List of Law & Order characters

The American television police procedural and legal drama Law & Order (1990–2010 & 2022–present) follows the fictional cases of a group of police detectives and prosecutors who represent the public in the criminal justice system. Law & Order is known for its revolving cast, as most of its original stars had left the show within the first five seasons.^[1] The progression of the record for longest serving main cast members of the series is: Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004, 12 seasons), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010, 17 seasons) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 & 2022–2024, 19 seasons).

Characters

Name	Portrayed by	Position	Seasons
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	M	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Max Greevey	George Dzundza	Sergeant	M	Does not appear
Mike Logan	Chris Noth	Jr. Detective	Main					Does not appear				M	Does not appear
Donald Cragen	Dann Florek	Captain	Main			Does not appear	G	Does not appear				M	G	Does not appear				G	Does not appear
Ben Stone	Michael Moriarty	EADA	Main				Does not appear
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	ADA	Main			Does not appear		G	Does not appear										G		Does not appear
Adam Schiff	Steven Hill	DA	Main									Does not appear	M	Does not appear
Phil Cerreta	Paul Sorvino	Sergeant	Does not appear	M		Does not appear
Elizabeth Olivet	Carolyn McCormick	Psychologist	Does not appear	R	A		Recurring			Does not appear	G	Does not appear	G	Does not appear		R		G	Recurring			G		Does not appear
Lennie Briscoe	Jerry Orbach	Sr. Detective	Does not appear		Main													Does not appear
Anita Van Buren	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lieutenant	Does not appear			Main																		Does not appear
Claire Kincaid	Jill Hennessy	ADA	Does not appear			Main			Does not appear
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	EADA Interim DA DA	Does not appear				Main																				Does not appear
Rey Curtis	Benjamin Bratt	Jr. Detective	Does not appear					Main					Does not appear										G	Does not appear
Jamie Ross	Carey Lowell	ADA	Does not appear						M		Does not appear		G		Does not appear									G	Does not appear
Abbie Carmichael	Angie Harmon	ADA	Does not appear								M	Does not appear	M		Does not appear
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	Jr. Detective Sr. Detective	Does not appear										Main									Does not appear
Nora Lewin	Dianne Wiest	Interim DA	Does not appear											M		Does not appear
Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	ADA	Does not appear												Main				Does not appear
Arthur Branch	Fred Thompson	DA	Does not appear													Main					Does not appear
Joe Fontana	Dennis Farina	Sr. Detective	Does not appear															M		Does not appear
Nick Falco	Michael Imperioli	Jr. Detective	Does not appear															M	G	Does not appear
Alexandra Borgia	Annie Parisse	ADA	Does not appear															M		Does not appear
Nina Cassady	Milena Govich	Jr. Detective	Does not appear																	M	Does not appear
Connie Rubirosa	Alana de la Garza	ADA	Does not appear																	Main				Does not appear
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	Jr. Detective Sr. Detective	Does not appear																		Main			Does not appear
Michael Cutter	Linus Roache	EADA	Does not appear																		Main			Does not appear
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	Jr. Detective Sr. Detective	Does not appear																		Main				Does not appear
Frank Cosgrove	Jeffrey Donovan	Jr. Detective Sr. Detective	Does not appear																					M		Does not appear
Kate Dixon	Camryn Manheim	Lieutenant	Does not appear																					Main			Does not appear
Nolan Price	Hugh Dancy	EADA	Does not appear																					Main
Samantha Maroun	Odelya Halevi	ADA	Does not appear																					Main
Jalen Shaw	Mehcad Brooks	Jr. Detective Sr. Detective	Does not appear																						Main
Vincent Riley	Reid Scott	Jr. Detective	Does not appear																							M
Nicholas Baxter	Tony Goldwyn	DA	Does not appear																							M
Jessica Brady	Maura Tierney	Lieutenant	Does not appear																								M

