List of defense attorneys

Overview of recurring defense attorneys in the Law & Order franchise.

Multiple Shows

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Lorraine Toussaint	New York City Legal Aid Society / Chicago Defense Attorney Shambala Green	L&O: "Subterranean Homeboy Blues" (Season 1)	CPD: "Justice" (Season 3)	8
Tovah Feldshuh	New York City Defense Attorney Danielle Melnick Later Elevated to Judge	L&O: "Aria" (Season 2)	CI: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap" (Season 10)	14
Jeffrey DeMunn	New York City Defense Attorney Professor Norman Rothenberg	L&O: "Black Tie" (Season 4)	L&O: "Tango" (Season 18)	9
Richard Brooks	New York City / Chicago Defense Attorney Paul Robinette	L&O: "Custody" (Season 6)	CJ: "Uncertainty Principle"	4
Tom O'Rourke	New York City Defense Attorney Peter Behrens	L&O: "Deceit" (Season 6)	TBJ: "The Abominable Showman" (Season 1)	8
Sig Libowitz	New York City 18-B Panel Defense Attorney Stan Shatenstein	L&O: "Thrill" (Season 8)	L&O: "Obsession" (Season 15)	3
Dan Hedaya	New York City Defense Attorney Leslie Drake	L&O: "Baby, It's You" (Season 8)	HLOTS: "Baby, It's You (2)" (Season 5)	2
Ned Eisenberg	New York City Defense Attorney Jerry Kleinert	"Exiled: A Law & Order Movie"	SVU: "Payback" (Season 1)	2
Larry Bryggman	New York City Defense Attorney Rowan	L&O: "Myth of Fingerprints" (Season 12)	SVU: "Mercy" (Season 4)	2
Peter Jacobson	New York City Defense Attorney Randy Dworkin	L&O: "Chosen" (Season 13)	SVU: "The Undiscovered Country" (Season 19)	5
Peter Gerety	New York City 18-B Panel Defense Attorney Dean Connors	L&O: "Star Crossed" (Season 13)	TBJ: "Truth or Consequences" (Season 1)	2
Michael Boatman	New York City Defense Attorney Dave Seaver	L&O: "House Calls" (Season 13)	L&O: "12 Seconds" (Season 22)	10
Ron Silver	New York City Defense Attorney Bernie Adler	L&O: "Paradigm" (Season 15)	L&O: "Talking Points" (Season 17)	3
Josef Sommer	New York City Defense Attorney Patrick Rumsey	SVU: "Entitled" (Season 1)	L&O: "Entitled" (Season 10)	2
David Thornton	New York City Granger, McCullum, & Kerstetter Defense Attorney Lionel Granger	SVU: "Loss" (Season 5)	SVU: "Quickie" (Season 10)	11
Bradley Cooper	New York City Granger, McCullum, & Kerstetter Defense Attorney Jason Whitaker	SVU: "Night" (Season 6)	TBJ: "Day" (Season 1)	2
Geoffrey Cantor	New York City Defense Attorney Ronald Hardin	CI: "Anti-Thesis" (Season 2)	TBJ: "Blue Wall" (Season 1)	2
Christopher Wiehl	Chicago/New York City Defense Attorney James Olson	CJ: "Friendly Fire"	SVU: "Service" (Season 19)	2

Law & Order

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Charlotte Moore	New York City Civil Rights Attorney Julia DeBakey	"The Reaper's Helper" (Season 1)	"Legacy" (Season 7)	2
Dennis Boutsikaris	New York City Defense Attorney Richard Berkley	"Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" (Season 1)	"The Corporate Veil" (Season 3)	2
Philip Bosco	New York City Defense Attorney Gordon Schell	"Happily Ever After" (Season 1)	"Kids" (Season 4)	3
Steven Keats	New York City Defense Attorney George Zuckert	"The Torrents of Greed (Part I)" (Season 1)	"Virus" (Season 3)	3
