Bobby defends Rachel Reynolds, a young woman facing drug charges. She is not a drug dealer, but was trying to cover for her brother. Lindsay represents Emerson Ray, who is suing a tobacco company in a wrongful death suit. Lindsay's favorite law professor, Anderson Pearson, represents the defense. Eugene represents "Free Willy", a man who exposes himself in public.

Bobby represents a man facing armed robbery charges. His strategy is to plead out to lesser charges. Eugene's client fears for her and her 11 year old son's safety, at the hands of her ex-husband. Eugene makes several attempts to get a restraining order. The situation has deadly consequences. Bobby tries to secure a loan and pays a visit to Jimmy Berluti, his friend and banker.

Bobby plans to represent Gerald Braun in a wrongful death suit against Ronald Martin. Eugene's "Free Willy" returns, after being arrested in a peculiar position with a prostitute. Defense lawyers in the Emerson Ray case make a motion to have the case dismissed. Bobby fears that the judge is biased. Jimmy, Bobby's friend the banker, is fired for approving a construction loan under false pretenses and Bobby decides to hire him.

An extremely nervous Lindsey goes up against the tobacco industry and her old Law School Professor in her very first jury trial. Outraged by the release of his daughter's killer, Dr. Braun takes matters into his own hands.

Preparing for Dr. Braun's murder trial, Jimmy comes up with a controversial defense after the client refuses to argue temporary insanity. Meanwhile, Eugene bets both Lindsey and an ADA that he can win a hopeless case, and Ellenor finally comes face to face with the Podiatrist she met through the personal ads.

Dr. Braun's emotional and outrageous murder trial finally begins, with Bobby going up against a known ADA who is also a famous Rabbi. Eugene represents a boy accused of statutory rape, after he impregnates a 13 year old girl.

The firm calls Bobby's judgment into question when he forms a romantic relationship with a new client who happens to be on trial for murder.

The firm represents an outrageously clever client, who is accused of stabbing his lover to death, but pulls a brilliant legal maneuver in an attempt to get away with it. A series of unfortunate misunderstandings causes Jimmy to be arrested for solicitation.

Tensions rise to extremely high levels in the courtroom and out of it, when Bobby and Helen clash over an assisted suicide case, each carrying a traumatic personal memory regarding the controversial issue.

Berluti represents a young girl who was bitten in the face by a dog. A juror communicates with Lindsay during a trial. Eugene defends a one-legged African American man accused of robbery.

An adulterer is charged with the murder of her affluent husband as well as her lover are defended by Bobby and another office attorney. A cop just a few years shy of retirement quits his job and is seeking disability compensation claiming that being a cop caused him to become a racist. Lindsay is surprised to be told by Jimmy that she is is the subject of an erotic dream,

An unfaithful wife who was convicted and possibly because of Bobby's damning remarks in court he discovered to be innocent. Bobby vigilantly tries to get the judge to win her release at sentencing. Kelton, an on again-off-again lover of Lindsay drugs her wine with a date rape drug to enliven her sexual performance without her permission.

A husband seeks a court order that would force his pregnant wife to undergo a C-section. Lindsay represents a drug dealer caught red-handed with a large quantity of cocaine. Gamble asks Bobby out on a date.

The firm is defending a friend of Eugene's who killed someone during a riot. They're trying to prove him innocent. But when things look bleak they decide to try another approach which both the client and Eugene think is an insult.

A drug dealer's operative is taken into custody after she attempted to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. by swallowing drug-filled prophylactics.

A documentary crew records the attorneys as they fight to win a stay of execution for a man convicted of murdering a young girl.

James Whitmore as Raymond Oz, an elderly attorney (on a par with Denny Crane's antics) who asks Bobby to second chair as he is having memory issues. Oz is brash, witty and quite the showman in court. Eugene is defending a despicable client who murdered two young children. His revelation to his attorney, Eugene, in court and Eugene's reaction is a surprising moment. Balducci's actress client is a heartthrob of his youth their exchanges provide some sweet moments.

Bobby's priest becomes a client after a woman suffers a fatal heart attack during an exorcism.

Berluti decides to advertise himself on TV "The Grunt" Attorney. Once the ad hits the airwaves, the hall is full of potential clients and the most surprising one is his Mom who decides to tell her son that she wants to marry again and her lover is a woman. A man wants to sue his female dentist who he says sexually molested him pushing against the "rape shield laws". Also, a rape victim's testimony is attacked by Eugene who represents the supposed perpetrator.

Bobby's senior prom date is arrested for prostitution. Ellenor represents a little girl who was thrown out of school because of a disability.

Bobby spends the night at Helen's. While they are in bed, someone calls Helen and leaves a message on her machine. It's the police telling her they're going to bust someone, which Bobby overhears. And the person who's going to be busted is one of his clients. He tells Eugene who tells him that he's duty bound to tell the client. He tells the client and because of that they were ready for the police and some of them were killed. Helen says that Bobby was the one who told about the bust. So Bobby is arrested. Initially he was charged with something minor but later they decided to charge him with murder. So with Eugene as his counsel, they decide to let the judge decide if he's guilty.

A gang member threatens Rebecca's life after she witnesses a robbery-homicide.

With no medical evidence, an unfavorable judge, a drunk for a scientific witness, and virtually no prospect of winning - Jimmy leads a group of cancer patients no other lawyer would even go near to, into a hopeless trial against a power lines company.

Ellenor and Lindsay represent a porn star accused of choking her co-star husband to death during a bondage scene. Rebecca's capacity as an eye-witness is called into question, when her identification at the line-up might get suppressed. Hellen is stunned when she figures out the true nature of Bobby and Lindsay's relationship.

Hellen and Bobby's relationship is sent into a turmoil, when they are put at opposite sides of the same juicy, high-profile murder case, and neither is willing to back out. Eugene represents Rebecca's old and cranky uncle for tax evasion.