Main characters

Actor	Character	Rank/Position	Seasons			Notes
			Regular	Recurring	Guest
George Dzundza	Max Greevey	Senior Detective/Sergeant	1
Chris Noth	Mike Logan	Junior Detective	1–5			Appeared in Exiled
Dann Florek	Donald Cragen	Captain	1–3		5, 10 & 15
Michael Moriarty	Ben Stone	EADA	1–4
Richard Brooks	Paul Robinette	ADA	1–3		6, 16 & 17
Steven Hill	Adam Schiff	DA	1–10
Paul Sorvino	Phil Cerreta	Senior Detective Sergeant	2 & 3
Jerry Orbach	Lennie Briscoe	Senior Detective	3–14			Appeared in Exiled
Carolyn McCormick	Elizabeth Olivet	Psychologist	3 & 4	5–7, 13, 14 & 16–18	2, 9, 10, 19 & 20
S. Epatha Merkerson	Anita Van Buren	Lieutenant	4–20			Appeared in Exiled
Jill Hennessy	Claire Kincaid	ADA	4–6
Sam Waterston	Jack McCoy	EADA, Interim DA & DA	5–23			Appeared in Exiled
Benjamin Bratt	Rey Curtis	Junior Detective	6–9		20
Carey Lowell	Jamie Ross	ADA	7 & 8		10, 11 & 21
Angie Harmon	Abbie Carmichael		9–11
Jesse L. Martin	Ed Green	Junior Detective, Senior Detective	10–18
Dianne Wiest	Nora Lewin	Interim DA	11 & 12
Elisabeth Röhm	Serena Southerlyn	ADA	12–15
Fred Dalton Thompson	Arthur Branch	DA	13–17
Dennis Farina	Joe Fontana	Senior Detective	15 & 16
Annie Parisse	Alexandra Borgia	ADA
Michael Imperioli	Nick Falco	Junior Detective	15		16	Temporarily assigned
Milena Govich	Nina Cassady		17
Alana de la Garza	Connie Rubirosa	ADA	17–20
Jeremy Sisto	Cyrus Lupo	Junior Detective, Senior Detective	18–20
Linus Roache	Michael Cutter	EADA
Anthony Anderson	Kevin Bernard	Junior Detective, Senior Detective	18–21
Jeffrey Donovan	Frank Cosgrove		21 & 22
Camryn Manheim	Kate Dixon	Lieutenant	21–23
Hugh Dancy	Nolan Price	EADA	21–present
Odelya Halevi	Samantha Maroun	ADA
Mehcad Brooks	Jalen Shaw	Junior Detective, Senior Detective	22–present
Reid Scott	Vincent Riley	Junior Detective	23–present
Tony Goldwyn	Nicholas Baxter	DA
Maura Tierney	Jessica Brady	Lieutenant	24–present

Police officers

Sergeants

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes	Junior Partners	Notes
Max Greevey	George Dzundza	1990–1991	23	Mike Logan	Murdered in 1991.[2][3][4] [Note: The title card for the episode indicates his murder occurred on Friday, April 6th, which would mean he was murdered in 1990.][5]
Phil Cerreta	Paul Sorvino	1991–1992	31		Transferred to a desk job at the 110th Precinct after being shot.

Senior detectives

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes	Junior Partners	Notes
Lennie Briscoe	Jerry Orbach	1992–2004	273	Mike Logan (1992–1995) Rey Curtis (1995–1999) Ed Green (1999–2004)	Retired (2004) Deceased (2005) (due to Jerry Orbach's death in December 2004).
Joe Fontana	Dennis Farina	2004–2006	46	Ed Green (2004–2006) Nick Falco (2005)	Retired (2006).
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	2006–2008	198	Nina Cassady (2006–2007) Cyrus Lupo (2008)	Promoted to Senior Detective (2006). Retired following his absolution during an IAB investigation (2008).
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	2008–2010	63	Kevin Bernard	Transferred from Intelligence Division (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2008).
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	2022	60	Frank Cosgrove	Transferred from IAB (2008) Promoted to Senior Detective (2022) Most likely retired, resigned or transferred (2022)
Frank Cosgrove	Jeffrey Donovan	2022–2023	32	Jalen Shaw	Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Let go by IAB (2024)
Jalen Shaw	Mehcad Brooks	2024–	TBD	Vincent Riley	Promoted to Senior Detective (2024).