Lee Richardson	New York City Defense Attorney Mike Le Claire	"The Torrents of Greed (Part I)" (Season 1)	"The Torrents of Greed (Part II)" (Season 1)	2
Phillip R. Allen	New York City Defense Attorney Davis	"The Torrents of Greed (Part I)" (Season 1)	"The Torrents of Greed (Part II)" (Season 1)	2
Bill Moor	New York City Defense Attorney Bill Patton	"Sonata for Solo Organ" (Season 1)	"Trade This" (Season 10)	6
Don Billett	New York City Defense Attorney Ed Richter Elevated to Judge	"The Blue Wall" (Season 1)	"Shadow" (Season 8)	3
Robert Katims	New York City Civil Torts Attorney Jacob Bloom	"Misconception" (Season 2)	"Consultation" (Season 3)	2
Richard Venture	New York City Defense Attorney Douglas Greer	"In Memory Of..." (Season 2)	"Thin Ice" (Season 11)	5
George Grizzard	New York City Defense Attorney Arthur Gold	"Severance" (Season 2)	"Dissonance" (Season 11)	6
John McMartin	New York City Defense Attorney Larry Webber	"Blood Is Thicker..." (Season 2)	"Black Tie" (Season 4)	2
Joanna Merlin	New York City Defense Attorney Carla Bowman	"Silence" (Season 2)	"Virus" (Season 3)	2
Eric Bogosian	New York City Defense Attorney Gary Lowenthal	"Conspiracy" (Season 3)	"Night and Fog" (Season 3)	2
Larry Keith	New York City Defense Attorney Frank Dunlap	"Wedded Bliss" (Season 3)	"Survivor" (Season 7)	2
Rosemary De Angelis	New York City Defense Attorney Sally Goldman Elevated to Judge	"Prince of Darkness" (Season 3)	"Jurisdiction" (Season 3)	2
Joe Lisi	New York City Defense Attorney Chris Minetti	"Prince of Darkness" (Season 3)	"Stalker" (Season 8)	2
Elaine Stritch	New York City Women's Rights Attorney Lanie Stieglitz	"Point of View" (Season 3)	"Working Mom" (Season 7)	2
Edie Falco	New York City Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Sally Bell	"Mother Love" (Season 3)	"Grief" (Season 8)	4
Cynthia Harris	New York City Defense Attorney Professor Adele Diamond	"Discord" (Season 4)	"Passion" (Season 7)	2
Lenore Harris	New York City Public Defender Defense Attorney Marya Levinson	"Profile" (Season 4)	"Cruel and Unusual" (Season 5)	3
Maria Tucci	New York City Defense Attorney Helen Brolin	"Born Bad" (Season 4)	"Bitch" (Season 13)	6
Leo Burmester	Dade County, Florida / New York City Defense Attorney Lester Hastings	"Snatched" (Season 4)	"Patriot" (Season 12)	2
Roberta Wallach	New York City Defense Attorney Michele Selig	"Censure" (Season 4)	"Bait" (Season 9)	3
Joyce Reehling	New York City Battered Woman's Syndrome Attorney Mildred Kaske	"Mayhem" (Season 4)	"Blue Bamboo" (Season 5)	2
Ron Orbach	New York City Defense Attorney Max Hellman	"Doubles" (Season 4)	"Attorney Client" (Season 12)	3
Kit Flanagan	New York City Defense Attorney Joan Zinns	"Doubles" (Season 4)	"Bad Faith" (Season 5)	2
Bob Dishy	New York City Defense Attorney Larry Weaver	"Old Friends" (Season 4)	"Equal Rights" (Season 12)	7
Joanna Merlin	New York City Defense Attorney Deirdre Powell	"Virtue" (Season 5)	"Expert" (Season 8)	3
James Rebhorn	New York City Defense Attorney Charles Garnett	"Progeny" (Season 5)	"Dazzled" (Season 12)	5
Katherine Borowitz	New York City Defense Attorney Marge Larson	"Privileged" (Season 5)	"Past Imperfect" (Season 7)	2
Peter Gerety	New York City Defense Attorney Charles Powell	"Pride" (Season 5)	"Gunshow" (Season 10)	2
