Playboy and conservative Supreme Court Justice Cyrus Garza surprises everyone when he quits his appointment to pursue justice his own way. His first case back in private practice, which inspired him to leave the bench, challenges him to save the life of a man on death row who has exhausted all of his legal options. Garza must rely on his team including his best friend since childhood Al Druzinsky, himself a brilliant attorney, although a liberal and defense one; loyal law clerk Mereta Stockman; unorthodox private investigator Lucinda Pearl; and ambitious Yale graduate and new clerk, conservative Eddie Franks. Hints of dangerous enemies made by turning maverick against the system are for now only in his periphery, but Garza charges ahead with his team behind him and his sights set on justice.moreless