Junior detectives

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes	Senior Partners	Notes
Mike Logan	Chris Noth	1990–1995	111	Max Greevey (1990–1991) Phil Cerreta (1991–1992) Lennie Briscoe (1992–1995)	Assigned to Staten Island from 1995 to 2005 after punching a homophobic politician. Solved a major murder & police corruption case in Exiled. Joined One Police Plaza's Major Case Squad 2005–2008. Retired after solving a cold case (CI: "Last Rites").
Rey Curtis	Benjamin Bratt	1995–1999	94	Lennie Briscoe	Took early retirement so he could care for his ill wife (1999). Returned in 2009 to bury his deceased wife in New York.
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	1999–2006	198	Lennie Briscoe (1999–2004) Joe Fontana (2004–2006)	Promoted to Senior Detective (2006). Retired following his absolution during an IAB investigation (2008).
Nick Falco	Michael Imperioli	2005	5	Joe Fontana	Temporary replacement from Brooklyn for Ed Green, while Green was recovering from a gunshot wound. Appears again in 2006 as a murder suspect, but was later cleared.
Nina Cassidy	Milena Govich	2006–2007	22	Ed Green	Nicknamed "Detective Beauty Queen" after her involvement in a shooting that led to her promotion. Dismissed in 2007, although no reason is given on the show.
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	2008	63		Transferred from Intelligence Division (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2008).
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	2008–2010	51	Cyrus Lupo	Transferred from IAB (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Most likely retired, resigned or transferred (2022).
Frank Cosgrove	Jeffrey Donovan	2022	10	Kevin Bernard	Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Let go and jammed up by IAB (2024).
Jalen Shaw	Mehcad Brooks	2022–	22	Frank Cosgrove	Transferred from another Homicide Division (2022). Promoted to Senior Detective (2024).
Vincent Riley	Reid Scott	2024–	TBD	Jalen Shaw	Recruited by Lieutenant Kate Dixon (2024).

Supervising officers

Name	Portrayed by	Rank	Year	Episodes	Notes
Donald Cragen	Dann Florek	Captain	1990–1993	66	Transferred to the Anti-Corruption Task Force and later to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Left the NYPD in 2014, taking a six month vacation that brought him up to the mandatory retirement age. Returned briefly in 2015 to help the SVU re-examine a decades-old rape case. Return in 2021 via video chat to help the SVU on a case. Returned in 2022 to assist Stabler in a case and in 2024.
Anita Van Buren	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lieutenant	1993–2010	390	Most likely retired (2010).
Kate Dixon	Camryn Manheim	Lieutenant	2022–2024	45	Tagged along with her son Patrick after he accepted a job offer in Miami (2024).
Jessica Brady	Maura Tierney	Lieutenant	2024–		Transferred from the 2-9 precinct (2024).

Prosecutors

Executive Assistant District Attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Partners	Episodes	Notes
Benjamin Stone	Michael Moriarty	1990–1994	Paul Robinette, Claire Kincaid	88	Resigns due to his feelings of guilt over the death of a witness whose safety he tried to guarantee. In 1996, Adam Schiff informs Jack McCoy that Stone is travelling in Europe. In 2018, an episode of Law & Order: SVU discusses his death, and shows his funeral.
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	1994–2007	Claire Kincaid, Jamie Ross, Abbie Carmichael, Serena Southerlyn, Alexandra Borgia, Connie Rubirosa	405	Promoted to interim New York County District Attorney (2008) Begins his campaign to be elected as Manhattan DA in 2009, with support from Adam Schiff Episode count includes first 303 episodes as Executive Assistant DA, DA thereafter
Michael Cutter	Linus Roache	2008–2010	Connie Rubirosa	63	Promoted to Bureau Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's office (2011).
Nolan Price	Hugh Dancy	2022–	Samantha Maroun	TBD

Assistant District Attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Partners	Episodes	Notes
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	1990–1993	Ben Stone	66	Resigns to pursue private practice in 1993. Appears in three subsequent episodes as a defense attorney between 1996 and 2005.
Claire Kincaid	Jill Hennessy	1993–1996	Ben Stone, Jack McCoy	68	Dies in a car crash in 1996.
Jamie Ross	Carey Lowell	1996–1998	Jack McCoy	48	Former defense attorney who graduated from Columbia Law School Resigns to pursue private practice and to spend more time with her daughter (1998), whom she had a bitter custody battle for with her ex (Lowell requested to leave the show to spend more time with her daughter[6]). Initially supported the death penalty, but eventually became an opponent. Reappears as a defense attorney in 1999 and 2001. Reappears as a judge in two episodes of Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005). Reappears in season 21 episode "The Right Thing" (2022).
Abbie Carmichael	Angie Harmon	1998–2001		72	Resigns to accept a job at the United States Attorney General's Office (2001).
Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	2001–2005		85	Fired by Arthur Branch for being inappropriately sympathetic towards a defendant she was prosecuting (2005).
Alexandra Borgia	Annie Parisse	2005–2006		34	Dies after being kidnapped and beaten during a murder trial (2006).
Connie Rubirosa	Alana de la Garza	2006–2010	Jack McCoy, Michael Cutter	85	Moves to Los Angeles and joins the DA's office there as a DDA (2011). Later appears in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a federal prosecutor leading an investigation into an underage sex trafficking operation (2014).
Samantha Maroun	Odelya Halevi	2022–	Nolan Price	TBD

• In the 1997 season 7 episode "We Like Mike", Caleb Duff is listed as Assistant District Attorney beneath Adam Schiff as District Attorney and John J. McCoy as Executive Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney's Office, though he never appears on screen.

Manhattan District Attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Terms	Episodes	Notes
Alfred Wentworth	Roy Thinnes	1988	1	Only appears in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"
Adam Schiff	Steven Hill	1990–2000	228	Leaves office to work overseas for The Holocaust Project with Simon Wiesenthal and to investigate Swiss banks (2000). Went with former President Jimmy Carter as part of a delegation to Zimbabwe (2008).
Nora Lewin	Dianne Wiest	2000–2002	48	Prior to her appointment as interim DA by the Governor of New York, she was a law professor (2000), which often provoked her critics to dismiss her as a detached academic with no practical experience.[7] Chooses not to run for election following her interim term (2002) The first woman in the program's history to hold the position of New York County District Attorney.
Arthur Branch	Fred Thompson	2002–2007	116	Branch's departure, the reason for which was never specified on the series, occurred after Thompson announced his campaign for the Republican Party's 2008 nomination for President.
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	2007–2010 & 2022–2024	405	Appointed Interim DA after Branch's departure in 2007. Begins his election campaign to become DA in 2009, winning the election that year. Episode count includes first 303 episodes as Executive Assistant DA.
Nicholas Baxter	Tony Goldwyn	2024–	TBD	Appointed District Attorney after the departure of Jack McCoy.

Other main characters

Name	Portrayed by	Years	Episodes
Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Olivet	Carolyn McCormick	1991–1997, 1999 & 2002–2009	87
Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers	Leslie Hendrix	1992–2010	139
Psychiatrist Dr. Emil Skoda	J. K. Simmons	1997–2004 & 2010	44

Recurring characters

NYPD personnel

NYPD officials

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Chief of Detectives Laird	James Biberi	2008–2010	3
Borough Detective Commander Joseph Strudevant	Dan Lauria	2000–2001	2
Borough Chief Commander James Dietz	Michael Cullen	1998–1999	3

27th Precinct support detectives

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Detective Tony Profaci	John Fiore	1990–1998	53 and Exiled
Detective Gia	Gia Galeano	1994, 1995–1997	11
Detective Morris LeMotte	Larry Clarke	1998–2000	20
Detective Byrne	Thomas Lyons	2000–2001	3 episodes
Detective Reina Perez	Nancy Ticotin	2001	6
Detective Ana Cordova	Andrea Navedo	2001–2004	24
Sergeant Martinez	Joe Gonzalez	2002–2004	7
Detective Mariluz Rivera	Selenis Leyva	2004–2006	18
Detective Joe Cormack	Joe Forbrich	2008–2009	17
Sergeant Royce	Tijuana Ricks	2009–2010	5
Detective Dani Vertiz	Shayvawn Webster	2022	9
Detective Violet Yee	Connie Shi	2022–present	TBD

