The Accidental Jurist

Name: The Accidental Jurist
Released: 1989-02-23
Cast: Brian McNamara, Donald Moffat, Joyce Hyser, Wayne Northrop, Jack McGee

Series: L.A. Law

Season: Season 3

Episode Number: 12

Air Date: 02/23/1989

Duration: N/A min

Kuzak decides that a private trial with a closeted judge is the best way to win to retain his gay client's multi-million dollar endorsement contract with a cereal manufacturer, but when the verdict goes against him, his client is unwilling to seek another trial based on an ex parte statement revealing the judge's bias because it will force the judge out of the closet; Perkins confronts Ringstrom after Kelsey tells her he's married, and ends the relationship after she fakes a reason to visit his house and meet his wife; Meyer and Melman separate after they arrive at directly opposite solutions to their marital problems, but reconcile after Melman is forced to acknowledge some hard truths during a therapy session; the lack of a good nanny brings Kelsey and Markowitz troubles, and their daughter to the office.