Fred Thompson's last season on SVU even though he continued to play DA Arthur Branch on Law & Order for another year. Diane Neal gave an interview about working with him during the seventh season. She compared him to her father, who is a federal attorney, saying: "They're both southern, they're both large, they're both lawyers, they're both the same age, they're both football kind of guys." Cast Main cast Christopher Meloni as Senior Detective Elliot Stabler Mariska Hargitay as Junior Detective Olivia Benson Richard Belzer as Senior Detective John Munch Diane Neal as Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak Ice-T as Junior Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola BD Wong as FBI Special Agent Dr. George Huang Tamara Tunie as Medical Examiner Dr. Melinda Warner Dann Florek as Captain Donald "Don" Cragen Crossover stars Fred Dalton Thompson as District Attorney Arthur Branch (Crossing over with Law & Order) Recurring cast Mike Doyle as Crime Scene Technician Ryan O'Halloran Joel de la Fuente as Technical Assistance Response Unit Technician Ruben Morales Stephen Gregory as Dr. Kyle Beresford Joselin Reyes as Paramedic Martinez Judith Light as Judge Elizabeth Donnelly Joanna Merlin as Judge Lena Petrovsky Caren Browning as Crime Scene Unit Captain Judith Siper Paula Garcés as Crime Scene Unit Forensics Technician Millie Vizcarrondo Jill Marie Lawrence as Defense Attorney Cleo Conrad J. Paul Nicholas as Defense Attorney Linden Delroy Audrie J. Neenan as Judge Lois Preston Ian Bedford as Officer Bamford Peter McRobbie as Judge Walter Bradley Annie Potts as Defense Attorney Sophie Devere Francis Jue as Dr. Fong David Thornton as Defense Attorney Lionel Granger Joe Grifasi as Defense Attorney Hahsi Horowitz Ned Eisenberg as Defense Attorney Roger Kressler Joe Lisi as Parole Officer Craig Lennon John Cullum as Defense Attorney Barry Moredock Joseph E. Murray as Emergency Medical Technician Olson Donnetta Lavinia Grays as Officer Ramirez Ernest Waddell as Ken Randall William H. Burns as Officer Robbins Tom O'Rourke as Judge Mark Seligman Patricia Kalember as Judge Karen Taten Peter Riegert as Defense Attorney Chauncey Zeirko Guest stars The season premiere "Demons" showed Christopher Meloni sharing psychologically intense scenes with Terminator 2: Judgment Day star Robert Patrick. In an interview, Meloni explained that the two met for the first time and became good friends during the shooting of "Demons", saying: "Every once in a while, you'll get a great actor who for whatever reason, you'll speak the same language." The second