Los Angeles Lawyers is a reality based program featuring key players in the Los Angeles justice system. Los Angeles Lawyers programming includes a wide variety of topics and guests. Viewers hear from lawyers, judges, victims, law enforcement, medical professionals, professors, and others about important and interesting topics that are both educational and entertaining.
INSIDE THE LAW
The Los Angeles Courthouse is perhaps the ultimate social crossroad, where celebrities meet hoodlums, where corporate titans meet skid row, where famous lawyers meet public defenders, where judges meet juries. DNA evidence, the insanity defense, prenuptial agreements, billion dollar jury verdicts, and no nudity clauses in contracts are now part of the public vocabulary thanks to Los Angeles lawyers. Real TV viewers want to experience real cases.
The most watched legal cases in the world happen in Los Angeles courtrooms and involve Los Angeles lawyers. Charles Manson, John DeLorean, Rodney King, Menendez Brothers, OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson to name a few. It's been just over a decade since the Los Angeles riots following the verdict in the first Rodney King beating trial--riots that left much of south central Los Angeles in ruins. In a poll taken by NBC last year, Americans voted the Los Angeles murder trial of ex-football star O.J. Simpson as "the trial of the century," beating out the second-place Nuremberg trial of major Nazi war criminals. Incredibly, greater Los Angeles has embarked on another case with global interest involving child molestation charges against pop star Michael Jackson. Los Angeles cases and Los Angeles courtrooms are unique in nearly every aspect. Although celebrity cases get the headlines, cases involving individuals, businesses and groups are presented daily in Los Angeles courtrooms by Los Angeles lawyers.
Everyday real lawyers walk thousands of real clients into dozens of real courtrooms in Los Angeles. Some cases have all the glamour of Hollywood, while others portray the underbelly of the City of Angels. In the great milieu are the lawyers charged with zealously representing their clients. Go inside the mind of Los Angeles lawyers, into the skyscraper and storefront offices, into civil and criminal courtrooms, and into the triumph and tragedy of the Los Angeles justice system. Experience Los Angeles Lawyers TV.
LOS ANGELES LAWYERS & THE MEDIA
Los Angeles legal cases are often global media events. On any given day the front page of major newspapers across the world feature a legal controversy occurring in the courts of Los Angeles. Some of the case involve celebrities, some involve corporate titans, and some involve plain, regular people. The public fascination with Los Angeles lawyers can be seen in explosion of fluffy TV shows telling fictional stories about Los Angeles lawyers.
Ally McBeal, Judging Amy, Perry Mason, The Practice and LA Law - the public has always had both skepticism and fascination with lawyers and courtroom drama. America’s most popular TV programs have often centered on passionate lawyers to whom every case is important and every client worth fighting to the bitter end. Using Hollywood as a natural backdrop, numerous TV programs have been among the most successful TV programs of their era, with generations of Americans watching shows about lawyers, law firms, the law and courtroom trials. Many youngsters tuning in to lawyer based TV shows made the decision to pursue a career in law following one of the episodes of their favorite TV program about the law and lawyers. Unlike the TV programs where confounding footwork and clever lawyering always get the guilty party to break down and confess on the witness stand, where justice always prevails, and where all clients miraculously get the seemingly impossible result, real people rely on real lawyers every day to walk them into a very public courtroom and present and argue very real cases. Los Angeles lawyers profiled on our show understand and confront real problems.
HOT NEW SHOWS
Michael Jackson Molestation Trial- The King of Pop Under Attack Prosecutors claim that Michael Jackson molested the child plaintiff during his stay at the singer's Neverland Ranch and then tried to prevent the child and his family from leaving. Michael Jackson's defense team has argued the charges are false and are part of scheme by the plaintiff's mother to extort money from Jackson. Los Angeles Lawyers gives you an inside look at everything from defense strategy to MJ's tailor.
Largest Drug Recall Ever Prompts Hundreds of Lawsuits - Are Drug Companies Placing Profits Above Safety ? The recall of the drugs Vioxx, and Bextra, and recent warnings about several other popular blockbuster prescription drugs have consumers worried. The recalls and warnings have resulted in a flood of litigation. Plaintiff lawyers argue that big drug companies are placing profits above safety and not warning consumers of serious side effects. Drug companies deny the accusation and vow to put up a strong fight. Los Angeles Lawyers examines both perspectives and features both legal and medical experts.