Jeanne Ruskin	New York City Defense Attorney Alice Marsdale	"Blood Libel" (Season 6)	"Cherished" (Season 9)	2
Tim Ransom	New York City Defense Attorney Andrew Maynard	"Rebels" (Season 6)	"Tragedy on Rye" (Season 13)	2
Joe Grifasi	New York City Defense Attorney James Linde	"Corpus Delicti" (Season 6)	"Deep Vote" (Season 11)	3
Brooke Smith	New York City Defense Attorney Margot Bell	"Savior" (Season 6)	"Red Ball" (Season 16)	2
David Little	New York City Defense Attorney Mitch Weiss	"Girlfriends" (Season 6)	"Sundown" (Season 10)	2
Patti LuPone	New York City Defense Attorney Ruth Miller	"Homesick" (Season 6)	"Navy Blues" (Season 8)	2
Gerry Bamman	New York City Defense Attorney Stan Gillum	"I.D." (Season 7)	"Ego" (Season 11)	4
Dennis Boutsikaris	New York City Defense Attorney Al Archer	"Good Girl" (Season 7)	"Hands Free" (Season 14)	4
Caitlin Clarke	New York City Defense Attorney Linda Walsh	"Menace" (Season 7)	"Stiff" (Season 10)	3
John Cunningham	New York City Defense Attorney Daniel Metzler	"Working Mom" (Season 7)	"Bottomless" (Season 18)	5
Keith Szarabajka	New York City Gorton & Steinhartas Defense Attorney Neil Gorton	"D-Girl" (Season 7)	"Showtime" (Season 7)	3
Franchelle Stewart Dorn	New York City Gorton & Steinhartas Defense Attorney Joyner	"Showtime" (Season 7)	"Blood" (Season 8)	2
Ned Eisenberg	New York City Defense Attorney James Granick	"Mad Dog" (Season 7)	"Memo From The Dark Side" (Season 20)	6
Jack Gilpin	New York City Defense Attorney Axtell	"Terminal" (Season 7)	"For Love or Money" (Season 12)	4
Donna Murphy	New York City Defense Attorney Carla Tyrell	"Thrill" (Season 8)	"Mother's Milk" (Season 10)	2
Lou Liberatore	New York City Defense Attorney Dale Brody	"Blood" (Season 8)	"Deep Vote" (Season 11)	2
David Garrison	New York City Defense Attorney Richard Billings Elevated to Judge	"Under the Influence" (Season 8)	"Surrender Dorothy" (Season 10)	3
Glynnis O'Connor	New York City Kagan, Romero, Schoenholtz Defense Attorney Anne Paulsen	"Carrier" (Season 8)	"C.O.D." (Season 14)	5
William Hill	New York City Defense Attorney Kusevitsky	"Monster" (Season 8)	"Possession" (Season 12)	3
Mark Blum	New York City Defense Attorney Frank Lazar	"Agony" (Season 9)	N/A	1
Lee Shepherd	New York City Defense Attorney Barry Kaufer	"Agony" (Season 9)	"Foul Play" (Season 12)	4
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	New York City Defense Attorney Winters	"Haven" (Season 9)	"Burn Card" (Season 18)	3
Robert LuPone	New York City Defense Attorney Mark Branson	"Hunters" (Season 9)	"Access Nation" (Season 12)	2
Jim Bracchitta	New York City Defense Attorney Jason Goidell	"Disciple" (Season 9)	"Ghosts" (Season 16)	5
Jennifer Van Dyck	New York City Defense Attorney Morgana Palmer	"Ambitious" (Season 9)	"Missing" (Season 12)	2
Ben Shenkman	New York City Defense Attorney Nick Margolis	"Refuge (1)" (Season 9)	"Human Flesh Search Engine" (Season 20)	6
Terry Beaver	New York City 18-B Panel Defense Attorney Manning	"Refuge (1)" (Season 9)	"Refuge (2)" (Season 9)	2
Helen Carey	New York City Defense Attorney Charlotte Swan	"Gunshow" (Season 10)	"Publish and Perish" (Season 15)	4
Ezra Knight	New York City Defense Attorney Tyler Epps	"Marathon" (Season 10)	"Born Again" (Season 12)	2
