ADA Abbie Carmichael is a fictional character portrayed by Angie Harmon in the TV series Law & Order.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Cherished (season 9), they were 26 years old.
They appear in 72 episodes out of a total of 501 aired so far and have accumulated 1589 positive votes.
The character of ADA Abbie Carmichael is mainly associated with Executive ADA Jack McCoy, Detective Reynaldo 'Rey' Curtis and Detective Lennie Briscoe.
Episodes72
Cherished
episode S9.E1 september 1998New assistant DA Abbie Carmichael aggressively investigates an infant's death and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor.
DWB
episode S9.E2 october 1998White police officers are accused of beating and dragging an African American man to his death. McCoy tries to prosecute while facing pressure from Federal prosecutors, who want to make a deal with one of the guilty parties.
Bait
episode S9.E3 october 1998A teenager who was shot in a drug deal gone bad claims to have been coerced into working as an informant for a corrupt narcotics officer.
Flight
episode S9.E4 october 1998Prosecutors have trouble making a case against a father accused of injecting his son with deadly bacteria, so Jack is forced to play hardball with the bio-supplier that may have supplied him with it.
Agony
episode S9.E5 november 1998After a woman is brutally attacked, the police believe they have stumbled on a serial killer. Prosecutors struggle with how to put him away for life with little evidence.
Scrambled
episode S9.E6 november 1998A murder at a fertility clinic leads to a complicated, bitterly-contested case involving frozen embryos, a wealthy man, his widow, and his ex-wife.
Venom
episode S9.E7 november 1998A murder case leads detectives to a mother/son team of con artists and accusations of incest.
Punk
episode S9.E8 november 1998An inmate accused of arranging a hit on a corrections officer says that the guard raped her. She also claims that assistant DA Abbie Carmichael has a personal vendetta against her.
True North
episode S9.E9 december 1998The Manhattan DA's office finds itself in the middle of a battle over the death penalty when it asks the Canadian government to extradite a Canadian-born woman facing multiple murder charges.
Hate
episode S9.E10 january 1999When a teenage girl is found dead in a park, the detectives uncover a group of teen racists and the adult who has encouraged them. The prosecution's case sparks a debate about hate speech and the First Amendment.
Ramparts
episode S9.E11 january 1999The discovery of a dead body inside a Volkswagen van dumped in a river leads Briscoe and Curtis to investigate the disappearance of a campus radical from the late 1960s.
Haven
episode S9.E12 february 1999The unlikely suspect in the murder of a community activist and director of a community center in Harlem is a teen from the neighborhood who got into an Ivy League school with his help.
Hunters
episode S9.E13 february 1999Two violent and overzealous bounty hunters working for a bail bondsman interfere with a murder investigation. They are ultimately responsible for two more deaths during their pursuit.
Sideshow
episode S9.E14 february 1999The death of a government official in New York leads Jack McCoy to cross swords with the Independent Counsel in Washington, as he tries to keep the identity of a key witness secret.
Disciple
episode S9.E15 february 1999A rebellious child dies during an unsanctioned exorcism ceremony. The defendant claims that St. Michael instructed her to perform the exorcism.
Harm
episode S9.E16 march 1999Carmichael aggressively pursues criminally negligent homicide charges against a group of greedy doctors and a medical supplies saleswoman after a patient dies in surgery under unusual circumstances.
Shield
episode S9.E17 march 1999A female police officer is accused of killing a fellow police officer, her ex-boyfriend. She firmly maintains her innocence. However, she also says that he abused her, but nobody on the force heeded her warnings or helped her.
Juvenile
episode S9.E18 april 1999An investigative reporter is shot, and evidence indicates a link to a 20-year-old murder case. Prosecutors learn that one of the reporter's stories on the case may have helped convict an innocent man of the crime.
Tabula Rasa
episode S9.E19 april 1999The prime suspect in the murder of a college professor is a domineering father who kidnapped his children and disappeared 15 years earlier.
Empire
episode S9.E20 may 1999A businessman planning to build a new football stadium in New York City is on trial for murder. But the prosecution's star witness, a professional fundraiser who was having an affair with the victim, may have her own sinister motives.
