Marshall and Brandon defend a school teacher charged with molesting one of his students. Their belief in the man's innocence is strained when an examining psychiatrist asserts there's no doubt that the child had been molested.
Owen Marshall is teamed with a criminal attorney (Barry Sullivan), whose methods he does not like, when defending two college students accused of murder.
When Owen looks into a case he successfully prosecuted eighteen years ago he becomes convinced he erred. Owen finds the man still behind bars and works to obtain his release.
Jess Brandon brings a libel suit against a newspaper sports writer who accuses him of having been involved in a gambling scandal during his football career.
Marshall and his associates are faced with defending a man charged with the deliberate hit-and-run death of his wife. His only defense is that he answered a call from a TV survey at the time of the crime.
Police rush to a home after a report of a shooting and find a woman dead and her husband wounded. He is suffering a traumatic loss of memory but wants to plead guilty for his wife's murder.
A man commits rape at knifepoint but the authorities decline to press charges. The woman who was assaulted is outraged and decides to file a civil suit against the accused.
A country singer gets into a fight and inflicts severe injuries on his adversary. Because he was a former boxer the musician is charged with wielding a deadly weapon. He asks Owen to mount his defense.
Frieda, who has always looked up to her sister, asks Marshall to defend her when she is accused of perjury for testimony during a civil case. She is also disillusioned when her sister admits to an affair with her married employer.
A reclusive torch singer is accused of plagiarism and she goes to Owen for representation. Owen and his team must find an old friend of the musician to make their case.
