In the series pilot, Kathleen (Kim Delaney) is up a creek without a partner when her colleague has a breakdown during a trial; then lands in jail herself after ticking off a testy judge; and must contend with a public defender looking to make a jump to Maguire's practice. Will: Tom Everett Scott. Terry: Rick Hoffman. Dan: Kyle Secor. Clyde: James Pickens Jr. Marian: Joanna Cassidy. Patricia: Diana-Maria Riva.
Kathleen hopes the law can keep her client safe from an abusive husband, while secretly taking steps to face down her own potential stalker. Meanwhile, Will (Tom Everett Scott) agrees to defend an infamous child pornographer; and a new suspect emerges in the Red Door murder case. Terrry: Rick Hoffman. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Annie: Anne Gee Byrd. Judge Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Elaine Todd: Carolyn Lowery. Judge Hawes: Robert Harper. Patricia: Diana-Maria Riva.
Kathleen tries to show Patrick the downside of being a school bully after she has to defend her dad in court for his latest bar brawl. Meanwhile, Will's stripper client takes the fall for her drug-peddling doctor beau; and a plea bargain puts Mr. Froman knee-deep in a the unsolved murder of a college student. Dan: Kyle Secor. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Annie Maguire: Anne Gee Byrd. Bingham: Scott Alan Smith.
A client comes to Kathleen seeking advice and shelter after he's mistakenly released from jail. As Dan fumes over the situation, Will works to see that the guy remains free. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Patricia: Diana-Maria Riva. Terry: Rick Hoffman.
A favor for a shady judge (Robert Harper) has Kathleen racing to find stolen campaign funds while trying to get her own client released in time for his mom's funeral. Meanwhile, Will's in-court shenanigans make Miss Maguire's life a little tougher. Annie: Anne Gee Byrd. Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Griffin: Ron Canada. Bingham: Scott Alan Smith. Teena Davis: Monique Edwards. Sinclair: Stuart Fratkin.
A client threatens Kathleen's son to keep her from revealing his plans to kill the one person who could put him away for assault; drug charges against a mobster's daughter hint at a dirty deal within Dan's office; and Will is faced with putting a defendant on the stand knowing that she may lie about her husband's fatal postcoital mishap. Clyde: James Pickens Jr. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Dan: Kyle Secor. Terry: Rick Hoffman.
A new judge (Veronica Hamel) takes a shine to Will, while Kathleen is thrown by an inmate's relationship with a prison guard facing sexual-misconduct charges and Terry's offer to work a case over a romantic dinner. Dan: Kyle Secor. Judge Mawes: Robert Harper. Clyde: James Pickens Jr. Terry: Rick Hoffman.
Kathleen's stuck between a rock and an open case after she witnesses a client committing a crime that could send an innocent man to jail. Meanwhile, Will pulls a dirty trick to keep a cop from taking a fellow officer to court over a fateful shoot-out that may be tied to a very private matter. Terry: Rick Hoffman. Judge Hawes: Robert Harper. Teena Davis: Monique Edwards.
Kathleen's defense of a disturbed teen hinges on the testimony of another, less-innocent client; Will's dad (Alan Dale) visits the city to see his son...and Judge Brennan (Veronica Hamel) before joining his wife for the holidays. Terry: Rick Hoffman. Dan: Kyle Secor. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Teena: Monique Edwards.
Kathleen's torn between honor and duty after realizing that she could get her guilty rapist client freed on a legal technicality; Will plays peacemaker---and matchmaker---for a wife charged with stabbing her husband with a fork at a swingers sex club. Marjorie: Veronica Hamel. Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Annie: Anne Gee Byrd. Lisa: Kristanna Loken. Dan: Kyle Secor. Patricia: Diana-Maria Riva.
A last-minute witness may be Kathleen's only hope in saving her accused cop-killer client from a certain death sentence; Will sees justice from the other side while on jury duty with a bunch of civilians ready to pass a hasty verdict; and Dan crosses Terry by offering opposing counsel a dirty deal. Dan: Kyle Secor. Terry: Rick Hoffman. Patricia: Diana-Maria Riva. Clyde: James Pickens Jr.
