"Fairly Legal" (2011) TV series

Creator:

Michael Sardo
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Less lawyer. More appeal.

Plot:

A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to became a mediator, copes after her father's death.

Plot Keywords:

Mediator | Law Firm | Attorney | Ex Husband Ex Wife Relationship | Grief

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Wed. May 23	11:00 PM	USA	Shattered	#2.10
Fri. May 25	6:00 AM	USA	Shattered	#2.10

Cast

Sarah Shahi	...	Kate Reed (19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Michael Trucco	...	Justin Patrick (19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Virginia Williams	...	Lauren Reed (19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Baron Vaughn	...	Leonardo Prince (19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ryan Johnson	...	Ben Grogan (10 episodes, 2012)

Series Directed by
Anton Cropper		(3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Andy Wolk		(3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Peter Markle		(2 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Writing credits
Michael Sardo		(19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jan Nash		(3 episodes, 2011)
Jim Adler		(2 episodes, 2011)

Series Produced by
Russ Buchholz	....	co-executive producer (18 episodes, 2011-2012)
Robert Nathan	....	consulting producer (11 episodes, 2012)
Drew Matich	....	co-producer (10 episodes, 2011)
Michael Sardo	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2011)
Roger Wolfson	....	consulting producer (8 episodes, 2012)
Clara George	....	producer (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Steve Stark	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 2011)
Paul Holahan	....	consulting producer (4 episodes, 2011)
Jan Nash	....	consulting producer (4 episodes, 2011)

Series Original Music by
Mateo Messina		(10 episodes, 2011)

Series Cinematography by
Dan Stoloff		(11 episodes, 2012)
Damián Acevedo		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
John Duffy		(4 episodes, 2012)
Scott K. Wallace		(3 episodes, 2010-2011)
Heidi Scharfe		(3 episodes, 2011)
Arge O'Neal		(3 episodes, 2012)

Series Casting by
Heike Brandstatter		(5 episodes, 2011)
Coreen Mayrs		(5 episodes, 2011)
Gayle Pillsbury		(unknown episodes)
Bonnie Zane		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Ricardo Spinacé		(10 episodes, 2011)

Series Art Direction by
Lauren Crasco		(1 episode, 2011)
Cheryl Marion		(1 episode, 2011)

Series Set Decoration by
Joanne Leblanc		(9 episodes, 2011)

Series Costume Design by
Cynthia Ann Summers		(11 episodes, 2012)

Series Makeup Department
Steven E. Anderson	....	key makeup artist: San Francisco (1 episode, 2011)
Peggy Forcellini	....	key hair stylist: San Francisco (1 episode, 2011)
Nancie Marsalis	....	additional makeup artist: San Francisco (1 episode, 2011)
Connie Parker	....	key makeup artist (1 episode, 2011)
Sanna Seppanen	....	key hair stylist (1 episode, 2011)

Series Production Management
Claudia Alves	....	post-production supervisor (11 episodes, 2012)
Deen Dioria	....	post-production supervisor (10 episodes, 2011)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ashley Bell	....	third assistant director (10 episodes, 2011)
Joao Paulo Bertol	....	trainee assistant director (9 episodes, 2011)
Geoff White	....	trainee assistant director (4 episodes, 2011)
Jeremy Phoenix	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 2012)
Emely Martin	....	trainee assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Kevin Tomecek	....	construction buyer (11 episodes, 2012)
Clayton Allen	....	lead dresser (9 episodes, 2011)
Niki Charalambopoulos	....	paint foreman (9 episodes, 2011)
Sally Hudson	....	lead graphic designer (9 episodes, 2011)
Jaclyn Kenney	....	art department coordinator (9 episodes, 2011)
Vaughan V. Baker	....	head painter (8 episodes, 2011)
Ben Krakowsky	....	props / prop technical consultant / ... (8 episodes, 2011)
Kristina Lyne	....	graphic designer (8 episodes, 2012)
Bill Burd	....	property master (7 episodes, 2011)
Anne-Marie Leidl	....	graphic designer (6 episodes, 2012)
Kevin Santarosa	....	assistant property master (5 episodes, 2011)
Troy Eirich	....	assistant property master (2 episodes, 2012)
Alistair Bell	....	carpenter (unknown episodes)
Nancy Anna Brown	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Lauren Crasco	....	art director: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Dylan Dowd	....	head greens person (unknown episodes)
S.B. Edwards	....	art department coordinator (unknown episodes)
Janette Hyland	....	plasterer (unknown episodes)
Aaron Jordan	....	head sculptor (unknown episodes)
Will King	....	art department assistant (unknown episodes)
Andrew Lewis	....	assistant prop master: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
John Lister	....	set dresser (unknown episodes)
Joe Schlick	....	props assistant: San Francisco (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Sam C. Lewis	....	supervising foley editor / adr mixer / ... (20 episodes, 2011-2012)
Miriam Cole	....	assistant sound editor / loop group editor (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Matthew Manselle	....	foley recordist / foley editor / ... (11 episodes, 2011-2012)
Pete Elia	....	sound re-recording mixer (10 episodes, 2011)
Doug Madick	....	supervising foley artist (10 episodes, 2011)
Kevin Roache	....	sound re-recording mixer (10 episodes, 2011)
Stefani Feldman	....	dialogue editor (9 episodes, 2012)
Craig Polding	....	dialogue editor (8 episodes, 2011)
Brian Straub	....	foley artist (8 episodes, 2012)
John Guentner	....	foley mixer / foley editor (5 episodes, 2011)
Doug Harrison	....	assistant foley editor / foley editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Tara Blume	....	foley artist (2 episodes, 2012)
Jim Lacamel	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Jack Levy	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Jason Korber	....	digital supervisor (11 episodes, 2012)
Mike Leeming	....	visual effects supervisor / visual effects producer (11 episodes, 2012)
Terry Hutcheson	....	visual effects producer (10 episodes, 2011)
Bryan Thombs	....	animator / compositor (10 episodes, 2011)
Iqbal Zafar	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ryan Curtis	....	on-set visual effects coordinator / visual effects editor (2 episodes, 2012)
Kornel Farkas	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2012)
Ram Ravichandran	....	visual effects artist (unknown episodes, 2010)
Robert Crowther	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Andrew Karr	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Cody Laudan	....	stunt double: Devon Gummersall (1 episode, 2011)
Kye Walstrom	....	stunt performer (1 episode, 2012)
Fraser Corbett	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Jeffery Ong	....	assistant stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Chad Sayn	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Rhys Williams	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
David Kurvers	....	digital imaging technician (20 episodes, 2011-2012)
Cam Esau	....	lighting technician (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Maya Batten-Young	....	lighting technician (11 episodes, 2012)
Dustin Allen	....	lamp operator (10 episodes, 2011)
Sean Karlin	....	director of photography: second unit (10 episodes, 2011)
Dana Wutzke	....	rigging electric (9 episodes, 2011)
Terry Calhoun	....	rigging electrics / rigging electric best boy (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
David Moir	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Clayton Richard-Long	....	second assistant camera: a (unknown episodes)
Richard Sinclair	....	second assistant: 'b' camera (unknown episodes)
Matt Sumney	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Landin Walsh	....	lighting technician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Rachel Rose Oginsky	....	casting assistant (19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Amy Nygaard	....	casting coordinator (unknown episodes)
Laura Obenaus	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charron Hume	....	costume supervisor (9 episodes, 2011)
Katherine Wigzell	....	costume coordinator (9 episodes, 2011)
Andrea Hiestand	....	assistant costume designer / costume stylist (4 episodes, 2011)
Christina Barry	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Jim Garrow	....	colorist (21 episodes, 2011-2012)
Scott van Beever	....	assistant editor (16 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ashley Brown	....	post-production assistant (10 episodes, 2011)
Zak Kauffman	....	post-production coordinator (9 episodes, 2011)
Natan Moss	....	additional editing by / assistant editor (2 episodes, 2011)
Matthew Jensen	....	post-production assistant (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Music Department
Fay Aiyana	....	music editor (10 episodes, 2011)
Timo Chen	....	music assistant (10 episodes, 2011)

Series Transportation Department
Ryan Moroz	....	driver: cast (11 episodes, 2012)
Brian Whitlock	....	transportation coordinator (9 episodes, 2011)
Larry Tardif	....	transportation captain (6 episodes, 2012)
Gerry Forster	....	transportation captain (5 episodes, 2011)

Series Other crew
Rosalie Brown	....	production assistant (19 episodes, 2011-2012)
Chaunce Drury	....	first assistant coordinator (18 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ashley Brown	....	post production assistant (10 episodes, 2011)
Danny Ho	....	playback supervisor (10 episodes, 2011)
Camila Martinez	....	nbcu intern (10 episodes, 2011)
Crystal Williams	....	key production assistant (10 episodes, 2011)
Magali Gillon	....	assistant production coordinator (10 episodes, 2012)
Jim Adler	....	story editor (9 episodes, 2011)
Karl Bahena	....	production assistant (9 episodes, 2011)
Scott Firth	....	location scout (9 episodes, 2011)
Tamara Harland	....	production assistant (9 episodes, 2011)
Josh Pickens	....	production assistant (9 episodes, 2011)
Nathan Taylor	....	assistant to producers (9 episodes, 2011)
Janice Yip	....	production assistant (9 episodes, 2011)
Benjamin Benedetti	....	post facilities manager (9 episodes, 2012)
Winona Sim	....	playback coordinator (9 episodes, 2012)
Alan Bartolic	....	location scout (7 episodes, 2011)
Laurie Boyle	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 2011)
Tyler Scott	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 2011)
Fairly Legal	....	location scout (4 episodes, 2011)
Sharon Lindala	....	payroll clerk (4 episodes, 2011)
Max Torroba	....	playback coordinator (3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Braden Jennings	....	location department (3 episodes, 2012)
Stephen Sawchuk	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Paul Basker	....	key production assistant (unknown episodes)
Stuart Blackie	....	office production assistant (unknown episodes)
Vincent Dela Luna	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Marcy Guiragossian	....	production office assistant: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Ed Martin	....	set production assistant: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Sean Meade	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Andrew Pavlik	....	key production assistant (unknown episodes)
Marion Pejaire	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Matthew Riutta	....	key assistant location manager: san francisco (unknown episodes)
Jacquelyn Roth	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Charlotte Schaeffer	....	additional set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Devin Taylor	....	playback editor (unknown episodes)
Chelsea Wehner	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Desiree Young	....	location scout (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Michelle Nicastro	....	in loving memory of (1 episode, 2011)

Production Companies

• Steve Stark Productions
• Garfield St. Productions
• Universal Cable Productions

Distributors

• USA Network (2011) (USA) (TV)
• 13th Street Universal (2011) (Belgium) (TV) (limited)
• Universal Channel (2011) (Hungary) (TV)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (season one)

Special Effects

• Atmosphere Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Beau Bonneau Casting  extras casting: San Francisco
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• PS Production Services  grip and lighting equipment
• Picture Mill, The  main titles
• Post Modern Sound  ADR Recording Facility

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:41 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Steve Stark Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Conan: The Title the Announcer Didn't Read Right (#1.139)" (2011)

It's a keeper

TV shows come; TV shows go. Until a very few years ago, only the "real" networks could produce quality programs. In case you haven't been paying attention, cable networks are now out-shining the "big 4". And now comes USA with "Fairly Legal." It's a lawyer show -- and it isn't. It's a cop show -- and it isn't. It has a hot star as a lead. And, her character is REAL!!! None of the writing is nearly as contrived as most shows' writing seems to be today. The plotting is real, and the episodes conclude with a heart-warming flourish. I hope this show builds an audience, and the ratings keep it on the air. It was a real nice touch to end the pilot with a tribute to Michelle, who died in November of 2010 from cancer.