Top 10 Fictional Lawyers
September 13th 2006 03:40
All over the world, lawyers are hated for their greedy, debaucherous ways. In fact, after telemarketers and used car salesmen, lawyers are definitely up there on the list of people we’d most like to punch.
But on TV it’s a different story. Those in the legal profession are given the most incredible personalities. Sometimes glamorous. Often hilarious And if you’re lucky, they might even have morals.
Here are my top 10:
1. Atticus Finch: Named after the Roman philosopher Titus Pomponius Atticus, this figment of Harper Lee’s imagination is possibly the most admired fictional lawyer of all time. He taught us the importance of the right to a fair trial and astounded us with his patience, empathy and deep sense of morality.
2. She-Hulk: She’s the superhero super-lawyer making appearances in the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Everything about her is super. She has a super hot body, a super brain and she’s on a super mission to save the world. And as if that weren’t enough, her prime area of practice is domestic violence. You go girl!
3. Ally McBeal: She was the flighty, neurotic lawyer from Boston who managed to somehow apply her personal life to every court case and come out of it all a much better person. Oh yeah, and she saw dancing babies.
4. John Cage: This character is also from the hit TV series Ally McBeal. Although he’s extremely shy and reserved in the social setting, put this guy in a court room and amongst the occasional nose whistles and the Barry White interludes, John Cage is a phenomenal trial attorney.
5. Ed Stevens : He opens up a law firm in a bowling alley. Enough said.
6. Sandy Cohen: He is the handsome public defender who helps teens in the most troublesome of situations and has the gift of eloquent explanation. He talks with ease and can make the most complex concepts understandable to all of Orange County. Sometimes he doesn’t even need to open his mouth because his eyebrows do all the talking.
7. SpongeBob Square Pants: In one episode, the cute yellow sponge dons the character of Spongebob Lawyer Pants. Anyone who can smile all day with teeth as bucked as his and still work hard for his people deserves to be on this list.
8. Will Truman: He’s the gay New York city lawyer who quits his high profile job when his morals are put to the test and ends up partner of the infamous Doucette & Stein. He earned extra brownie points in my books when he left his high paying job and began working for the Coalition of Justice, where he provided free legal services for those who could not afford it.
9. Toadfish Rebecchi: He was the dumbo of the whole Neighbours lot until that one fateful day when he took an IQ test and realized that he was a genius. Plus he’s the slobbiest lawyer on TV and seriously entertaining. Moral of the story kids? If Toadie can do it, so can you.
10. And of course, this list would not be complete without my own idol, Elle Woods:
The star of the 2001 movie, Legally Blonde, Miss Woods is the glamorous girl at law school who stands out in her pink suits and not only has an in depth knowledge of shoes and shopping but also the law. She cruises through Harvard with Honours, and unlike most law students does it in style. Note to all those people who ever thought that I was just a bimbo, up yours, I’m graduating with Honours in November!
Anyone else you’d like to add to the list? Leave a comment and let me know!
*all images used in this post are for the purposes of commentary and review.
But on TV it’s a different story. Those in the legal profession are given the most incredible personalities. Sometimes glamorous. Often hilarious And if you’re lucky, they might even have morals.
Here are my top 10:
1. Atticus Finch: Named after the Roman philosopher Titus Pomponius Atticus, this figment of Harper Lee’s imagination is possibly the most admired fictional lawyer of all time. He taught us the importance of the right to a fair trial and astounded us with his patience, empathy and deep sense of morality.
2. She-Hulk: She’s the superhero super-lawyer making appearances in the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Everything about her is super. She has a super hot body, a super brain and she’s on a super mission to save the world. And as if that weren’t enough, her prime area of practice is domestic violence. You go girl!
3. Ally McBeal: She was the flighty, neurotic lawyer from Boston who managed to somehow apply her personal life to every court case and come out of it all a much better person. Oh yeah, and she saw dancing babies.
4. John Cage: This character is also from the hit TV series Ally McBeal. Although he’s extremely shy and reserved in the social setting, put this guy in a court room and amongst the occasional nose whistles and the Barry White interludes, John Cage is a phenomenal trial attorney.