Brian Connors	New York City Defense Attorney Gerald Harmon	"Trade This" (Season 10)	"Deep Vote" (Season 11)	2
Spencer Garrett	New York City Defense Attorney Stephen Olson	"Untitled" (Season 10)	"Gaijin" (Season 14)	3
Lee Wilkof	New York City Defense Attorney Eric Berner	"Stiff" (Season 10)	"Nowhere Man" (Season 14)	2
Joe Morton	New York City Defense Attorney Leon Chiles	"Vaya Con Dios" (Season 10)	"The Sixth Man" (Season 15)	4
Carey Lowell	New York City Defense Attorney Jamie Ross Elevated to Judge	"Justice" (Season 10)	"School Daze" (Season 11)	2
Welker White	New York City Defense Attorney Aaronson	"Standoff" (Season 11)	"Swept Away - A Very Special Episode" (Season 11)	2
Bruce Altman	New York City Defense Attorney Brad Feldman	"Return" (Season 11)	"Lucky Stiff" (Season 19)	3
Terrence Mann	New York City Defense Attorney Oyler	"Whose Monkey is it Anyway?" (Season 11)	"New York Minute" (Season 16)	2
Jack Koenig	New York City Defense Attorney Swift	"Sunday in the Park with Jorge" (Season 11)	"In Vino Veritas" (Season 17)	3
Kathleen Chalfant	New York City Defense Attorney Lisa Cutler Elevated to Judge	"Phobia" (Season 11)	"Shrunk" (Season 14)	2
Chip Zien	New York City Defense Attorney Steven Cromwell	"All My Children" (Season 11)	"Missing" (Season 12)	2
Kate Burton	New York City Urban Justice Center Defense Attorney Erica Gardner	"Armed Forces" (Season 12)	"For the Defense" (Season 20)	4
Jason Kolotouros	New York City Defense Attorney Derek Greer	"American Jihad" (Season 13)	"Melting Pot" (Season 17)	4
Susan Floyd	New York City 18-B Panel Defense Attorney Jessica Sheets	"Shangri-La" (Season 13)	"Heart of Darkness" (Season 16)	3
Patrick Breen	New York City Defense Attorney Kevin Hobart	"The Ring" (Season 13)	"Married with Children" (Season 14)	2
Michael Louis Wells	New York City Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Kevin Clemens	"Open Season" (Season 13)	"In God We Trust" (Season 15)	4
Kate Rigg	New York City Defense Attorney Sally Xiao	"The Wheel" (Season 13)	"Can I Get a Witness?" (Season 14)	2
Chris Sarandon	New York City Pennington Cleese Defense Attorney Howard Pincham	"The Wheel" (Season 13)	"Gov Love" (Season 15)	2
David Chandler	New York City Defense Attorney Marvin Silverman	"Absentia" (Season 13)	"Ain't No Love" (Season 15)	2
Michael K. Weiss	New York City Defense Attorney Malcom Sweetzer	"Bitch" (Season 13)	"Everybody Loves Raimondo's" (Season 14)	2
Kate Miller	New York City Prescott & Associates Defense Attorney Madeline Meyers	"Maritime" (Season 13)	"The Family Hour" (Season 17)	3
Tom Mason	New York City Defense Attorney Matt Wolchesky	"Maritime" (Season 13)	"Cry Wolf" (Season 15)	2
Howard W. Overshown	New York City New York State Capital Defenders Defense Attorney Kyle Rowen	"Sheltered" (Season 13)	"Good Faith" (Season 17)	4
Mimi Lieber	New York City Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Wendy Weiss	"Bodies" (Season 14)	"Public Service Homicide" (Season 17)	3
Roma Maffia	New York City Defense Attorney Vanessa Galiano	"Ill-Conceived" (Season 14)	"Cost of Capital" (Season 16)	3
Dylan Baker	New York City Defense Attorney Sanford Remz	"Darwinian" (Season 14)	"Land Of Opportunity" (Season 22)	5
