Public defender, Jerry Kellerman, defends a man that he is certain is innocent but he struggles on the case while in front of a judge that despises him.

Jerry defends a man accused of murder, but the only eyewitness is in Guatemala, and Michele has the chance of trying her first murder trial and tries to remember to be a good lawyer in the process.

Jerry defends a mentally ill client, while Richard defends a woman who caused problems due to a welfare check and may not be able to take care of her grandmother if she is convicted.

Richard's father offers Roz a job, Jerry defends a mother whose arrest may have something to do with her testifying in a murder trial, and Judge Kessler continues her quest as a political candidate.

Jerry takes on an emotional case of the murder of a young boy. As the press coverage intensifies, Balco takes over as lead prosecutor. Elsewhere, Bobbi defends a family man charged with possession of heroin.

Jerry defends a man who followed a hit-and-run driver and then stole from him, and Bobbi's latest case involves a domestic-violence dispute which has the wife refusing the press charges.