The Arthur Kirkland, an idealistic defense attorney in Baltimore, cares about his clients and visits his aging grandfather, who put him through law school every week. Things aren't going well for Arthur: two of his clients are increasingly desperate.
neither should be in prison, his partner is behaving bizarrely, he's begen an affair with an attorney who's on the bar s disciplinary committee, his favorite judge may have a death wish, and then, the judge he dislike most, a by the book martinet, demands that Arthur defend him when he's accused of a brutla assault on a young woman. Is there any way to expose real corruption and find justice for all.
A lawyer, Arthur Kirkland, challenges the US legal system as he defends innocent
people who are convicted of crimes they did not commit and a guilty judge he is forced to defend who tries to use his status in court to aquit himself.
Kirkland is disgusted with the corrupt courts and tries to bring justice to people who are innocent and punishment to people that are guilty. A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and
trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.