Seriál se zaměřuje na právnickou firmu Roberta Donnella, pro kterou je každý případ důležitý. I když nemůžou vyhrát každý soud, bojují právníci za spravedlnost až do vynesení rozsudku... a někdy i potom. Často se ale dostávají do konfliktu právní etiky s osobní morálkou.
Spin-offem tohoto seriálu jsou Kauzy z Bostonu.
Réžia: Jeannot Szwarc, David Semel, Rod Hardy, Dennie Gordon, Mel Damski, Elodie Keene, Andy Wolk, John Patterson, Daniel Attias, Allan Arkush, Michael Schultz, Bill D'Elia, Thomas Schlamme, Arvin Brown, Jesús Salvador Treviño, James Frawley, Michael Pressm
Scénar: Stephen Gaghan, David Shore, Marc Guggenheim, Michael R. Perry, David E. Kelley, James D. Solomon, Andrew Smith, Larry Mollin, Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster, Peter Blake, Frank Tarloff, Frank Renzulli, Samantha Corbin-Miller, Cindy Lichtman, Jeff Rake, Jonathan Shapiro, Bill Chais, John Tinker, Lukas Reiter, Alfonso H. Moreno, Ed Redlich, Lynne E. Litt, Christopher Mack, Gardner Stern, Pamela J. Wisne
Produkcia: Jeffrey Kramer, Jonathan Pontell, Christina Musrey, Ed Redlich, Janet G. Knutsen, Joseph Berger-Davis, Gary M. Strangis, Pamela J. Wisne
Kamera: Theo van de Sande, Bing Sokolsky
Hudba: Christophe Beck, Tom Hiel
Hrajú: Steve Harris, Camryn Manheim, Michael Badalucco, Dylan McDermott, James Spader, Kelli Williams, Lara Flynn Boyle, LisaGay Hamilton, Ron Livingston, Jason Kravits, Jessica Capshaw, Linda Hunt, Chyler Leigh, Michael Emerson, Ray Abruzzo, Holland Taylor, Željko Ivanek, Richard Topol, Dreya Weber, Anna Gunn, Lisa Sheridan, Bill Smitrovich, Edward Herrmann, Bill Cobbs, Marla Sokoloff, Richard Thomas, Daniel Dae Kim, Harry Lennix, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Freeman, Donna Murphy, Patricia Wettig, Matt Czuchry, Suzanne Whang, Daniel Davis, Alan Blumenfeld, Kevin Patrick Walls, Laz Alonso, Jessalyn Gilsig, Ron Lea, Jeremy Davidson, Mark Pellegrino, J. August Richards, Billy Mayo, Silas Weir Mitchell, Lydia Blanco, Harriet Sansom Harris, Kim Raver, Ken Hudson Campbell, Bonita Friedericy, Bill Moseley, Jane Kaczmarek, Jeremy Lelliott, John Finn, Rhona Mitra, Sharon Stone, Alan Dale, Reynaldo Gallegos, Rebecca Creskoff, Michael Gaston, Leon Russom, Dakin Matthews, Titus Welliver, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Larry Brandenburg, Mark Blum, Robert Clohessy, Michael Chieffo, Christopher Cousins, Mark Harelik, Ken Marino, Clark Gregg, Faran Tahir, Barbara Eve Harris, Kellie Waymire, Penny Johnson Jerald, Alyssa Shafer, Michael Medico, Helen Carey, Arabella Field, Emily Kuroda, Lisa Edelstein, Roz Witt, Floyd Van Buskirk, Derick Alexander, Becca Gardner, Arroyn Lloyd, Nancy Lenehan, Karl T. Wright, Beth Kennedy, Michael O'Neill, Sandra Purpuro, David Eigenberg, Sam Jones III, Aimee Graham, Willie C. Carpenter, Thom Barry, John S. Davies, Diane DiLascio, Troy Evans, Thomas Kopache, Randy Oglesby, Tyrees Allen, CCH Pounder, John Hawkes, Andy Umberger, Ted Garcia, Jack McGee, Philip Casnoff, Chris Ellis, Jeremy Ratchford, Tempestt Bledsoe, Scott Alan Smith, Morgan York, Betty White, Lorna Raver, Basil Wallace, Earl Boen, John Cassini, Raymond Cruz, Marshall Allman, Wendy Gazelle, Taylor Negron, Tom Dugan, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Jonathan Tucker, Scott W. Mckinlay, Robert Picardo, Emmy Rossum, Michael Reilly Burke, Tom McCarthy, Debi Mazar, John Walcutt, Dylan Baker, James Rebhorn, Aloma Wright, Meredith Scott Lynn, Craig Wasson, James Karen, Tom Kemp, Marc John Jefferies, Cyrus