![]() Additionally, The Lincoln Lawyer’s focus on visceral descriptions of violence against women might have been an easy choice to avoid for Netflix executives hoping for something at least a little more family-friendly. 2005’s The Lincoln Lawyer was already adapted into a well-received film starring Matthew McConaughey in 2011, meaning that many people would already know the answers to the mysteries and the Netflix adaptation would struggle to get out of McConaughey’s shadow. ![]() It has not been explicitly stated why the Netflix adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer did not adapt the original book of the same name, but there are logical reasons for the decision. Related: Every Netflix Movie Coming In Summer 2022 The story is connected to an old case of Haller’s which saw the innocent man Jesus Menendez sent to prison on a life sentence for the murder of another sex worker, Martha Renteria. Working as a part of the machine of the legal justice system, Haller helps clients to escape unethical police work, but is also hired by a client named Louis Ross Roulet who has been charged with brutally assaulting a sex worker named Reggie Campo. ![]() ![]() (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) was first introduced in the 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer. Criminal defense attorney Michael “Mickey” Haller Jr. ![]()
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