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Raising the Bar

TV·2008–2009·TNT·Drama, Legal·1h·7.1·Created by Steven Bochco, David Feige

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A group of young lawyers, all former classmates, find themselves going up against one another as public defenders trying to help the down and out.

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Mark-Paul GosselaarMark-Paul GosselaarJerry KellermanJane KaczmarekJane KaczmarekTrudy KesslerNatalia CigliutiNatalia CigliutiRoberta "Bobbi" GilardiTeddy SearsTeddy SearsRichard Patrick WoolsleyJ. August RichardsJ. August RichardsMarcus McGrathCurrie GrahamCurrie GrahamNick BalcoJonathan ScarfeJonathan ScarfeCharlie SaganskyGloria ReubenGloria ReubenRosalind Whitman

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