Random Defense Attorneys From Movies You’d Hire To Get You Out Of A Pickl (15 items)

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  (#13) Arthur Kirkland From 'And Justice for All'

  Notable Defense Tactics: Arthur Kirkland has had trouble with the legal system since becoming an attorney, and he's been charged with contempt of court for it. He routinely goes up against Judge Henry T. Fleming, and the two despise one another. When Fleming is accused of assault, he asks Kirkland to represent him, thinking that having an attorney who publicly hates him arguing for his defense would be an advantage.

  Ultimately, Kirkland takes the case, but shortly before the trial begins, Fleming confesses to him that he did, in fact, inappropriately touch the woman, and he is inclined to do it again. As the trial begins with Kirkland's opening remarks, he loses it and exclaims that his client is guilty, which is followed by the famous line, "You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!"

  Biggest Win: Unknown

  Biggest Loss: The People vs. Jeff McCullaugh
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  (#8) Elle Woods

  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde: The Musical

  Notable Defense Tactics: Elle Woods is put on the defense team of Brooke Windham as part of a special group of students. Eventually, she replaces Windham's counsel despite not having graduated law school yet.

  Upon cross-examining the main witness, Elle quickly realizes she is lying, and it is all figured out due to her knowledge of what a woman would and would not do regarding a perm. Through her examination, she gets the witness to confess, resulting in a dismissal of the charges against her client and the application of new charges against the witness.

  Biggest Win: The People vs. Brooke Windham

  Biggest Loss: Getting fired for opposing her firm's representation of the C'est Magnifique Corporation.
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  (#11) Billy Flynn

  • Roxie Hart, Chicago, Chicago, Chicago

  Notable Defense Tactics: Billy Flynn comes to represent Roxie Hart after she offs her lover, Casely. She initially convinces her husband to confess to doing it, saying Casely is a crook, but he recants when the detective uncovers evidence of Roxie's affair. Flynn uses every trick in the book to discredit witnesses and evidence, doing anything he can to win the case.

  He's the type of attorney you would want on your side if you were absolutely 100% guilty of what you've been charged with. He won't care, he'll make it a media frenzy, and he will get that acquittal, no matter what.

  Biggest Win: The People vs. Roxie Hart

  Biggest Loss: Unknown
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  (#6) Rudy Baylor

  • The Rainmaker

  Notable Defense Tactics: Rudy Baylor represents Dot and Buddy Black in the case against Great Benefit, an insurance company that denies their claim for a bone marrow transplant, which could have saved their son, Donny Ray, from succumbing to leukemia.

  He's an incredibly gifted cross-examiner, and this proves helpful during the trial, as it is his cross-examination of Great Benefit's president that leads to him winning the case.

  Biggest Win: Dot and Buddy Black vs. Great Benefit

  Biggest Loss: Dot and Buddy Black vs. Great Benefit. Winning with punitive damages enables the company to declare bankruptcy, which means nobody got any money: his biggest win is also his biggest loss. Baylor opts to teach law instead of practice it, as any further cases would likely see his "success" as unrealistic expectations moving forward.
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  (#15) Matt Murdock

  • Daredevil: Vol. 1

  Notable Defense Tactics: The majority of Matt Murdock's time in the movie Daredevil is spent beating up bad guys, but he does engage in a legal fight at the beginning of the movie. He uses his ability to sense other people's heartbeats to tell when they are lying, which is a good strategy during any examination of a witness even if it doesn't necessarily help him convince a jury.

  Biggest Win: He technically loses the case, and Mr. Quesada is acquitted, but justice isn't served in the court; it is served up by Daredevil later that evening.

  Biggest Loss: The People vs. Mr. Quesada. He technically loses the case, even if the bad guy gets what he deserves in the end.
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  (#3) Joe Miller

  • Philadelphia

  Notable Defense Tactics: Despite his discomfort at first, Joe Miller agrees to represent Andrew Beckett in his wrongful termination case, which Beckett believes is the result of his manifestation of AIDS. Proving that Beckett was fired for having the disease is no easy task, but Miller manages to do it by tirelessly picking apart numerous stories and innuendo around Beckett's employment; he is able to win the case in the end.

  One of the most telling scenes in the movie involves Miller asking Beckett to take off his shirt so he could show the court an example of the lesions he was showing shortly before he was fired. The shocking revelation helps convince the jury that not only was Beckett fired for having AIDS, but that he deserves punitive damages totaling $5 million.

  Biggest Win: Andrew Beckett vs. Baker McKenzie

  Biggest Loss: The central trial of the film is the one involving Andrew, which he wins, but in the beginning, both attorneys are representing their respective parties against one another in a different lawsuit. The details of the case aren't explored in much length, but Miller loses the case to Beckett.

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