ADA Jessica Rossi is close to getting a conviction on a rape case until Bureau Chief Alexandra Cabot steals away her defendant for her own insurance fraud prosecution; while ADA Billy Desmond decides to network with an exclusive group of upwardly mobile black men, but the high powered connections come with a price, and his colleague Christina Finn gets caught in a landlord/tenant lawsuit.

A respected female attorney kills her husband, and goes head-to-head against Jim Steele when she decides to defend herself in the courtroom.