Farmer, Joseph Campanella, Wayne Pére, Lee Garlington, David Bowe, Dwight Hicks, Gregory Itzin, Garrett M. Brown, Bob Clendenin, Len Cariou, Tom Bower, John Doman, Katherine LaNasa, Evan Mirand, Isabella Hofmann, Reni Santoni, Chris McKenna, Melinda McGraw, Joanna Gleason, Michael Easton, Katie Volding, Albert Hall, Tim Rhoze, Christopher Evan Welch, Dwier Brown, Chad Donella, Cristine Rose, Jenny O'Hara, David Dukes, Crista Flanagan, Anjanette Comer, Lisa Arrindell, Gordon Michaels, Stacey Travis, Gareth Williams, Marguerite MacIntyre, Lane Davies, Cody Kasch, Willie Garson, Ted McGinley, Stephen Macht, Tracy Middendorf, Art LaFleur, Ann Gillespie, Katherine Kamhi, Justin Cooper, Kyle Massey, Sung-hi Lee, Nicki Micheaux, Sydney Walsh, Kathleen M. Darcy, Laney Fichera, Paula Malcomson, Maria del Mar, Mark Herrier, Billy Gardell, Kirsten Nelson, Sybil Temtchine, Steve Rankin, Ruben Pla, Steven Lee Allen, Dayton Callie, Jamie Anne Allman, Sarah Rafferty, Remy Ryan, Nicole DeHuff, Cleavant Derricks, Charles Cioffi, Jim Rash, John Cothran Jr., Chelsea Handler, Carlton Wilborn, Damion Poitier, Lawrence Monoson, Nick Offerman, John Kapelos, Inny Clemons, David Starzyk, Ken Abraham, Natalia Nogulich, Larry Laverty, Ralph Waite, Ted Shackelford, Ted Marcoux, Maurice Compte, David Garrison, George Coe, Lorielle New, Megan Edwards, J.C. MacKenzie, Barry Miller, Dennis Arndt, David Chisum, Jeff Perry, Mark L. Taylor, Stuart Smith, Aaron Lustig, Stan Harrington, Gary Poux, Bonnie Root, Mike Genovese, Tim Quill, Kate Burton, Alexandra Kyle, David Booth, Lisa Eichhorn, Michael Fairman, Amy Aquino, Pat Healy, Kim Hamilton, Chelsea Tavares, Deirdre O'Connell, Gregory Alan Williams, Tammy Townsend, Brent Jennings, Robert DoQui, Anna Deavere Smith, William Stanford Davis, Christian Clemenson, John Aylward, Stephen W. Schriver, Barbara Tarbuck, R.D. Call, Robin Gammell, Ken Lerner, Debra Mooney, David Huddleston, Jeanette Brox, Vincent Angell, Michael Bofshever, Bernard White, Marcus Aurelius, Alysia Reiner, Vyto Ruginis, Spencer Garrett, Richard Cox, Angela Oh, Bryan Friday, Martin Ferrero, Sam Catlin, Carl Ciarfalio, Tohoru Masamune, Virginia Capers, Nicholas Pryor, Alan Oppenheimer, Bonnie Bartlett, Nick Jameson, Ron Glass, Kelly Overton, Jim Antonio, Tom McGowan, James Greene, Tanya Memme, Armand Schultz, Jayne Taini, Jill Basey, Antonio David Lyons, Al Bandiero, James Colby, Steven Anderson, S.E. Perry, David Brisbin, Francis X. McCarthy, Dennis Haskins, John Prosky, Christopher Allport, Julia Campbell, Stefan Gierasch, James Keane, Basil Hoffman, George Wallace, James T. Callahan, Ivonne Coll, Alejandro Furth, Lisa Kaminir, Robert Bailey Jr., Robert Lipton, Mim Drew, Teddy Lane Jr., Wesley Jonathan, Michael Harney, Diane Robin, Jim Pirri, Billy 'Sly' Williams, Alex Rocco, Elisabeth Waterston, Lance E. Nichols, Rick Zieff, Rondi Reed, Jack Kehler, David Wells, Maria McCann, Peter Mackenzie, Loanne Bishop, Kenneth Meseroll, Brett Rickaby, Art Frankel, Marjorie Lovett, Suzanne Krull, Andy Mackenzie, Jerome Butler, Mary Mara, Christine Estabrook, Vic Polizos, Peter Michael Goetz, Jamie Lauren, Markus Flanagan, Tom Jourden, Bruce French, Mimi Lieber, Adrian Sparks, Aaron Michael Metchik, Karina Logue, Mik Scriba, Lindsey Ginter, Francis Guinan, David L. Crowley, Anne Betancourt, Alyssa Gainer, Micole Mercurio, Bradford English, Evans Johnson, Henri Lubatti, Lily Knight, McNally Sagal, Lou Richards, Jordan Lund, Haskell V. Anderson III, Stuart Nisbet, Miriam Flynn, Tom Mason, Conor