First Monday premiered on CBS on January 15, 2002. The series revolves around the U.S. Supreme Court's nine justices, whose momentous decisions make history - and headlines. The show features Associate Justice Joe Novelli, a new addition to the bench, who will have a pivotal role in an evenly split court of four conservatives and four liberals, Chief Justice Thomas Brankin, a staunch conservative, and Justice Henry Hoskins, one of Brankin's closest allies. Helping the justices are young law clerks whose heady responsibility is to review the 6,000 yearly appeals they receive and make their recommendations as to which have the legal merit to be heard before the Supreme Court.
Cast
Joe Novelli ................................................ Joe Mantegna
Thomas Brankin ............................................. James Garner
Henry Hoskins .............................................. Charles Durning
Miguel ..................................................... Randy Vasquez
Ellie ...................................................... Hedy Burress
Jerry ...................................................... Christopher Wiehl