As a senior partner at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, Carl left the New York office to help Shirley manage the Boston office after Paul Lewiston left a leadership role to focus on raising his granddaughter. At first, he couldn`t accept the reckless behavior of the Boston office and thought of returning to New York. However, he found his feet in the Boston office and became a mentor to the staff, especially Katie Lloyd, Clarence Bell and Jerry Espenson. It is also part of the sometimes surreal legal activities of the Litigation Division, including bringing a lawsuit against television channels in which the plaintiffs demanded that they broadcast programs for people with functional brains. Carl is an old Shirley flame and proposes to her in “Thanksgiving.” Shirley and Carl are married in a civil ceremony by Antonin Scalia, a Supreme Court justice, in Nimmo Bay in the series finale. Denny is a conservative who loves guns and believes that gun control is for “communists.” It also refuses to defend anyone accused of extremely heinous acts; In one episode, he shoots a client because of the nature of his crime (rape and murder of a child). He`s just one of many people he shot during the series, with several characters saying Denny “shoots people.” Denny enjoys an extremely close friendship with Alan Shore, is also a petticoat runner like Alan and has no problem sleeping with the wives of judges and clients. Although he marries another woman in season 2 (whom he divorces quickly after committing an act of infidelity at their wedding party), he still aspires to Shirley Schmidt. Denny and Alan get married in the series finale. Jeffrey Coho is an intense and formidable defense attorney from the New York office of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, who joins the Boston law firm in Season 3 accompanied by Claire Simms. Jeffrey feels just as comfortable making enemies as he does making friends. He had a short-lived relationship with Denise and as such is warmly despised by Brad Chase. After discovering that Denise`s baby is not his, Jeffrey leaves the company in episode fifteen of the third season in his Buzz Lightyear costume.
Paul Lewiston is managing partner in the Boston office and counsel to Crane, Poole & Schmidt. Paul is experienced in client relations and an expert in Far Eastern markets and the legal issues of companies operating in this part of the world. Unlike Denny and Alan, Paul usually does things strictly “according to the book.” He had several antagonistic arguments with Denny and Alan over their apparent lack of respect for the law. Her middle-aged daughter, Rachel, is introduced as a methamphetamine addict in Season 2, and Paul has her kidnapped and taken to a rehab center. He takes custody of his daughter (granddaughter) Fiona. After that, as he is related to his grandson with his father figure, he is rarely seen in the Boston office. It was Lewiston who negotiated the acquisition of Crane, Poole & Schmidt by a Chinese law firm in the series finale, although he later began to regret the action. In the premiere of the fifth and final season, Alan responds to a call for help from Bethany Horowitz in a lawsuit against a tobacco giant, but he suffers from a crisis of confidence when the opposing lawyer (Ally Walker) turns out to be an old friend. Meanwhile, Denny is plagued by a case of performance anxiety. Sara Holt is a smart lawyer who doesn`t go beyond using her own beauty to help her client. Sara, a first-year colleague, is a good friend to her colleague Garrett Wells, and the two often conspire to win business in unethical ways – the most notable of which was the seduction and blackmail of a minister.
Sara works mainly with Denise Bauer, although she has the idea of a relationship with Alan Shore and both dates on one occasion. She left the series in the second season, without any explanation. Alan and Shirley help a minor in a legal battle over her pregnancy, and Jerry defends himself when he is charged with aggravated assault after a meeting with a bully. Garrett Wells was introduced in the premiere of the second season as a cheeky young lawyer who is obviously attracted to Denise. He goes over her head with some clients, but helps her by blackmailing her ex-husband`s lawyer/pastor to get her to abstain from her requests for money. He is not as effective in the courtroom and has been humiliated more than once by sober judges. He is also intimidated by Catherine Piper, Alan Shore`s caterer and former assistant, who actually drives him out of his own office. We will not see him again after the end of season 2. It is not clear if he is still with the company or if he was fired by the partners without any explanation.
During the second season, he begins a relationship with a paralegal and initially shames the company for his misaligned sexual encounters. Brad Chase is the man others turn to when they need to do something. He often relies on his background in the Marine Corps to intimidate others and take on physically demanding tasks. Brad is a self-proclaimed homophobe, although this manifests itself in unease around LGBTQ+ people rather than hatred or bigotry. He even represented homosexual clients with all his might, like all his other clients. While Brad hated Alan at first, he later became a little more tolerant of him. In the second season, Brad becomes a partner in the company, although he sees his job in danger when he offers to pay Denny`s fiancée not to marry him.
