EADA Ben Stone's son Peter was introduced in Dick Wolf's "Chicago" franchise, as a lead character on Chicago Justice (2017), with guest appearances on Chicago P.D. (2014) and Chicago Med (2015). After "Justice" was canceled, Peter joined Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) in the middle of season 19, and departed at the end of season 20.
Allison Janney's character mentions she only knows of Brighton Beach from the Neil Simon play. Her lawyer is played by Bob Dishy, who appeared in the movie version Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986).
This is Allison Janney's second appearance. She made a brief appearance as a different character named Nora in Star Struck (1992).
Victor Slezak has played four different characters throughout the course of Law & Order:
- Episode 2.22 The Working Stiff (1992) - William Cousins.
- Episode 4.22 Old Friends (1994) - Steven Green.
- Episode 7.8 Family Business (1996) - Jeffrey Arbaugh.
- Episode 11.2 Turnstile Justice (2000) - Philip Andrews.
When Steven Green was arraigned in court the defence lawyer asked for bail claiming he had ties to the community, the judge replied, 'yes, and another community 12,000 miles away', referring to his homeland Russia. However, Russia is actually lot closer to the USA. Geographically the closest distance between mainland Alaska and mainland Russia is just 55 miles across the Bering Strait.