Gerry Becker	New York City Defense Attorney Gerard Wills	"Can I Get a Witness?" (Season 14)	"Called Home" (Season 18)	3
Giancarlo Esposito	New York City New York Exoneration Project Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon	"Vendetta" (Season 14)	"Locomotion" (Season 15)	3
John Benjamin Hickey	New York City Defense Attorney Aaron Solomon	"C.O.D." (Season 14)	"Profiteer" (Season 17)	3
Amy Hohn	New York City Defense Attorney Laura Dixon	"Coming Down Hard" (Season 15)	"By Perjury" (Season 19)	2
Kevin O'Rourke	New York City Defense Attorney Stan Malloy	"All in the Family" (Season 15)	"Steel-Eyed Death" (Season 20)	4
Bradley White	New York City Defense Attorney Mike Jeffers	"Church" (Season 17)	"Angelgrove" (Season 18)	2
Marlyne Barrett	New York City Defense Attorney Bocanegra	"Murder Book" (Season 17)	"Tango" (Season 18)	2
Dylan Chafly	New York City Defense Attorney Stanley Webber	"Fallout" (Season 17)	"Rumble" (Season 19)	2
Eisa Davis	New York City Defense Attorney Danvers	"Fallout" (Season 17)	"Rapture" (Season 19)	2
Michael Potts	New York City Defense Attorney Malcolm Young	"Captive" (Season 17)	"Four Cops Shot" (Season 20)	2
Elizabeth Marvel	New York City Defense Attorney Grubman	"Called Home" (Season 18)	"Exchange" (Season 19)	2
Jordan Lage	New York City Defense Attorney William Tyrell	"Darkness" (Season 18)	"Skate or Die" (Season 19)	2
Greg Keller	New York City Defense Attorney Peter Berbatov	"Quit Claim" (Season 18)	"Four Cops Shot" (Season 20)	2
Christina Rouner	New York City Defense Attorney Karen Sanders	"Illegal" (Season 18)	"Doped" (Season 20)	2
David Aaron Baker	New York City Defense Attorney Jake Nemeth	"Excalibur" (Season 18)	"Boy on Fire" (Season 20)	2
Felicity Jones	New York City Defense Attorney Glynnis Pelter	"Knock Off" (Season 19)	"The Taxman Cometh" (Season 20)	2
Christopher Evan Welch	New York City Defense Attorney David Haig	"Sweetie" (Season 19)	"The Taxman Cometh" (Season 20)	3
John Ventimiglia	New York City Defense Attorney Dibbens	"Bailout" (Season 19)	"Crashers" (Season 20)	2
Joanna Adler	New York City Defense Attorney Barbara Speight	"Great Satan" (Season 20)	"Love Eternal" (Season 20)	2
Jonathan Cake	New York City Defense Attorney Marcus Woll	"Boy Gone Astray" (Season 20)	"For the Defense" (Season 20)	2
Zabryna Guevara	New York City Defense Attorney Amanda Stanley	"Impossible Dream" (Season 21)	"Turn The Page" (Season 23)	3
Marsha Stephanie Blake	New York City Defense Attorney Erica Knight	"Filtered Life" (Season 21)	"Chain Of Command" (Season 22)	2
Kevin Dunn	New York City Defense Attorney Keith Hollins	"Battle Lines" (Season 22)	"Deadline" (Season 22)	2
Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.	New York City Defense Attorney Aaron Dressler	"Mammon" (Season 22)	"On The Ledge" (Season 23)	2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Rob Bartlett	New York City Defense Attorney Milton Schoenfeld	"Closure (Part I)" (Season 1)	"Waste" (Season 4)	7
Liz Larsen	New York City Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Regal	"The Third Guy" (Season 1)	"Protection" (Season 3)	3
Josh Pais	New York City Defense Attorney Robert Sorensen	"Remorse" (Season 1)	"Stolen" (Season 3)	3
