Walter Bradley is a judge based in Manhattan, New York City.
During a blackout, Bradley was swarmed with attorneys all asking for something. In the midst of this, he refused to sign a warrant Michael Cutter asked to find a kidnapped mother and daughter on the grounds that it was unconstitutional. (L&O: "Darkness")
He is a known participant of Judge Joseph P. Terhune's weekly poker games. (SVU: "Bound")
Cases tried[]
- People vs. Richard Morriston (L&O: "Hubris")
- People vs. Eli Madison (Murder of Roger Barry) (L&O: "Hands Free")
- Denied the defense's motion for a change of venue on the grounds that the defendant's previous arrest and ensuing headlines have tainted the potential jury pool.
- Granted the defense's motion to preclude any mention of Caroline Madison's disappearance during the trial.
- Struck a statement from defense from the record and instructed the jury to disregard it after the defense accused police of planting evidence.
- People vs. Anthony Biscotti and Frederic Libretti (L&O: "Nowhere Man")
- Denied the defense's motion to dismiss all the charges.
- People vs. Franco Tortomassi (L&O: "Nowhere Man")
- People vs. Davey Buckley (L&O: "Locomotion")
- Granted Buckley's motion to represent himself and change his plea from not guilty by reason of insanity to not guilty.
- Denied Rodney Fallon's application to withdraw as defense counsel and ordered to stay on the case as Buckley's standby counsel.
- People vs. Leland Barnes (L&O: "Criminal Law")
- Dismissed the prosecution's case against the defendant due to lack of evidence.
- People vs. Roger Tate (SVU: "Abomination")
- People vs. Karen Campbell (SVU: "Poison")
- People vs. Luke Breslin (SVU: "Ripped")
- People vs. Sarah Trent (SVU: "Impulsive")
- People vs. Tommy Ross (SVU: "Retro")
- People vs. Michelle Osborne (SVU: "Birthright")
- People vs. Gabriel Thomas (SVU: "Double Strands")
- People vs. Adam Cain (SVU: "Twenty-Five Acts")
Appearances[]
- Law & Order (9 seasons, 14 episodes):
- Season 11: "Hubris"
- Season 13: "Asterisk"
- Season 14: "Married with Children" • "Hands Free" • "Nowhere Man"
- Season 15: "Paradigm" • "Obsession" • "Locomotion"
- Season 16: "Criminal Law" • "Thinking Makes It So"
- Season 17: "Bling"
- Season 18: "Darkness"
- Season 19: "Falling"
- Season 20: "Boy Gone Astray" • "Boy on Fire"
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9 seasons, 18 episodes):
- Season 5: "Abomination" • "Painless" • "Bound" • "Poison"
- Season 6: "Birthright"
- Season 7: "Ripped" • "Fat"
- Season 8: "Uncle" • "Loophole" • "Pretend"
- Season 9: "Alternate" • "Impulsive" • "Svengali" • "Blinded"
- Season 10: "Retro"
- Season 12: "Pop"
- Season 13: "Double Strands"
- Season 14: "Twenty-Five Acts"
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (1 episode)
- Conviction (2 episodes)