List of Law & Order characters

Law & Order follows the fictional cases of a group of police detectives and prosecutors who represent the public in the criminal justice system. Since its September 1990 dbeut, each season features a main cast of six main characters: two detectives and their supervising officer (Law) within the New York City Police Department, alongside two prosecuting district attorneys and the Manhattan District Attorney (Order). The first season followed detectives Max Greevey (George Dzundza) and Mike Logan (Chris Noth), Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek), ADAs Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty) and Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks), and District Attorney Adam Schiff (Steven Hill).

The series, with a run of more than 20 seasons to date, is known for its revolving cast, with most of its original having left the show within the first five seasons. The progression of the record for longest serving main cast members of the series is: Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004, 274 episodes), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010, 390 episodes) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 and 2022–2024, 405 episodes).

Main characters

*Law & Order* main characters
Character	Portrayed by	Position	Seasons
Character	Portrayed by	Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	M	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Max Greevey	George Dzundza	Senior Detective Sergeant	M	Does not appear
Mike Logan	Chris Noth	Junior Detective	Main					Does not appear				M	Does not appear
Donald Cragen	Dann Florek	Captain	Main			Does not appear	G	Does not appear				M	G	Does not appear				G	Does not appear
Ben Stone	Michael Moriarty	Executive Assistant DA	Main				Does not appear
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	Assistant DA	Main			Does not appear		G	Does not appear										G		Does not appear
Adam Schiff	Steven Hill	District Attorney	Main									Does not appear	M	Does not appear
Phil Cerreta	Paul Sorvino	Senior Detective Sergeant	Does not appear	M		Does not appear
Lennie Briscoe	Jerry Orbach	Senior Detective	Does not appear		Main													Does not appear
Anita Van Buren	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lieutenant	Does not appear			Main																		Does not appear
Claire Kincaid	Jill Hennessy	Assistant DA	Does not appear			Main			Does not appear
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	Executive Assistant DA Interim DA DA	Does not appear				Main																				Does not appear
Rey Curtis	Benjamin Bratt	Junior Detective	Does not appear					Main					Does not appear										G	Does not appear
Jamie Ross	Carey Lowell	Assistant DA	Does not appear						M		Does not appear		G		Does not appear									G	Does not appear
Abbie Carmichael	Angie Harmon	Assistant DA	Does not appear								M	Does not appear	M		Does not appear
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	Junior Detective Senior Detective	Does not appear										Main									Does not appear
Nora Lewin	Dianne Wiest	Interim District Attorney	Does not appear											M		Does not appear
Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	Assistant DA	Does not appear												Main				Does not appear
Arthur Branch	Fred Thompson	District Attorney	Does not appear													Main					Does not appear
Joe Fontana	Dennis Farina	Senior Detective	Does not appear															M		Does not appear
Nick Falco	Michael Imperioli	Junior Detective	Does not appear															M	G	Does not appear
Alexandra Borgia	Annie Parisse	Assistant DA	Does not appear															M		Does not appear
Nina Cassady	Milena Govich	Junior Detective	Does not appear																	M	Does not appear
Connie Rubirosa	Alana de la Garza	Assistant DA	Does not appear																	Main				Does not appear
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	Junior Detective Senior Detective	Does not appear																		Main			Does not appear
Michael Cutter	Linus Roache	Executive Assistant DA	Does not appear																		Main			Does not appear
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	Junior Detective Senior Detective	Does not appear																		Main				Does not appear
Frank Cosgrove	Jeffrey Donovan	Junior Detective Senior Detective	Does not appear																					M		Does not appear
Kate Dixon	Camryn Manheim	Lieutenant	Does not appear																					Main			Does not appear
Nolan Price	Hugh Dancy	Executive Assistant DA	Does not appear																					Main
Samantha Maroun	Odelya Halevi	Assistant DA	Does not appear																					Main
Jalen Shaw	Mehcad Brooks	Junior Detective	Does not appear																						Main				Does not appear
Vincent Riley	Reid Scott	Senior Detective	Does not appear																							M
Nicholas Baxter	Tony Goldwyn	District Attorney	Does not appear																							M
Jessica Brady	Maura Tierney	Lieutenant	Does not appear																								M
Theo Walker	David Ajala	Junior Detective	Does not appear																									M

Police

Sergeants

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes	Junior Partners	Notes
Max Greevey	George Dzundza	1990–1991	23	Mike Logan	Murdered in 1991. Note: The title card for the episode indicates his murder occurred on Friday, April 6, which would mean he was murdered in 1990.
Phil Cerreta	Paul Sorvino	1991–1992	31	Mike Logan	Transferred to a desk job at the 110th Precinct after being shot.

