TV Lawyers Flashcards
Phil Hartman voiced this cartoon lawyer on The Simpsons.
Lionel Hutz
This titular lawyer was featured in books, radio shows and film. He also had his own show on CBS from 1957-66 starring Raymond Burr.
Perry Mason
Julianna Marguiles won both an Emmy and Golden Globe for her performance as the titular character in this CBS drama that ran from 2009-15.
The Good Wife
This actor played lawyer Barry Zuckerhorn, whose clients include one who was put on trial for using company money to build mini-palaces for Saddam Hussein.
Henry Winkler
This titular TV lawyer spent most of her time searching for a soulmate instead of concentrating on her cases. She was also haunted by visions of a dancing baby.
Ally McBeal
This slimy TV lawyer drives a white Cadillac with a license plate that reads “LWYR UP.”
Saul Goodman
Michael Kostroff portrayed corrupt defense lawyer Maurice Levy on this show.
The Wire
This English screenwriter and former barrister created popular UK legal dramas like Silk, Criminal Justice and North Square.
Peter Moffat
Oliver Babish acted as White House legal counsel on this show.
The West Wing
This spinoff of The Practice followed the exploits of character Alan Shore.
Boston Legal
Before he played Jack McCoy on Law & Order, Sam Waterson played D.A. Forrest Bedford on this NBC show that ran from 1991-93.
I’ll Fly Away
Patty Hewes is a very powerful attorney and the main antagonist in this legal drama.
Damages
These three actors played the male attorney leads in LA Law.
Corbin Bernsen, Harry Hamlin, Jimmy Smits
This British legal drama ran intermittently from 1975-1992 and followed a barrister with the first name Horace, played by Leo McKern. The character’s last name features prominently in the shows title.
Rumpole of the Bailey
This Jim Belushi-starring legal comedy drama did not last beyond its 2010-11 season. It shared the same name as a currently-running Netflix show.
The Defenders
This show followed the lives of law student James T. Hart and his classmates at an unnamed law school. The show is based off a 1970 novel of the same name and was preceded by a film – also of the same name – in 1973.
The Paper Chase
This 1975 legal drama was the first to feature a female in the titular role.
Kate McShane
Dan Fielding was a narcissistic, sex-obsessed prosecutor character on this legal sitcom.
Night Court
Jackie Chiles was an ambulance chasing lawyer that featured in six episodes of this show.
Seinfeld
The titular public defender of this show earned his legal education at Harvard but spent his days living in a modest Atlanta farmhouse.
Matlock
Community’s Jeff Winger was stripped of his ability to practice law because it was discovered that he got his degree from where?
Colombia (the country)
The sweaty, spineless Ted Buckland was the resident lawyer on what sitcom?
Scrubs
Harvey Specter is the main character of this legal comedy-drama, on which he has the reputation as the “best closer in New York City.”
Suits
She played the titular role on CBS’ “The Good Wife.”
Julianna Marguiles
This is the name of the defense attorney kept on retainer by Stringer Bell in The Wire.
Maurice Levy
This Seinfeld character was a parody of real-life attorney Johnny Cochrane.
Jackie Chiles
These are the four awful attorneys that defend the Bluths on Arrested Development.
Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio) Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler) Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) Wayne Jarvis (John Michael Higgins)
These two veteran practiced law alongside James Spader in Boston Legal.
Candice Bergen, William Shatner
This was the first legal show to center around an ensemble cast.
LA Law
What does JAG, the title of CBS’ long-running Navy-themed legal drama, stand for?
Judge Advocate General
The patriarch of this family, which first appeared on TV in the ’60s, was an attorney. He is not usually remembered for that, however.
Gomez Addams
This is the title of a Lifetime series that stars an overweight lawyer whose body is inhabited by the soul of a fashion model.
Drop Dead Diva
This actor won an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series award for his role as prosecutor Christopher Darden on The People vs OJ Simpson.
Sterling Brown
This actor won an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series award for his role as Johnny Cochran on The People vs OJ Simpson.
Courtney Vance
Before The Good Wife, Julianne Marguiles starred in this short-lived 2008 Fox legal drama.
Canterbury’s Law
This former real-life senator played D.A. Arthur Branch on Law & Order from 2002-07.
Fred Thompson
Franklin & Bash starred these two actors as unconventional lawyers and longtime friends.
Mark-Paul Gosselar, Breckin Meyer
This Fox show starred Rob Lowe as an aspiring television lawyer looking to practice actual law and Fred Savage as his brother.
The Grinder
The matriarch of this classic TV family, played by Phylicia Rashad, was an attorney.
Cosby (The Cosby Show)
