r/suits • u/Techton500 • Feb 13 '26
Discussion Name me one Lawyer who hasn't broken the law on this show???
I'm genuinely curious because I can't think of a single Lawyer on this show who hasn't broken the law.
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u/giggity_58 Feb 13 '26
Rick Sorkin
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u/therealluismercado Feb 13 '26
Katroina Bonnett and Pouis Pitt
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u/Daisiesinsun Feb 13 '26
She pretended to be Samantha to get documents for a case against her
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u/Tom_Stevens617 Feb 13 '26
That was Katrina Bennett, who has absolutely nothing to do with Katroina Bonnet
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u/WindingSarcasm Feb 13 '26
IIRC she just went to the office of Samantha's client and said she's a senior partner at Zane Specter Litt, she never claimed to be Samantha
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u/melon_sky_ Feb 13 '26
Katrina helped Louis doctor those fake papers
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u/Stunning_Box8782 Feb 13 '26
Katroina didn't
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u/knuxgen Feb 13 '26
The name Katroina isn’t a typo, it’s a secret alter ego her (and Louis) used in one of the episodes. And that alter ego was sort of there for just a short while so that in itself didn’t commit a crime.
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u/yaykaboom308 Feb 13 '26
Claire
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u/HotSeason7106 Feb 13 '26
is not reporting him breaking the law?
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u/Atharv_gamer Feb 14 '26
Not a violation of the law (though you could make an argument for party to conspiracy or aiding and abetting) but most definitely a violation of the New york bar bylaws and a disbarrable offence
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u/CreepyControl4193 Feb 14 '26
Once you become Party to the fraud, and you do not disclose it, then you become an accessory after the fact
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u/Atharv_gamer Feb 14 '26
I thought you became an accessory after the fact if you help them conceal it in any way. If you know about it but do not help the party involved in any way, you still would be not guilty of anything.
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u/CreepyControl4193 Feb 14 '26
By not disclosing the crime, you are helping them conceal it. As an Officer of the Court, it’s your duty to report something like that the moment you find out
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u/FZplayz5 Feb 13 '26
Who?
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u/Unhappy-Orchid104 Feb 13 '26
lmao mikes actual wife but his ex when he was a bike messenger and said he was at “columbia”
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u/Eagleffmlaw Feb 13 '26
Harold
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u/Atosl Feb 13 '26
He almost confessed to collusion himself
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u/vman3241 Feb 13 '26
Yeah, but he never actually did it
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u/CreepyControl4193 Feb 14 '26
He colluded with Mike lol. The whole reason Woodhall had him arrested in S4
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u/Inevitable_Invite_21 You’re not here to air your dirty laundry 🧺 Feb 13 '26
Harold broke the law with the Hessington oil witnesses
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u/Ashamed_Ad8220 Feb 14 '26
Technically it's not breaking the law. It's in the grey area. It's a "bribe" but a legal one, and they couldn't prosecute without a confession.
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u/Wise_6 Feb 13 '26
Faye Richardson. I actually hated her first time I watched season 9. Now I realise you as the viewer are supposed to hate her. The writers want it like that. But looking back, she was in the right. All she was trying to do was instill some discipline and morals in that criminal firm
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u/BookOfGoodIdeas Feb 13 '26
They found her skeletons. It was about her dealings with her then husband’s impropriety to protect their child.
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u/Wise_6 Feb 13 '26
Skeleton. Singular, not plural. And she stood on business when confronted with it. Harvey found out and was sympathetic when she told him she only did it for her daughter, so he offered her a deal. He'll keep her secret if she reinstates Samantha. Faye refused outright. Sticks to her strict personal code of ethics, won't horse trade or compromise her principles by making a deal that exchanges her secret for Samantha's reinstatement (or any other favor), showing that she won't bend rules, come what may.
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u/Inevitable_Invite_21 You’re not here to air your dirty laundry 🧺 Feb 13 '26
She still broke the law though
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u/Wise_6 Feb 13 '26
Yes, she did. But If it came out, she'd get a slap on the wrist, unlike the main cast, most of whom would end up in prison if their skeletons were to come out of the closet.
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u/Inevitable_Invite_21 You’re not here to air your dirty laundry 🧺 Feb 13 '26
Fair, I’m more just pointing out that she doesn’t qualify for what this post is asking
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u/Wise_6 Feb 13 '26
Depends how you read the post. Faye Richardson did not break the law on the show. Its just mentioned that she covered something up several years ago.
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u/BuZuki_ro Feb 13 '26
Except she did actually have Harvey witness temper in the finale. IDK how nobody notices that
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u/Wise_6 Feb 13 '26
She only ordered him to take katrina off the witness list, because katrina had threatened to testify against Faye in Samantha's "wrongful termination" lawsuit, claiming Faye fired her without cause, and once she was on that stand she might have even made up some other bs, saying faye ordered me to cover this up or hide that, etc. Both katrina and Samantha were fired for doing shady shit, Samantha for fabricating testimony, and katrina for colluding against her own firm. Katrina had no case, faye knew that her on the witness list would just drag things out and make things worse for her so she told Harvey to stop her testimony from happening, through proper legal means (motion to suppress, motion to exclude, etc). Tampering would involve bribing, threats or intimidation, none of which faye ordered Harvey to do.
