
Ally McBeal(1997)
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!


Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.

Kathleen Quinlan
Lynn Holt

Christopher McDonald
Rex Weller

Dixie Carter
Randi King

Tony Danza
Joe Celano

Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Viveca Foster

Meredith Eaton
Emily Resnick

Orla Brady
Naoise O'Neill

Merrilee McCommas
Patricia Dumar

Michelle Horn
Cassie Holt

David Dorfman
Rupie Holt
Family Law is a drama, comedy, crime series that first aired in 1999 exploring themes of lawyer, law firm, divorce lawyer. it stars Kathleen Quinlan, Christopher McDonald, Dixie Carter. Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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