Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted by the unsolved disappearance of their young son, struggle to distance themselves from the tragedy and put their relationship back together. But those goals become elusive whenever Elizabeth's work provides a stark reminder of the justice absent in their own lives.
Elizabeth battles to get leniency for a rapist who has confessed many years after the crime; memories of his father's past misdeeds prompt Chester to sue slumlord on behalf of a young tenant who was bitten by a rat.
With Elizabeth's conviction for jury tampering all but certain, Russell strikes back by dredging up DAG Williams' own misconduct in an old murder trial.
Amidst her own considerable legal and marital troubles, Elizabeth defends a sixteen-year-old girl whose best friend has agreed to cooperate with the D.A. in charging her with arranging the murder of a popular classmate.
Facing a Grand Jury probe that could lead to charges of jury tampering, Elizabeth's relationship with Matt deteriorates after he suggests they have a funeral for their missing son.
Hoping for information about her missing son, Elizabeth defends a former mental patient whose claim to having psychic powers has led to his being charged with murder.
Attorney Elizabeth Canterbury faces skepticism from the public and her own staff when she defends a paroled sex offender accused in the fatal disappearance of a twelve-year-old boy.
Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted by the unsolved disappearance of their young son, struggle to distance themselves from the tragedy and put their relationship back together. But those goals become elusive whenever Elizabeth's work provides a stark reminder of the justice absent in their own lives.
Julianna Margulies , Ben Shenkman , Keith D. Robinson
Dave Erickson
Apostle , Sony Pictures Television Studios
as Elizabeth Canterbury
as Russell Krauss