Craig Wroe	New York City Defense Attorney James Woodrow	"Slaves" (Season 1)	"Fight" (Season 9)	9
Michelle Daimer	New York City Public Defender Defense Attorney Dawn DeNoon	"Noncompliance" (Season 2)	"Taken" (Season 2)	2
Brennan Brown	New York City Defense Attorney Brendan Walsh	"Asunder" (Season 2)	"Paranoia" (Season 2)	2
Steven Mark Friedman	New York City Defense Attorney Wilmington	"Taken" (Season 2)	"Repression" (Season 3)	2
Frank Deal	New York City Defense Attorney Don Newvine	"Secrets" (Season 2)	"Scourge" (Season 2)	3
Daniel Pearce	New York City Defense Attorney Egan	"Asunder" (Season 2)	"Bound" (Season 5)	2
Ned Eisenberg	New York City Defense Attorney Roger Kressler	"Wrath" (Season 3)	"Dear Ben" (Season 20)	22
CCH Pounder	New York City Defense Attorney Carolyn Maddox	"Ridicule" (Season 3)	"Gray" (Season 12)	5
Peter Hermann	New York City Henshall & Langan Defense Attorney Trevor Langan	"Monogamy" (Season 3)	"Video Killed The Radio Star" (Season 23)	35
Jill Marie Lawrence	New York City Defense Attorney Cleo Conrad	"Rooftop" (Season 3)	"Signature" (Season 9)	17
Illeana Douglas	New York City Public Defender Defense Attorney Gina Bernardo	"Juvenile" (Season 4)	"Tortured" (Season 4)	3
Michael Lerner	New York City Defense Attorney Morton Berger	"Fallacy" (Season 4)	"Taboo" (Season 7)	2
John Cullum	New York City Constitution Attorney Professor Barry Moredock Elevated to Judge	"Appearances" (Season 4)	"Blinded" (Season 9)	6
Viola Davis	New York City Defense Attorney Donna Emmett	"Mercy" (Season 4)	"Retro" (Season 10)	7
Mariette Hartley	New York City Defense Attorney Lorna Scarry	"Privilege" (Season 4)	"Mask" (Season 12)	6
Pilar Witherspoon	New York City Defense Attorney Julia Hynton	"Manic" (Season 5)	"Careless" (Season 5)	2
Barry Bostwick	New York City Defense Attorney Oliver Gates	"Hate" (Season 5)	"Pretend" (Season 8)	5
Marlo Thomas	New York City Defense Attorney Mary Clark	"Home" (Season 5)	"Poison" (Season 5)	4
Lauren Vélez	New York City Defense Attorney Shamal	"Home" (Season 5)	"Obscene" (Season 6)	2
Blair Brown	New York City Defense Attorney Lynne Riff	"Mean" (Season 5)	"Outcry" (Season 6)	2
Peter Riegert	New York City Defense Attorney Chauncey Zeirko	"Sick" (Season 5)	"Savant" (Season 9)	7
Beverly D'Angelo	New York City Legal Aid Society / Breslau, Klein, & Skobin Defense Attorney Rebecca Balthus	"Coerced" (Season 5)	"Closet" (Season 9)	5
Callie Thorne	New York City Defense Attorney Nikki Staines	"Choice" (Season 5)	"Nightmares In Drill City" (Season 23)	8
Margaret Reed	New York City 18-B Panel Defense Attorney Felicia Chatham	"Debt" (Season 6)	"Stranger" (Season 10)	3
J. Paul Nicholas	New York City Public Defender Defense Attorney Linden Delroy	"Game" (Season 6)	"Street Revenge" (Season 13)	12
Joe Grifasi	New York City Defense Attorney Hashi Horowitz Elevated to Judge	"Raw" (Season 7)	"Deadly Ambition" (Season 14)	9
Annie Potts	New York City Defense Attorney Sophie Devere	"Rockabye" (Season 7)	"Selfish" (Season 10)	4
Betty Buckley	New York City Defense Attorney Walsh	"Manipulated" (Season 7)	"Lunacy" (Season 10)	3
James Naughton	New York City Defense Attorney Charlie Moss	"Recall" (Season 8)	"Loophole" (Season 8)	2
