" Get Me a Lawyer " received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations : Allen Coulter was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series , and Glenn Kessler , Todd A. Kessler , and Daniel Zelman were nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series . The pilot episode was submitted to the Primetime Emmys judging panel for determining the nominees for Outstanding Drama Series ; '' Damages '' was nominated but did not win the award . Close chose the episode as her Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series submission ; she was nominated and went on to win the award . Editor Malcolm Jamieson was nominated for an American Cinema Editors Award for his work on this episode in the " Best Edited One-Hour TV Series ( Commercial Television ) " category
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