Will tries to stop a man from serving jail time for a bogus possession charge just to spite his unfaithful rabbi father; Kathleen scores an unusual first date, thanks to her dim diamond-thief client, while another case has her backing up a man intent on serving as his own lawyer. Lisa Walensky: Kristanna Loken. Judge Ripley: Jamie Denton. Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Patricia: Diane-Maria Riva. Dan: Kyle Secor.
A teen on trial for the murder of her mom's abusive lover has Kathleen rethinking the case---and who did the killing; Will's repeat offender makes an insane attempt to avoid jail time by attacking his own lawyer during sentencing; and Judge Ripley decides to lay down the law with one of City Hall's most available attorneys. Dan: Kyle Secor. Annie: Anne Gee Byrd. Judge Ripley: Jamie Denton. Judge Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth.
A dying man's confession gives Kathleen what she needs to get a convicted rapist a new trial; Will and Erin clash in court over a wife charged with assaulting her husband with a frozen steak; and a Maguire & Froman client takes a dramatic leap of faith to avoid a certain prison sentence. Erin: Reamy Hall. Terry: Rick Hoffman. Dan: Kyle Secor. Ripley: Jamie Denton.
Kathleen races to get her wrongfully convicted client (Robert Gossett) a new trial after finding that evidence may have been swept under the rug. Meanwhile, the owner of escort service (Sharon Lawrence) recruits Maguire & Froman to clear her name in a prostitution case that could ruin her career---and her clients; and Will defends a high-school teacher accused of sexually molesting a student, who may have a darker secret to protect. Judge Ripley: Jamie Denton. Clyde: James Pickens, Jr. Dan Cavan
Dan plays dirty after learning that Kathleen will be defending a madam (Sharon Lawrence) in Ripley's courtroom; Will and Lisa (Kristanna Loken) hash out the ins and outs of their affair while trapped in a City Hall elevator; a law student derails his future with an unlawful protest tactic against a professor. Terry: Rick Hoffman. Teena: Monique Edwards. Hawes: Robert Harper. Erin Farrelly: Reamy Hall.
Dan's office plays hardball with Maguire & Froman after Kathleen testifies against a well-connected D.A. who's looking to try a shady case just for the easy win. But it's Will's innocent date-rape client who may pay the price for Kathleen's crusade once Terry is ordered to make sure the kid is sent away. Erin: Reamy Hall. Ripley: Jamie Denton. Julian: McCaleb Burnett. Will: Tom Everett Scott. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Dan: Kyle Secor.
Ripley comes under fire after Chris Maguire (Jason Gedrick) is busted for falsely claiming to have bribed the judge involved with his sister, while Dan sees the whole investigation as a plot to keep him from running for office. Meanwhile, Will puts his life on the line to get firsthand proof that his client has reliable testimony about a wanted killer. Bingham: Scott Alan Smith. Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Ripley: Jamie Denton.
Kathleen battles Terry over parental rights while defending a man's efforts to keep his recovering-addict wife away from their son. Meanwhile, Will takes some extreme steps of his own to protect a client from the mobster he's accused of robbing. Brian: Reggie Lee. Julian: McCabe Burnett. Tomassino: John Aprea. Amanda: Wendy Makkena. Cynthia: Lynsey Bartilson.
Kathleen and Erin (Reamy Hall) clash in court over a woman charged with killing her rapist; Will defends a little person who attacked a fellow tabloid talk-show guest; the campaign for district attorney gets ugly as Cabretti goes after the dirt on Dan's abusive past. Cabretti: Gregory Itzin. Dan: Kyle Secor. Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Hawes: Robert Harper.
A stripper (Josie Davis) accused of stealing from her club leads Will to the establishment's owner----and the truth about Dan's DA rival; Terry has a hard time with a mercy-killing case that hits too close to home. Anchor: Jim Gardner. Ripley: Jamie Denton. Mike: Jay Underwood. Cabretti: Gregory Itzin.
An obsessed former juror makes life very scary for Judge Ripley; Kathleen refuses to give up on a client on trial for shooting his attacker; and Will pulls a fast one to get his voodoo-spewing client cleared of a fraud charge. Armstrong: Dena Dietrich. Hawes: Robert Harper. Jerry Bingham: Scott Alan Smith. Patrick: Scotty Leavenworth. Dan: Kyle Secor.