The attorneys cases include a comedy writer (Fran Drescher) whose clinical depression is destroying her marriage; and a lesbian suing her ex-lover for visitation rights to her daughter.
A reporter (Joe Spano) is sued by a Congressional candidate for libel; a perfume maker sues his estranged wife for defecting to his competitor; and Charlie's father gets a cancer diagnosis.
A gay man demands the wife of his dead lover be convicted after shooting them both, while TV execs wrangle the story rights. Also a couple is split-up over an alien contact and a treasure hunter is refuses to share possible future finds with his ex.
Sydney Guilford advises a fifth grader prosecuting a sexual harassment case in a mock trial and she represents Charlie Howell who is being sued by a former client for the same charge and malpractice.