Best Mob Boss Lawyers

Jamal ain't the first lawyer to have a sketchy client.

Jamal Woodson: Mob Lawyer - This season on Let's Stay Together, Jamal Woodson takes on Jessie, a business man from Alabama, as a client. But his friends know that Jessie, played by Reggie Hayes, is really a mobster. Jamal is not the first lawyer on TV to defend gangsters. Here are some more. (Photos from left: John Ricard / BET, UPN /Landov)

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Jamal Woodson: Mob Lawyer - This season on Let's Stay Together, Jamal Woodson takes on Jessie, a business man from Alabama, as a client. But his friends know that Jessie, played by Reggie Hayes, is really a mobster. Jamal is not the first lawyer on TV to defend gangsters. Here are some more. (Photos from left: John Ricard / BET, UPN /Landov)

Tom Hagen - Tom Hagen was played by Robert Duvall in The Godfather. Hagen was the lawyer and consiglieri for the Corleone family, who adopted him as a child.(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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Tom Hagen - Tom Hagen was played by Robert Duvall in The Godfather. Hagen was the lawyer and consiglieri for the Corleone family, who adopted him as a child.(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

Maurice Levy - Maurice Levy represented every gangster in Baltimore on the critically acclaimed HBO show The Wire. Not only did Maury use dirty tricks to get his clients off the hook, he also helped them launder money. (Photo: HBO)

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Maurice Levy - Maurice Levy represented every gangster in Baltimore on the critically acclaimed HBO show The Wire. Not only did Maury use dirty tricks to get his clients off the hook, he also helped them launder money. (Photo: HBO)

Saul Goodman - Saul Goodman is meth dealer Walter White's lawyer on the TV drama Breaking Bad. As in many cases, Goodman has shown to have less morals than his criminal clients. (Photo: AMC)

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Saul Goodman - Saul Goodman is meth dealer Walter White's lawyer on the TV drama Breaking Bad. As in many cases, Goodman has shown to have less morals than his criminal clients. (Photo: AMC)

Neil Mink - Neil Mink was Tony Soprano's lawyer on HBO's mafia show The Sopranos. Mink made sure his ethically challenged mob boss client never had to answer for his crimes. (Photo: HBO)

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Neil Mink - Neil Mink was Tony Soprano's lawyer on HBO's mafia show The Sopranos. Mink made sure his ethically challenged mob boss client never had to answer for his crimes. (Photo: HBO)

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David Kleinfeld - David Kleinfeld was played by Sean Penn in the Al Pacino movie Carlito's Way. Kleinfeld was more concerned with girls and drugs than his own clients, bringing trouble to Pacino's character, Carlito. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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David Kleinfeld - David Kleinfeld was played by Sean Penn in the Al Pacino movie Carlito's Way. Kleinfeld was more concerned with girls and drugs than his own clients, bringing trouble to Pacino's character, Carlito. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

Dean Hodes - Dean Hodes was Mary Botwin's lawyer on the Showtime TV show Weeds. Eventually, Hodes would join Botwin in her burgeoning marijuana trading empire. (Photo: Showtime)

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Dean Hodes - Dean Hodes was Mary Botwin's lawyer on the Showtime TV show Weeds. Eventually, Hodes would join Botwin in her burgeoning marijuana trading empire. (Photo: Showtime)