TV Lawyers

Question 1

Phil Hartman voiced this cartoon lawyer on The Simpsons.

Answer 1

Lionel Hutz

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

Perry Mason

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

The Good Wife

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Henry Winkler

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

Ally McBeal

Question 6

This slimy TV lawyer drives a white Cadillac with a license plate that reads “LWYR UP.”

Answer 6

Saul Goodman

Question 7

Michael Kostroff portrayed corrupt defense lawyer Maurice Levy on this show.

Answer 7

The Wire

Question 8

This English screenwriter and former barrister created popular UK legal dramas like Silk, Criminal Justice and North Square.

Answer 8

Peter Moffat

Question 9

Oliver Babish acted as White House legal counsel on this show.

Answer 9

The West Wing

Question 10

This spinoff of The Practice followed the exploits of character Alan Shore.

Answer 10

Boston Legal

Question 11

Before he played Jack McCoy on Law & Order, Sam Waterson played D.A. Forrest Bedford on this NBC show that ran from 1991-93.

Answer 11

I’ll Fly Away

Question 12

Patty Hewes is a very powerful attorney and the main antagonist in this legal drama.

Answer 12

Damages

Question 13

These three actors played the male attorney leads in LA Law.

Answer 13

Corbin Bernsen, Harry Hamlin, Jimmy Smits

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

Rumpole of the Bailey

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

The Defenders

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

The Paper Chase

Question 17

This 1975 legal drama was the first to feature a female in the titular role.

Answer 17

Kate McShane

Question 18

Dan Fielding was a narcissistic, sex-obsessed prosecutor character on this legal sitcom.

Answer 18

Night Court

Question 19

Jackie Chiles was an ambulance chasing lawyer that featured in six episodes of this show.

Answer 19

Seinfeld

Question 20

The titular public defender of this show earned his legal education at Harvard but spent his days living in a modest Atlanta farmhouse.

Answer 20

Matlock

Question 21

Community’s Jeff Winger was stripped of his ability to practice law because it was discovered that he got his degree from where?

Answer 21

Colombia (the country)

Question 22

The sweaty, spineless Ted Buckland was the resident lawyer on what sitcom?

Answer 22

Scrubs

Question 23

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.”

Answer 23

Suits

Question 24

She played the titular role on CBS’ “The Good Wife.”

Answer 24

Julianna Marguiles

Question 25

This is the name of the defense attorney kept on retainer by Stringer Bell in The Wire.

Answer 25

Maurice Levy

Question 26

This Seinfeld character was a parody of real-life attorney Johnny Cochrane.

Answer 26

Jackie Chiles

Question 27

These are the four awful attorneys that defend the Bluths on Arrested Development.

Answer 27

Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio)
Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler)
Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
Wayne Jarvis (John Michael Higgins)

Question 28

These two veteran practiced law alongside James Spader in Boston Legal.

Answer 28

Candice Bergen, William Shatner

Question 29

This was the first legal show to center around an ensemble cast.

Answer 29

LA Law

Question 30

What does JAG, the title of CBS’ long-running Navy-themed legal drama, stand for?

Answer 30

Judge Advocate General

Question 31

The patriarch of this family, which first appeared on TV in the ’60s, was an attorney. He is not usually remembered for that, however.

Answer 31

Gomez Addams

Question 32

This is the title of a Lifetime series that stars an overweight lawyer whose body is inhabited by the soul of a fashion model.

Answer 32

Drop Dead Diva

Question 33

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.

Answer 33

Sterling Brown

Question 34

This actor won an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series award for his role as Johnny Cochran on The People vs OJ Simpson.

Answer 34

Courtney Vance

Question 35

Before The Good Wife, Julianne Marguiles starred in this short-lived 2008 Fox legal drama.

Answer 35

Canterbury’s Law

Question 36

This former real-life senator played D.A. Arthur Branch on Law & Order from 2002-07.

Answer 36

Fred Thompson

Question 37

Franklin & Bash starred these two actors as unconventional lawyers and longtime friends.

Answer 37

Mark-Paul Gosselar, Breckin Meyer

Question 38

This Fox show starred Rob Lowe as an aspiring television lawyer looking to practice actual law and Fred Savage as his brother.

Answer 38

The Grinder

Question 39

The matriarch of this classic TV family, played by Phylicia Rashad, was an attorney.

Answer 39

Cosby (The Cosby Show)