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Cast

The pool of attorneys who made appearances on the program included: *

Johnnie Cochran Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr.Adam Bernstei ''The Washington Post'', March 30, 2005; retrieved April 17, 2006. (; October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal ...

, defense attorney in the

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Marcia Clark Marcia Rachel Clark (' Kleks, formerly Horowitz; born August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent and television producer. She is known for being the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case. Early lif ...

, prosecutor in the Simpson trial *

Christopher Darden Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, actor, and lecturer. He worked for 15 years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he gained national attention as a co-prosecutor in the O. J. Si ...

, prosecutor in the Simpson trial *

Geoffrey Fieger Geoffrey Nels Fieger (born December 23, 1950) is an American attorney based in Southfield, Michigan. Fieger is the senior partner at the law firm of Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington P.C., and is an occasional legal commentator for NBC and MS ...

, defense attorney for

Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not ...

* Wendy Murphy, former sex crimes prosecutor, attorney and television personality *

Gloria Allred Gloria Rachel Allred ( Bloom; born July 3, 1941) is an American attorney known for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, particularly those involving the protection of women's rights. She has been inducted into the National Women's ...

, attorney and television personality *

Keith Fink Keith Fink is an American attorney, author, and academic. He represented a business in a contract dispute with Ellen DeGeneres dubbed by the media as "Iggygate". In 2017, Fink became embroiled in a dispute with the University of California at L ...

, attorney for

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*Dominic Barbara, attorney for

Joey Buttafuoco Joseph A. Buttafuoco (born March 11, 1956) is an auto body shop owner from Long Island who had sex with a minor, Amy Fisher. Fisher subsequently shot his wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, in the face. Tabloid news coverage labelled Fisher the "Long Isla ...

*Benedict Morelli *Ted Williams The show's judge was

Andrew Napolitano Andrew Peter Napolitano (born June 6, 1950) is an American syndicated columnist whose work appears in numerous publications, including ''The Washington Times'' and ''Reason''. He was an analyst for Fox News, commenting on legal news and trials. ...

during the first season, 2000–2001, and in the second season, 20th Television's Judge Lynn Toler (later of ''

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'') was the presiding judge. Joseph J. Catalano II (son of

former bailiff Joseph J. Catalano) was the court show's bailiff and Andy Geller was the court show's announcer.

Broadcast history

The show was cancelled mid-way through the second season due to low ratings, the effects of preemptions at the start of the second season due to the

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breaking the momentum of Judge Lynn's debut, and the high cost of the 10 or so rotating high-profile attorneys.

References

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* 2000s American legal television series 2001 American television series debuts 2002 American television series endings Court shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by 20th Century Fox Television {{US-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub