After being fired from a prominent law firm, Mike Daley sets up a private practice, and his first client is an old friend who has been accused of killing one of Mike's former law partners.

Ex-priest Mike Daley and his ex-wife Rosie Fernandez enjoy running their own crimnal defense firm, until they agree to defend a man accused of killing a big-time movie director and find themselves struggling to protect their client's secrets, and their own.