Last week, thousands of recent J.D.s around the country took the Bar Exam. As an extra-special toast to all the future district attorneys, litigators, future firm partners, divorce attorneys, solicitors, public defenders, judges, and corporate counsels, we rounded up the 45 hottest female lawyers to grace the boob tube. After all, it's legal dramas like "Law & Order," "Perry Mason," "The Practice, and "L.A. Law" — the macaroni and cheese of prime-time network TV — that probally inspired most of these burgeoning legal careers in the first place.
In their scripted TV world, some of our 45 fictitious and litigious smoke shows are feisty, passive-aggressive b*tches-on-a-stick; others are more lovable and endearing, even in the midst of high courtroom suspense. If you're looking for lingerie or bikini pics, look elsewhere and learn a thing or two about how lawyers dress. The characters are listed by TV show. Court is in session after the jump.
"Eli Stone"
Natasha Henstridge
Character: Taylor Wethersby
Position: Attorney
Julie Gonzalo
Character: Maggie Dekker
Position: Junior Attorney
"Shark"
Jeri Ryan
Character: Jessica Devlin
Position: District Attorney
Sarah Carter
Character: Madeline Poe
Position: Deputy District Attorney
Sophina Brown
Character: Raina Troy
Position: Deputy District Attorney
"Murder One"
Mary McCormack
Character: Justine Appleton
Position: Associate
"The Practice"
Lara Flynn Boyle
Character: Helen Gamble
Position: District Attorney
Kelli Williams
Character: Lindsay Dole Donnell
Position: Civil Law Attorney
"Night Court"
Markie Post
Character: Christine Sullivan
Position: Public Defender
"Ally McBeal"
Regina Hall
Character: Corretta Lipp
Position: Attorney
Lisa Nicole Carson
Character: Renee Raddick
Position: Attorney
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Character: Georgia Thomas
Position: Attorney
Lucy Liu
Character: Ling Wood
Position: Attorney
Portia de Rossi
Character: Nelle Porter
Position: Attorney
Calista Flockhart
Character: Ally McBeal
Position: Attorney
"Judging Amy"
Amy Brenneman
Character: Judy Amy Gray-Cassidy
Position: Judge
"Boston Legal"
Lake Bell
Character: Sally Heep
Position: Attorney
Monica Potter
Character: Lori Colson
Position: Associate Attorney
Rhona Mitra
Character: Tara Wilson
Position: Associate Attorney
Julie Bowen
Character: Denise Bauer
Position: Senior Associate Attorney
"Law & Order"
Alana de la Garza
Character: Connie Rubirosa
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Paula Robinette
Character: Claire Kincaid
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Elisabeth Röhm
Character: Serena Southerlyn
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Angie Harmon
Character: Abbie Carmichael
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Diane Neal
Character: Casey Novak
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Stephanie March
Character: Alex Cabot
Position: Assistant District Attorney
"Law & Order SVU"
Michaela McManus
Character: Kim Greylek
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Sharon Stone
Character: Jo Marlowe
Position: Assistant District Attorney
"Raising the Bar"
Melissa Sagemiller
Character: Michelle Earnhardt
Position: Assistant District Attorney
"The Cosby Show"
Phylicia Rashad
Character: Clair Huxtable
Position: Attorney
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"Angel"
Stephanie Romanov
Character: Lilah Morgan
Position: Attorney
"Damages"
Rose Byrne
Character: Ellen Parsons
Position: Criminal Prosecutor
"The Deep End"
Leah Pipes
Character: Beth Branford
Position: First Year Associate
"Justice"
Rebecca Mader
Character: Alden Tuller
Position: Trial Attorney
"The Wire"
Deirdre Lovejoy
Character: Rhonda Pearlman
Position: Assistant State Attorney
"Conviction"
Julianne Nicholson
Character: Christina Finn
Position: Assistant District Attorney
"JAG"
Catherine Bell
Character: Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie
Position: Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps
"The Good Wife"
Julianna Margulies
Character: Alicia Florrick
Position: Junior Litigator
"Sex and the City"
Cynthia Nixon
Character: Miranda Hobbes
Position: Attorney
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"Prison Break"
Robin Tunney
Character: Veronica Donovan
Position: Real Estate lawyer
"Close to Home"
Jennifer Finnigan
Character: Annabeth Chase
Position: Deputy Prosecutor
"Joey"
Andrea Anders
Charater: Alexis "Alex" Garrett
Position: Attorney
"Lie to Me"
Jennifer Beals
Character: Zoe Landau
Position: Assistant Attorney General
"Life"
Brooke Langton
Character: Constance Griffiths
Position: Attorney
"West Wing"
Emily Procter
Character: Ainsley Hayes
Position: Associate White House Counsel
"Courting Alex"
Jenna Elfman
Character: Alex Rose
Position: Attorney at her Dad's firm
