What's the Difference between The Brass Verdict the Book and The Lincoln Lawyer the TV Show?
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Mickey Haller
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Mickey Haller
Portrayed by: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
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Maggie McPherson
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Maggie McPherson
Portrayed by: Neve Campbel
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Lorna Crain
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Lorna Crain
Portrayed by: Becki Newton
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This Character does not appear.
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Izzy Letts
Portrayed by: Jazz Raycole
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Patrick Henson
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This Character does not appear.
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Cisco
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Cisco
Portrayed by: Angus Sampson
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Trevor Elliot
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Trevor Elliot
Portrayed by: Christopher Gorham
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This Character does not appear.
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Detective Raymond Griggs
Portrayed by: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
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Harry Bosch
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This Character does not appear.
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This Character does not appear.
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Jésus Menendez
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The Lincoln Lawyer Book vs TV Show
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In the TV Show |
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Set in Los Angeles 2008. |
Set in Los Angeles 2022. |
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The book is in the same literary universe as the Harry Bosch novels. Bosch is a important supporting character. |
Harry Bosch is not in the Netflix TV series as the rights to the Bosch character is owned by Amazon. The character of Detective Raymond Griggs is used instead.
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The book starts with Haller defending an accused murder in 1992; Jerry Vincent is the prosecuting attorney. The trial does not go well for Vincent; he quits working for the city and opens his own legal firm. |
The TV series starts with Haller on the beach thinking in vague terms about his past problems which interrupted his legal practice. |
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Haller hires Patrick Henson as his driver and offers him his guest bedroom until he gets his own place. He is a former surfer and recovering addict. Haller later gets his theft case dismissed. |
Haller hires Izzy to be his driver after getting the theft case against her dismissed. She is a former addict.
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Trevor Elliot owns a film production company and is accused of murdering his wife and Johan Rilz, a German national. Elliot thought Rilz was a gay friend of his wife. |
Trevor Elliot owns a very popular video game company. He is accused of murdering his wife and her lover Jan Rilz. |
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Trevor Elliot did not want to divorce his wife as the prenuptial agreement would have ensured she got half of his company. |
Trevor Elliot did not want to divorce his wife as she was the actual developer and owner of the software his company used for the popular online game he produced.
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Trevor Elliot tells Haller that he murdered his wife and her lover with a 44 magnum revolver he bought back in the 1970's. An associate of his discarded the gun, gloves and his clothes while he was waiting for the police to arrive. |
Haller tells Elliot that he knows he disposed of his clothing and the handgun in the ocean using a drone after calling 911. Elliot denies this. |
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The jury does not reach a verdict as Elliot and his assistant/lover are murdered near his home, possibly by the family of Johan Rilz. The family knew Haller was going make accusations about Rilz that would ruin his reputation and possibly convince the jury that other criminals murdered Rilz and then Mrs. Elliot as collateral damage. |
Elliot is found not guilty. Haller is able to cast doubt by accusing the owner of a security company involved with Elliot of being a violent person. Elliot is murdered in public by a close friend of Jan Rilz soon after he is released.
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This does not happen in the book. |
Maggie McPherson is investigating a human trafficker named Angelo Soto. The case against him is thrown out when Haller exposes a corrupt police officer who was investigating one of his clients as well as the Soto case. The officer is arrested and Maggie is transferred. When the judge releases Soto, a United States attorney shows up and arrests Soto on federal charges. |
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Menendez is not in the book, The Brass Verdict. This character was featured in the 1st Haller novel called The Lincoln Lawyer. Menendez was infected with AIDS in prison and sued Haller for legal malpractice upon his release from prison. |
One of the subplots is Haller's guilt over the conviction of Jésus Menendez for rape, something Haller could have avoided had Menendez not talked to the police. Menendez is eventually released when Haller obtains evidence/testimony from another one of his clients. Menendez is happy to see Haller upon his release.
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Detective Bosch visits Haller after the death of Elliot; they talk about being half-brothers and why Bosch waited so long to reveal himself as such to Haller. Bosch tells Haller about the German made gun and ammo used to murder Elliot and his lover. He suspects the gun was illegally smuggled into the country for the murderer to make a point. Haller says he is going to quit practicing law. |
This does not happen in the TV series. |
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At the beginning of the book is is revealed that Mickey Haller took a year off to recover from the wounds received in the events recounted in the book, The Lincoln Lawyer. He became addicted to painkillers as a result of his injuries but is currently clean. |
At the beginning of the series is it revealed that Mickey Haller took a year off to recover from injuries from a surfing accident. He became addicted to painkillers as a result of his injuries but is currently clean.
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The book ends with Haller and his daughter talking; she is hoping he gets back together with her mother. |
The series ends with Haller at the beach getting ready to surf while a man with a tatoo on his arm watches from behind. |