Fairly Legal

A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death.

Cast:Sarah Shahi , Michael Trucco , Virginia Williams , Baron Vaughn , Ryan Johnson , Esai Morales , Gerald McRaney , Richard Dean Anderson , Ethan Embry , Tim Fellingham , Devon Weigel , Lloyd Owen , Belita Moreno , Raugi Yu , Conrad Whitaker , Elizabeth Weinstein , Mark Margolis , Richard Keats

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Wed, Feb 2, 2011

Although her dad, a leading law firm's founder, recently died, Kate Reed's hard to please stepmother prods her mercilessly to keep up the pace in her extraordinary section, out of court arbitration. Kate's ex, public prosecutor Justin Patrick, is crucial in obtaining information, which she handles with conscience, trying to do right for tycoon client Charles Pease and the innocent good son in the car that hit his succession-destined son Doug's. The unexpected full truth proves surprisingly relevant to all. Judge David Nicastro exacts revenge on her by simultaneously imposing a rather absurd pro bono mediation with a 24 hour deadline.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Priceless

Wed, Feb 9, 2011

Despite resolving her cabbie's coffee-war with a biker on the road, Kate is late for a business client, forcing Lauren to take over, but she dares not enter her late husband's office to retrieve the case file. Justin asks enthusiastic Kate to prevent an embarrassing jury trial on damages the treasury can't afford for Steve Janks, who was released after 22 years of innocent incarceration. It gets even harder once Steve realizes he can't get his social life back anyhow. The Reed family is agonized by the impending reading of the late patriarch's last will.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Benched

Thu, Feb 3, 2011

Kate's nemesis Judge Nicastro assigns her to mediate a case between a high school football coach and the angry parents who claim his old school methods border on abuse. When the videotaped evidence doesn't make sense to her, Kate unearths the real reason for the coach's controversial actions.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Bo Me Once

Wed, Feb 23, 2011

Kate is mediating a dispute between the host of a cooking show who made a very popular barbecue sauce, and the company he made a deal with to manufacture it. Kate eventually learns that the host is not the actual creator but his producer who prefers to stay anonymous. But a man shows up who says he's the producer's father and the true creator of the sauce and demands his share. Kate learns that her father abused her which is why she keeps a low profile. Lauren tries to get all of her late husband's clients to stay with them. And she meets with one who's clearly a chauvinist, who decides he doesn't want her to handle his business. Lauren turns to her step-son, Spencer for help and he gives her some advice. And Justin's boss is pressuring to close a case of trespassing wherein a guy broke into a house he thought was his. Justin makes a plea deal but his boss is not satisfied with it and tells him to speak to the owner of the house that was broken to. Justin learns the owner is a friend of his boss and that she's acting out of spite and paranoia because the man has a criminal history.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Two Richards

Wed, Mar 2, 2011

Justin Patrick made wonderful sex with Kate, so she's in the mood to 'treat' him. He has his doubts about the how, mediating with his nudist 'neighbor' in the apartment across the street. Richard Neumeier is physically recovered from a car accident, which the company offers more then standard compensation for. However his wife demands much more because it also changed his personality, which undermines the basis of their marriage.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Believers

Wed, Mar 9, 2011

Kate mediates when a maverick inventor threatens suicide at his termination. Lauren helps finalize a divorce between a wealthy investor and her woodsy ex-spouse. Kim, the sandwich girl volunteers to model for Leo's graphic novel project.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Coming Home

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

Kate represents a woman who's parents were illegal immigrants and who assumed someone else's identity in order to enlist in the military. Justin and Kate face signing their divorce papers. Lauren concludes a large case involving a Chinese patent infringement.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Ultravinyl

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Kate's juggling two cases. In the first the firm's been engaged to get the music rights to a song from a one hit wonder group that split on bad terms. In getting both sides to agree to mediation she discovers that they created more than just a song together. The second case involves a dispute between two gamers who need their cyberspace dispute mediated.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ My Best Friend's Prenup

Thu, Mar 17, 2011

Kate's best friend is getting married and Kate's been asked to mediate the signing of a pre-nup. When the girl's father starts making waves Kate gets involved and does some research which leads to some problematic information.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Bridges

Thu, Mar 24, 2011

Justin is hurt when Kate misses his legal profession award, shocked when she blurts out she's pregnant, furious when that is overruled by the doctor. Devoted stepfather Pete Marshall needs mediation between him and his dead wife's mother, who wants to take his stepdaughter (Vero)nika to her home country of Croatia, but their bickering makes her run away. Stepma Lauren fires 'rebel' Kate after meeting co-heir David Smith, whom she buys out under threat of endless court proceeding. Judge Nicastro commandeers Kate to mediate between the eternally litigious brothers Ralph and Danny Sabbatino.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Satisfaction

Thu, Apr 5, 2012

Kate returns to work to mediate a case between a company and an employee who claims his illness is due to exposure from harmful chemicals on the job.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Start Me Up

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

When Kate is asked to mediate an agreement between a hospital and the FBI over a liver transplant for a key informant, she discovers that the liver was originally promised to a much sicker patient.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Bait & Switch

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

Kate mediates a dispute between a fishing boat captain and his injured deckhand, that is more about a family rift than a fishing injury. Lauren begins to date again.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Shine a Light

Fri, Apr 6, 2012

As Kate mediates a severance agreement between an aeronautics company and a dismissed engineer, she discovers that the company may have something to hide. Meanwhile, Lauren babysits Ben as they placate a disgruntled client.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Gimme Shelter

Fri, Apr 13, 2012

Kate fights to help a landlord save his building from foreclosure and the resident drug-dealer who is scaring away tenants.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ What They Seem

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

Kate and Ben go up against Justin and the city while representing a client who claims he was the victim of police brutality. A former client accuses Lauren of committing an ethics violation.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Teenage Wasteland

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Kate returns to her alma mater to mediate a dispute between the school and a student being expelled for cheating.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Ripple of Hope

Fri, May 4, 2012

When Kate is brought in to resolve a hunger strike at a local women's prison, she becomes obsessed with helping Lea Ferran, a prisoner who claims innocence.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Kiss Me, Kate

Fri, May 11, 2012

In the midst of trying to prevent a strike by the city transit-workers union, Kate struggles to understand her feelings for Ben.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Shattered

Fri, May 18, 2012

While mediating a case between a nursing home and a patient, Kate discovers that the only witness who can clear an innocent nurse of negligence is also a fugitive on the lam for 20 years.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Borderline

Fri, Jun 1, 2012

Ben and Kate travel to Lake Tahoe to settle a border dispute between two police departments at odds over the recently-discovered remains of a young woman linked to a possible murder investigation.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Force Majeure

Fri, Jun 8, 2012

Justin takes Kate to a concert by her favorite Brazilian singer and ends up embroiled in a scandal that puts Justin's political future in jeopardy.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Finale

Fri, Jun 15, 2012

While mediating a case regarding two women who were fired for their sexual orientation, Kate stumbles on evidence of a cover-up and enlists the help of Ben and Lauren to get to the bottom of a dirty land deal.