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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: There is no "Superior Court" in Ohio's present-day court system. (There used to be a "Cincinnati Superior Court" from 1838 to 1907.)
* [[Disregard That Statement]]: Harry lives for this trope. Subverted in that it actually ''does'' almost get her disbarred.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female On Male)]]: Tommy's case in '''And The Band Plays On'''. He keeps suggesting the client to drop the case because he allowed it to happen. The client point blatantly asks him if he would be saying the same thing if the genders were reversed.
* [[Expy]]: Tommy Jefferson of [[Boston Legal|Denny Crane]].
** Heck, the entire ''series'' seems to be a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Boston Legal]]'', with Harry taking the place of Alan Shore. Both shows are [[David E Kelley]] productions.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Jenna (sanguine), Harry (choleric), Adam (melancholic), and Malcolm (phlegmatic).
* [[Gang -Bangers]]: More than a few, but Damien is the most prevalent, being a recurring character.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Jenna.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Harry herself, but especially Tommy Jefferson. He doesn't just know courtroom theatrics -- he also knows the inherent advantages and disadvantages of intangibles like what his client looks like to the media and the court, and how to capitalize on them fully. Other characters find it annoying, but as he shows, it's effective.
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* [[Only Sane Employee]]: Tommy's secretary Ivy.
** Harry herself, when compared to [[Dogged Nice Guy]] and [[Troubled but Cute]] Marcus, [[Knight Templar]] Damien, Adam, who always brings his personal problems to work, and [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] Jenna.
* [[Open -Heart Dentistry]]: Harry is the legal equivalent. As a patent lawyer she is in a very specialized subfield of law (which barely exists in Cincinnati) that requires a technical degree to practice as well as a law degree. Furthermore it's so specialized that basic skills in criminal law are non-existent. It's one thing to go to doing civil suits for the poor, it's another to suddenly start doing criminal law after an entire career of career of civil cases that average 5 years on each...
* [[Peace Conference]]: Harry decides she's going to act as a [[Mediator]] between two local gangs. Thanks to her [[Jerkass Facade]], they do manage to agree on one thing: she sucks as a mediator.
* [[Penultimate Outburst]]: Harry has to get on a soapbox about something at least once per episode.
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