Senior detectives

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes	Junior Partners	Notes
Lennie Briscoe	Jerry Orbach	1992–2004	273	Mike Logan (1992–1995) Rey Curtis (1995–1999) Ed Green (1999–2004)	Retired (2004); became an investigator for the DA's office (2005) Deceased (2005) (due to Jerry Orbach's death in December 2004).
Joe Fontana	Dennis Farina	2004–2006	46	Ed Green (2004–2006) Nick Falco (2005)	Retired (2006).
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	2006–2008	198	Nina Cassady (2006–2007) Cyrus Lupo (2008)	Promoted to Senior Detective (2006). Retired following his absolution during an IAB investigation (2008).
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	2008–2010	63	Kevin Bernard	Transferred from Intelligence Division (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2008).
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	2022	60	Frank Cosgrove	Transferred from IAB (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Either retired, transferred, or left (2022).
Frank Cosgrove	Jeffrey Donovan	2022–2023	32	Jalen Shaw	Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Let go by IAB (2024).
Vincent Riley	Reid Scott	2025–2026	58	Jalen Shaw (2024–2025) Theo Walker (2025–2026)	Shot and killed by Ray Biller to prevent him from getting revenge on Nolan Price (2026).

Junior detectives

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes	Senior Partners	Notes
Mike Logan	Chris Noth	1990–1995	111	Max Greevey (1990–1991) Lennie Briscoe (1992–1995)	Assigned to Staten Island from 1995 to 2005 after punching a homophobic politician. Solved a major murder & police corruption case in Exiled. Joined One Police Plaza's Major Case Squad 2005–2008. Retired after solving a cold case (CI: "Last Rites").
Rey Curtis	Benjamin Bratt	1995–1999	94	Lennie Briscoe	Transferred from transferred from OCCB (1995). Took early retirement so he could care for his ill wife (1999). Returned in 2009 to bury his deceased wife in New York.
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	1999–2006	198	Lennie Briscoe (1999–2004) Joe Fontana (2004–2006)	Promoted to Senior Detective (2006). Retired following his absolution during an IAB investigation (2008).
Nick Falco	Michael Imperioli	2005	5	Joe Fontana	Temporary replacement from Brooklyn for Ed Green, while Green was recovering from a gunshot wound. Appears again in 2006 as a murder suspect, but was later cleared.
Nina Cassidy	Milena Govich	2006–2007	22	Ed Green	Nicknamed "Detective Beauty Queen" after her involvement in a shooting that led to her promotion. Dismissed in 2007, although no reason is given on the show.
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	2008	63	Ed Green	Transferred from Intelligence Division (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2008).
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	2008–2010	51	Cyrus Lupo	Transferred from IAB (2008). Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Most likely retired, resigned or transferred (2022).
Frank Cosgrove	Jeffrey Donovan	2022		Kevin Bernard	Promoted to Senior Detective (2022). Let go and jammed up by IAB (2024).
Jalen Shaw	Mehcad Brooks	2022–2024	22	Frank Cosgrove	Transferred from a different Homicide Division (2022). Promoted to Senior Detective (2024). Went back to Brooklyn to take a new position at the 88th Precinct (2025).
Vincent Riley	Reid Scott	2024–2005	36	Jalen Shaw	Recruited by Lieutenant Kate Dixon (2024) Promoted to Senior Detective (2025) Shot and killed by Ray Biller to prevent him from getting revenge on Nolan Price (2026).
Theo Walker	David Ajala	2025–present	TBD	Vincent Riley	Transferred from Narcotics (2025)

Supervising officers

Name	Portrayed by	Rank	Year	Episodes	Notes
Donald Cragen	Dann Florek	Captain	1990–1993	66	Transferred to the Anti-Corruption Task Force and later to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Left the NYPD in 2014, taking a six month vacation that brought him up to the mandatory retirement age. Returned briefly in 2015 to help the SVU re-examine a decades-old rape case. Returned in 2021 via video chat to help the SVU on a case. Returned in 2022 and 2024 to assist Stabler in Organized Crime. Died off screen (cause unknown), a wake was held in the 27th season premiere of SVU (2025).
Anita Van Buren	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lieutenant	1993–2010	390	Possibly retired. (2010)
Kate Dixon	Camryn Manheim		2022–2024	45	Tagged along with her son Patrick after he accepted a job offer in Miami. (2024)
Jessica Brady	Maura Tierney		2024–present		Transferred from the 2-9 precinct. (2024)

Prosecutors

Executive Assistant District Attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Partners	Episodes	Notes
Benjamin Stone	Michael Moriarty	1990–1994	Paul Robinette, Claire Kincaid	88	Resigns due to his feelings of guilt over the death of a witness whose safety he tried to guarantee. In 1996, Adam Schiff informs Jack McCoy that Stone is travelling in Europe. In 2018, an episode of Law & Order: SVU discusses his death, and shows his funeral.
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	1994–2007	Claire Kincaid, Jamie Ross, Abbie Carmichael, Serena Southerlyn, Alexandra Borgia, Connie Rubirosa	405	Promoted to interim New York County District Attorney (2008) Begins his campaign to be elected as Manhattan DA in 2009, with support from Adam Schiff
Michael Cutter	Linus Roache	2008–2010	Connie Rubirosa	63	Promoted to Bureau Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's office (2011).
Nolan Price	Hugh Dancy	2022–present	Samantha Maroun	TBD

Assistant District Attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Partners	Episodes	Notes
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	1990–1993	Ben Stone	66	Resigns to pursue private practice in 1993. Appears in three subsequent episodes as a defense attorney between 1996 and 2005.
Claire Kincaid	Jill Hennessy	1993–1996	Ben Stone, Jack McCoy	68	Dies in a car crash in 1996.
Jamie Ross	Carey Lowell	1996–1998	Jack McCoy	48	Former defense attorney who graduated from Columbia Law School Resigns to pursue private practice and to spend more time with her daughter (1998), whom she had a bitter custody battle for with her ex. Initially supported the death penalty, but eventually became an opponent. Reappears as a defense attorney in 1999 and 2001. Reappears as a judge in two episodes of Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005). Reappears in season 21 episode "The Right Thing" (2022).
Abbie Carmichael	Angie Harmon	1998–2001		72	Resigns to accept a job at the United States Attorney General's Office (2001).
Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	2001–2005		85	Fired by Arthur Branch for being inappropriately sympathetic towards a defendant she was prosecuting (2005).
Alexandra Borgia	Annie Parisse	2005–2006		34	Dies after being kidnapped and beaten during a murder trial (2006).
Connie Rubirosa	Alana de la Garza	2006–2010	Jack McCoy, Michael Cutter	85	Moves to Los Angeles and joins the DA's office there as a DDA (2011). Later appears in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a federal prosecutor leading an investigation into an underage sex trafficking operation (2014).
Samantha Maroun	Odelya Halevi	2022–present	Nolan Price	TBD

In the 1997 season 7 episode "We Like Mike", Caleb Duff is listed as Assistant District Attorney beneath Adam Schiff as District Attorney and John J. McCoy as Executive Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney's Office, though he never appears on screen.

Manhattan District Attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Terms	Episodes	Notes
Alfred Wentworth	Roy Thinnes	1988	1	Only appears in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"
Adam Schiff	Steven Hill	1990–2000	228	Leaves office to work overseas for The Holocaust Project with Simon Wiesenthal and to investigate Swiss banks (2000). Went with former President Jimmy Carter as part of a delegation to Zimbabwe (2008).
Nora Lewin	Dianne Wiest	2000–2002	48	Prior to her appointment as interim DA by the Governor of New York, she was a law professor (2000), which often provoked her critics to dismiss her as a detached academic with no practical experience. Chooses not to run for election following her interim term (2002) The first woman in the program's history to hold the position of New York County District Attorney.
Arthur Branch	Fred Thompson	2002–2007	116	Branch's departure, the reason for which was never specified on the series, occurred after Thompson announced his campaign for the Republican Party's 2008 nomination for President.
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	2007–2010, 2022–2024	405	Appointed Interim DA after Branch's departure in 2007. Begins his election campaign to become DA in 2009, winning the election that year. Retired in 2024.
Nicholas Baxter	Tony Goldwyn	2024–present	TBD	Appointed District Attorney after the departure of Jack McCoy.

Recurring characters

Medical

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Olivet	Carolyn McCormick	1991–1997, 1999 & 2002–2009	87
Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers	Leslie Hendrix	1992–2010	139
Psychiatrist Dr. Emil Skoda	J. K. Simmons	1997–2004 & 2010	44

NYPD officials

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Chief of Detectives Laird	James Biberi	2008–2010	3
Borough Detective Commander Joseph Strudevant	Dan Lauria	2000–2001	2
Borough Chief Commander James Dietz	Michael Cullen	1998–1999	3

27th Precinct support detectives

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Detective Tony Profaci	John Fiore	1990–1998	53 and Exiled
Detective Gia	Gia Galeano	1994, 1995–1997	11
Detective Morris LeMotte	Larry Clarke	1998–2000	20
Detective Byrne	Thomas Lyons	2000–2001	3
Detective Reina Perez	Nancy Ticotin	2001	6
Detective Ana Cordova	Andrea Navedo	2001–2004	24
Sergeant Martinez	Joe Gonzalez	2002–2004	7
Detective Mariluz Rivera	Selenis Leyva	2004–2006	18
Detective Joe Cormack	Joe Forbrich	2008–2009	17
Sergeant Royce	Tijuana Ricks	2009–2010	5
Detective Dani Vertiz	Shayvawn Webster	2022	9
Detective Violet Yee	Connie Shi	2022–present	TBD
Detective Arielle Lehane	Nicole Orabona	2023–2026	3

