Family Law is a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Denise Quinlan is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.-Personal life:...

 as divorce

Divorce

Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...

d lawyer

Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

 Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own law firm

Law firm

A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...

 after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. The series aired on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 from 1999 to 2002 and was created by Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and director. He spent his early career producing and directing various American and Canadian television network series.-Early life and education:...

.

The show also starred Christopher McDonald as opportunistic, ambulance-chasing attorney Rex Weller, Julie Warner

Julie Warner

Juliet Mia "Julie" Warner is an American actress.-Early life:Warner was born in Manhattan, New York. Her mother, Naomi, is a literary agent, an independent marketing consultant, and a licensing director. Her father, Neil Warner, is a jingle composer, a pianist, and an arranger...

 as Lynn's friend Danni (and the one member of her former firm's lawyers who did not defect with Lynn's ex-husband), and Dixie Carter

Dixie Carter

Dixie Virginia Carter was an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women...

 as "pit bull" divorce attorney Randi King. Later cast additions included Tony Danza

Tony Danza

Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...

, Cristián de la Fuente

Cristián de la Fuente

Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...

, Salli Richardson

Salli Richardson

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles.-Early life:...

 and little person

Dwarfism

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 actress Meredith Eaton

Meredith Eaton

Meredith Hope Eaton is an American actress. She is 4 feet tall and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress"...

 as Emily Resnick, an ambitious attorney hoping to make partner.

Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...

's 1970 hit song, "War" was used as the series' opening title theme.

Cast

• Kathleen Quinlan
  Kathleen Quinlan
  Kathleen Denise Quinlan is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.-Personal life:...
  
   -- Lynn Holt
• Christopher McDonald -- Rex Weller
• Dixie Carter
  Dixie Carter
  Dixie Virginia Carter was an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women...
  
   -- Randi King
• Julie Warner
  Julie Warner
  Juliet Mia "Julie" Warner is an American actress.-Early life:Warner was born in Manhattan, New York. Her mother, Naomi, is a literary agent, an independent marketing consultant, and a licensing director. Her father, Neil Warner, is a jingle composer, a pianist, and an arranger...
  
   -- Danni Lipton
• Cristián de la Fuente
  Cristián de la Fuente
  Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...
  
   -- Andres Diaz
• Salli Richardson
  Salli Richardson
  Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles.-Early life:...
  
   -- Viveca Foster
• Meredith Eaton
  Meredith Eaton
  Meredith Hope Eaton is an American actress. She is 4 feet tall and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress"...
  
   -- Emily Resnick
• Tony Danza
  Tony Danza
  Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
  
   -- Joe Celano
• Merilee McCommas -- Patricia Dumar
• Orla Brady
  Orla Brady
  -Early life and career:The second of four children born to Dublin publican Patrick Brady and his wife Catherine who had appeared in amateur productions at the Gate Theatre, Brady first became interested in an acting career after reading works by Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir.Brady drifted...
  
  -- Naoise O'Neill