
For the People(2018)
Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.


The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Jerry Kellerman

Gloria Reuben
Rosalind Whitman

Currie Graham
Nick Balco

Melissa Sagemiller
Michelle Earnhardt

J. August Richards
Marcus McGrath

Jonathan Scarfe
Charlie Sagansky

Teddy Sears
Richard Patrick Woolsley

Natalia Cigliuti
Roberta 'Bobbi' Gilardi

Jane Kaczmarek
Judge Trudy Kessler
Raising the Bar is a drama series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of lawyer, courtroom drama, legal drama. Created by Steven Bochco, it stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben, Currie Graham. The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.
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