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Titular character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Calista Flockheart.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Rare, but it happens. Assaulted someone at a supermarket, no less.
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One of the two initial senior partners at Cage and Fish. Played by Peter MacNichol
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* [[Adorkable]]: Even more than Ally.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: One of the best examples in television, his legal defenses are brilliant, and he's downright odd.
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Nelle suspects this because John had yet to sleep with her.
* [[Pitbull Dates Puppy]]: With Nelle in Seasons 2 and 3. The puppy. ▼
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Sensitive Guy to Richard.
▲* [[Pitbull Dates Puppy]]: With Nelle in Seasons 2 and 3. The puppy.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: The nose noises.
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: The firm's lawyers and clients themselves are weird, but John always seems to draw in the crazies.
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The other initial senior partner at Cage and Fish and Ally's classmate, who offers her a position at his firm. Played by Greg Germann
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* [[Beta Couple]]: Season 1, with Whipper.
* [[Casanova]]: And really enjoys it.
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* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Richard believes the opposite, that communication itself is the death knell of any marriage.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The Manly Man to John
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== Elaine Vassal ==
Gossipy and nosy secretary at Cage and Fish. Played by Jane Krakowski.
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Subverted. Jane Krakowski is a Tony award winning actress and sings many times during the show, but [[It Makes Sense in Context|it always works within the show.]]▼
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Has this vibe for John, and coaches him about sex and confidence to help him get intimate with Nelle.
* [[Fan Service]]: She once asks John if she oozes sex. His response: "In buckets"
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** [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: But maybe not as many as she implies.
* [[Sexy Secretary]]
▲* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Subverted. Jane Krakowski is a Tony award winning actress and sings many times during the show, but [[It Makes Sense in Context|it always works within the show.]]
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== Billy Thomas ==
Associate at Cage and Fish, former boyfriend of Ally, and husband of Georgia. Played by Gil Bellows.
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* [[Back for the Finale]]: {{spoiler|As a ghost}}
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Bleaches his hair in Season 3.
* [[First Girl Wins]]: Doubly Subverted. Dates Ally, leaves her, marries Georgia, but always loved Ally.
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* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: Goes through this in Season 3, hiring several attractive women to be his assistants.
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== Georgia Thomas ==
Associate at Cage and Fish, wife of Billy. Played by Courtney Throne-Smith.
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* [[Back for the Finale]]: Surprises Ally with a visit.
* [[Never My Fault]]: Blames the sexualized office of Cage and Fish for {{spoiler|her destroyed marriage.}}
* [[Put on a Bus]]: {{spoiler|Leaves after Season 3, after Billy's death.}}
* [[Working with the Ex]]: When Georgia comes to work at the firm, she does this with Ally, who dated Billy. They actually work very well together. {{spoiler|At first, then Ally and Billy kiss, they go to therapy,}} and [[It Got Worse|it goes downhill from there.]]
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== Nelle Porter ==
Associate at Cage and Fish, joined at the beginning of Season 2. Played by Portia de Rossi.
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* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Can actually be very sweet and loving beneath her cold exterior.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Easily one of the nastiest people on the show. Ally once asked her to be nicer by singing at the bar.
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* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Girls]]: Has this vibe with Ling.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Leaves the firm in Season 3, but comes back later.
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== Ling Woo ==
Associate at Cage and Fish, started as a client of Nelle's before she was hired a few episodes later. Friend of Nelle's. Played by Lucy Liu.
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: And HOW!
* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Sobs when one of her clients dies of leukemia, but only when she's alone.
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* [[Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss]]: Engaged in one with Calista Flockheart.
* [[Those Two Girls]]: With Nelle.
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== Mark Albert ==
Associate at Cage and Fish, hired during the end of Season 3 following the death of {{spoiler|Billy}}. Series regular in Season 4. Played by James LeGros
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Nicknamed "The Closer" due to his skill in closing arguments, and obsessed with hygiene.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappeared from the firm in Season 4 with no explanation.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Thanks to Robert Downey Jr. joining the cast.
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* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: How he ends his relationship with Elaine. He's the victim.
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== Coretta Lipp ==
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Associate hired by Ally at the beginning of Season 5. Glenn's former girlfriend. Played by Julianne Moore.
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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Written out in the middle of Season 5.
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== Glenn Foy ==
Associate hired by Richard at the beginning of Season 5. Jenny's former boyfriend. Played by James Marsden
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* [[Put on a Bus]]: Written out in the middle of Season 5.
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== Raymond Millbury ==
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== Other Characters ==
== Vonda Shepard ==
Singer at the piano bar the lawyers frequent. Played by herself.
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* [[Softer and Slower Cover]]: Former [[Trope Namer]]
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== Renee Raddick ==
Ally's roommate and D.A. Often sets Ally up with many different men. Played by Lisa Nicole Carson.
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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Disappeared after Season 4 due to problems with the actress.
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Less so than Elaine, but frequently sings. Still subverted, as her singing is incorporated into the plot. ▼
* [[Black Best Friend]]: To Ally.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Being a D.A, she's often speaks against Cage and Fish's clients. Still goes out to the bar with them after work, and lives with Ally.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: She gives Elaine a run for her money.
▲* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Less so than Elaine, but frequently sings. Still subverted, as her singing is incorporated into the plot.
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== Larry Paul ==
Lawyer introduced in Season 4 when Ally mistakes him as her therapist. Ends up dating Ally, played by Robert Downey Jr.
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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Written out after Season 4 ended due to Robert Downey Jr. having drug problems
* [[Official Couple]]: With Ally.
* [[Two First Names]]
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== Whipper Cone ==
Judge and on-again, off-again lover to Richard. Played by Dyan Cannon
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* [[Beta Couple]]: With Richard in Season 1
* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Girls:]] Joins Renee's firm in Season 3, giving up the bench.
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