Upon graduating from law school, Ellen Parsons is ready to put her newfound expertise to work in New York City. She's invited to interview at Hewes & Associates, a high-profile firm led by Patty Hewes, a relentless litigator with a keen instinct for truth and justice and the lawyer of choice for clients who are up against powerful corporate titans. Though she loses one lucrative offer after...

After Katie is prepped to testify in the case against Frobisher, Patty suspects she's withholding key information that could undermine her credibility on the witness stand.

As a bomb threat puts Patty and her family on edge, Ellen's loyalty to the firm is tested when she must choose between delivering a brief to an important judge and attending her own engagement party.

Though sure that she's ready to help nail Frobisher, Katie sees that she's been used after the accuracy of her deposition is called into question.

As Tom faces a decision between a lucrative partnership at a big firm and taking over the Frobisher lawsuit, Ellen and David's long hours at work jeopardize their relationship.

With the case pushing Ellen and David's relationship to a breaking point, Gregory Malina comes under increasing pressure to testify.

As Fiske works to keep Gregory Malina from being deposed, Patty sows seeds of doubt between Tom and Ellen while working to get her son to come home from a reform academy.

As Patty tries to contain the damage caused by Gregory Malina's sudden disappearance and an insider who's leaking privileged information to Frobisher, Ellen's attentions are diverted by her own father's pending legal troubles.

As the Executive looks to force a settlement by providing Patty's team some critical information, Gregory Malina emerges from hiding to apologize to Katie and testify against Frobisher.

While Patty has every intention of keeping Ellen working on the lawsuit even though Katie is out of the picture, word that Gregory Malina has been killed causes her to reconsider. Surprised to learn that she is being reassigned, Ellen refuses Patty's orders to steer clear of the Frobisher case. As Patty looks to Frobisher's alleged payment of hush money following a fatal car accident in...

Though she refuses Patty's offer to come back to work, Ellen does agree to return to press Moore for more information that could help nail Frobisher.

Ray Fiske's suicide prompts Frobisher to unleash everything he has in order to gain control of evidence that could undermine him in court.

As Ellen uses the Malina videotape to fight the charges that she killed her fianc', Patty engineers a confrontation with Frobisher that brings the lawsuit to a dramatic conclusion.