Random Defense Attorneys From Movies You’d Hire To Get You Out Of A Pickl (15 items)

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  (#10) Reggie Love

  • The Client

  Notable Defense Tactics: Reggie Love represents Mark Sway after he and his little brother, Ricky, witness a mob lawyer named W. Jerome Clifford take his own life. The mob believes the boys may have learned of the location of a Louisiana senator's body from Clifford before he offed himself, and the Sways need Reggie's help.

  She manages to negotiate with "Reverend" Roy Foltrigg for the family's safety after she confirms the location of the body. Her skills as a negotiator are paramount in successfully protecting Mark and his family who end the film by assuming new identities under the Witness Protection Program.

  Biggest Win: Representing Mark Sway

  Biggest Loss: Unknown in terms of her legal profession, but she has been struggling with a drinking problem for several years, and her career has suffered as a result.
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  (#7) Tom Hagen

  • The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather

  Notable Defense Tactics: Tom Hagen is the attorney for the Corleone family, and he is also the family's consigliere. While his work doesn't take place in a courtroom, he offers a voice of reason within the family, and advises them in matters of business and conflict with members of the Five Families. 

  Biggest Win: Convincing Sonny to refrain from slaying Sollozzo, who's being protected by McCluskey, a police officer on his payroll. Doing so would have resulted in serious repercussions.

  Biggest Loss: Failing to protect Sonny from his own anger, which leads to his demise after Connie is savagely beaten. He also loses his position when Michael takes over as head of the family due to his belief that Tom isn't a good "wartime consigliere."
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  (#4) Vinny Gambini

  • My Cousin Vinny

  Notable Defense Tactics: After Stan Rothenstein and Bill Gambini are accused of taking down a store clerk, they call on Bill's cousin Vinny to represent them. It's Vinny's first case, and he's woefully unprepared without the necessary experience to properly defend anyone.

  Fortunately, he perseveres and, in the end, he wins the case by thoroughly examining the evidence, derailing the credibility of the witnesses, and tipping off the sheriff, who ends up finding the ones truly responsible through a little investigative work.

  Biggest Win: The People vs. Bill Gambini and Stan Rothenstein

  Biggest Loss: None
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  (#5) Lt. Daniel Kaffee

  • A Few Good Men

  Notable Defense Tactics: Lt. Daniel Kaffee is tasked with defending Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey. As he investigates the offense, it becomes clear that Commanding Officer of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Colonel Nathan Jessup is responsible for the demise his clients are charged with committing.

  Through cross-examination, Lt. Kaffee manages to get Jessup to admit that he ordered the Code Red, which led to the loss of Private First Class William Santiago. This proves his clients followed orders from on-high, and landed Jessup in a court-martial of his own.

  Biggest Win: The Court-Martial of Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey

  Biggest Loss: The Court-Martial of Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey. He both won and lost the case because the two men are cleared of the original accusation but found guilty of "conduct unbecoming," resulting in their dishonorable discharge. Despite this aspect of losing that aspect of the case, he saves them from a far more severe punishment, which would likely have been life in prison.
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  (#8) Elle Woods

  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde: The Musical

  Notable Defense Tactics: Elle Woods is put on the defense team of Brooke Windham as part of a special group of students. Eventually, she replaces Windham's counsel despite not having graduated law school yet.

  Upon cross-examining the main witness, Elle quickly realizes she is lying, and it is all figured out due to her knowledge of what a woman would and would not do regarding a perm. Through her examination, she gets the witness to confess, resulting in a dismissal of the charges against her client and the application of new charges against the witness.

  Biggest Win: The People vs. Brooke Windham

  Biggest Loss: Getting fired for opposing her firm's representation of the C'est Magnifique Corporation.
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  (#2) Jake Tyler Brigance

  • A Time to Kill

  Notable Defense Tactics: After his daughter is viciously assaulted and beaten, Carl Lee Hailey goes into the courthouse and slays both of the guilty parties. He is immediately taken into custody, then chooses Jake Brigance to represent him.

  Brigance is concerned he can't get an acquittal, but his closing arguments describe, in painstaking detail, what the young girl went through. When he is finished, he asks them to "now imagine she's white." This helps convince the jury, and Hailey is acquitted.

  Biggest Win: The People vs. Carl Lee Hailey

  Biggest Loss: Unknown

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