Crime Scene Unit investigators / crime lab technicians

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Forensic Technician Medill	Donald Corren	1992–1999	17
Forensic Technician Arlene Shrier	Christine Farrell		16
CSU Technician Jessica Reed	Liz Larsen	1998–2006	12
CSU Technician Julian Beck	John Cariani	2002–2006	26
Computer Forensic Technician Myra Camp	Megan Byrne	2003–2004	6
CSU Technician Lisa Santoro	Abigail Lopez	2004–2005	3

Assistant Medical Examiners

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Borak	Josh Pais	1990–2002	15
Brody	Richard Hirschfeld	2002–2006	12
Dr. Karen Waxman	Angel Desai	2003–2005	4
Anskel	Baron Vaughn	2008–2009	2
Cho Shen	Sonnie Brown	2008–2010	4

Defense attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Danielle Melnick	Tovah Feldshuh	1991–2007	13
Norman Rothenberg	Jeffrey DeMunn	1993–2008	8
Shambala Green	Lorraine Toussaint	1990–1994 & 2003	7
Larry Weaver	Bob Dishy	1994–2002
James Granick	Ned Eisenberg	1997–2009
Nick Margolis	Ben Shenkman	1999–2009	6
Bill Patton	Bill Moor	1991–2000
Helen Brolin	Maria Tucci	1993–2003
Peter Behrens	Tom O'Rourke	1996–2001
Arthur Gold	George Grizzard	1992–2000
Al Archer	Dennis Boutsikaris	1996–2004	5
Charles Garnett	James Rebhorn	1995–2001
Douglas Greer	Richard Venture	1991–2000
Anne Paulsen	Glynnis O'Connor	1998–2004
Sanford Remz	Dylan Baker	2004–2006 & 2022–2023
Sally Bell	Edie Falco	1993–1998	4
Mr. Axtell	Jack Gilpin	1997–2001
Daniel Metzler	John Cunningham	1997–2008
Barry Kaufer	Lee Shepherd	1998–2002
Charlotte Swan	Helen Carey	1999–2005
Winters	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	1999–2001, 2008 & 2025
Leon Chiles	Joe Morton	2000–2005
Aaron Solomon	John Benjamin Hickey	2002–2006
Gordon Schell	Philip Bosco	1990–1994	3
Deirdre Powell	Joanna Merlin	1994–1998
Max Hellman	Ron Orbach	1994 & 2002
James Linde	Joe Grifasi	1996–2001
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	1996, 2005 & 2006
Linda Walsh	Caitlin Clarke	1997–2000
Stephen Olson	Spencer Garrett	2000–2004
Erica Gardner	Kate Burton	2001–2004
Jessica Sheets	Susan Floyd	2002–2006
Randy Dworkin	Peter Jacobson	2003–2006
Vanessa Galiano	Roma Maffia
Madeline Myers	Kate Miller	2003–2007
Rodney Fallon	Giancarlo Esposito	2004–2005
Gary Lowenthal	Eric Bogosian	1992–1993	2
Lanie Stieglitz	Elaine Stritch	1992 & 1997
Ruth Miller	Patti LuPone	1996 & 1997
Stan Shatenstein	Sig Libowitz	1997 & 2005
Bernie Adler	Ron Silver	2004–2007
Grubman	Elizabeth Marvel	2008–2009
Marcus Woll	Jonathan Cake	2009

Judges

Arraignment judges

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Arraignment Judge Morris Torledsky	David Lipman	1992–2005	26
Arraignment Judge Colin Fraser	Larry Sherman	1994–2004	12
Arraignment Judge Harriet Doremus	Barbara Spiegel	1991–2003
Arraignment Judge Janice Goldberg	Fran Lebowitz	2001–2007
Arraignment Judge Ian Feist	Merwin Goldsmith	1991–2005	11
Arraignment Judge William Koehler	Mark Kenneth Smaltz	1998–2007
Arraignment Judge Joseph Flint	Doug Stender	1999–2005	9
Arraignment Judge Antonia Mellon	Mary Lou Mellace	1999–2006
Arraignment Judge Anna Shiro	Karen Shallo	2000–2005	8
Arraignment Judge David Venturelli	Vince Pacimeo	1998–2000	4
Arraignment Judge Lisa Cutler	Kathleen Chalfant	2001–2009	3
Arraignment Judge Harper	Brian Smiar	1990	2
Arraignment Judge Harvey Sirkin	Sully Boyar	1992–1993	2
Arraignment Judge Barrie J. Marton	Doris Belack	1990	1