Ambitious
episode S9.E21 may 1999The son of an imprisoned crime boss and a couple of strip club owners become the central figures in a murder investigation.
Admissions
episode S9.E22 may 1999An Hispanic mathematics professor is the prime suspect in the murder of a graduate student. He claims he is being racially profiled, but detectives have two potential motives. However, they cannot place him at the scene of the crime.
Refuge: Part 1
episode S9.E23 may 1999A brutal murder of a Russian man has ties to the Russian mob. However, the only witness who isn't compromised is a traumatized 10-year-old boy who is reluctant to testify.
Refuge: Part 2
episode S9.E24 may 1999Hitmen reach the last witness in the Russian mob case, which leads to the discovery of a money laundering scheme. And a related bomb scare at the police precinct forces McCoy to defy Schiff and go all out to prosecute the offenders.
Gunshow
episode S10.E1 september 1999After Jack is forced to settle the prosecution of a shooter who committed mass murder in Central Park, he decides to prosecute the gun manufacturer.
Killerz
episode S10.E2 september 1999A 10-year-old girl may be responsible for the murder of a little boy in her neighborhood.
DNR
episode S10.E3 october 1999Judge Denise Grobman is shot and seriously wounded when a man steals her car. Yet when investigation leads to a hired hit ordered by her husband, she vehemently refuses to believe in his guilt.
Merger
episode S10.E4 october 1999The 15-year-old daughter of a wealthy family is killed. When the child of another wealthy family is implicated, the DAs find themselves being stonewalled by both families.
Justice
episode S10.E5 november 1999A lawyer's murder is related to a case involving a death row inmate's innocence. Former prosecutor Jamie Ross represents the lawyer's accused killer, and she faces an ethical dilemma involving an "anonymous" tip and her attorney-client privilege.
Marathon
episode S10.E6 november 1999Detective Briscoe's integrity is brought into question more than once as he pursues a Hispanic robbery/murder suspect.
Patsy
episode S10.E7 november 1999A man once accused of killing his girlfriend is now accused of assaulting the girlfriend's sister. However, he vehemently claims that he is the victim of a setup in both cases.
Blood Money
episode S10.E8 december 1999The motive in the murder of a retired insurance salesman appears to be related to a series of policies he sold to Jews in Poland during the Holocaust.
Sundown
episode S10.E9 december 1999Is a man with Alzheimer's Disease competent enough to stand trial for murder? And if he is found guilty, should he be subjected to the near-inhumane conditions common for prisoners of his type?
Loco Parentis
episode S10.E10 january 2000A school bully is accused of killing a classmate. The killer's father is found to have helped foster his son's violent behavior, so the DA's office charges him with murder on account of depraved indifference.
Collision
episode S10.E11 january 2000A homeless man with bipolar disorder accused of killing a schizophrenic woman refuses to take his medications during the trial.
Mother's Milk
episode S10.E12 february 2000Jack asks Abbie to try a case involving a young mother accused of starving her baby to death.
Panic
episode S10.E13 february 2000Detectives suspect that a best-selling novelist was shot because she was having an affair with a married FBI agent who was helping her with research. It turns out that they have the right motive, but the wrong suspect.
Entitled
episode S10.E14 february 2000With the help of SVU detectives, investigators discover that the matriarch of a powerful family may have resorted to extreme measures to cover-up a murder in which her daughter is a prime suspect.
Fools for Love
episode S10.E15 february 2000A man is accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's sister and another victim. Prosecutors make a deal with the girlfriend for her testimony against the accused, but they also suspect that she was a willing participant in the murders.
Trade This
episode S10.E16 march 2000The murder of a stockbroker leads Briscoe and Green to a coworker of the victim, a coworker who is involved with a stock fraud scheme with ties to organized crime.
Black, White and Blue
episode S10.E17 march 2000A lapse in judgment by two police officers results in two African-Americans killing a white teen in Harlem. The case promises to set off a racial powder-keg, and it drives a split between between Jack McCoy and Adam Schiff.
Mega
episode S10.E18 april 2000Six people die in a helicopter explosion. Evidence points to a millionaire con-man who provides self-actualization seminars for his wealthy clients.