With their romantic relationship now over, Bobby and Helen face each other in court on the murder trial of Dr. Jeffrey Winslow. Determined to come out on top, each of them prepares tricks and surprises for the other - but the real surprise comes after the trial is over.

Ellenor sticks Lindsay with a humiliating case of a man determined to get his day in court when fined for using too much water when flushing his toilet. Things get even worse when the case goes before a very respected judge, who dies unexpectedly, just after causing a horrible mix-up. Ellenor herself defends a long-time client, accused of purse-snatching, only to be charged under an obscure federal law, and is faced with 20 years in jail. Meanwhile, Rebecca testifies as an eye witness in a murder trial, and faces a vigorous cross by the defense attorney.

Joey Herric returns, having killed yet another lover by stabbing him in the chest. Hellen takes on the case, determined to finally get Joey, and Bobby tries to suppress his previous crime from evidence. Ellenor defends purse snatcher Warren Cruikshank, charged with affecting tourism and faced with 20 years in jail. Lindsay once again takes on her former Professor, Anderson Pearson, but this time instead of making a settlement offer, he makes her a job offer.

A.D.A. Helen Gamble and Joey Heric go head to head in the courtroom, each trying to outmaneuver the other in Heric's murder trial. Meanwhile, Ellenor represents an obese woman, suing a carnival for ridiculing her in public.

Hellen gets stuck with a vehicular manslaughter case, of a rich man who hit a homeless man in the street, and sped away. Rebecca is about to get an award for her actions regarding animal rights, but finds out the award might get taken away, after she kills a rat in the office. Eugene defends a gang member who accidentally killed his friend during a gang initiation. Finally, Lindsay drops a bomb during a staff meeting, demanding equity in the firm.

Tensions at the firm are still high, thanks to Lindsey's demand to get equity, and to the revelation about her relationship with Bobby. Meanwhile, Rebecca gets into a car accident, which turns out to be staged by an insurance fraud ring, and Ellinor represents a scientist trying to save her ape from being killed by a science lab.

Bobby and Eugene join forces with the firm of Cage and Fish, defending an Axe murderer who believes she was Lizzy Borden in a prior life. Ellinor is crushed when she finds out the truth about her boyfriend's role in Rebecca's insurance fraud sting, while Lindsey offers Helen a job with the firm.

Jimmy's priest is arrested for murder when the body of a 16 year old boy is found in his closet. Jimmy is convinced of Father Ryan's innocence, and his search for the real killer gets him into a deadly situation. Ellenor has a hard time dealing with the truth about Fred Spivak, and makes a decision that might put Rebecca in jeopardy.

When a 13 year old boy shoots his mother for no apparent reason, Bobby and Helen struggle over charging him as a child or an adult. Meanwhile, Eugene tries to get a murderer off on a technicality, while realizing how he looks through his young son's eyes.

Lindsay gets suspicious when Rebecca seems to be secretly awaiting an important letter - and realizes just how much she was right when the letter finally arrives. Ellenor gets a hysterical call from a client, who ran over a man in the street while drunk, and is shocked to discover exactly who he hit. Assistant D.A. Helen Gamble prosecutes two boys accused of rape and murder, each accusing the other, and ends up making a deal with the wrong one.

Lindsay is called to defend her old professor and mentor, Anderson Pearson, when he is charged with murder. Helen must prosecute a man for murder, with the only witness being a 4 year old child. Having passed the bar exam, Rebecca tries her first case, and the firm hires a new secretary.

George Vogleman, the podiatrist who Ellenor once dated, comes to her for help with a gruesome surprise in his bag. Jimmy and Rebecca defend a man who has been planning to kill his wife for years, while Lindsay and Bobby prepare for the Pearson trial. Finally, Hellen and Lindsay move in together.

Anderson Pearson's murder trial finally begins, with Lindsay and Bobby at the helm. As the evidence mount against George Vogleman in the murder of Susan Robin, Eugene tries to find other possible suspects.

Lindsay takes on Anderson Pearson's appeal, claiming Judge Hiller was wrong in not letting them argue self defense. Ellenor and Eugene prepare for the Vogleman trial, turning over every rock to find a defense. Jimmy defends his cousin, sued for wrongful termination, after firing a woman for being Iranian.

Ellenor and Eugene head the defense of George Vogleman in the Susan Robin murder trial, with almost no prospect of winning. Scrapping to put on a defense, Eugene employs the infamous "Plan B" on the victim's brother, and Ellenor betrays Helen's confidence when she calls her to stand to testify about a private conversation they had.

A guilt-ridden Lindsay is determined to get Anderson Pearson's conviction reduced to manslaughter, and gets into a world of trouble with Judge Hiller. Eugene and Ellenor's actions during the Vogelman trial come back to haunt them, when the brother of the victim sues them for falsely accusing him of murder. Two old cases, both ending with grave miscarriages of justice, are reawakened - when Helen makes an illegal deal with a wrongly convicted man, in order to get a murderer who managed to escape punishment.

About to be sworn-in as a lawyer, Rebecca represents a man for burglary, and begins to suspect he might be guilty of a much bigger crime. As the firm prepares to defend itself against Tommy Silva in the Robin case, Bobby surprises everyone when he chooses Jimmy to first chair. Meanwhile, Bobby also takes on the case of a very religious and highly respected woman, accused of shaking a baby to death.

Bobby tries Evelyn Mayfield's murder trial, and when it becomes clear the jury is about to convict her, even Bobby begins to doubt her innocence. Roberta Baylor comes to seek Rebecca's help again, when her son is suspended from school, after passing a sexually explicit note about a girl in his class. Meamwhile, Lucy tries to get everyone into the Christmas spirit.

Jimmy leads the firm's defense against Tommy Silva's lawsuit for their actions during the Vogleman trial. Silva uses Ellenor's past actions to hang her, and Jimmy makes a questionable move during Eugene's testimony. Trying to get everyone's spirits up, Lucy insists they have a Christmas party.

