FAVORITE MOVIE LAWYERS

[Antonio]

1. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2. Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) in THE VERDICT
3. Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) in THE GODFATHER
4. Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) in JFK
5. Freddy Riedenschneider (Tony Shalhoub) in THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
6. Aaron Levinsky (Richard Dreyfuss) in NUTS
7. Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) in PHILADELPHIA
8. Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) in THE SWEET HEREAFTER
9. Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta) in A CIVIL ACTION
10. Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) in THE ACCUSED

[The Other]

You seemed to have named all the ones I could think of except...

Ed Masry (Albert Finney) in ERIN BROCKOVICH

[arto_j]

Yeah, you named pretty much all of them but I'll add a few,

Ed Norton in The People vs. Larry Flynt
Jim Carrey as Fletcher Reede in Liar Liar
Michael Richards & Jeff Daniels in Trial & Error
Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny

[Professor Falk]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Antonio:
1. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2. Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) in THE VERDICT
3. Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) in JFK
4. Freddy Riedenschneider (Tony Shalhoub) in THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
5. Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) in THE GODFATHER
6. Aaron Levinsky (Richard Dreyfuss) in NUTS
7. Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) in PHILADELPHIA
8. Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) in THE SWEET HEREAFTER
9. Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta) in A CIVIL ACTION
10. Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) in THE ACCUSED

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Antonio's usual great list. Atticus Finch is one of the greatest characters of American culture. Frank Galvin is one of Newman's best roles (and that is really saying something.) Tom Hagan is easily my favorite character in the whole saga. The only guy who keeps his cool all through both movies.

A couple more: Paul Biegler (James Stewart) in the great Anatomy of a Murder. A legal ace who'd rather be fishing or playing Piano than anything except kicking ass in the courtroom. Does the whole Matlock "I'm just an ole country lawyer..." bit better than anybody. Stewart's best role, IMHO.

His opponent, Claude Dancer, the Assistant Attorney General "...from the big city of Lansing" (as Biegler calls him...) (George C. Scott.) It was Scott's second film and he stood on equal terms w/ James Stewart, a critically respected, Oscar-winning and wildly popular star.

[noisy_brut]

Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice
Gene Hackman in The Firm
Al Pacino in ...And Justice For All
Paul Newman in The Verdict
Judd Nelson in From The Hip
Robert Duvall in Godfather
Everyone in A Few Good Men
Pesci in My Cousin Vinny
Steve Martin in All Of Me

[BakeTheMooCow]

Richard Gere -- Primal Fear
John Travolta -- A Civil Action
Edward Norton -- The People vs. Larry Flint

[Antonio]

BUMP for the ambulance-chasers!

[PapaJupe2k]

Most definately Atticus in To Kill A Mockingbird. I'd also like to add Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) and Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) in Inherit The Wind.

[Subotai]

Bruce McGill in The Insider. When he shouted 'Wipe that smirk off your face!' at Wings Hauser, you could hear the whole auditorium exhale.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by Antonio
1. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2. Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) in THE VERDICT
3. Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) in THE GODFATHER
4. Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) in JFK
5. Freddy Riedenschneider (Tony Shalhoub) in THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
6. Aaron Levinsky (Richard Dreyfuss) in NUTS
7. Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) in PHILADELPHIA
8. Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) in THE SWEET HEREAFTER
9. Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta) in A CIVIL ACTION
10. Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) in THE ACCUSED

A great list, Antonio. I agree with each one of them, though my favorite is and always will be, Atticus.

Ok, 9000 posts! I am just this close to becoming king! :D

[VicVega]

Fletcher Read from Liar Liar!!

[Brock-Landers]

Robert Duvall in Godfather

[Scooter]

Sonny Koufax~ Big Daddy

[RickySlade]

Kevin Costner in JFK

[Cosimo]

Sean Penn in Carlito's Way!

[Raoul Duke]

Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird

Denzel Washington in Philadelphia

Kevin Costner in JFK