Family Law is a television drama starring
Kathleen QuinlanKathleen Denise Quinlan is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.-Personal life:...
as
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d
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Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own
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after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. The series aired on
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from 1999 to 2002 and was created by
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.
The show also starred Christopher McDonald as opportunistic, ambulance-chasing attorney Rex Weller,
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as Lynn's friend Danni (and the one member of her former firm's lawyers who did not defect with Lynn's ex-husband), and
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as "pit bull" divorce attorney Randi King. Later cast additions included
Tony DanzaTony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
,
Cristián de la FuenteCristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...
,
Salli RichardsonSalli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles.-Early life:...
and
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actress
Meredith EatonMeredith Hope Eaton is an American actress. She is 4 feet tall and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress"...
as Emily Resnick, an ambitious attorney hoping to make partner.
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's 1970 hit song, "War" was used as the series' opening title theme.
Cast
- Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.-Personal life:...
-- Lynn Holt
- Christopher McDonald -- Rex Weller
- Dixie Carter
Dixie Virginia Carter was an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women...
-- Randi King
- Julie Warner
Juliet Mia "Julie" Warner is an American actress.-Early life:Warner was born in Manhattan, New York. Her mother, Naomi, is a literary agent, an independent marketing consultant, and a licensing director. Her father, Neil Warner, is a jingle composer, a pianist, and an arranger...
-- Danni Lipton
- Cristián de la Fuente
Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...
-- Andres Diaz
- Salli Richardson
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles.-Early life:...
-- Viveca Foster
- Meredith Eaton
Meredith Hope Eaton is an American actress. She is 4 feet tall and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress"...
-- Emily Resnick
- Tony Danza
Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
-- Joe Celano
- Merilee McCommas -- Patricia Dumar
- Orla Brady
-Early life and career:The second of four children born to Dublin publican Patrick Brady and his wife Catherine who had appeared in amateur productions at the Gate Theatre, Brady first became interested in an acting career after reading works by Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir.Brady drifted...
-- Naoise O'Neill