Eugene is stunned when he is called to defend an old friend of his, arrested for prostitution charges, while dressed in women's clothes. Things get even more complicated when it is discovered that the man who hired him was a prominent politician, in the race for the position of DA - and Helen is forced by her boss to humiliate him in public for political gain. Meanwhile, Ellenor tries to bring in a big client to the firm, and is enraged when she is voted down by Bobby and Lindsay.

Hellen plans a relaxing day at the spa for her and Lindsay, but Lindsay foils her plans when she turns what was supposed to be a short hearing into a full day in court. Bobby and Eugene are called to the house of Bobby's old friend, where his teenage daughter gave birth to a baby, and suffocated it to death.

While presiding over a case Bobby is handling, Judge Kittleson call him into her chambers and informs him she had an extremely erotic dream about him. After he makes it clear his not interested in her, Bobby begins to feel her rulings are biased against him. Meanwhile, Hellen prosecutes a TV news producer as an accessory to murder, when he gives a live broadcast to a doctor assisting a suicide.

A colleague of Bobby's asks him to take on a case of a prostitute accused of murder, until he discovers he is much more involved than he led on. Ellenor defends one of her first clients for possession charges, and Jimmy teaches Rebecca a valuable lesson in dealing with unreasonable clients.

Helen's plans for a relaxing day at the spa are ruined when a human face is put on a cat-killing case she is prosecuting, and she decides to push for jail time. Bobby and Lindsay represent a restaurant owner, suing a TV reported who promised him a positive cover, but then aired a feature about cockroaches in his kitchen. Meanwhile, tensions at the firm are at an all-time high, when Ellenor finds out Lindsay makes twice as much as she does.

A series of chaotic events reopens the Susan Robin murder case, which results in Ellenor's arrest for concealing evidence during George's trial. The entire firm stands ready to go to war for Ellenor, but no one is ready for the shocking truth behind this turn of events.

Jimmy and Lindsay represent a couple suing a gun manufacturer, when one of their guns is used to kill their daughter. Eugene is stunned when his son is arrested for drug dealing, and is mortified to learn where he got the idea to do so. Bobby, Ellenor and Rebecca manage to make a deal with the DA, but Eugene's ex-wife announces she is suing for full custody of Kendall, claiming Eugene is a bad influence on him.

Eugene and his ex-wife battle for custody of their son, when Sharon claims Eugene's job is having a bad influence on Kendall. Hellen prosecutes a man for stealing a car, but slowly becomes suspicious that the alleged victim is lying. Rebecca represents a psychologist who was fired from his job after he became cross-eyed, due to a head injury.

The firm is assigned a horrific case of a man accused of murder, when the dismembered body of a nun was found in his closet. However, when fourth amendment issues arise regarding the validity of the search, the prospect of freeing such a violent criminal on a technicality sends everyone into an emotional turmoil.

Helen prosecutes a man for killing his wife, with his son as the only eye witness to the crime. However, her case begins to go south when the son changes his story and claims it was a accident, and Helen turns to Ellenor for assistance. Meanwhile, Lucy discovers hidden cameras planted throughout her apartment, and Judge Kittleson learns her personal life are also splattered all over the internet.

Still devastated from losing the Armbrust murder trial, an enraged Helen seeks vengeance over Gary Armbrust who lied on the stand, by charging him with murder. But a passionate and erratic closing exposes the true nature of her rage. Bobby and Eugene represent a man whose wife died shortly after a cosmetic surgery, and Rebecca clashes with Judge Swackheim, when his capricious decisions during a trial make it impossible for her to defend her client.

Eugene represents a popular Rabbi, accused of raping a young woman. While the Rabbi claims the sex was consensual, and part of a game they used to play, Eugene is horrified to discover she wasn't the only woman ever to accuse him of rape.

Working late at the office, Lindsey is attacked and stabbed, identifying her attacker as a nun before passing out. An angry Helen goes into a nun-arresting spree, while a mysterious tape reopens the question of who killed Susan Robin, until the real killer is finally revealed.

With Lindsay and Bobby's help, Jimmy defends his personal friend, dentist Henry Olson, when he is tried for murdering a woman who was found dead in his chair. Hostile ADA Richard Bay tries to prove the two were having an affair, when in fact their relationship was a lot more complicated than he could possibly imagine. Meanwhile, decapitator George Vogelman returns, asking for Ellenor's help when his co-op serves him with a eviction notice.

When a woman's body is found in her husband's trunk, Hellen immediately arrests him and he confesses. When the search of his car is ruled invalid and he walks free, Bobby makes a shocking discovery about the man's relationship with the arresting officer - but the real shock is in what he does with that information. Meanwhile, Jimmy tries to deal with his discoveries over the Olson trial, but his actions have catastrophic results.

Lindsay is in complete terror when the man who stabbed her begins leaving presents at the office, as she starts to unravel. Rebecca once again clashes with Judge Swackheim over a complicated case of a man who confesses to running over a woman, while Rebecca believes he is being paid to do so by the real driver. After moving in with Hellen, a horrified Ellenor's life is in danger when George finally shows his true colors.

A betrayed Ellenor tries to deal with the truth about George Vogleman, as well as her guilt over the role she played in freeing him. Eugene is forced to help the world's worst attorney, Harland Bassett, in a trial that involves more than just a hung jury. Bobby's old friend and mentor, legendary attorney Raymond Oz, returns asking for his help, when his wife tries to declare him incompetent - a trial that ends with tragic results.

On trial for murdering his wife, an increasingly erratic Raymond Oz insists on representing himself, and Hellen is forced to go to extreme measures in order to try and convict this legendary attorney.

Rebecca and Eugene defend a woman charged with killing her mother, trying to convince the jury she did so during a flashback of a horrifying childhood memory. Meanwhile, Lindsay finds the perfect wedding dress, and is mortified to learn that Bobby insists that she wears his dead mother's hideous dress.