O'Farrell, Lisa Jane Persky, Margarita Reyes, Christopher Stanley, Tony Pasqualini, Dion Anderson, Steph DuVall, Ellen Bry, Maurice Godin, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Susan Barnes, Ben Lemon, Eve Brenner, Freda Foh Shen, Dan Ziskie, Ricco Ross, Patience Cleveland, Lynn Hamilton, Madison Mason, James Ingersoll, Constance Brenneman, Tyrone LaForrest, Hynden Walch, Anton Yelchin, Carolyn McCormick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elliott Grey, Harold Surratt, James Paradise, John Short, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ming Lo, Susan Chuang, Marcelo Tubert, Scott MacDonald, Stephen Mendel, Eric Mansker, James Moses Black, Jodi Harris, LaDon Drummond, Scott Klace, Earl Billings, Candice T. Cain, Marcello Thedford, James Lorinz, Karen Landry, Ned Wertimer, Max Alexander, Richard Holden, Byron Minns, Alison Martin, Gregory Cruz, Carol Locatell, Michael Dempsey, Tony Giorgio, Blake Heron, John Petlock, Sam Coppola, Robert Clotworthy, Susan Blommaert, Nicholas Kusenko, Greg Wrangler, Frank Converse, Darwyn Carson, Erik Holland, Rudy Ramos, Charles Walker, Dirk Blocker, Shirley Prestia, Alan Wilder, Richard Vidan, Billie Neal, Dohn Norwood, Richard Roat, James Shanklin, Shareen Mitchell, David Valcin, Anne Gee Byrd, Al Pugliese, Burt Bulos, William Wellman Jr., Dan Desmond, Kat Sawyer, Peggy Miley, Joshua Harto, Moira Walley-Beckett, Jeremy Roberts, Stephen Caffrey, James Sutorius, Steven Gilborn, Jeff Yagher, Linda Gehringer, Julie Ariola, John O'Brien, H. Richard Greene, Tucker Smallwood, Bill Applebaum, Victor Williams, Lesley Fera, Ron McLarty, Daniel Zelman, Brenda James, Brooks Gardner, Chad Todhunter, Todd Truley, Mel Johnson Jr., Stephen Mendillo, Ben Slack, John Wesley, Taylor Leigh, Rebecca Klingler, Emily Yancy, Paul Kent, Bob Bancroft, Jack Laufer, Lenny Venito, Christopher Darga, Geraldine Singer, Jim Jansen, Julius Tennon, Drew Pillsbury, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Mark Roberts, Wendy Worthington, Mark Ankeny, Pat Skipper, Kevin McClatchy, Ivar Brogger, Rick Scarry, Donna Hanover, Victor Brandt, Jack Shearer, Robert Peters, Rose Gregorio, Gary Friedkin, David Figlioli, Gloria Gifford, Pamela Dubin, Charles Cooper, John Lavachielli, David Dunard, Victoria Principal, Edith Fields, Wren T. Brown, Bee-Be Smith, Stacy Arnell, Bob McCracken, Tim Ransom, Ursula Burton, Joe Marinelli, Steve Tom, Clayton Landey, David Ogden Stiers, Keith MacKechnie, James Lashly, Tim Choate, Mimi Cozzens, Gina Morelli, Frank Novak, Loren Lester, Nadine Ellis, Roy Abramsohn, Frank Renzulli, Veronica Lauren, Karl Bury, Joe Howard, Andrew Leeds, Ernie Sabella, Joey Zimmerman, Lee Chamberlin, Stefan Umstead, Eric Bruskotter, Lavelle Roby, Paul Tigue, David Hart, Jack Blessing, Nelson Mashita, Jan Munroe, Gerry Becker, Susan Merson, Margaret Welsh, Kymberly Newberry, Charles Lanyer, Alan Woolf, Jack Stehlin, Donald Li, Kiersten Van Horne, Phil Abrams, Arthur Taxier, Dorothy Lyman, Denise Dowse, Terry Woodberry, Jim Lau, Dierdre Holder, John Duerler, Bill Bolender, Michael Monks, Joie Magidow, William Converse-Roberts, Shawn Michael Howard, Gerard Sanders, Keith Davis, Cheryl White, Joan McMurtrey, Ken Kerman, Jordan Baker, Michael Holden, Kathryne Dora Brown, Pat Battistini, Michael Spound, Ernie Hudson Jr., James Handy, Patricia Belcher, Paul McCrane, Jayne Atkinson, Philip Baker Hall, Arye Gross, John C. McGinley, Mickey Cottrell, Michelle Hurd, Norman Lloyd, Todd Jensen, Steven Eckholdt, Austin