Crime Scene Unit Investigators / Crime Lab Technicians

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Forensic Technician Medill	Donald Corren	1992–1999	17
Forensic Technician Arlene Shrier	Christine Farrell	1992–1999	16
CSU Technician Jessica Reed	Liz Larsen	1998–2006	12
CSU Technician Julian Beck	John Cariani	2002–2006	26
Computer Forensic Technician Myra Camp	Megan Byrne	2003–2004	6
CSU Technician Lisa Santoro	Abigail Lopez	2004–2005	3

Assistant Medical Examiners

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Borak	Josh Pais	1990–2002	15
Brody	Richard Hirschfeld	2002–2006	12
Dr. Karen Waxman	Angel Desai	2003–2005	4
Anskel	Baron Vaughn	2008–2009	2
Cho Shen	Sonnie Brown	2008–2010	4
Peter Thomas	David Shih	2024–2026	2

Defense attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Danielle Melnick	Tovah Feldshuh	1991–2007	13
Norman Rothenberg	Jeffrey DeMunn	1993–2008	8
Sanford Remz	Dylan Baker	2004–2006 & 2022–2025	8
Shambala Green	Lorraine Toussaint	1990–1994 & 2003	7
Larry Weaver	Bob Dishy	1994–2002
James Granick	Ned Eisenberg	1997–2009
Nick Margolis	Ben Shenkman	1999–2009	6
Bill Patton	Bill Moor	1991–2000
Helen Brolin	Maria Tucci	1993–2003
Peter Behrens	Tom O'Rourke	1996–2001
Arthur Gold	George Grizzard	1992–2000
Al Archer	Dennis Boutsikaris	1996–2004	5
Charles Garnett	James Rebhorn	1995–2001
Douglas Greer	Richard Venture	1991–2000
Anne Paulsen	Glynnis O'Connor	1998–2004
Sally Bell	Edie Falco	1993–1998	4
Stan Gillum	Gerry Bamman	1996–2001
Mr. Axtell	Jack Gilpin	1997–2001
Daniel Metzler	John Cunningham	1997–2008
Barry Kaufer	Lee Shepherd	1998–2002
Charlotte Swan	Helen Carey	1999–2005
Winters	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	1999–2001, 2008 & 2025
Leon Chiles	Joe Morton	2000–2005
Aaron Solomon	John Benjamin Hickey	2002–2006
Gordon Schell	Philip Bosco	1990–1994	3
Deirdre Powell	Joanna Merlin	1994–1998
Max Hellman	Ron Orbach	1994 & 2002
James Linde	Joe Grifasi	1996–2001
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	1996, 2005 & 2006
Linda Walsh	Caitlin Clarke	1997–2000
Kusevitsky	William Hill	1998–2001
Stephen Olson	Spencer Garrett	2000–2004
Brad Feldman	Bruce Altman	2000–2009
Erica Gardner	Kate Burton	2001–2004
Jessica Sheets	Susan Floyd	2002–2006
Randy Dworkin	Peter Jacobson	2003–2006
Vanessa Galiano	Roma Maffia	2003–2006
Madeline Myers	Kate Miller	2003–2007
Dave Seaver	Michael Boatman	2003–2007, 2022
Rodney Fallon	Giancarlo Esposito	2004–2005
Gary Lowenthal	Eric Bogosian	1992–1993	2
Lanie Stieglitz	Elaine Stritch	1992 & 1997
Ruth Miller	Patti LuPone	1996–1997
Stan Shatenstein	Sig Libowitz	1997 & 2005
Morgana Palmer	Jennifer Van Dyck	1999 & 2002
Bernie Adler	Ron Silver	2004–2007
Danvers	Eisa Davis	2007–2009
Grubman	Elizabeth Marvel	2008–2009
Marcus Woll	Jonathan Cake	2009