Jimmy defends a woman who shot her rapist to death, a job she makes very hard on him by not cooperating with his attempts to save her, refusing to show regret and helplessness on the stand. Meanwhile, Lucy is horrified to discover her dentist, who also happens to be Bobby's cousin, bit her breast while she was unconscious on his chair. She feels even further betrayed when Bobby agrees to represent him, and tries to convince her to settle for money.

Lindsay is assigned to represent a psychotic serial killer, now on medication, in a parole hearing, and is forced to deal with her pain and fear over her attack by psychotic client George Vogelman. Eugene is horrified when the body of a man is found in his ex-wife's apartment, and his son is the prime suspect.

Richard and Ellenor go head to head in a trial of a woman who tried to kill her husband, but their anger and antagonism towards each other gets them into a lot of trouble. Jimmy agrees to represent an old girlfriend who sold her eggs on the Internet and is suing a man who now refuses to pay. His old feelings for her are awaken, which forces him to reexamine his his relationship with Judge Kittleson.

In a chaotic and bizarre trial, Bobby represents an old drug dealing client, who is charged with murder after stabbing a man to death seven times. With wacky Judge Swackheim presiding, the trial quickly spins out of control, landing Helen in the hospital, and later, along with Bobby, in a jail cell.

In a personally and racially charged trial, Rebecca defends an old boyfriend, a police officer, who is accused of murder after shooting a man to death in a store, convinced he was about to rob the place. Lindsay sues a cigar company for breaking up a marriage, and reveals her fears about her own relationship with Bobby.

Lindsay arrives at Los Angeles, where a man she once met at an art class begs for her help when he is charged with murdering a woman he was having a virtual affair with over the Internet. Believing he is innocent when nobody else does, Lindsay calls on her friends to come and help her save him.

With the evidence, the police, the judge and the odds stacked against them, Lindsay leads Bobby, Ellenor and Jimmy in the defense of Dennis Mills' hopeless murder trial. As the trial continues to go south for the defense, Lindsay uncovers a shocking truth that changes everything.

Helen is called in to question the son of a well-known police detective. Because she uses the father to get the son to confess to a murder, Bobby and Eugene try to have the confession thrown out. Meanwhile, Ellenor represents a slightly intellectually disabled young man accused of murder, and suspects a surprise witness who suddenly comes to his defense might be lying.

Eugene and Rebecca represent a woman whose husband died during a routine liposuction, and are shocked to see that the defense attorney's strategy is to attack them personally. Meanwhile, Jimmy decides to reopen the Henry Olson case, after he is attacked at prison and requests to be put in solitary for the rest of his life sentence. He turns to a desperate Richard, reeling from a recent chain of defeats, and offers him a questionable deal that goes against everything they ever believed in.

Bobby is kidnapped and held at gunpoint by Patrick Rooney, a former client who blames him for convincing him to take a deal for a crime he didn't commit. Rooney tries to prove to Bobby he really was innocent, and that it was his inadequate counsel that caused him to lose 12 years of his life.

Bobby and Eugene defend Courtney Hansen, nicknamed by the media "The Black Widow", a woman accused of killing her weak-hearted husband by having sex with him to death. Having lost 2 previous husbands under mysterious circumstances, the ADA tries to prove it is her M.O. to marry sick old men for their money, and then kill them. Meanwhile, Helen tricks a confession out of a traumatized 15 year old girl, accused of killing her unborn baby, and Ellenor argues she is too young to withstand such trickery.

Bobby and Helen once again go head to head in an assisted suicide case, each with their own past experiences involving the matter. Noticing Bobby's unresolved feelings about his part in his mother's death, Lindsay turns to his father for help. Ellenor goes to Pennsylvania to help a man on death-row get a DNA test that might exonerate him, which proves to be a lot harder than it sounds.

Rebecca represents an elderly woman with Alzheimer's, recently remarried, whose daughter is trying to have the marriage annulled. But the woman's testimony in the hearing opens up a big can of worms concerning the truth about the death of her first husband. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes to a higher court in another attempt to get a DNA test in the case of Stuart Donovan, whose execution is only two weeks away.

With their petition for a DNA test denied once again, Ellenor and the others must come up with a new idea to exonerate Stuart Donovan and keep him from being executed for a crime he didn't commit. But even after a test reveals the sample from the crime scene doesn't match Donovan, Ellenor is shocked to discover the DA still refuses to cancel his execution. In a last ditch effort, the team goes before Judge Wood, desperate to make him see beyond the technicality of the law, and save Stuart Donovan's life.

Eugene is assigned a horrifying case of a man accused of killing a woman and then raping her lifeless corpse. Getting more and more angry, Eugene must come to terms with the reality of his job and the effect it has on his personal life. Meanwhile, Jimmy defends an old friend of his, being sued by a former employee for violating his privacy and announcing to the entire company that he has AIDS. However, as the trial progresses, Jimmy realizes he had hidden reasons for doing so.

In a difficult and emotional trial, Jimmy and Ellenor represent a deaf woman, charged with killing the man who raped and murdered her 7 year old daughter. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Bobby continue to quarrel over wedding plans, and Lindsay decides to surprise him with an elopement.

Bobby is called to defend his close friend, Scott Wallace, who is accused of killing his wife, and becomes overly involved in the case. Helen is concerned Richard has crossed the line in the case, when a witness coached by him lies on the stand.

Ellenor and Lindsay represent parents against the EPA, when their children are all diagnosed with cancer from a chemically treated playground. But no matter how tough the case is to prove to the jury, the real threat comes from the judge. Meanwhile, Bobby tries to get the Wallace verdict overturned, and Helen struggles with what she knows about the star witness for the prosecution.

An enraged Ellenor decides to go after Judge Aldrich for his behavior during the Jamison trial, no matter the consequences for her or the firm. Jimmy is faced with an ethical dilemma when the best thing for his drug addicted client might not be the best thing for her unborn child. Meanwhile, Helen's coworkers give her the cold shoulder, thanks to her decision to come clean about Richard's behavior during the Wallace trial.

