Greatest TV Lawyer

[LostInAnomie]

Poll question: Greatest TV Lawyer

I think it's Jack McCoy.

[momophile]

1. Douglas Wambaugh from Picket Fences was great

I don't know about the greatest, but pretty great.

[Vidar]

9. No ambulance went unchased. Yes, he was.

[Kutjara]

2. Petrocelli.

All he had to do was say to a witness on the stand, "you commited the crime, didn't you?" and they would break down and confess immediately. That was some bad mojo Petrocelli had. And he had time to build a house (albeit 12 bricks a day) at the same time. Whatta guy!

[TheBaldyMan]

13. I second Petrocelli

[Not_Giving_Up]

3. I voted McCoy, but Ben Stone was the best

When Stone left the show, I thought the show was dead. Mccoy has done a good job, but he's no Ben Stone.

[Az]

4. Harvey Birdman

Attorney at Law!

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Seconded.

[PrimeRibGuy]

5. Matlock

Not even close, this is the easiest poll ever, although I am the first one to answer Matlock.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. For me......Perry Mason!

I think I saw every program he ever made!

Of course they weren't realistic at all.......but so much fun!

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

8. I love Jack McCoy.

And, although he certainly wasn't the "greatest", I also loved Bobby Donnell.

[Broken_Hero]

10. Other...

"I'm...Denny Crane!"-Denny Crane, from Boston Legal...He would dance circles around Perry Mason, or just shoot him in the knee's to win.

[Dangerously Amused]

11. Dr. Frank N. Furter

Not too many people realize he was a lawyer, though.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

12. Ted Hoffman

[WhollyHeretic]

14. Lionel Hutz

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Other: Caveman Lawyer!

[smirkymonkey]

18. That's my vote!

[wildhorses]

16. assistant district attorney Dan Fielding.

John Larroquette became the break out personality, winning a number of awards and many fans for his performance as the lecherous assistant district attorney Dan Fielding.
edited to add this pic (the night court crew)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

17. E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed in The Defenders

This was an issue-oriented drama from the early 1960s. They were supposed to be a father and son team of attorneys who took cases dealing with controversial legal issues, including abortion, euthanasia, rights of the disabled, and job discrimination, and they didn't always win.

[thefool_wa]

19. What!? No Dan Fielding?

That guy was a GENIUS!

:rofl:

[Orsino]

20. Naw. Perry Mason...

...was able to convict people who weren't even on trial, after cleverly luring them into the courtroom.