Judges

Arraignment Court Judges

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Arraignment Court Judge Morris Torledsky	David Lipman	1992–2005	26
Arraignment Court Judge Harriet Doremus	Barbara Spiegel	1991–2005	12
Arraignment Court Judge Janice Goldberg (also spelled Janis Goldberg)	Fran Lebowitz	2001–2007	12
Arraignment Court Judge Ian Feist	Merwin Goldsmith	1993–2005	11
Arraignment Court Judge Colin Fraser (also S. Fraser)	Larry Sherman	1994–2004	11
Arraignment Court Judge Alan Berman	David Rosenbaum	1992–2004	10
Arraignment Court Judge William Koehler	Mark Kenneth Smaltz	2002–2007	8
Arraignment Court Judge Joseph Flint	Doug Stender	1999–2005	6
Arraignment Court Judge Anna Shiro	Karen Shallo	2001–2005	6
Arraignment Court Judge Janis Silver	Francine Beers	1991–1997	5
Arraignment Court Judge Phillip Franks	Vince O'Brien	1993–1996	5
Arraignment Court Judge Randall Welch	Mark Hammer	1991–2003	4
Arraignment Court Judge Jean Bryant	Judy Frank	1995–1999	4
Arraignment Court Judge Howard Gillman	Charles Blackwell	1992–2005	3
Arraignment Court Judge Maria Gance	DeAnn Mears	1995-1999
Arraignment Court Judge Joyce Randall	Lynette DuPree (credited by Lynette DuPre)	1998-1999
Arraignment Court Judge Antonia Mellon	Marylou Mellace (also credited by Mary Lou Mellace)	1999–2003
Arraignment Court Judge Lisa Cutler	Kathleen Chalfant	2001–2009
Arraignment Court Judge Lawrence McNeil	Helmar Augustus Cooper	2003-2006
Arraignment Court Judge Harper	Brian Smiar	1990	2
Arraignment Court Judge M. Kleinman	Jack Ryland	1990
Arraignment Court Judge Rosalyn Lenz	Tanya Berezin	1991–2001
Arraignment Court Judge Harvey Sirkin	Sully Boyar	1992–1993
Arraignment Court Judge Irwin Reisman	Bernie Grant	1994-1996
Arraignment Court Judge Bernard Kelman	Bob Kaliban	1994-1997
Arraignment Court Judge Elizabeth Mizener	Lynn Cohen	2000-2003
Arraignment Court Judge Harrison Taylor	Michael Mulheren	2001–2002
Arraignment Court Judge Barrie J. Marton	Doris Belack	1990	1
Arraignment Court Judge Herman Mooney	Ben Hammer	1991
Arraignment Court Judge Stanley Gollub	Merwin Goldsmith	1991
Arraignment Court Judge Douglas Spivak	Victor Truro	1992
Arraignment Court Judge Lisa Pongracic	Charlotte Colavin	1993
Arraignment Court Judge Walter Schreiber	John Ramsey	1993
Arraignment Court Judge Andrew Barsky	Fred J. Scollay	1996
Arraignment Court Judge Ari Waxman	Kurt Knudson	1996
Arraignment Court Judge Gerald Mowat	Stephen Henderson	1997
Arraignment Court Judge Laura Tisdale	Marge Redmond
Arraignment Court Judge Lloyd Williams	John McLoughlin
Arraignment Court Judge Mark Burns	Jack Ryland
Arraignment Court Judge Pamela Jensen	Norma Fire
Arraignment Court Judge David Weintraub	Stephen Berger	2001
Arraignment Court Judge Douglas Venturelli (also David Venturelli)	Vince Pacimeo
Arraignment Court Judge Pamela Merrick	Sharon Hope
Arraignment Court Judge Deborah Burke (also spelled Deborah Bourke)	Donna Hanover	2004
Arraignment Court Judge Muriel Gilden	Billie Jean King	2007
Arraignment Court Judge Walter Bradley	Peter McRobbie	2008

