Lynn represents a dying woman who wants to divorce her high-profile politician husband; Joe accepts Lynn's offer to become a partner with the firm, much to Randi and Rex's displeasure.

Danni is appointed case advocate for a boy who, she learns, is being abused in his foster home; Lynn represents distraught grandparents trying to gain custody of their delinquent grandson, who is being sent abroad by his parents to a tough boarding school with questionable methods of discipline.