Desperately trying to overturn Scott Wallace's verdict, Bobby goes for a hearing to prove Kyle Barrett lied on the stand. Helen tries a man who assaulted his wife, when the woman changes her mind and testifies for her husband. Lucy outs Bobby and Lindsay as being pregnant, but it turns out they're not the only ones.

Defending a young man accused of drug use, Jimmy faces an ego-maniacal judge, who determines punishment according to his mood. Eugene goes up against Helen in a trial where attacking a closeted policeman is the only way to win. Meanwhile, Bobby prepares for Scott Wallace's retrial by trying to convince Judge Hiller not to allow the damaging video tape into evidence.

Bobby takes on Richard Bay in the long anticipated Wallace retrial. With the video tape being admitted, Bobby has no choice but to put an increasingly erratic Scott Wallace on the stand. The entire episode is shown through the eyes of a news crew, making a documentary about the trial.

In an extremely controversial trial, Helen prosecutes a Pakistani man who sent his adulterous wife to Pakistan to be murdered by his brother in an honor killing. Eugene once again comes to the aid of incompetent attorney Harland Bassett when his niece is accused of shoplifting. Ellenor announces her pregnancy, and is disappointed by everyone's reaction.

Lindsay and Jimmy take on a case of a confessed serial killer, whose psychiatrist believes is innocent and suffering from delusions. Their attempt to prove his innocence gets more difficult when the client insists on pleading guilty.

Bobby is torn between ethics and morality, when serving his client means letting a kidnapped little girl die. Meanwhile, an emotionally unstable Scott Wallace returns, asking the firm's help after being fired from his job, only to get himself into big trouble yet again. Finally, being acquitted of 9 murder charges, William Hinks returns much to Lindsay's horror, who still believes he is guilty.

Haunted with guilt over Scott Wallace's murder of his boss, Bobby is determined to defend him, lashing out at everybody including Jimmy, who agrees to become a witness for the prosecution. Helen goes up against an old boyfriend in a drug case, when the defendant asks for her help and claims his lawyer actually works for his employers, and doesn't really represent his interests. Meanwhile, William Hinks' stalking of Lindsay gets more and more disturbing, and eventually turns deadly.

Scott Wallace is put on trial for murder yet again, with Bobby determined to prove his mental state is responsible for the crime. Lindsay becomes terrified when William Hinks continues to harass her, with the police being unable to touch him, until Bobby's decision to take matters into his own hands gets out of control.

With the discovery of William Hinks' body, Bobby is arrested shortly after for his murder. Lindsay is terrified of losing him and raising their child alone, while the DA's office assigns an extremely aggressive lawyer, willing to pull out all the stops in order to get rid of Bobby once and for all.

With Eugene at the helm, the entire firm stands ready to defend Bobby in his trial for the murder of William Hinks. But no matter what the outcome of the trial turns out to be, William Hinks reaches out from the grave and manages to get the last laugh, when a deadly tragedy hits the firm.

After the explosion at the firm's offices, Lucy is unharmed, but Rebecca is fighting for her life in the hospital. Things become even more complicated, when Bobby takes Rebecca's mother, a Jehovah's Witness, to court, trying to force her to allow the hospital to give Rebecca a blood transfusion. During all this, Lindsay goes into labor.

Ellenor's sperm-donor has second thoughts about their agreement for him to give up his parental rights, and Jimmy surprises her when he stands by her and volunteers to represent her. Lucy is paged by the rape crisis center to help an 11 year-old rape victim, whose rapist Helen is preparing to prosecute. Meanwhile, a disoriented Rebecca wakes up from her coma, and gets lost in the hospital.

In a crossover episode with "Gideon's Crossing", Ellenor turns to Dr. Ben Gideon, due to some complications with her pregnancy. Helen prosecutes 11 year-old Amanda McGowan's rapist, while doing her best to keep her off the witness stand and protect her from being even further traumatized. Bobby represents a man accused of killing his step daughter, with whom he was having an affair.

As evidence mounts against the defendant in the Littlefield trial, Bobby and Jimmy try to apply the infamous "Plan B", and accuse the victim's mother of the murder. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes into labor, with only a panicked Helen at her side.

Helen arrives at the scene of a carjacking gone terribly wrong, when the owner of the car is killed and her son is caught inside. She uses extremely questionable trickery to get a confession out of the suspect, which Jimmy tries to get thrown out.

Lindsay represents an illegal alien, who the police is threatening to deport, unless he testifies against his brother in a murder trial. Helen is prosecuting a rapist, when his defense attorney goes after Lucy on the stand for her actions as a rape crisis counselor. Meanwhile, Eugene once again gets mixed up with incompetent attorney Harland Bassett.

Jimmy and Eugene help all-time-loser attorney Harland Bassett in the trial of his life, as he represents a sick little girl against a drug company, whose drug caused her liver to fail.

Bobby and Ellenor defend a brutal drug dealer accused of murder in a case they have no chance of winning, when their client turns his attention to Richard, who is prosecuting the case. Fearing for his life, Richard is determined not to be scared away, and to win the trial at all costs.

Grief-stricken by Richard's murder, an enraged Helen seeks vengeance on his killers. As Bobby tries to deal with the guilt over his part in Richard's death, Rebecca and Jimmy grasp at representing a seemingly innocent man accused of killing his wife - until shocking new evidence come to light.

In the two-hour season premier, Ellenor is called to the house of her close friend, Senator Keith Ellison, where she finds the dead body of a man in his bed. The senator claims to shooting the man, thinking he was raping his wife, not realizing they're actually having an affair. In a sensational trial, full of twists and turns, Helen and new ADA Alan Lowe try to prove the senator murdered the man in a fit of rage - but no one is ready for the real truth behind this crime.

Ellenor tries to deal with her discoveries after the Ellison trial, and is determined to correct the injustice that occurred. Rebecca joins forces with a highly respected death-row-appeals lawyer, and discovers he might have an agenda contrary to that of his clients. Eugene represents an old client in a parole hearing, trying to convince him to make a full admission even though he still maintains his innocence.