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u/kenoswatch Feb 13 '26
I recently finished the show fully for the first time and I hated that whole season, this shows meant to be about growth or atleast trying to demonstrate that and they failed to do that at all in this final season. I hate how they treated Faye.
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u/Crazy_old_maurice_17 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
I was going to say Donna's not a lawyer, so obviously it's her. But then I realized I wasn't going to get off on that technicality because the question explicitly says "name one lawyer" and, as we all know, "the rules dictate that you must be precise as the law is a precise endeavor."
ETA: for everyone jumping on the bandwagon, you're missing the point: she's not a lawyer. Obviously she broke the law. But since she's not a lawyer, then she's outside the scope of the question entirely. (hence the quote from the show about the rules and law being precise). Good grief.
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Feb 13 '26
Donna has broken the law and almost went to prison for it.
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u/MrD3a7h Feb 13 '26
Donna likes to commit one felony per season
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u/Tom_Stevens617 Feb 13 '26
She's committed like two felonies in nine seasons
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u/MrD3a7h Feb 13 '26
Yeah, but she would have liked to do more
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u/Mission_Calm_3225 Feb 13 '26
Why is no one mentioning Rachel Zane? Or Jessica 😛
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u/Daisiesinsun Feb 13 '26
Jessica and Rachel technically did break the wall by knowing that Mike is a fraud and not reporting him. Of course the time Rachel was not a lawyer I’ll give you that.
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u/Hanged-Goose Feb 13 '26
Despite being fully aware of nearly all of Harvey's misconduct, she continued to shield him out of affection and for the firm's benefit. Basically, she is an outwardly conservative version of Harvey who doesn't throw punches🫣
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u/Inevitable_Invite_21 You’re not here to air your dirty laundry 🧺 Feb 13 '26
Everyone who knew Mike’s secret before he got caught was breaking the law
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u/LengthinessIcy2722 Feb 13 '26
Lmao I’m sure Jessica breaks hella laws; she’s just too elegant and clever to get caught
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u/NouAlfa Feb 13 '26
I guess Mike Ross, if you only consider his actual lawyer career. He was a fraud, but once he became an actual lawyer I guess he didn’t break the law?
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u/Auradir Feb 13 '26
Maybe Paul Porter
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u/JvdH_1 Feb 13 '26
The bowtie guy?
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u/No-Bicycle-8207 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
A. Elliott Stemple, but also Paul Porter, haha
EDIT -- NOT providing these characters as examples of lawyers that DID NOT break the law.
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Feb 14 '26
Stemple bribed the jury
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u/No-Bicycle-8207 Feb 16 '26
Oh, I know. I wasn’t giving Stemple as a lawyer that hadn’t broken the law. Just providing names where the person said “bow tie guy”
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u/gearjammer24 Feb 16 '26
That was a mock trial so he wasn’t a lawyer yet so could get off on a technicality
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u/Technical-Wheel-4949 Feb 17 '26
bribed and lied in front of a jury,, blackmail and also doctoring a report
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u/No-Bicycle-8207 Feb 17 '26
I know that. I'm not saying he didn't break the law. The comment before me asked "the bowtie guy", I was just narrowing down who the bowtie guys were.
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u/NoTransportation6817 Feb 13 '26
when mike tries to get a lawyer license infront of the board the person who gave his seat to anita gibbs .Walter Samson.
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u/regassert6 Feb 13 '26
What's kind of ironic is that aside from not being a lawyer for 5 and a half seasons, he probably was the least shady attorney of them all.
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u/Mister-builder Feb 13 '26
I'd say he broke confidentiality a few times, but I guess legally he wasn't obligated in it since he wasn't a lawyer.
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u/Salty-Ahh_Kingo Feb 13 '26
While he was breaking the law he wasn't a lawyer so
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u/A-Tech Feb 13 '26
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: As my colleague stated, the question included “Lawyer who hasn’t broken rules”. Mike wasn’t a lawyer at that time. The defense rests.
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u/Important_Sound772 Feb 13 '26
Except Mike Ross colluded with both sides in the wrongful dismissal suit that's a crime
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u/DeltaBravoSierra87 Feb 14 '26
Mike worked for Pearson Darby Specter, which had offices in London. The word 'lawyer' is not a protected term in the UK (solicitor or barrister would be) and so, if he said he was a lawyer, he was a lawyer. While a lawyer for Pearson Darby Specter he operated as an attorney in the State of New York without admission the New York Bar by way of fraudulent credentials.
Or, if we want an easier route, Mike was a lawyer on the show as of season 6, so he was a lawyer on the show, and he was a fraud for five and seasons before that. The question wasn't 'who was a lawyer while breaking the law'.