Surrender Dorothy
episode S10.E19 april 2000The DA's office believes that a well-known psychologist/author may have driven his daughter-in-law to suicide because her increasing rebellion against his "submissive wife" philosophy would have ruined his reputation and lucrative career.
Untitled
episode S10.E20 may 2000A man claims he acted under extreme emotional disturbance after he murders the woman who sponsored a graphic painting.
Narcosis
episode S10.E21 may 2000A prostitute's murder leads detectives on a complex investigation involving an Asian prostitution/slavery ring, police shakedowns, stolen credit cards, and a teenage Internet sex addict.
High & Low
episode S10.E22 may 2000A college coed, who is a stripper by night, gets murdered. Two drug dealers are arrested by the detectives. The dealers link her death to a famous porn star, a top business exec, and an illegal insider trading scam.
Stiff
episode S10.E23 may 2000A wealthy middle-aged woman is in a coma after an apparent prescription drug overdose. The incident is tied to a twisted sexual practice involving the husband, but her daughter also turns out to have a financial motive.
Vaya Con Dios
episode S10.E24 may 2000The DA's office prosecutes a Chilean colonel for the murder of a New Yorker working with the Communists during the Pinochet military coup. But has the office overstepped its jurisdiction?
Endurance
episode S11.E1 october 2000A frustrated, over-stressed mother is charged with murder after starting a fire that killed her disabled son, but the case weighs heavy on Jack McCoy's conscience. Nora Lewin is introduced as DA Adam Schiff's replacement.
Turnstile Justice
episode S11.E2 october 2000After a homeless man is accused of killing a woman at a subway station, McCoy learns that a health care provider may not have provided him with appropriate medical attention in order to save money.
Dissonance
episode S11.E3 november 2000Detectives discover that a murdered concert violinist was having an affair with her orchestra conductor.
Standoff
episode S11.E4 november 2000A corrections officer may have deliberately set up a confrontation in prison that resulted in the death of an inmate who raped his colleague and girlfriend.
Return
episode S11.E5 november 2000When a suspected murderer tries to seek shelter in Israel, the DA's office faces the difficult task of extraditing and trying him in New York while also satisfying the Jewish community.
Burn Baby Burn
episode S11.E6 november 2000A community activist who was formerly a Black Panther is accused of killing a police officer. He claims self-defense because of the history of police violence against African-Americans.
Amends
episode S11.E7 november 2000A 1981 murder case is reopened. An ambassador's son is charged, but key evidence has disappeared. Further investigation reveals that the evidence may not have disappeared by accident.
Thin Ice
episode S11.E8 december 2000A father confesses to killing his son's hockey coach over playing time. His defense is that he should not be considered responsible for his actions because he suffers from a mental defect known as "sports rage."
Hubris
episode S11.E9 january 2001A charming conman acts as his own defense attorney during his murder trial. During the trial, he deliberately tries to taint the jury by flirting with the forewoman.
Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?
episode S11.E10 january 2001An AIDS researcher is killed by a monkey released in a lab by animal rights activists. The subsequent trial turns into a test case on the ethics of using animals as test subjects.
Sunday in the Park with Jorge
episode S11.E11 january 2001A dead woman is found in Central Park after a Puerto Rican Day parade. Was the death the result of the actions of a violent Hispanic mob that was harassing women at the parade?
Teenage Wasteland
episode S11.E12 february 2001The murder of a man delivering Chinese food is linked to five bored teens who ordered the food without intending to pay for it.
Phobia
episode S11.E13 february 2001Did a baby's biological father kill one of the baby's adoptive parents in order to get him back, or because of his outrage that the child was adopted by a homosexual couple?
A Losing Season
episode S11.E14 february 2001A convicted drug dealer is accused of killing a pregnant loan officer, but it turns out to be part of a larger plot involving a professional basketball player who may be the baby's father.
Swept Away - A Very Special Episode
episode S11.E15 february 2001A reality show cast member kills one of his castmates during a heated argument. But was the confrontation staged, and who is ultimately responsible?
