the murder for which Cross was acquitted.
Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
Genç ve idealist avukat Ellen Parsons için Hewes & Associates hukuk firması ve sahibi Patty Hewes’la çalışmak, kariyerinin geleceği için çok büyük bir adım demek. Patty içinse çalışkanlığı ve meslek aşkı taptaze olan bu kız, elindeki dava için bulunmaz kumaş. Ünlü avukat, kendi gençliğine benzettiği Ellen’ı kanatları altına alıyor ve birlikte milyarder Arthur Frobisher’ın mağdur ettiği eski çalışanlarına haklarının verilmesi için var güçleriyle acımasız bir savaşa girişiyorlar.
Jax Stewart'ı sorgulatıcı ahlak anlayışı ve yasaları çılgınca yorumlaması nedeniyle yargılayacaksınız... ta ki başınız belaya girene kadar. O zaman onun ne olduğunu göreceksiniz: Los Angeles'ın en zeki ve korkusuz savunma avukatı, bulduğu her fırsatta adalet sistemine karşı gelir.
Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.
Passionate defence barrister Martha Costello faces challenging cases and surprising clients, which test her faith in the criminal justice system. Gifted colleague Clive Reader is called to the bar with her. They work hard with pupils, Nick Slade and Niamh Cranitch, but ultimately only one can eventually be taken on as a member of chambers.