Steven Weber	New York City Defense Attorney Matthew Braden	"Screwed" (Season 8)	"Snitch" (Season 9)	3
Austin Lysy	New York City Defense Attorney Russell Hunter	"Impulsive" (Season 9)	"Pop" (Season 12)	7
Kelly Bishop	New York City Defense Attorney Julia Zimmer	"Persona" (Season 10)	"Zebras" (Season 10)	2
Alex Kingston	New York City Defense Attorney Miranda Pond	"Transitions" (Season 10)	"Trophy" (Season 12)	4
Robert Klein	New York City Defense Attorney Dwight Stannich	"Ballerina" (Season 10)	"Father's Shadow" (Season 13)	4
Jeri Ryan	New York City Defense Attorney Patrice LaRue	"Baggage" (Season 10)	"Disabled" (Season 11)	3
Delaney Williams	New York City Defense Attorney John Buchanan	"Savior" (Season 11)	"I Deserve Some Loving Too" (Season 18)	14
Jason Jurman	New York City Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Mitch Shankman	"Torch" (Season 11)	"Bombshell" (Season 12)	3
Terrence Howard	New York City Defense Attorney Jonah Dekker	"Reparations" (Season 12)	N/A	1
Ron Rifkin	New York City Defense Attorney Marvin Exley	"Scorched Earth" (Season 13)	"Producer's Backend" (Season 16)	6
Francie Swift	New York City Defense Attorney Sherri West	"Double Strands" (Season 13)	N/A	1
Steve Rosen	New York City Public Defender Defense Attorney Michael Guthrie	"True Believers" (Season 13)	"Dear Ben" (Season 20)	10
Andre Braugher	New York City Project Innocence Defense Attorney Bayard Ellis	"True Believers" (Season 13)	"Perverted Justice" (Season 16)	6
Michael Kostroff	New York City Defense Attorney Evan Braun	"Russian Brides" (Season 13)	"Wolves In Sheep's Clothing" (Season 22)	8
David Pittu	New York City Defense Attorney Linus Tate	"Educated Guess" (Season 13)	"Downloaded Child" (Season 15)	6
Jacqueline Hendy	New York City Defense Attorney Sofia Crane	"Learning Curve" (Season 13)	"Daydream Believer" (Season 16)	6
Gretchen Egolf	New York City Defense Attorney Kendra Gill	"Father Dearest" (Season 13)	"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13)	2
Tony Campisi	New York City Defense Attorney Steve Roth	"Strange Beauty" (Season 13)	"Promising Young Gentlemen" (Season 23)	9
Reg E. Cathey	New York City Defense Attorney Barry Querns	"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13)	"Undercover Blue" (Season 14)	4
Jason Cerbone	New York City Defense Attorney Lorenzo Desappio	"Lost Reputation" (Season 14)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	8
Elizabeth Marvel	New York City Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun	"Twenty-Five Acts" (Season 14)	"The Long Arm Of The Witness" (Season 22)	14
Laurine Towler	New York City Feeney, Braxton & Goldstein Defense Attorney Melissa Braxton	"Vanity's Bonfire" (Season 14)	"Girl Dishonored" (Season 14)	2
Renée Elise Goldsberry	New York City Defense Attorney Martha Marron	"Beautiful Frame" (Season 14)	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	3
Nia Vardalos	New York City Defense Attorney Minonna Efron	"Criminal Hatred" (Season 14)	"The Presence Of Absence" (Season 24)	4
Jeffrey Tambor	New York City Defense Attorney Lester Cohen	"Funny Valentine" (Season 14)	"Reasonable Doubt" (Season 15)	4
Lauren Ambrose	New York City Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Vanessa Mayer	"Her Negotiation" (Season 14)	"Surrender Benson" (Season 15)	2
