The Law Firm is an hour-long reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series that premiered on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 on July 28, 2005. In the series, twelve young up-and-coming trial lawyers competed for a grand prize of $250,000.

At the end of each show, attorney Roy Black

Roy Black (attorney)

Roy Black is a civil and criminal defense trial attorney. He is best known for his gaining an acquittal, in 1991, of William Kennedy Smith on charges of rape and for his representation of conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh on charges related to Limbaugh's alleged misuse of the...

 decided which two competitors were the weakest and needed to be dismissed, using the catchphrase "The verdict is in. You're out."

The series was cancelled by NBC after two weeks on the air due to weak ratings but its remaining episodes were aired on the cable network, Bravo.

Contestants

• Michael Cavalluzzi
• Olivier Taillieu
• Deep Goswami
• Aileen Page
• Chris Smith
• Keith Bruno
• Regina Silva
• Barrett Rubens
• Anika Harvey
• Elizabeth Bradley
• Jason Adams
• Kelly Chang