A seasoned veteran, Janet has represented Dr. “Armed with a fierce intellect and a dry, rapier wit, Janet is a highly regarded attorney and partner at the firm. The role is listed as open to all ethnicities and abilities. She is a great lawyer, using her attention to detail, compulsive over-thinking and analytical skills as a superpower, but was forced to threaten to sue the firm (for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act) when they tried to fire her because of her peculiar behaviors. Living with OCD, Joni has never wanted to be treated differently and is often embarrassed of her symptoms. Despite breezing through law school and her Bar exam, Joni’s OCD symptoms take a severe toll on her personal and professional life. “Relatively new to her upscale law firm, Joni, who is funny, eager, self-aware and a bit anxious, is part of Shaun’s (Highmore) legal defense team.
Shaun Murphy (Highmore) who finds himself in legal trouble. Written by Shore and Friedman, “ The Good Lawyer will center on Joni, a 20-something woman who battles OCD but is a brilliant lawyer and gets to be a defense attorney for Dr.
The series will have a female lead and will be introduced as a backdoor pilot during The Good Doctor‘s upcoming sixth season, similarly to ABC’s spin-off of the series The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds, which was introduced this past season.Īccording to sources, two characters from The Good Lawyer, the lead Joni as well as Janet, will appear in Episode 613 of The Good Doctor, with the roles currently casting. The new show, titled The Good Lawyer, is coming from The Good Doctor executive producers/co-showrunners David Shore and Liz Friedman. ABC is bringing a new drama to viewers with a spin-off of the hit medical series The Good Doctor.
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