Ani to, že je synem prominentního právníka v Pittsburghu (Dabney Coleman), Nicka Fallina (Simon Baker) nezachrání před tím důsledky střetu se zákonem. Kvůli drogám je odsouzen veřejně prospěšné práci a společně se sociální pracovnicí Laurií Soltovou (Kathleen Chalfant Kinsey) u soudu zastupuje zneužívané, zanedbávané a problémové děti. Stává se z něho ochránce - advokát dětí ve Službě právní pomoci a jak řeší jeden případ za druhým, začíná konečně chápat, co znamená být dítětem, jemuž nepřály šťastné životní okolnosti. A také se musí rozhodnou, zda bude bude dál zastupovat obžalovanou mládež, nebo mocné a bohaté klienty. Nickovo svědomí se opět po dlouhé době probouzí...
Hrají: Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman, Alan Rosenberg, Charles Malik Whitfield, Kathleen Chalfant, Rusty Schwimmer, Will Ferrell, Zac Efron, Johnny Sneed, .....Katherine LaNasa, Peter Birkenhead, Lee Thompson Young, Floyd Van Buskirk, Erik Knudsen, Corey Feldman, Evan Handler, John Rubinstein, Billy Mayo, Bonita Friedericy, Johnny Lewis, Joel David Moore, Michael Gaston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, Larry Brandenburg, Landry Allbright, Daphne Ashbrook, Chloë Grace Moretz, Percy Daggs III, Carmine Giovinazzo, John Patrick Amedori, Tania Raymonde, Rob Brownstein, Adina Porter, Roz Witt, Richard Topol, Bethany Joy Lenz, Karl T. Wright, Rob Nagle, Paula Newsome, Justine Miceli, Wayne Dalglish, Anne Judson-Yager, Alex Hyde-White, Evan Jones, Heather McComb, Kathryn Meisle, Tim Griffin, Brent Sexton, Randy Oglesby, Andy Umberger, Vince Corazza, Andrew Lawrence, Judith Hoag, AJ Michalka, Jude Ciccolella, Kieran Mulroney, Missy Crider, Eddie Jemison, Geraldine Hughes, Alex Fernandez, John Walcutt, Judson Mills, Aloma Wright, Stanley Kamel, Kimberly Huie, Lisa Rotondi, Mageina Tovah, Tom Bower, Nicholas Downs, Tim Rhoze, Kirk Baltz, Zena Grey, John Pyper-Ferguson, Brant Cotton, Tracy Middendorf, Maureen McCormick, Wendy Moniz, Kevin G. Schmidt, Dyan Kane, Jamie Anne Allman, Jeff Kober, Jim Rash, Michael Dorn, Raphael Sbarge, Leslie David Baker, Aaron Bernard, James Sikking, Joseph Campanella, Christopher Neiman, Jacob Price, Molly Kasch, Michael McGrady, Lisa Pelikan, Joseph Kell, Taylor Sheridan, John W. Iwanonkiw, Dane Northcutt, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Lisa Darr, Jesse Plemons, Brent Jennings, Bruce A. Young, Dylan McLaughlin, Dorie Barton, William Stanford Davis, David Wiley, Bernard White, John Benjamin Hickey, Erich Anderson, Todd Stashwick, Sam Catlin, Ashley Johnson, Nicholas Pryor, Michael Ensign, Nick Jameson, Myndy Crist, Andy Kreiss, Nina Siemaszko, Danielle Panabaker, David Burke, Francis X. McCarthy, Jillian Peterson, J. Kenneth Campbell, Victor McCay, Pamela Dunlap, Robert Bailey Jr., Benjamin King, Sal Landi, Jason McCune, Brett Rickaby, Mary Mara, Joel Polis, Christine Estabrook, Mary Carver, Bruce French, Sean Marquette, Cyndi Martino, Todd Robert Anderson, Tom Kiesche, Dennis Lipscomb, Saige Ryan Campbell, Mark Kiely, Brandon Keener, Karina Logue, Mack Dryden, Francis Guinan, David L. Crowley, Gerry Quigley, Micole Mercurio, Ken Strunk, Lily Knight, Dan Leegant, Charles Esten, Conor O'Farrell, E.J. Callahan, Robert O'Reilly, Tony Pasqualini, Morgan Rusler, Dion Anderson, Steph DuVall, Barry Del Sherman, Jeff Corbett, Patience Cleveland, Brian Silverman, Madison Mason, James Ingersoll, Philip Craig, Elliott Grey, D.J. Harner, Rita Moreno, James Martin Kelly, Barry Livingston, Scott Klace, Earl Billings, Al Ruscio, Todd Waring, Michael Bryan French, Rick Hurst, Blake Heron, Bruce Holman, Susan Blommaert, Eric Siegel, Stephen Ramsey, Mel Winkler, Corey Reynolds, Vernee Watson, David Valcin, Karen Robinson, Dan Desmond, Joshua Harto, Deborah Offner, Steve Stapenhorst, John Hartmann, Patricia Bethune, Suzy Cote, Jenni Blong, Christopher Gehrman, Rick Fitts, Rod McLachlan, Tonya Pinkins, Van Epperson, J. Grant Albrecht, Marc Vann, René Ashton, Jill Remez, Wendy Worthington, Pat Skipper, Richard Neil, Christopher John Fields, Jeff Austin, Paul Dillon, Valeri Ross, Scott Anthony Leet, Paul Perri, Kerrie Keane, Frank Novak, Stefan Umstead, Paul Tigue, Gerry Becker, Adele Robbins, Judith Scott, Erica Leerhsen, Tom Amandes, Michael Pressman, Lawrence Pressman, Paul Schulze, Shelly Cole, Viola