Lindsay represents a young man accused of murder, and is shocked when new ADA Alan Lowe makes an extremely questionable maneuver to nail her client. Jimmy represents a bookie, to whom he is in grave debts, in a very messy divorce, until it escalates to murder.

Bobby represents Jenny and Richard Baldwin against a pedophile about to be released from prison, who they believe kidnapped their son 18 years earlier. The couple wants Bobby to use a civil lawsuit to force him to tell them what happened to their son - a trial that ends with shocking results. Meanwhile, Jimmy is desperate to scrape up the money to pay his bookie, and ends up stealing from a client to do so.

With a young man coming forward, believing he might be the long lost Chad Baldwin, Bobby and Ellenor try to verify the boy's story. Helen tries to use the woman who raised him for all those years to lock Pierce away for the kidnapping, but Rebecca uncovers evidence that might change everything.

The firm is hired by an insurance company in the trial of a little boy who got hit by a car, until the company's doctor uncovers evidence the he suffers from an extremely life threatening condition. Everyone is horrified when the insurance company orders them not to reveal that to the boy's parents, putting his life in grave danger. Jimmy, however, refuses to comply with those orders, telling the boy's parents everything - and is shocked to discover Eugene has reported him to the bar, recommending his immediate disbarment.

Lindsay is assigned a case involving a mentally challenged man who was released from prison after DNA evidence exonerated him of the murder of his wife. The man is searching for his daughter, who believed that he murdered his wife, her mother. Ellenor is working on a gang killing case in which Alan Lowe is using unscrupulous tactics---so much so that he alienates Helen---in order to get the former-gang member's family to turn on him, tactics that endanger a suspect's family. The victim's family, however, sees Alan's gambit far differently.

Bobby afraid his feelings for a client may harm his objectivity; Lucy helps and supports an elderly rape victim to get an apology from her attacker.

An American woman married to an Arab-American hires Rebecca to find her husband, who was taken away by the FBI under what seems a precursor to the PATRIOT act. Eugene defends a black man on trial for raping a white woman.

A clergyman intercedes in the case of an accused killer, whose defense hinges on the credibility of a sole eyewitness; A prosecutor propositions Ellenor.

Bobby has a client that reveals privileged information that can be revealed by Bobby in the event the client dies. When the client does not show up for trial, Bobby makes an assumption that puts his client as the main suspect on a new case.

Ellenor is forced to second chair her client since he requested to defend himself. The DA thinks this is an easy win,but is warned by his boss that many Pro Se cases were lost by other DAs. The defendant underestimates the power of the jury.

Bobby and Helen are unwillingly dragged into a sting operation meant to expose a highly respected and popular judge of taking bribes. When he finally does get caught, the vengeful judge tries to take Bobby down with him.

A mental health patient believing he is Superman and even calls his wife Lois is sued for damages after he lands on op of a Man after he tries to fly without his cape. After doing research Jimmy finds there are other parties to blame.

Eugene defends a man accused of shaking his baby daughter into a coma. Ellenor once again faces A.D.A Mitchell Wheeler, with surprising results.

Bobby and Jimmy defend a client accused of killing his business partner, but when one of the witnesses ends up dead, things get a little more complicated. Meanwhile, Lindsay has a client who seems determined to want to go to prison.

An Italian American is accused of Insurance fraud, a convicted Arsonists comes forward to testify against Jimmy's client. As always truths and dilemmas arise, will the truth persevere this time?

Joey Herric returns to the firm, surprising everybody when he declares he has passed the bar, and is now a lawyer. He asks for Bobby and Ellenor's help in his first trial, a murder case, where he represents a man accused of killing a woman he was having an affair with. As the trial progresses, they become frustrated when Joey doesn't seem to really be needing their help - until the real reason he wanted them to be there is finally revealed.

The firm is assigned a seemingly impossible case of a serial killer who eats his victims. The trial becomes more and more unsettling for Lindsay in particular, when the client, who believes he is Hannibal Lecter, starts referring to her as Clarice.

Eugene defends a man accused of rape, who claims the real rapist is his identical twin brother. Meanwhile, Lawrence O'Malley, the Hannibal Lecter copycat, continues to terrorize Lindsay, until she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Having shot Lawrence O'Malley, Lindsay goes into shock, and Eugene orders Bobby and her not to talk to the police about what happened. Trying to decide on the best legal defense for Lindsay, Eugene and the others begin to question her sanity.

Ellinor leads the defense team in Lindsay's murder trial of Lawrence O'Malley, against A.D.A. Kenneth Walsh, who is determined to convict Lindsay and get rid of her once and for all. As the trial progresses, Lindsay continues to unravel, and her testimony leaves everyone skeptical as to the outcome of the trial.

Following Lindsay's murder conviction on the season finale, season 7 opens with Lindsay being sentenced to life in prison. Bobby tries to keep it together, and chooses Rebecca to lead Lindsay's appeal. Meanwhile, Jimmy is hired by a woman who kidnapped a little girl many years ago, to anonymously inform the girl's mother that she is safe and sound. That action opens up a huge can of worms, resulting with the false arrest of the woman originally accused of the kidnapping.

Helen manages to trick a confession of kidnapping out of Bernice White, and a guilt-ridden Jimmy takes on her case, determined not to let her go down for a crime he knows she didn't commit. Despite his efforts, it's new attorney Jamie Stringer who manages to save the day. Meanwhile, Rebecca argues Lindsay's appeal before the Supreme Court, and Ellenor deals with her guilt over losing the trial in the first place.

With Lindsay's conviction now overturned, Bobby realizes they can never win with a new trial, and tries to make a deal with Walsh to no avail. Helen tries to convince Walsh to take the deal, and accidentally comes across some information that might turn the tables. Desperate to make her first court appearance, Jamie lets the hopeless case of a flasher come to trial, where things rapidly spin out of control.

