Harry's Law

- Season 2

(2011)

Harry, against her better judgment, agrees to defend Eric Sanders, a man accused of savagely killing his wife. She takes the case at the request of Oliver Richard - a hot-shot attorney from the very firm that fired her the previous year. The extremely high-profile case brings Harry toe-to-toe with the head honcho herself, D.A. Roseanna Remmick. Meanwhile, new associate Cassie Reynolds represents an artist whose painting was unceremoniously altered by the purchaser. Elsewhere, Tommy Jefferson, forces his way into sharing Harry's new office space and pursues a box store...

While charges against Harry are dropped, D.A. Roseanna Remmick continues her attack by ordering the police to harass Harry and plant evidence against Eric. Elsewhere, Cassie looks into a recently fired housekeeper with a history of violence while Oliver follows up on a tip about a delivery guy who might know something damning about the victim's love life. As the media fervor grows, Harry recruits Tommy to handle the press.

Adam preps Eric's daughter for her pivotal testimony as Harry worries about Cassie's impending cross-examination of a key state's witness. Meanwhile, Ollie clashes with Harry over what's in the best interest of their client while D.A. Roseanna Remmick goes to great lengths to get a guilty verdict.

Harry teams up with Ollie to defend a teenage girl known at school for her scathing blog, the "Snark Queen," who cruelly outs a closeted lesbian classmate who shortly after commits suicide. A.D.A Kim Mendelsohn puts Harry and Ollie on the defensive by charging the accused cyberbully with negligent homicide. Back at the office, Adam takes Tommy to court for accepting a life insurance policy as payment from a now-deceased cancer patient. All the while, Jenna weighs a tempting job offer that could take her away from Harriet's Law & Fine Shoes.

Harry's client is a high school teacher who was terminated "due to budget cuts", but the real reason is that he gave a student a bad grade for refusing to believe in the teacher's Darwinism. The student is not just ANY student; he is a genius who would have been accepted into one of the most prestigious universities in the country if not for that one grade. Harry thus has to take on the whole school board and a creationist minister. Meanwhile, the team takes on a seemingly unwinnable case where a woman who dresses as a high-end call girl (and looks it) is accused of ...

Harry and Adam defend former prosecutor Josh "Puck" Peyton, who stands accused of aiding and abetting a kidnapper; Peyton successfully negotiated her safe return, but did so behind the back of the FBI. The case brings Harry into a fierce rematch with D.A. Roseanna Remmick who is back with a vengeance and determined to outdo Harry and put Puck in prison. Elsewhere, Tommy ropes Cassie into an ethically questionable divorce proceeding involving his oldest clients.

While Harry is on vacation, her trip takes a frustrating turn when the small town of Langford, Ohio impounds her Mercedes Benz for violating their "Buy American" law. Harry, with Oliver at her side, challenges the town's law and is pit against a young, homespun attorney and the engine behind the law, Langford's mayor, Franklin Chickory. Meanwhile, Adam represents the Chens, a Chinese family whose daughter was stolen because of China's one-child policy and adopted by American parents. With Cassie's help, Adam hopes to win custody for the Chens.

Harry must practice some conflict resolution when Oliver and Cassie butt heads over an emotional case: defending a schizophrenic 17-year-old who shot and killed three college students on campus. Meanwhile, Tommy represents an owner and operator of two businesses: a "Green Mortuary" for eco-friendly burial, and an organic produce market. Unfortunately, his two businesses overlap resulting in his vegetables being fertilized with the decomposing bodies. Elsewhere, Chunhua returns to ask Adam for help when her family's dry cleaning business is seized through eminent ...

Harry and Adam argue on behalf of parents whose son died after receiving a concussive blow while playing on his high school football team. During the case, Harry examines the danger that football-related injuries pose to young athletes. Meanwhile, Tommy represents a struggling single mother who resorted to robbing a bank in order to pay her mounting bills. With Cassie's help, they put the government on trial by arguing a rarely used defense.

Harry, Oliver and Cassie struggle to defend their client, a mother who stands accused of killing her infant son who suffered from a debilitating disorder with no hope for a cure. Meanwhile, Tommy and Adam represent a former-soldier-turned-clown who, after suffering a minor traumatic brain injury in the Iraq War, was deemed ineligible for a Purple Heart.

Harriet and Tommy represent a client who wants custody of a gorilla that escaped from the zoo. Meanwhile, Adam, with Cassie's help, defends a high school friend who confronts abusive men as the persona of Wonder Woman.

Harry, Cassie and Adam represent a quick-witted 21-year-old dying of kidney failure who illegally purchased a kidney from a willing donor/seller. Meanwhile, Tommy and Oliver defend identical twins who are both arrested when the man they are both married to and live with is murdered. Roseanna Remmick is convinced that one of the twins must be responsible, leaving Tommy and Oliver to walk the line between truth and justice in hopes of keeping the them out of jail.

Harry visits the state prosecutor to talk settlement over a death caused by smoking and getting cancer. Cassie helps a woman being stalked and harassed by her ex-husband.

Harry represents a school principal trying to expel a student with an anxiety-based condition which causes her to have uncontrollable outbursts. In addition, Harry reaches out to Roseanna Remmick for help with a former client who is convinced that his sister was murdered by her husband. Elsewhere, a former high school classmate of Adam's, comes to him for help with her plea bargain on drug and prostitution charges. Tommy prepares for a gala where he hopes to win Trial Lawyer of the Year.

After a police investigation, Harry's next door neighbor is accused of being a sex offender. While the investigation does not yield charges, it becomes grounds for her to lose her job as a teacher and she seeks out Harry's help. Meanwhile, Oliver faces off against opposing counsel, Phoebe Blake, after a couple comes to him to represent their rebellious son who dropped out of school to take a well-paying, full-time job. Back at the office, Adam must play mediator when the women who work downstairs in the shoe store revolt against Chunhua's seemingly tyrannical ...

The prosecutor claims Harry took advantage of his weakened mental condition after an accident in order to get a better deal for her client. Cassie defends a woman accused of killing her mentally abusive ex-husband who says she did not do it.

Oliver and Phoebe defend a 17 year student from drug trafficking charges. Members of the firm compete in a fund raising event.

Adam helps Phoebe defend a woman being sued by her dead husband's family who says she caused the husband to commit suicide. Harry helps a juror who ran away from jury duty and is being sued for costing the state additional money.

Harry, Adam and Phoebe are involved in a case against 39 members of a college band that is charged with murder under the Felony Murder rule after a new member dies accidentally as the result of their hazing ritual. Tommy represents a man who is charging a woman with date rape.

Malcolm returns to enlist Harry's aid in trying to get a former client on death row a new trial. Adam and Phoebe help a man facing deportation for a crime committed in England when he was age 17 and now inspires his impoverished neighbors.

Two stories overlap in this episode. Harry and Adam are defending their client Colin Danes, who is accused of raping and killing Sarah Trassino. When the jury finds the defendant not-guilty, Brother Lucas Treassino (Jon Bernthal) and Father Arthur Trassino (Peter Onorati) hold the court hostage and demand an immediate, new trial at gun-point. Meanwhile, the brother of a dying patient is told federal law prohibits him from donating blood because he is gay. This evokes a reaction that involves Cassie and Oliver pleading their case in hopes of obtaining an injunction that will allow their client...

The firm prepares for an anniversary party. Harry & Tommy help a man labeled as a person of interest in his ex-wife's death. Oliver represents a woman who was not accepted at the college of her choice. Adam helps a man fired from his job.