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March Tidbits

TV Lawyers

1.Arrested Development - Barry Zuckerkorn is the world’s worst lawyer and Bob Loblaw is the no-nonsense attorney who replaces him
2.Boomtown – manipulative deputy D.A. David McNorris
3.Boston Legal – acerbic Law partners Alan Shore, Denny Crane, and Shirley Schmidt trade barbs and cases.
4.Damages - Patty Hewes, the nation's most revered and most reviled litigator, and Ellen Parsons, her bright ambitious protégée
5.Dharma and Greg - conservative attorney Greg Montgomery falls for free-spirited Dharma
6.Eli Stone - San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone suffers from a brain aneurysm which causes hallucinations.
7.Huff – affable Defense lawyer Russell Tupper
8.JAG - Commander Harmon Rabb Jr is a brave, ex-fighter jock-turned-Navy lawyer who matches wits with Marine Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie
9.Law & Order - Jack McCoy is an unconventional, ruthless litigator who becomes a D.A.
10.Matlock – Criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock takes the most difficult cases and finds the real killer
11.New Street Law – Jack Roper and his mentor Laurence Scammel are two barristers heading rival chambers in Manchester.
12.Perry Mason - defense attorney Perry Mason, staunch advocate for the accused.
13.Rumpole of the Bailey - Horace Rumpole, an ageing London barrister who will defend any client
14.Seinfeld - Jackie Chiles, defence attorney, a parody of Johnnie Cochrane
15.Shark - Cutthroat defence attorney Sebastian Stark has a change of heart and takes a job with the Los Angeles District Attorney's high-profile crime unit.
16.The Cosby Show - Clair Huxtable is a lawyer with the firm Greentree, Bradley and Dexter.
17.The Good Wife - Alicia Florrick pursues her own career as a defence attorney after her husband is sent to jail on charges of political corruption.
18.The Simpsons - Lionel Hutz of I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm
19.The Wire – Rhonda Pearlman is a tough prosecutor and leading Assistant State's Attorney in the narcotics division
20.Will & Grace –Will Truman is a gay New York business lawyer

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