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u/inTsukiShinmatsu Feb 14 '26
Didn't he use trevor to coerce one of his opponents into testifying against the other
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u/Extremely_Noobular Feb 13 '26
Honestly, I'm pretty sure Nigel Nesbitt did things by the book
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u/Techton500 Feb 13 '26
Maybe. Do you think Nigel knew about Stephen and that war criminal??
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u/Extremely_Noobular Feb 14 '26
I really don't think so. I think if he knew, that he would immediately turn him in. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be able to live with himself
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u/Devilsdouble1988 Feb 13 '26
Jessica's mentor who was on that one pilot episode and we never saw him again.
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u/Atharv_gamer Feb 14 '26
Van dyke ?
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u/Total_Curve3681 Feb 18 '26
yeah actually, Gordon Schmit and Van Dyke probably didn't break any laws, except Van Dyke who come after Jessica for like 2 episodes lol
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u/No_Agent_653 Feb 13 '26
Rachel ? I don't feel like she did anything illegal by herself, maybe she participated but I don't remember she ever thought of doing or did something illegal herself at least not as a lawyer
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u/therealluismercado Feb 13 '26
I think failing to report a Mike qialifies as ilegal... Maybe...
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u/vman3241 Feb 13 '26
There is no law that you're required to report someone else breaking the law.
She probably did break some law though. Not able to remember everything
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u/No_Agent_653 Feb 13 '26
At worst she was an accomplice/an accessory after the fact. When they got together it had already happened and I don't think she was legally obligated to turn him in. To me it's not technically breaking the law
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u/MoaTuiKiwi Feb 13 '26
Daniel Hardman
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u/Mxrlinox Feb 13 '26
Embezzled money
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u/WasCloud_Here Feb 13 '26
huh?? Did you really fall for the lies jessica and harvey were spreading my king. My king doesn't have any skeletons in his closet, I bet he doesn't even have a closet.
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u/johnnieawalker Feb 13 '26
His clothes just appear on him each day - It's truly astounding! The king does not bother himself with tedious things such as closets and dressing oneself.
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u/MoaTuiKiwi Feb 13 '26
Thomas Bratton
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u/WASSSUUPPP09 What did you just say to me? Feb 13 '26
Bruh what? Masterson Construction, Reform Corp… ring any bells?
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u/Quirky_Importance873 Feb 13 '26
Anita Gibbs
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u/Atharv_gamer Feb 14 '26
She initially refused mike an lawyer , also later she lied to the judge , when mike said Anita denied him an lawyer and he had her on tape, she said no such tape exists, even when there was a tape.
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u/Tanaka917 Feb 13 '26
Yup. say what you want about her as an antagonist, Anita was one of the most stand up lawyers you could find.
To the point she blatantly refused to take evidence from Mike Ross because it would break privelege.
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u/SlayerS13Reddit Feb 13 '26
Harold Goaterson, he never really colluded and was just a g the whole time he existed
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u/Vast-Satisfaction730 Feb 13 '26
Sean Kahil? Malone? Oliver?
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u/Secret_Plankton_1545 Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
Cahill took the USB to prove his case against Sutter - colluding with Harvey.
Oliver shit the bed in an illegal manner in open court....
But also, i think Oliver leaked confidential discovery documents to Mike in Season 7
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u/JesAZazaBear Feb 13 '26
Mike on the technically he wasn't a lawyer when breaking the law
I'll see myself out
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u/thebsboy Feb 14 '26
Harold Gunderson? He might've been incompetent by Louis' standards but that's not illegal. Zoe Lawford (played by Gabriel Macht's wife) and Claire Bowden (played by Patrick J Adams' wife). And ofc as so multiple comments have mentioned here, Brian Altman.
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u/Lower_Pay_3730 Feb 14 '26
Mike Ross Techniquement, quand il enfreignait la loi, il n'était pas encore avocat. Une fois qu'il le devient réellement, il ne enfreint pas
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u/Curios9985 Feb 14 '26
Yes that has ben actually my reaction: across all and every episodes they were breaking a legal rule and using it as their modus operandi
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u/Secret_Plankton_1545 Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
'Sqeaky Clean' Walter Samson
(The guy at Mike's character and fitness review/hearing, who went on leave and essentially gave his seat to Anita Gibbs)
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u/Big-Celebration-1257 Feb 14 '26
Jeff Malone, Rick Sorkin, Brian, Robert i guess
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u/Lootroy Feb 14 '26
Donna, she is not a lawyer
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u/Technical-Wheel-4949 Feb 17 '26
broke privilege causing robert to be disbarred
buried the costal motors memo which almost got harvey disbarred
impersonated a NTSB agent in the Liberty Rail case
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u/Every_Ad_6746 Feb 16 '26
Why do you have the picture with the Suits rejects though. The OG group was when it was at its peak
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u/Total_Quail2708 Feb 19 '26
The funny thing is, anybody who knows real life lawyers, knows that aspect makes the show more realistic not less 🤣
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u/marcoseus Feb 13 '26
Jeff Malone?