Bobby and Eugene defend a Christian Science couple from Helen's wrath, when they are accused of murder for not taking their dying son to a hospital. Meanwhile, Lindsey's release has severe emotional consequences on both her and Keneth Walsh, still devastated over losing the case.

Lindsey takes on a client whose neighbor is suing to get her to stop singing the same loud song every morning while, in a politically and emotionally charged hearing centered on stem cell research, Eugene, Ellenor and Jamie try to help a biological research facility reverse a zoning decision purposely designed to put it out of business

A sexual-abuse case involving victims of a former priest embroils Eugene; a nuisance suit filed by ex-lovers escalates into violence that rattles an already shaky Lindsay.

Bobby and Jimmy struggle with a court-appointed statutory rape case in which their client claims that he and his victim, a 13-year old boy, love each other and the boy's mother is trying to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Ellenor builds a defense for the religious freedom of a church whose ritual includes animal sacrifice.

Ellenor and Eugene defend a client who is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend, and whose alibi turns out to be pretty shaky. Meanwhile, Lindsay, trying to build up her own practice, represents an airline that is being sued because they refuse to fly Arabs.

Bobby is defending a man accused of shooting a police officer, but is still haunted by a previous case. Jamie represents a client who is arrested on a minor drug charge, and the case comes down to whether or not the client's 4th Amendment rights have been violated or not.

Eugene and Ellenor defend a man accused of killing his mistress. Lindsay takes on her first criminal case, and is up against A.D.A Kenneth Walsh.

Eugene represents a family who is suing a liquor company for being responsible for the death of their son who died of alcoholism. Ellenor takes a pro bono case when she tries to convert the death sentence of a woman about to be executed in New Hampshire.

Ellenor's attempt to stay Denise Freeman's execution backfires, and she has to fight against time to keep Denise alive. Eugene and Bobby have a dispute over the Berrys refusal to settle with the liquor company.

Jimmy's client supposedly ran down a man with her car, but when it turns out the guy had a bullet in his back, the case becomes a little more complicated. Eugene's client is being sued for sexual harassment, while Lindsay helps out a young lawyer who is suing a town.

Bobby's client is seeking restitution for having wrongfully spent 15 years in prison, and Bobby blames himself for his role in the initial trial. Meanwhile, Lindsay helps Claire with her lawsuit.

Lesley Ann Warren plays the protective mother of her only son, an accused killer for whom she provides an alibi. Also, a disturbed former client of Lindsey's makes a kind of confession.

Lindsay and Claire are still in jail on contempt charges for not disclosing the whereabouts of Cindy Burns' body. Helen is being sued for defamation by Russell Bakey's mother.

Ellenor and Jimmy defend a woman accused of killing her brother-in-law. Jamie represents a woman suing a prospective employer, because she wasn't hired. Bobby and Lindsay's marriage is in trouble.

Jimmy, Eugene, and Sarah Barker go to a death penalty hearing held by a committee of prosecutors who have decided to ask for the death penalty for one of the firm's clients. The committee recommends life in prison without parole to the client, but the Attorney General still attempts to go for the death penalty. Bobby has dinner with Sarah, and Sarah claims he is starting an affair. Bobby and Lindsay's marriage takes a turn for the worse when Lindsay tells him that she doesn't love him. Lindsay says that she still wants their marriage to work out. Bobby kisses Sarah, and Lindsay sees.

Jimmy goes to meet a mentally unstable old client of his, and is shocked to find himself being held by her at gunpoint. The event takes an even more bizarre turn when he discovers she has kidnapped CBS CEO Les Moonves, and is planning to play Russian Roulette with him on live television - while asking Jimmy to find a TV network willing to carry the broadcast. Meanwhile, Lindsay confronts Bobby about his affair, and even goes to Sarah for answers.

Jamie has to deal with her past, when she is persuaded by the D.A to testify against the guy who raped her four years ago. Things get more complicated by the fact that Eugene is the defendant's lawyer. Lindsay is revisited by Stanley Deeks, who seems to have turned his life around.

Eugene and Jamie represent a very pregnant woman who claims she killed her husband in defense of her unborn child. Jimmy helps Claire on a case where a 10-year old girl has been disabled after a fall from a balcony. Lindsay makes a final decision about her marriage.

Rebecca and Jimmy represent a man accused of a 10-year old murder, even though the body of the victim has never been found. Bobby makes a decision about his future.

Ellenor defends a man accused of killing his pregnant wife. Eugene and Jimmy defend a female vigilante who killed a drug dealer. Tara hates the firm's new partner Alan. Alan defends a homeless man who planted an unwanted kiss on a woman.

Alan takes the case of a lawyer (Sharon Stone) fired for claiming that she can talk to God. Ellenor's client Stanfield (Chris O'Donnell) takes the stand but doesn't come off well. His daughter exposes a shocking secret.

Alan invites Shelia (Sharon Stone) to join the practice. She takes the case of a cuckolded husband. Brad Stanfield shocks Ellen with the truth. She conveys it to Alan, who takes it to the D.A., thereby risking disbarment.

Alan gets appointed to defend a serial toilet cleaner. Sheila, becoming more unstable, jumps at defending a taxidermist stuffing his mom's head. Brad gets another lawyer,

Eugene is forced to defend a white supremacist. Jamie represents a woman who was refused by an airline because of her size. Meanwhile, Alan and Tara try to piece together a defense for Roland Huff.

Eugene and Jimmy continue their defense of white supremacist Jonathan Macklin, when the case takes a surprising turn. Alan and Tara try to help Roland Huff, who is fast unraveling. Jamie questions her relationship with Eugene.

Jimmy defends a man accused of aggravated rape, who faces 25 years in prison. Alan and Jamie get in trouble when Ellenor and Eugene discover the truth about Melissa Kenner's settlement with the airline.

Alan Shore hacks into opposing counsel's computer to win a settlement for a client suing a drug manufacturer for causing her husband's suicide; Shore hides a murder weapon to protect a mentally unbalanced client accused of murder.

