A murder-rape trial goes nightmarishly off course when Harry, Adam and the entire courtroom are taken hostage following a verdict. Meanwhile, Cassie helps an old friend who was in a serious car accident with his brother....
Harry's Law
Show summary:
Harriet (Kathy Bates), Adam and Malcolm are three very different people from completely different walks of life. After Harry is fired from her job as a probate lawyer, she encounters some strange occurrences which lead her to decide to open a new law firm. The location she chooses happens to be an abandoned shoe store. Adam, a lawyer from a big firm hears Harry has started her own practice so offers to help the new place get its feet off the ground. After only one case, he decides he wants to stay. Malcolm is a young man in his first year of law school whom Harry met during those strange occurrences after she was fired at the beginning of the show. Together with the help of Jenna, their assistant, they run Harry's Law and Fine Shoes. These folks were brought together by fate to serve the people of the neighborhood in which their business resides.
Harriet (Kathy Bates), Adam and Malcolm are three very different people from completely different walks of life. After Harry is fired from her job as a probate lawyer, she encounters some strange occurrences which lead her to decide to open a new law firm. The location she chooses happens to be an abandoned shoe store. Adam, a lawyer from a big firm hears Harry has started her own practice so offers to help the new place get its feet off the ground. After only one case, he decides he wants to stay. Malcolm is a young man in his first year of law school whom Harry met during those strange occurrences after she was fired at the beginning of the show. Together with the help of Jenna, their assistant, they run Harry's Law and Fine Shoes. These folks were brought together by fate to serve the people of the neighborhood in which their business resides.
Harry reunites with Malcolm to defend a gang member who was wrongly convicted of killing a policeman. Elsewhere, Adam and Phoebe join forces to help a tea-shop proprietor accused of art theft.
Harry, Adam and Phoebe represent an entire college marching band that's charged with murder following a deadly hazing incident. Meanwhile, Tommy advocates for a man who accuses a woman of sexually assaulting him.
A former client returns to seek millions in damages against the firm, claiming that Harry took advantage of him. Yet another past client also creates complications when she's accused of killing her abusive ex-husband. Me...
Harry helps her neighbor, a teacher who is accused of being a sex offender. Meanwhile, Oliver represents a rebellious school dropout; and a workers' revolt plays out at the downstairs shoe store.
Harry advocates for a school principal who's trying to expel a student for anxiety-related outbursts. In another case, Harry helps a past client who suspects that his sister was murdered. Meanwhile, Adam works for a form...
Harry and Adam file suit on behalf of a man who claims that cigarettes killed his wife and face off against a lawyer from Harry's past. Meanwhile, Cassie represents a woman frightened by her seemingly sweet ex-husband wh...
Harry, Cassie and Adam represent a 21-year-old who is dying of kidney failure and who illegally purchased a kidney; and Tommy and Oliver defend twins who are arrested when the man they are both married to is murdered
Harry and Tommy, in the midst of duck hunting, discover that the owner of the hunting preserve has been covertly housing a gorilla. Swayed by the gorilla's incredible intelligence and gentle demeanor, Harry agrees to hel...
Harry, Oliver and Cassie defend a mother accused of euthanizing her infant son who had an incurable debilitating disorder; and Tommy and Adam try to get recognition for an Iraq War vet who suffered a brain injury, but wa...
Harry and Adam represent parents whose son died from a concussion during a high-school football game; and Tommy represents a single mother who robbed a bank to pay her bills.
Oliver and Cassie defend a teen who killed three students when he opened fire on a college campus, but the emotional nature of the case causes tension between them; and Tommy represents a mortuary owner who uses bodies a...
It's Harry vs. Langford, Ohio, when, while on a vacation, they impound her car for violating their "Buy American" law; and Adam represents a Chinese family whose daughter was taken from them because of China's one-child ...
Harry and Adam defend a former prosecutor accused of aiding and abetting a kidnapper, and, once again, Harry's up against Roseanna Remmick. Meanwhile, Tommy gets Cassie to help him in a divorce case involving one of his ...
Harry represents a teacher (Jason Alexander) who claims he was fired because he failed a student who rejected Darwinism; and Ollie and Nate defend a serial dater who is accused of fraud because she received expensive gif...
Harry and Oliver defend a teen cyberbully whose blog prompted a classmate to commit suicide after she was outed as a lesbian, and prosecutor Kim Mendelsohn charges the blogger with negligent homicide; and Jenna receives ...
The trial gets underway as Adam preps Eric's daughter for testimony, while Harry is concerned about Cassie's upcoming cross examination of a key witness; and Ollie and Harry have a disagreement.
Harry continues Eric's case after the charges against her are dropped, but Roseanna Remmick orders the police to harass Harry and plant evidence incriminating Eric. Meanwhile, Cassie and Oliver follow leads; and Harry as...
In the second-season opener, the team moves from the shoe store to a loft, and Harry reluctantly defends a man who is accused of killing his wife, and the case pits her against a prominent DA; and lawyer Cassie Reynolds ...
Josh (Paul McCrane) needs Harry's help after he has a mental breakdown; Rachel and Adam reluctantly team up to represent a death row inmate; Malcolm and Jenna have their first argument.
Harry (Kathy Bates) defends an old colleague, Lou Drummond, who murdered his business partner during a stand-off in which both lawyers drew guns. Meanwhile, after professing his undying love to Rachel (Jordana Spiro), Ad...
Harry helps an old boyfriend with a case, but has difficulty believing in the accused's innocence; and Adam represents a drag queen in a wrongful-termination case
A man asks for Harry's help when his lover is locked in a basement by her jealous husband; Adam handles his first divorce case, which involves a m?nage ? trois
A teenager tends to the victim of a drive-by shooting but finds himself in hot water when the Assistant DA believes he was involved in a cop's death; Harry fights to get a liver transplant for the shooting victim.
Harry helps defend albinos seeking asylum from the dangers of albino hunters in their native country; Jenna's car is stolen; Harry makes a hurtful comment to Jenna.
Malcolm and Harry try to mediate a gang war; a man claims he was let go from his job for being too old.
When Harry discovers her client is guilty, she announces his guilt in court leading the judge to recommend she be disbarred; Malcolm goes undercover for the police in exchange for an expunged criminal record.
Harry worries about Malcolm's association with Tommy; Damien puts himself at risk to get justice after Chunhua is attacked; Adam turns to an ex-girlfriend for comfort.
After a tip from a priest, Harry helps defend an inmate serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit; Tommy and Malcolm help an overweight woman sue fast food companies.
Harry defends an impoverished, elderly woman who committed armed robbery to buy food; Adam tries to impress a beautiful woman by taking on an unlikely case.
Recently fired, a lawyer sets up her own practice in an abandoned shoe store with the help of her secretary; Harriet defends a man charged with a third drug-offense; an up-and-coming attorney joins the firm.
