TV series
For the People
Overview
Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
Details
- First air date
- 2018-03-13
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 20 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- ABC
- Production
- shondaland, ABC Studios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hope Davis as Jill Carlan
- Ben Shenkman as Roger Gunn
- Jasmin Savoy Brown as Allison Adams
- Susannah Flood as Kate Littlejohn
- Wesam Keesh as Jay Simmons
- Regé-Jean Page as Leonard Knox
- Ben Rappaport as Seth Oliver
- Britt Robertson as Sandra Bell
- Anna Deavere Smith as Tina Krissman
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as Judge Nicholas Byrne
- Arlene Barshinger as Public Defender Receptionist
- Rahvaunia as Theresa Wood
Creators and crew
- Paul William Davies - Creator
- Tom Verica - Director
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer - Director
- Andrew Bernstein - Director
- P.J. Pesce - Director
- Claudia Yarmy - Director
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