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== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], pretty much every time anyone in New York needs a criminal lawyer for anything, they'll call in [[Daredevil|Nelson and Murdock]], unless the writer feels like being different, in which case they may go for [[She Hulk|Jennifer Walters]].
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], pretty much every time anyone in New York needs a criminal lawyer for anything, they'll call in [[Daredevil|Nelson and Murdock]], unless the writer feels like being different, in which case they may go for [[She Hulk|Jennifer Walters]].

== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Class Action]]'' (1991), both plaintiff and defendant in the same action are represented, not by the same firm, but by two different lawyers who are father and daughter. As the case is a manufacturer liability suit for a mass-production vehicle (which the film brands "Meridian", but which is an [[Every Car Is a Pinto|exploding Pinto]] in [[Bland-Name Product|all but name]]) it's really not clear why this conflict of interest is allowed to exist; surely there are plenty of other lawyers even in a ghost town like [[Detroit]]?


== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[LA Law]]''
* ''[[L.A. Law]]''
* ''[[Ally McBeal]]''
* ''[[Ally McBeal]]''
* ''[[Picket Fences]]'' had all manner of issues show up in cases plead by one particular attorney to one particular, exasperated judge.
* ''[[Picket Fences]]'' had all manner of issues show up in cases plead by one particular attorney to one particular, exasperated judge.
* ''[[The Practice]]''
* ''[[The Practice]]''
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Latest revision as of 20:56, 20 June 2019
When you have only one lawyer in town, he's usually barely making a living and is just hanging on. Once you have two law firms in town, we discover that both lawyers are now quite prosperous members of the community.
—Typical lawyer joke

The law firm at the center of the show. You'd think occasionally, the plaintiff in one of these cases would pick a different firm. Instead it seems like there's only one law firm they can possibly go to.

A sister trope to Only Shop in Town.

Examples of Only Law Firm in Town include:


Comic Books

Film

  • In Class Action (1991), both plaintiff and defendant in the same action are represented, not by the same firm, but by two different lawyers who are father and daughter. As the case is a manufacturer liability suit for a mass-production vehicle (which the film brands "Meridian", but which is an exploding Pinto in all but name) it's really not clear why this conflict of interest is allowed to exist; surely there are plenty of other lawyers even in a ghost town like Detroit?

Live-Action TV

  • L.A. Law
  • Ally McBeal
  • Picket Fences had all manner of issues show up in cases plead by one particular attorney to one particular, exasperated judge.
  • The Practice
  • Boston Legal to the point where they occasionally represented both sides in a case.
  • Kingdom: Justified in that Market Shipborough is a rather small town; there's probably another law firm in town, but just the one. Or maybe two. But no more.
  • Eli Stone
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