Supreme Court Judges

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Supreme Court Judge Lisa Pongracic	Charlotte Colavin	1992–2006	13
Supreme Court Judge Walter Bradley	Peter McRobbie	2001–2010	13
Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Mizener	Lynn Cohen	1993–2006	10
Supreme Court Judge Margaret Barry	Doris Belack	1991–2001	9
Supreme Court Judge Walter Schreiber	John Ramsey	1992–2001	9
Supreme Court Judge Michael Callahan	Bernie McInerney	1991–2001	8
Supreme Court Judge Rebecca Stein	Joan Copeland	1991–2001
Supreme Court Judge Rebecca Steinman	Susan Blommaert	1991–2004
Supreme Court Judge Henry Fillmore	William Severs	1991–2004
Supreme Court Judge Robert Quinn	Roger Serbagi	1992–1999
Supreme Court Judge Herman Mooney	Ben Hammer	1992–2002
Supreme Court Judge Lawrence McNeil	Helmar Augustus Cooper	1997-2004
Supreme Court Judge Donald Karan	Jordan Charney	2000–2006
Supreme Court Judge Grace Larkin	Rochelle Oliver	1993–2003	7
Supreme Court Judge Daniel Scarletti	Ted Kazanoff	1995–2002
Supreme Court Judge Carla Solomon (also spelled Carla Soloman)	Lauren Klein	1999–2005
Supreme Court Judge Harrison Taylor	Michael Mulheren	1999–2006
Supreme Court Judge Barbara Lusky	Iris Little Thomas (also credited by Iris Little-Thomas)	1999–2009
Supreme Court Judge Shirley Taylor	Connie Winston	2001-2006
Supreme Court Judge Eric Caffey	John Newton	1991–1998	6
Supreme Court Judge Joseph Rivera	Shawn Elliott	1994–2002
Supreme Court Judge Marc Kramer	Stephen Henderson	1995–2010
Supreme Court Judge Deborah Burke (also spelled Deborah Bourke)	Donna Hanover	1997–2002
Supreme Court Judge Antonia Mellon	Marylou Mellace (also credited by Mary Lou Mellace)	2001–2006
Supreme Court Judge Nathan Murphy	Mark Zimmerman	2003–2008
Supreme Court Judge Rochelle Desmond	Patricia R. Floyd	2006–2009
Supreme Court Judge Delano Burns	Mike Hodge	1991–2006	5
Supreme Court Judge Andrew Barsky	Fred J. Scollay	1992–1996
Supreme Court Judge Roberta Hines	Angel Desai	2022–2024
Supreme Court Judge Leanne Dreben	Milica Govich	2022–2025
Supreme Court Judge Manuel Leon	Sam Gray	1990–1994	4
Supreme Court Judge Ari Waxman	Kurt Knudson	1991–1997
Supreme Court Judge Rosalyn Lenz	Tanya Berezin	1991–2000
Supreme Court Judge Alan Berman	David Rosenbaum	1992–2002
Supreme Court Judge Aldo Ianello (also Michael Ianello)	Ron Frazier	1994–1998
Supreme Court Judge William Wright	Ron McLarty	1998–2000
Supreme Court Judge William Koehler	Mark Kenneth Smaltz	1998–2001
Supreme Court Judge Warren Busey	Brian Davies	2000-2004
Supreme Court Judge Hugo Bright	Robert J. Hogan	2003–2006
Supreme Court Judge Michael Schneider	David Little	2004–2006
Supreme Court Judge John Laramie	Peter Francis James	2008–2010
Supreme Court Judge Sally Goldman	Rosemary De Angelis	1992-1997	3
Supreme Court Judge Eric Bertram	George Murdock	1992–1999
Supreme Court Judge Elayne Link	Maggie Burke	1993–2003
Supreme Court Judge Douglas Spivak	Victor Truro	1993-2007
Supreme Court Judge Janine Pate	Tanya Berezin	1993-2007
Supreme Court Judge Maria Gance (also spelled Maria Ganz)	DeAnn Mears	1995-1998
Supreme Court Judge Ida Boucher	Lynne Thigpen	1995-1999
Supreme Court Judge Gary Feldman	Cliff Gorman	1998
Supreme Court Judge Douglas Venturelli (also David Venturelli)	Vince Pacimeo	1998–2000
Supreme Court Judge Joseph Flint	Doug Stender	1999–2001
Supreme Court Judge Derek Hafner	David Wolos-Fonteno	2001–2009
Supreme Court Judge Arlene Brewer	Elizabeth Norment	2002–2008
Supreme Court Judge Norman Barclay	Wayne Duvall	2004–2010
Supreme Court Judge Ida Zeller	Polly Adams	2009
Supreme Court Judge Warren Pursley	Fred J. Scollay	1991-1992	2
Supreme Court Judge Eli Link	Matthew Lewis	1991-1994
Supreme Court Judge Irwin Reisman	Bernie Grant	1992-1993
Supreme Court Judge Alice Conners	Madeline Lee	1994-1995
Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Yee	Kitty Chen	1994-1997
Supreme Court Judge Jay Derrick	Jack Ryland	1994-1998