Alan Shore defends a twelve-year-old girl who is trying to escape an arranged marriage in her home country. Meanwhile, Eugene tries to help a man who is seeking justice for the brutal murder of his wife.

Alan Shore uses unorthodox tactics when he's appointed by the court to defend a young man accused of murder. Meanwhile, Tara must try her first case when she's thrown into covering Shore's previously scheduled client.

After a policeman is shot to death, Jamie and Tara arrive at the hospital where the suspect is being treated, and are shocked to find the police torturing him for information. But the real shock is when they discover no one seems to have the authority or the willingness to put a stop to it.

Jimmy and Jamie defend an elderly man, retired dock worker Walter Josephson, who is accused of killing a member of the local Irish mob, and Alan Shore agrees to help his friend Dwight Haber - by any means necessary - who discovers his lawyer wife Eve is cheating on him.

Alan returns to his childhood home of Dedham, Mass. to defend a childhood friend; Paul Stewart who is wanted for the brutal murder of the town party girl. Alan tries to come to terms with secrets of his Dedham past, and learns that when it comes to going home, nothing ever changes; nothing stays the same.

An ongoing, sensational murder case besets Shore with pre-trial anxieties centering on jury selection; a hostile judge; a priest's confession; and suspicions of malpractice that involve a manipulative witness for the prosecution.

Shore plays hardball to defend his client, exposing a priest friend's secret, as well as the affair he had with the accused's mother.

Eugene and Jimmy conspire to get rid of Shore without telling Ellenor. Jamie sues a hospital for negligence in the death of a pregnant woman.

Shore sabotages the firm's computers, and he hires Crane, Poole and Schmidt to sue them for wrongful termination. Alan meets Denny Crane (William Shatner) for the first time. Ellenor defends a woman who slapped a cop.

The firm fights Shore and Denny Crane in court. Ellenor tries to re-hire Tara to get her back on the side of the firm.

Friction at the firm gets to Jimmy, who's torn between loyalties and principles. Meanwhile, tension besets Shore as he crosses swords with his brilliant but erratic new boss, whose behavior raises questions of competence.

When Shore resolves a difficult case, Hannah finds herself extremely attracted to him; Eugene is offered a shot at a judgeship; and Berluti's practice attracts many clients, and also a threat from another neighborhood lawyer who sees Berluti as poaching turf.

Berluti's new practice is threatened by a lawyer who considers the neighborhood "his" turf; Hannah and Ellenor face off in a products liability case; Shore admits his feelings for Tara; and Eugene is appointed a judge.

Eugene becomes a Superior Court Judge, and is furious when his first case includes Alan Shore. Shore tries to fend off the advances of a co-worker, and Bobby Donnell tries to sidestep a final farewell party with the members of the practice.

With their petition for a DNA test denied once again, Ellenor and the others must come up with a new idea to exonerate Stuart Donovan and keep him from being executed for a crime he didn't commit. But even after a test reveals the sample from the crime scene doesn't match Donovan, Ellenor is shocked to discover the DA still refuses to cancel his execution. In a last ditch effort, the team goes before Judge Wood, desperate to make him see beyond the technicality of the law, and save Stuart Donovan's life.

Rebecca represents an elderly woman with Alzheimer's, recently remarried, whose daughter is trying to have the marriage annulled. But the woman's testimony in the hearing opens up a big can of worms concerning the truth about the death of her first husband. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes to a higher court in another attempt to get a DNA test in the case of Stuart Donovan, whose execution is only two weeks away.

In the two-hour season premier, Ellenor is called to the house of her close friend, Senator Keith Ellison, where she finds the dead body of a man in his bed. The senator claims to shooting the man, thinking he was raping his wife, not realizing they're actually having an affair. In a sensational trial, full of twists and turns, Helen and new ADA Alan Lowe try to prove the senator murdered the man in a fit of rage - but no one is ready for the real truth behind this crime.

Bobby and Jimmy defend a client accused of killing his business partner, but when one of the witnesses ends up dead, things get a little more complicated. Meanwhile, Lindsay has a client who seems determined to want to go to prison.

Ellenor tries to deal with her discoveries after the Ellison trial, and is determined to correct the injustice that occurred. Rebecca joins forces with a highly respected death-row-appeals lawyer, and discovers he might have an agenda contrary to that of his clients. Eugene represents an old client in a parole hearing, trying to convince him to make a full admission even though he still maintains his innocence.

Ellenor and Eugene head the defense of George Vogleman in the Susan Robin murder trial, with almost no prospect of winning. Scrapping to put on a defense, Eugene employs the infamous "Plan B" on the victim's brother, and Ellenor betrays Helen's confidence when she calls her to stand to testify about a private conversation they had.

Bobby and Eugene defend Courtney Hansen, nicknamed by the media "The Black Widow", a woman accused of killing her weak-hearted husband by having sex with him to death. Having lost 2 previous husbands under mysterious circumstances, the ADA tries to prove it is her M.O. to marry sick old men for their money, and then kill them. Meanwhile, Helen tricks a confession out of a traumatized 15 year old girl, accused of killing her unborn baby, and Ellenor argues she is too young to withstand such trickery.

Ellenor's attempt to stay Denise Freeman's execution backfires, and she has to fight against time to keep Denise alive. Eugene and Bobby have a dispute over the Berrys refusal to settle with the liquor company.

Richard and Ellenor go head to head in a trial of a woman who tried to kill her husband, but their anger and antagonism towards each other gets them into a lot of trouble. Jimmy agrees to represent an old girlfriend who sold her eggs on the Internet and is suing a man who now refuses to pay. His old feelings for her are awaken, which forces him to reexamine his his relationship with Judge Kittleson.

Bobby and Helen once again go head to head in an assisted suicide case, each with their own past experiences involving the matter. Noticing Bobby's unresolved feelings about his part in his mother's death, Lindsay turns to his father for help. Ellenor goes to Pennsylvania to help a man on death-row get a DNA test that might exonerate him, which proves to be a lot harder than it sounds.