May It Please The Court (2022) [E 01 – 04]

Profile

• Drama: May It Please The Court (English title) / Start Defense (literal title)
• Revised romanization: Byeonloneul Shijakhagekseubmida
• Hangul: 변론을 시작하겠습니다
• Director: Kang Min-Ku
• Writer: Jung Hye-Jin (novel), Kim Dan
• Network: Disney+
• Episodes: 12
• Release Date: September 21, 2022
• Runtime:
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

No Chak-Hee (Jung Ryeo-Won) works for a big law firm. She is willing to take any risk to win a case and has become an ace attorney at the law firm. She is set to receive a promotion to a partner position, but a problem occurs on a case she accepted. Due to this, she almost gets suspended for a year. Instead, No Chak-Hee begins to work as a public defender. She hopes to return to her position at the law firm where she worked previously. As a public defender, she shares an office with fellow public defenderJwa Si-Baek (Lee Kyu-Hyung).

Jwa Si-Baek graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute as the top student. He had his choice of becoming a judge, prosecutor, or attorney at a big law firm, but he chose to work as a public defender. He is enthusiastic with his work and also has a mysterious part of his personal life that nobody knows about.

No Chak-Hee and Jwa Si-Baek don’t get along very well, but they get involved in a serial murder case. The victims are wealthy elderly people.