Supreme Court Judge Pamela Jensen	Norma Fire	1994–2000
Supreme Court Judge Paul Kaylin	Dominic Chianese	1995-1997
Supreme Court Judge Harold Rockwell	Tom Stechschulte	1996-1998
Supreme Court Judge Jean Bryant	Judy Frank	1996–2001
Supreme Court Judge Barry McLellan	Dan Frazer	1997
Supreme Court Judge Allen Denham	Bruce Katzman	1997-1998
Supreme Court Judge Lillian Barone	Keely Eastley	1997-1998
Supreme Court Judge J. Van Ness (in L.A. Superior Court)	John Carter	1997-2000
Supreme Court Judge Joan Vesey (also spelled Joan Veysey)	Toni James	1998-2001
Supreme Court Judge Bonnie Shields	Laurie Kennedy	1998-2002
Supreme Court Judge Colin Fraser	Larry Sherman	2001–2005
Supreme Court Judge Keith Fischer	Tom Mardirosian	2004–2006
Supreme Court Judge Linda Taft	Jenna Stern	2009–2010
Supreme Court Judge Milton Erdheim	Louis Zorich	1990	1
Supreme Court Judge Harvey Sirkin	Sully Boyar	1991
Supreme Court Judge Stewart	Jim Moody	1993
Supreme Court Judge Meg Sanderson	Yvette Hawkins	1994
Supreme Court Judge Albert Parsons	Leon B. Stevens	1995
Supreme Court Judge Carol Bonelli	Claiborne Cary
Supreme Court Judge Edgar Hynes	Louis Zorich
Supreme Court Judge Ellen Dreiser	Barbara Spiegel
Supreme Court Judge Harlan Newfield	John Carter
Supreme Court Judge Jerome Novak	Bill Marcus
Supreme Court Judge Louise Lessing	Nance Williamson
Supreme Court Judge Luis Rodriguez	Jose Serrano
Supreme Court Judge Morris Birch	Herb Downer
Supreme Court Judge Simon Mikelson	Allan Miller
Supreme Court Judge Annette Connors	Madeline Lee	1996
Supreme Court Judge Beth Krieger (also spelled Beth Kreiger)	Rosemary De Angelis
Supreme Court Judge Cyrus Metcalfe	Hal Miller (as Harold Miller)
Supreme Court Emma Reynolds (in indictment hearing)	Hope Clarke
Supreme Court Judge Fred Naughton	W.T. Martin
Chief Administrative Judge George (last name not mentioned)	Alan Manson
Supreme Court Judge Harold Kaiser	Greg S. Ryan
Supreme Court Judge Horace Busey	Mike Mearian
Supreme Court Judge Kyle Gaines	Linda Atkinson
Supreme Court Judge Lawrence Hellman (as leader of the Hellman Commission against corruption)	Josef Sommer
Supreme Court Judge Mallory (in a case from 1965)	Arthur Anderson
Supreme Court Judge Nathan Marks	Jerry Adler
Supreme Court Judge Robin Ingles	Stephen Berger
Supreme Court Judge Taryn Brent (at the family court)	Lucy Martin
Supreme Court Judge Walter Crackhan	Gibby Brand
Supreme Court Judge Dominic Santos	Shawn Elliott	1997
Supreme Court Judge Edna Shields	Laurie Kennedy
Supreme Court Judge Gavin Mickerson	Nick Wyman
Supreme Court Judge Horace Barclay	Michael P. Moran
Supreme Court Judge Ivan Hopper	Ira Wheeler
Supreme Court Judge Jane Simons	Anne Jackson
Supreme Court Judge Jefferson Russo	Michael Marcus
Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Heiser	Philip Price
Supreme Court Judge Louise Castillo	Olga Merediz
Supreme Court Judge Nathan Murray	Mark Zimmerman
Supreme Court Judge Patrick O'Hara	Ed Setrakian
Supreme Court Judge Rita Haines	Patti Karr
Supreme Court Judge R.L. Webber	Becky London
Supreme Court Judge Selma Davis	Nancy Addison
Supreme Court Judge Alvin Hoyt	David Spielberg	1998
Supreme Court Judge Barbara Kaplan	Audrie Neenan
Supreme Court Judge Carl Samuel	Gene Saks
Supreme Court Judge Dennis Murphy	Matthew Lewis
Supreme Court Judge Henry Fisk	David B. McConeghey
Supreme Court Judge Joanne Franklin (also spelled Joannie Franklin)	Robin Groves
Supreme Court Judge Langlois
Supreme Court Judge Elaine Schepps	Judith Roberts	2000
Civil Court Judge Janet Shiro	Karen Shallo	2000
Supreme Court Judge Adam Milgram	Larry Paulsen	2001
Supreme Court Judge Alan Kiley	Roscoe Orman
Supreme Court Judge Albert Scholl	Robert Hogan
Supreme Court Judge Linda Karlin	Roxanne Hart
Supreme Court Judge Nathaniel Berger	Stephen Berger	2002
Supreme Court Judge Thomas Huce	Stephen Berger	2004
Supreme Court Judge Anna Shiro	Karen Shallo	2005

