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What I Learned In Vegas

Prosecutors are boy scouts. They eattheir vegetables, say their prayers, and taketheir vitamins; superheroes in their ownminds. Not able to leap tall buildings in asingle bound, but able to crush the hopes,dreams, and lives of the accused sittingacross the courtroom. They are the State’ssharp end of the stick.

Luckily for me, The Defenders are theother guys.

Nick Morelli (Jim Belushi) and PeteKaczmarek (Jerry O’Connell) are the kind

By Gavin Johannsen

DECEMBER 2010

of guys you want on your side. That maysound like the tagline on a business card,but it’s true. Think about it, if you were putin a situation where the twelve people whodidn’t have anything better to do than juryduty held your fate in their hands, you’dwant the lawyer who always had somethingup his sleeve defending you. Not the guywith a six-dollar hair cut. Not the guywhose idea of dry-cleaning is hanging hissuit in the bathroom with the shower on.And definitely not the guy who relies on

John Grisham paperbacks in lieu of Black’sLaw Dictionary.

While prosecutors are strictly lookingfor law and order, The Defenders are the oneslooking out for the little guy. Their methodsaren’t conventional, but in the criminaljustice system conventional gets you acrappy plea deal and a cellmate namedBubba. Sometimes the difference betweenguilty and not guilty is as simple as therepresentation sitting next to you. Mostpeople believe trials are won and lost on thefacts alone – this unfortunately isn’t true.

Jurnee Smollett, Jim Belushi, Tanya Fischer, and Jerry O'Connell, star in THE DEFENDERS, a new CBS drama about two colorful Las Vegasdefense attorneys (Belushi and O'Connell) who go all-in when it comes to representing their clients.

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What I Learned In VegasCONT’D FROM PAGE 1

By Tiffany N. Smith-Anoaʼi

Recently, the West Coast CBS DiversityEmployee Network Group had their kick-off meet & greet on the CBS Radford lot inCarla’s Café and featured guest speakers,Jean Barrett, Colleen Bates and LindaBurum, all authors of EAT LA, a guidebookthat features the favorite LA food finds bysavvy food journalists. The focus of theWest Coast CBS Diversity EmployeeNetwork Group is to create opportunitiesfor employees of all backgrounds to cometogether for mixers, speaker series andcommunity outreach events. “With aspeaker’s series and community outreacheffort already underway in New York, itwas a natural expansion to the employeeson the West Coast,” said Josie Thomas,CBS Senior Vice President and ChiefDiversity Officer.

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h"LAS VEGAS V. JOHNSON" — Nick Morelli (Jim Belushi, left) begrudgingly accepts Pete Kaczmarek (Jerry O'Connell, right) request to

represent the finicky mistress, Black Betty (Lana Parrilla, center) on THE DEFENDERS, which airs Wednesdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

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Trials are won and lost by the lawyers. I understand the feeling of skepticism

when hiring Morelli and Kaczmarek, mainlybecause of their panache and bravado;however these men aren’t the soullessdistrict attorneys who believe they are thelaw. These are the kind of lawyers who care.Whether they’re fighting to prove a mother’sinnocence in a vehicular manslaughter caseor clearing the tarnished name of a UnitedStates Senator, Morelli and Kaczmarek will gotoe-to-toe against incredible odds if it meanshelping those who can’t help themselves.

Ironically, by putting clients’ problemsbefore their own, Morelli and Kaczmarekdeveloped their own problems away fromthe office. No matter how hard he tries, Nickcan’t seem to repair his broken family andstruggles with the idea that his marriage

may be over forever. Pete, on the otherhand, has let work directly affect hispersonal life after a verdict caused the splitof his budding relationship with ADAMeredith Kramer (Natalie Zea). Facingthese problems in their every day lives hascaused Morelli and Kaczmarek to be thatmuch more tenacious when going to battlefor you.

Upon entering the quaint offices ofMorelli and Kaczmarek, I was met withnothing but kindness and generosity fromtheir friendly (and quirky) receptionistZoey Waters (Tanya Fischer). Zoey’s warmsmile and pleasant conversation instantlycalmed my nerves while I waited for myappointment. When that time came sheintroduced me to Nick, Pete and the lovelyand brilliant Lisa Tyler (Jurnee Smollett).

The instant I shook Lisa’s hand I had thestrangest feeling of déjà vu (weeks later Petetold me she used to be an exotic dancer topay her way through law school. Needless tosay I then knew how I recognized her). Lisaacted as co-counsel on my case with theutmost professionalism. She gave Nick andPete more research and information thanRambo has bullets. It was easy to see thatZoey and Lisa are very important parts inthe machine that is the law firm of Morelliand Kaczmarek.

In the two years I lived in Nevada, Ilearned one very important thing: everyonehas a story about Las Vegas. I know I do.However, the only reason I’m around to tellmy story is that all the dumb decisions Imade in Vegas ultimately lead to the smartestdecision of my life: hiring The Defenders.

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