Trial judges

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Trial Judge Alan Berman	David Rosenbaum	1992–2004	14
Trial Judge Walter Bradley	Peter McRobbie	2001–2009	13
Trial Judge Lisa Pongracic	Charlotte Colavin	1992–2006
Trial Judge Elizabeth Mizener	Lynn Cohen	1993–2006	12
Trial Judge Walter Schreiber	John Ramsey	1991–2001	11
Trial Judge Margaret Barry	Doris Belack	1990–2001	10
Trial Judge Herman Mooney	Ben Hammer	1991–2002	9
Trial Judge Harrison Taylor	Michael Mulheren	1999–2006
Trial Judge Andrew Barsky	Fred J. Scollay	1992–1999	8
Trial Judge Donald Karan	Jordan Charney	2000–2006
Trial Judge Grace Larkin	Rochelle Oliver	1993–2003
Trial Judge Rebecca Stein	Joan Copeland	1991–2001
Trial Judge Rebecca Steinman	Susan Blommaert	1991–2004
Trial Judge Deborah Burke	Donna Hanover	1997–2004	7
Trial Judge Michael Callahan	Bernie McInerney	1991–1999
Trial Judge Henry Fillmore	William Severs	1991–2004
Trial Judge Rosalyn Lenz	Tanya Berezin	1991–2001
Trial Judge Barbara Lusky	Iris Little Thomas	1999–2009
Trial Judge Eric Caffey	John Newton	1991–1998	6
Trial Judge Rochelle Desmond	Patricia R. Floyd	2006–2009
Trial Judge Nathan Murphy	Mark Zimmerman	1997–2008
Trial Judge Robert Quinn	Roger Serbagi	1992–1999
Trial Judge Joseph Rivera	Shawn Elliott	1994–2002
Trial Judge Carla Solomon	Lauren Klein	1999–2005
Trial Judge Hugo Bright	Robert J. Hogan	2003–2006	4
Trial Judge Delano Burns	Mike Hodge	1991–2006
Trial Judge Leanne Dreben	Milica Govich	2022–2024
Trial Judge Aldo Ianello	Ron Frazier	1994–1998
Trial Judge John Laramie	Peter Francis James	2008–2010
Trial Judge Manuel Leon	Sam Gray	1990–1994
Trial Judge Michael Schneider	David Little	2004–2006
Trial Judge William Wright	Ron McLarty	1998–2000
Trial Judge Norman Barclay	Wayne Duvall	2004–2010	3
Trial Judge Eric Bertram	George Murdock	1992–1999
Trial Judge Gary Feldman	Cliff Gorman	1998
Trial Judge Derek Hafner	David Wolos-Fonteno	2001–2009
Trial Judge Elayne Link	Maggie Burke	1993–2003
Trial Judge Ida Zeller	Polly Adams	2009
Trial Judge Keith Fischer	Tom Mardirosian	2004–2006	2
Trial Judge Linda Taft	Jenna Stern	2009–2010
Judge Harvey Sirkin	Sully Boyar	1991	1

Appellate judges

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Appellate Judge Pamela Jensen	Norma Fire	1993–2003	7
Appellate Judge Shawn McNamara	George Bartenieff	1993–1999	4
Appellate Judge Bloom	Ira Wheeler	1991–1993	2
Appellate Judge Lewis Getman	Leslie Barrett	1991–1993
Appellate Judge Barry Marton	Graham Brown	1991–1993
Appellate Judge Wayne Humphrey	Chester A. Sims II	1993–1995

Guest characters

Defense attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Clay Bollock	Xander Berkeley	2005	"Fluency"
Depago	Vyto Ruginis	2006	"Public Service Homicide"
Leslie Drake	Dan Hedaya	1997	"Baby, It's You"
Paul Kopell	Ron Leibman	1995	"House Counsel"
Harold Morton	Victor Raider-Wexler	1991	"Mushrooms"
Bill Wendyll	Robert LuPone	1994	"Breeder"

See also

• Law & Order (franchise)
• List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters
• List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent characters
• List of Law & Order: LA characters