Family Law was a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as a divorced lawyer who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. The show aired on CBS from 1999 to 2002. The show was created by Paul Haggis. This does not cite any references or sources. ... Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an Oscar nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures. ... For the record label, see Divorce Records. ... A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ...

The show also starred Christopher McDonald as an opportunistic, ambulance-chasing attorney, Julie Warner as Quinlan's friend and the one member of former firm's lawyers who did not defect with Quinlan's ex-husband, and Dixie Carter as a "pit bull" divorce attorney. Later cast additions included Tony Danza, Cristián de la Fuente, Salli Richardson and little person actress Meredith Eaton as an ambitious attorney hoping to make partner. For other uses, see Christopher McDonald (disambiguation) Christopher McDonald (b. ... Julie Warner (born February 9, 1965 in Manhattan, New York) is an American actress from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. ... Dixie Carter in a 1986 Designing Women episode Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayals of Southern women. ... Tony Danza. ... Cristián de la Fuente Cristián de la Fuente (born March 10, 1974 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean television actor who has gone on to make a name for himself in U.S. film and television. ... The accomplished movie actress was born Salli Elise Richardson on 11-23-1967 in Chicago, Illinois to a Cherokee and African-American mother and an Irish/Italian American father. ... see dwarf, and for insular dwarfism and other meanings see Dwarf (disambiguation). ... Meredith Hope Eaton (born August 26, 1974 in Long Island) is an American actress best known for playing Emily Resnick in Family Law (TV series). ...

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