Joanne Baron	New York City Defense Attorney Diane Schwartz	"Military Justice" (Season 15)	"The Newsroom" (Season 18)	3
Edwin Lee Gibson	New York City Defense Attorney Orton Freeman	"Betrayal's Climax" (Season 15)	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	2
Josh Saviano	New York City Defense Attorney Don Taft	"Producer's Backend" (Season 16)	"Townhouse Incident" (Season 17)	3
Joseph Lyle Taylor	New York City Defense Attorney Mickey D'Angelo	"Padre Sandunguero" (Season 16)	"Once Upon A Time In El Barrio" (Season 23)	6
Susie Essman	New York City Defense Attorney Arlene Heller	"December Solstice" (Season 16)	"In Loco Parentis" (Season 19)	4
Hari Dhillon	New York City Defense Attorney Sunil Varma	"Granting Immunity" (Season 16)	"Heightened Emotions" (Season 18)	5
Daveed Diggs	New York City Civil Rights Attorney Louis Henderson	"Community Policing" (Season 17)	"Forty-One Witnesses" (Season 17)	2
Bill Duke	New York City Defense Attorney Ed Pastrino	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2
Bjorn Thorstad	New York City Defense Attorney Mitch Jackson	"Chasing Theo" (Season 18)	"In Loco Parentis" (Season 19)	2
Greg Germann	New York City Defense Attorney Derek Strauss	"Genes" (Season 18)	N/A	1
Meredith Holzman	New York City Immigration Defense Project Defense Attorney Naomi Ziegler	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2
Richard Kind	New York City Defense Attorney William Biegel	"Sunk Cost Fallacy" (Season 19)	"End Game" (Season 20)	3
Jessica Phillips	New York City Defense Attorney Pippa Cox	"Ballad Of Dwight and Irena" (Season 22)	N/A	1
Eric Kirchberger	New York City Defense Attorney Stephen Cryer	"Return Of The Prodigal Son" (Season 22)	"A Final Call At Forlini's Bar" (Season 23)	3
Julian Elijah Martinez	New York City Defense Attorney Jericho Swope	"Fast Times @ TheWheelHouse" (Season 23)	"Blood Out" (Season 24)	3
Eric Aschenbrenner	New York City Defense Attorney Steven Felder	"Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight" (Season 23)	"The One You Feed" (Season 24)	2
Jason Kravits	New York City Defense Attorney Sandy Braun	"Ballad Of Dwight and Irena" (Season 22)	"Breakwater" (Season 24)	2
Frances Turner	New York City Defense Attorney Elaine Samuels	"Mirror Effect" (Season 24)	"Debatable" (Season 24)	4
Brian Cade	New York City Defense Attorney Harris Malone	"Intersection" (Season 24)	"Duty To Report" (Season 25)	4
Robbie Williams	New York City Defense Attorney Mason Carter	"The Steps We Cannot Take" (Season 24)	"Truth Embargo" (Season 25)	4

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Peter Jay Fernandez	New York City Defense Attorney A.R. Cabezas	"Enemy" (Season 1)	"Icarus" (Season 10)	3
Rob Devaney	New York City Defense Attorney Basil Bloom	"All In" (Season 8)	"Revolution" (Season 8)	2

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Steve Harris	New York City Defense Attorney Ellsworth Lee	"I Got This Rat" (Season 1)	"Forget It Jake; It's Chinatown" (Season 1)	3
Barbara Eve Harris	New York City Defense Attorney Athena Davis	"Forget It Jake; It's Chinatown" (Season 1)	"The Man With No Identity" (Season 2)	2