Bronx Cheer
episode S11.E16 march 2001The Manhattan DA's office tries a drug dealer for a murder that took place in the Bronx two years previously. Another man had been convicted of the crime by the Bronx DA's office and has been serving time.
Ego
episode S11.E17 march 2001Detectives discover that an Assistant Attorney General was having an affair with a murdered investigator in his office, and that he had made threatening statements about her to his psychiatrist.
White Lie
episode S11.E18 april 2001A drug dealer's murder leads detectives to a military officer's wife who was smuggling cocaine from Colombia.
Whiplash
episode S11.E19 april 2001Two personal injury attorneys go on trial, accused of masterminding an insurance fraud scam involving staged rear-end automobile accidents.
All My Children
episode S11.E20 may 2001A young man's murder appears to be connected to a paternity test and extortion attempt involving the victim's wealthy father.
Brother's Keeper
episode S11.E21 may 2001Briscoe and Green are suspicious of two FBI agents who provide an alibi for an Irish mobster suspected of murder. The case is further complicated by the murder of a witness and the emergence of the mobster's lookalike brother.
School Daze
episode S11.E22 may 2001Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.
Judge Dread
episode S11.E23 may 2001An accountant goes on trial after being charged with ordering a hit on the hard-as-nails judge who imposed an unusually harsh prison sentence on the accountant just to send a message.
Deep Vote
episode S11.E24 may 2001Jack tries to prove that a state senator and a mobster conspired to kill a journalist investigating voting irregularities. But connecting the dots is difficult without cooperation from the journalist's confidential source.
- Cherished
- DWB
- Bait
- Flight
- Agony
- Scrambled
- Venom
- Punk
- True North
- Hate
- Ramparts
- Haven
- Hunters
- Sideshow
- Disciple
- Harm
- Shield
- Juvenile
- Tabula Rasa
- Empire
- Ambitious
- Admissions
- Refuge: Part 1
- Refuge: Part 2
- Gunshow
- Killerz
- DNR
- Merger
- Justice
- Marathon
- Patsy
- Blood Money
- Sundown
- Loco Parentis
- Collision
- Mother's Milk
- Panic
- Entitled
- Fools for Love
- Trade This
- Black, White and Blue
- Mega
- Surrender Dorothy
- Untitled
- Narcosis
- High & Low
- Stiff
- Vaya Con Dios
- Endurance
- Turnstile Justice
- Dissonance
- Standoff
- Return
- Burn Baby Burn
- Amends
- Thin Ice
- Hubris
- Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?
- Sunday in the Park with Jorge
- Teenage Wasteland
- Phobia
- A Losing Season
- Swept Away - A Very Special Episode
- Bronx Cheer
- Ego
- White Lie
- Whiplash
- All My Children
- Brother's Keeper
- School Daze
- Judge Dread
- Deep Vote
Best moments10
- New assistant DA Abbie Carmichael aggressively investigates an infant's death and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor.
- An inmate accused of arranging a hit on a corrections officer says that the guard raped her. She also claims that assistant DA Abbie Carmichael has a personal vendetta against her.
- Carmichael aggressively pursues criminally negligent homicide charges against a group of greedy doctors and a medical supplies saleswoman after a patient dies in surgery under unusual circumstances.
- A young man's murder appears to be connected to a paternity test and extortion attempt involving the victim's wealthy father.
- Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.
- Jack asks Abbie to try a case involving a young mother accused of starving her baby to death.
- After a woman is brutally attacked, the police believe they have stumbled on a serial killer. Prosecutors struggle with how to put him away for life with little evidence.
- Jack tries to prove that a state senator and a mobster conspired to kill a journalist investigating voting irregularities. But connecting the dots is difficult without cooperation from the journalist's confidential source.
- An accountant goes on trial after being charged with ordering a hit on the hard-as-nails judge who imposed an unusually harsh prison sentence on the accountant just to send a message.
- The DA's office believes that a well-known psychologist/author may have driven his daughter-in-law to suicide because her increasing rebellion against his "submissive wife" philosophy would have ruined his reputation and lucrative career.
- Cherished
- Punk
- Harm
- All My Children
- School Daze
- Mother's Milk
- Agony
- Deep Vote
- Judge Dread
- Surrender Dorothy