Davis, Cliff De Young, Armin Shimerman, John Getz, Beverly Garland, Jon Sklaroff, Robert Loggia, JoBeth Williams, Holmes Osborne, Rich Williams, Harry Groener, Daniel Roebuck, Tobin Bell, Robert Joy, Dan Martin, Polly Draper, Lisa Long, John de Lancie, Dan Byrd, Jascha Washington, Bruce Weitz, Kathy Baker, Larry Miller, Michael Bowen, Brent Hinkley, Robert Curtis Brown, Adrian Ricard, Farrah Fawcett, Frank John Hughes, Jimmy Bennett, Grace Zabriskie, Roger Guenveur Smith, Kerry Washington, Kathleen York, Daniel Hagen, Eric Jungmann, Zach Grenier, Will Rothhaar, Tate Donovan, Hallee Hirsh, Paul Gleason, John Diehl, David Ramsey, Geoffrey Lewis, Cyia Batten, Kurt Fuller, Nicky Katt, Tim Guinee, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Eugene Roche, Courtney Gains, Angela Featherstone, Gina Torres, Henry Gibson, Nick Searcy, M. Emmet Walsh, Bill J. Stevens, Scout Taylor-Compton, Shashawnee Hall, Max Perlich, Ray Baker, Julie Hagerty, Hunter Parrish, Taylor Nichols, Chris Pine, Lolita Davidovich, Doug Jones, Kevin Brief, Francis Capra, Steve Eastin, Josh Peck, Donna Bullock, Doug Savant, Glenne Headly, Arye Gross, Finn Carter, Douglas Smith, Brennan Hesser, Erik Estrada, John Furey, Mo McRae, Bruce Wright, William O'Leary, Brad Blaisdell, Jeff Ricketts, Denise Dowse, Vaughn Armstrong, Christian Hutcherson, Dierdre Holder, John Lafayette, Irene Roseen, Gino Montesinos, Kim Chase, Cheryl White, Bennet Guillory, Robin Karfo, Dusty Sorg, Chad Morgan, Jim Cantafio, Joyce Greenleaf, Daryl Keith Roach, Chet Grissom, Logan O'Brien, Michael Winters, Richard Anthony Crenna, Brooks Almy, Robert Cicchini, Stephanie Venditto, Sarah Zinsser, Svetlana Jefremova, Claudette Sutherland, Barry Cutler, M.J. Karmi, James Sharpe, John Verea, Martha Hackett, Lahmard J. Tate, Shannon Kenny, Lamya Jezek, Elizabeth Liang, Austin Tichenor, Stephen Grove Malloy, Thomas Bankowski, Joyce Guy, Eddie Allen, Reggie Currelley, Dee Freeman, William Christopher Stephens, Lily Gibson, Harry Johnson, Rod Britt, Roni Meron, David Michael, Loren Lazerine, Richard Gilbert-Hill, Tom Ormeny, John Thaddeus, Keith Sellon-Wright, Deborah Landis, Hosea Chanchez, Keith Pillow, Cedric Pendleton, David Raibon, Angela Sargeant, Linda Kerns, Dale Hawes, Patrice Johnson, Wayne Lopez, Keith Brunsmann, Scott Richards, William Francis McGuire, Michael Olifiers, Stephen Markle, Elizabeth Storm, Todd Kimsey, Art Chudabala, Sarah Rayne, Sylva Kelegian, Yonda Davis, Chane't Johnson, Jane Fleiss, Roy Lee Jones, Darlene Kardon, Damien Midkiff, Julie Pop, Bob Morrisey, Amanda MacDonald, Randall Arney, Dougald Park, Chris Dollard, Michael Sean Tighe, Daniel Bryan Cartwell, Lee Ryan, Judd Trichter, Bahni Turpin, Mary Bogue, Dave Nichols, Scott Halberstadt, Ben Siegler, Harry Karp
Režie: Graeme Clifford, Simon Baker, Lou Antonio, Mel Damski, Peter Levin, Jerry London, Andy Wolk, Steven Robman, Alan Myerson, .....John Patterson, Juan José Campanella, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Jeremy Kagan, Arvin Brown, Lee David Zlotoff, Michael Pressman, Charles Haid, Peter Medak, Jessica Yu, Steve Gomer, Martha Mitchell, Oz Scott, Emilio Estevez, David Hollander, Michael Zinberg, Duane Clark, Joan Tewkesbury, Wendy Moniz, John Heath, James R. Bagdonas, Jerry Levine, Vahan Moosekian, Michael W. Watkins, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Nancy Malone, Bill Norton, Alan Rosenberg
Tvůrci: David Hollander
Scénář: Rick Eid, Michael R. Perry, Tom Smuts, Nick Santora, Barry M. Schkolnick, David Hollander, Craig Turk, Alfonso H. Moreno, Jennifer Johnson, .....Peter Parnell, Peter Parnell
Producenti: Jimmy Miller, Rick Eid, Nick Santora, Jim Michaels, Barry M. Schkolnick, Peter Parnell, Peter Parnell, Barry M. Schkolnick
Hudba: Jon Ehrlich
Kamera: Michael D. O'Shea, James R. Bagdonas, Jacek Laskus
Střih: James Coblentz, Lori Jane Coleman, Gib Jaffe, Michael N. Knue, Lynne Willingham, Robert P. Seppey, Chad Mochrie
Scénografie: Oleg M. Savytski, Maia Javan, Caty Maxey, David Smith, Susan Benjamin
Kostýmy a make-up: Michele Teleis-Fickle, Darryl Levine, Arthur Rowsell, Sean Flanigan
Zvuk: Gary Montgomery, Robert Nichols II, Sherry Klein, John Kincade, R. Russell Smith, William Freesh, Larry Mann, David Beadle, Alan Decker, .....Deb Adair, Carlos Delarios, Michael LaCroix
