Mickey Haller, un advocat de Los Angeles especialitzat en la defensa de criminals dels barris deprimits, rep l'encàrrec de defensar un ric hereu de Beverly Hills acusat de l'intent d'assassinat d'una prostituta. Malgrat l'aparent èxit professional i econòmic, el cas va complicant-se a mida que avencen les investigacions.

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.

A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.