Joey Heric, serial killer, returns with a surprise — he’s become a lawyer! With his first murder trial just around the corner, he asks Donnell and Associates to be his second chair.
Jimmy’s newfound — yet apparently long-term and serious — gambling addiction finds him providing free legal council to his bookie. Jeffrey Tambor guests as the scariest person you can’t help laughing at.
District Attorney Walsh continues his semi-serious relationship with the law, as his pursuit of “justice” leads him to play on the wrong side of that very fine line.
Jimmy and Lindsay defend an old friend of Jimmy’s who thinks he’s Superman, while Eugene and Rebecca fight for the freedom of a man accused of shaking his baby into a coma.
Ellenor’s client makes a desperate attempt to stay out of prison by representing himself in a murder trial. Meanwhile, Helen and Bobby find themselves caught up in a sting operation involving the US Attorney and a well-respected jurist.
Donnell and Associates try cashing in personal favors for their clients … miraculously, the DA’s office doesn’t mind breaking the law for their friends.
Things get weird when Bobby defends a woman (Gabrielle Anwar) he appears to have feelings for. Rebecca gets a taste of Federal justice when her doctor’s husband goes missing shortly after September 11, 2001.