Appellate Court Judges

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Appellate Court Judge Pamela Jensen	Norma Fire	1993–2004	5
Appellate Court Judge Shawn MacNamara	George Bartenieff	1993–1999	4
Appellate Court Judge Barry Marton	Graham Brown	1991–1993	2
Appellate Court Judge Bloom	Ira Wheeler	1991–1993
Appellate Court Judge Lewis Getman	Leslie Barrett	1993–1995
Appellate Court Judge Wayne Humphrey	Chester A. Sims II	1995–1996
Appellate Court Judge Meg Sanderson	Yvette Hawkins	1995–1996
Appellate Court Judge Harlan Newfield	John Carter	1995–2001
Appellate Court Judge John Sierra	Emilio Del Pozo	1996
Appellate Court Judge P. Slattery	Julian Gamble	1996-1998
Appellate Court Judge Gordon Humphrey	Chester A. Sims II	1993	1
Appellate Court Judge Douglas Spivak	Victor Truro	1995
Appellate Court Judge Lawrence McNeil	Helmar Augustus Cooper
Appellate Court Judge Martha Kershan	Lydia Bruce
Appellate Court Judge Barry Abrams	Patrick Tovatt	1998
Appellate Court Judge Howard Jefferson
Appellate Judge Jean Bryant	Norma Fire
Appellate Court Judge Ronald Acevedo
Appellate Court Judge Marilyn Haynes	Audrie Neenan	2001
Appellate Court Judge Justice Connolly	John Carter	2004

Guest characters

Defense attorneys

Name	Portrayed by	Year	Episodes
Clay Bollock	Xander Berkeley	2005	"Fluency"
Depago	Vyto Ruginis	2006	"Public Service Homicide"
Leslie Drake	Dan Hedaya	1997	"Baby, It's You"
Paul Kopell	Ron Leibman	1995	"House Counsel"
Harold Morton	Victor Raider-Wexler	1991	"Mushrooms"
Bill Wendyll	Robert LuPone	1994	"Breeder"
Evan Braun	Michael Kostroff	2022	"Gimme Shelter - Part Three"
Patricia Kaplan	Selenis Leyva	2024	"In God We Trust"

References

↑ Carlson, Erin (October 31, 2008). "Can 'Law & Order' outlive 'Gunsmoke'?". San Jose Mercury News. Associated Press. Retrieved November 6, 2008.
↑ Jane Hall (August 20, 1991). "The High Cost of Reality : Television: The producers of NBC's 'Law & Order' say filming the hourlong drama in Manhattan costs 20% more than re-creating New York on a Los Angeles back lot--but the results are worth it". LA Times. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
↑ Jennifer Mashuga (January 6, 2022). "The Impact Of Greevey's Death In Law & Order". Looper. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
↑ "Stolen". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 3. Episode 3. October 12, 2001. NBC.
↑ Greevey's Death - Law & Order, retrieved January 28, 2024
↑ "Endurance". Law & Order. Season 11. Episode 1. October 18, 2000. NBC.
↑ "Burden". Law & Order. Season 8. Episode 20. April 24, 1998. NBC.
↑ "Seed". Law & Order. Season 5. Episode 15. February 15, 1995. NBC.
↑ "The Ring". Law & Order. Season 13. Episode 5. November 6, 2002. NBC.

[APMercury-1] Carlson, Erin (October 31, 2008). "Can 'Law & Order' outlive 'Gunsmoke'?". San Jose Mercury News. Associated Press. Retrieved November 6, 2008.

[LA-2] Jane Hall (August 20, 1991). "The High Cost of Reality : Television: The producers of NBC's 'Law & Order' say filming the hourlong drama in Manhattan costs 20% more than re-creating New York on a Los Angeles back lot--but the results are worth it". LA Times. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[Impact-3] Jennifer Mashuga (January 6, 2022). "The Impact Of Greevey's Death In Law & Order". Looper. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[S3E03-4] "Stolen". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 3. Episode 3. October 12, 2001. NBC.

[5] Greevey's Death - Law & Order, retrieved January 28, 2024

[endurance-6] "Endurance". Law & Order. Season 11. Episode 1. October 18, 2000. NBC.

[burden-7] "Burden". Law & Order. Season 8. Episode 20. April 24, 1998. NBC.

[seed-8] "Seed". Law & Order. Season 5. Episode 15. February 15, 1995. NBC.

[ring-9] "The Ring". Law & Order. Season 13. Episode 5. November 6, 2002. NBC.

List of Law & Order characters

Main characters

Police

Sergeants

Senior detectives

Junior detectives

Supervising officers

Prosecutors

Executive Assistant District Attorneys

Assistant District Attorneys

Manhattan District Attorneys

Recurring characters

Medical

NYPD officials

27th Precinct support detectives

Crime Scene Unit Investigators / Crime Lab Technicians

Assistant Medical Examiners

Defense attorneys

Judges

Arraignment Court Judges

Supreme Court Judges

Appellate Court Judges

Guest characters

Defense attorneys

See also

References