5. Ed Stevens : He opens up a law firm in a bowling alley. Enough said.
6. Sandy Cohen: He is the handsome public defender who helps teens in the most troublesome of situations and has the gift of eloquent explanation. He talks with ease and can make the most complex concepts understandable to all of Orange County. Sometimes he doesn’t even need to open his mouth because his eyebrows do all the talking.
7. SpongeBob Square Pants: In one episode, the cute yellow sponge dons the character of Spongebob Lawyer Pants. Anyone who can smile all day with teeth as bucked as his and still work hard for his people deserves to be on this list.
8. Will Truman: He’s the gay New York city lawyer who quits his high profile job when his morals are put to the test and ends up partner of the infamous Doucette & Stein. He earned extra brownie points in my books when he left his high paying job and began working for the Coalition of Justice, where he provided free legal services for those who could not afford it.
9. Toadfish Rebecchi: He was the dumbo of the whole Neighbours lot until that one fateful day when he took an IQ test and realized that he was a genius. Plus he’s the slobbiest lawyer on TV and seriously entertaining. Moral of the story kids? If Toadie can do it, so can you.
10. And of course, this list would not be complete without my own idol, Elle Woods:
The star of the 2001 movie, Legally Blonde, Miss Woods is the glamorous girl at law school who stands out in her pink suits and not only has an in depth knowledge of shoes and shopping but also the law. She cruises through Harvard with Honours, and unlike most law students does it in style. Note to all those people who ever thought that I was just a bimbo, up yours, I’m graduating with Honours in November!
Anyone else you’d like to add to the list? Leave a comment and let me know!
*all images used in this post are for the purposes of commentary and review.
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Charles laughton (Sir Wilfred Roberts) in Witness For The Prosecution
James Stewart (Paul Biegler) in Anatomy Of A Murder
Paul Newman in The Verdict
Al Pacino (Arthur Kirkland) in And Justice For All-
"You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order! That man, that sick, crazy, depraved man, raped and beat that woman there, and he'd like to do it again! It's just a show! It's a show! It's "Let's Make A Deal"! "Let's Make A Deal"! Hey Frank, you wanna "Make A Deal"? I got an insane judge who likes to beat the shit out of women! Whaddya wanna gimme Frank, 3 weeks probation?"
Out of the Running because they are based on real people is-
Spencer Tracy (Henry Drummond) in Inherit The Wind- all about the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Richard Widmark (Col Tad Lawson) in Judgement at Nuremburg
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I had to laugh when I saw: ‘up yours’. I guess you know what you’re doing … I hope so … for your sake. Is that called a ‘claimer’ in legal terms? Congrats re graduating with honours.
Regarding your list: How could you leave out Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) and Max Cady (Robert deNior) from Scorcese’s version of Cape Fear? Especially Cady. He’s a fictitious lawyer in a fiction film.
After Atticus Finch, Max Cady gets my jury vote as No.2, if just for the following:
The line when Cady says, “For all intents and purposes, we’re just two lawyers talking shop.” (the entire scene, in fact).
His legal interrogation of Bowden’s family …
The sham scene in the courtroom (where Gregory Peck [from the original B&W version of Cape Fear]) plays ‘another’ lawyer). Just one more attention-to-detail, cinematic masterstroke of Scorcese’s. He cast the two main actors from the original film in different roles in the remake (Peck & Robert Mitcham).
Cape Fear might not be the greatest film ever made but it certainly contains some of the most memorable scenes and lines re law and lawyers. This film is so much about law and lawyers …
I’ll stop raving now. I think I’ve made my point.
When I think of fictional lawyers, the list is so long, I think you need to break it down into three categories: cinema, TV and literature, create some new posts and call for new lists.
Oh, and don’t forget My Cousin Vinny (the Law for Dummies training video … or how not to go about things when you finish your degree).
Oh, I see you have no friends. Neither do I. Too busy writing I guess, like you’re too busy studying … Feel free to add me to your friends list. If you don’t, I’ll sue for emotional distress …
Homer.
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