Pendleton, George Gerdes, Peter Iacangelo, Dennis Neal, Christopher Michael, Matt Clark, Nicole Bilderback, Herb Mitchell, Patrick John Hurley, Blair Hickey, Michael Patrick McGill, Elayn J. Taylor, Stephanie Dunnam, Suanne Spoke, Joyce Greenleaf, Daryl Keith Roach, Chet Grissom, Karina Arroyave, Cheryl Carter, Megan Cole, Angela Hughes, David S. Jung, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Winters, John Vargas, Brooks Almy, Robert Cicchini, Stanley Anderson, Robin Thomas, John Larroquette, Donal Logue, Edward Asner, Nicolas Surovy, Robert Carradine, Melina Kanakaredes, William Atherton, Armin Shimerman, Richard Riehle, Joe Grifasi, Paul Ben-Victor, John Carroll Lynch, Ellen Geer, D.B. Woodside, Tony Amendola, Matt Malloy, Dan Martin, Forbes Riley, Annie Corley, James Whitmore, Valerie Perrine, Ken Howard, Robert Prosky, Aida Turturro, John de Lancie, James Pickens Jr., Lois Smith, Mitchell Ryan, Googy Gress, Kathleen York, Carmen Argenziano, Erika Christensen, Cliff De Young, Shashawnee Hall, Dyan Cannon, Graham Beckel, Michelle Horn, Richard Masur, Barry Primus, Chris Sarandon, John Billingsley, Ryan Cutrona, Nan Martin, James Hong, Richard Doyle, Richard Schiff, Tina Lifford, Richard Gilliland, Michael Cavanaugh, Calista Flockhart, Gil Bellows, Michael Brandon, Dann Florek, William Sanderson, Clyde Kusatsu, Robert Pine, Louise Fletcher, Ronny Cox, Charles Durning, Butch Hammett, Eve Gordon, Lawrence Dobkin, Kathryn Harrold, James Noah, John Rubinstein, Tony Danza, Kathy Baker, Tim DeKay, Amanda Fuller, Howard Hesseman, Roger Corman, Caroline Aaron, Taryn Manning, Allan Wasserman, John Capodice, Paul Dooley, Aunjanue Ellis, Kurt Fuller, Holmes Osborne, Kimberly Scott, Gary Cole, Lyman Ward, Heather McComb, Stephen Tobolowsky, Danny Goldring, Rider Strong, Saul Rubinek, Lawrence Pressman, Drew Snyder, Rockmond Dunbar, George Wyner, Henry Winkler, Kathleen Lloyd, Robert David Hall, Jessica Steen, Christine Tucci, Ed Begley Jr., Mark Sheppard, Cynthia Ettinger, Anthony Heald, Stan Ivar, Kaitlin Hopkins, Clancy Brown, Leo Fitzpatrick, Nick Cornish, Gates McFadden, Daniel Zacapa, Donnie Wahlberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Cornacchia, Paz de la Huerta, Whip Hubley, Caroline Kava, Robert Curtis Brown, Beah Richards, Mary Anne McGarry, Paul Schackman, Richard Gross, Patricia Place, Megan Henning, Brian Carpenter, Clay Wilcox, Sarah Zinsser, Lisa Erickson, Steven M. Gagnon, Steve Ryan, Zach Grenier, Bruce Davison, Lucinda Jenney, Allan Royal, Tom Amandes, Daveigh Chase, Diane Venora, Rene Auberjonois, Timothy Carhart, Brad Greenquist, Dakota Fanning, Nancy Linehan Charles, Robin Thomas (a.z.), Debbi Morgan, Chi McBride, Charles Napier, David Aaron Baker, Dey Young, Andre Braugher, Kevin Chapman, Doug Hutchison, Rachael Bella, Paul Fitzgerald, Ben Mankiewicz, Svetlana Efremova, Tim Snay, David Kelsey, Bryan Souders, Virginia Madsen, Lane Smith, L. Scott Caldwell, Steve Railsback, Ron Silver, Charles S. Dutton, Jeffrey Tambor, Linda Hart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ray McKinnon, Dihlon McManne, Kimberlee Peterson, Gabrielle Anwar, Gabriel Casseus, Scott Cohen, Tim Guinee, Douglas Spain, Michael Cudlitz, Cooper Thornton, Giancarlo Esposito, Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce McGill, Steven Culp, Kevin Dunn, Mark Margolis, Michael Massee, Joe Morton, Bruce Wright, Lisa Banes, Christopher Shyer, Dorian Harewood, Larry King, Jonathan Emerson, Ruth Williamson, John Marzilli, Kevin Quigley, Joe O'Connor