ðə ʃˈoʊ ɹᵻvˈɑːlvz ɚɹˈaʊnd səbˈæstʃən stˈɑːɹk wˈʊdz, ɐ noʊtˈoːɹiəs lˌɑːs ˈændʒəlɪs dᵻfˈɛns ɐtˈɜːni hˌuː bɪkˌʌmz dɪsɪlˈuːʒənd wɪð hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ ˈæftɚ hɪz səksˈɛsfəl dᵻfˈɛns əvə wˈaɪfɐbjˈuːsɚ ɹɪzˈʌlts ɪnðə wˈaɪfz dˈɛθ; ˈæftɚ mˈoːɹ ðˌænə mˈʌnθ tɹˈaɪɪŋ tə kˈʌm tə ɡɹˈɪps wɪð hɪz sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən, hiː ɪz ɪnvˈaɪɾᵻd baɪ ðə lˌɑːs ˈændʒəlɪs dˈɪstɹɪkt ɐtˈɜːni tə bɪkˌʌm ɐ pˈʌblɪk pɹˈɑːsɪkjˌuːɾɚ sˌoʊ hiː kæn ɐplˈaɪ hɪz ʌnˈɔːɹθədˌɑːksbˌʌɾɪfˈɛktɪv tˈælənts tə pˈʊɾɪŋ ɡˈɪlti pˈiːpəl ɐwˈeɪ ɪnstˈɛd ʌv pˈʊɾɪŋ ðˌɛm bˈæk ɔnðə stɹˈiːt.
The show revolves around Sebastian Stark (Woods), a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death; after more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.