Regular Cast
Anson Mount as Deputy District Attorney Jim Steele
Jordan Bridges as Assistant District Attorney Nick Potter
J. August Richards as Assistant District Attorney Billy Desmond
Stephanie March as Bureau Chief Alexandra Cabot
Julianne Nicholson as Assistant District Attorney Sara Finn
Eric Balfour as Assistant District Attorney Brian Peluso
Milena Govich as Assistant District Attorney Jessica Rossi

About The Show
The latest new legal drama series from Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf ("Law & Order"-brand series) and NBC Universal Television Studio, "Conviction" is a fast-paced, character-oriented story focusing on the lives of young Manhattan assistant district attorneys and the challenging, emotional cases they confront.
Said Wolf: "Since 'Conviction' will be a 'character-cedural,' we will be dealing extensively with characters' back stories and personal lives. I am delighted with the extraordinary cast we have assembled, which will give the show depth and emotional intensity. It's ‘like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, he says, "two totally different tastes which, when combined, accentuate the best of both."
The ensemble cast includes Stephanie March (reprising her role as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot from NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Milena Govich (“Rescue Me”), Eric Balfour (“Six Feet Under,” “The O.C.”), Anson Mount (“In Her Shoes,” “Line of Fire”), J. August Richards (“Angel”), Jordan Bridges (“Mona Lisa Smile,” “Dawson’s Creek”) and Julianne Nicholson (“Kinsey,” “Ally McBeal”). The series was created by Wolf.
In the new drama, the complexities of the cases are matched by the personalities of those who prosecute them. Cool yet dedicated Alexandra Cabot (March) has returned to the New York City District Attorney’s office as a bureau chief after an extended stint in witness protection. Jim Steele (Mount) -- her Deputy District Attorney -- oversees the ambitious assistant district attorneys. They include Nick Potter (Bridges), who is from a wealthy family but abandons his cushy job at a private law firm to join the district attorney’s office in New York City – and he soon gets an eye-opening introduction to the chaos and danger pressing in on his fellow young prosecutors.
Also involved are: Billy Desmond (Richards), a street-smart but brilliant attorney who has big political aspirations; Sara Finn (Nicholson), an ambitious, wide-eyed attorney whose optimism and compassion sometimes leave her vulnerable to the rigors of the job; Brian Peluso (Balfour), whose bad-boy charm and active personal life sometimes spill over at work, and Jessica Rossi (Govich), who has risen from a working-class upbringing to become one of the office stars.
 

Season One

1. 3 Mar 06 Pilot
   This newest legal drama series from Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf ("Law & Order"-brand series) is a fast-paced, character-oriented story focusing on young assistant district attorneys in New York who handle tough, high-profile cases that challenge their experience. Nick Potter (Jordan Bridges) leaves a cushy private firm to join the chaos of the New York District Attorney's office, headed by new bureau chief Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March, reprising her role from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"). Their current assignments include prosecuting a drug dealer, while newbie Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson) frets when she loses key evidence in her own case. But the Assistant D.A.s are shocked when a member of their team is gunned down -- and one of their own might be responsible. Milena Govich, Eric Balfour, J. August Richards and Anson Mount also star.
    
2. 10 Mar 06 Denial
   Deputy District Attorney Steele (Anson Mount) is forced to prosecute Evan, a 14-year-old boy (Jordan Burt) who murdered his big brother with a baseball bat as an adult crime -- but the teenager's pushy father takes a hard-line stance in court that could cost his only living son dearly. Meanwhile, Assistant D.A. Peluso (Eric Balfour) investigates a promising high school athlete Rashard (Roderick Pannell) arrested for a hate crime against a gay man who was blackmailing him. Rossi (Milena Govich) tries to babysit an addicted prostitute to testify in her own rape trial. Also, a jealous Steele checks on Rossi's romantic activities; Finn (Julianne Nicholson) preps for a blind date and Peluso tries to help out a loan shark to whom he's in debt. Stephanie March, J. August Richards and Jordan Bridges also star.
    
3. 17 Mar 06 Breakup
   Potter (Jordan Bridges) goes to a birthday party and when his friend takes out cocaine he leaves, but his friend is arrested later that evening. He seeks help from Potter, who turns the case over to Desmond (J. August Richards) without filling him in on the details of the night. Cabot (Stephanie March) is on an anti drug campaign, and Peluso (Eric Balfour) has to prosecute a grandmother for heroin possession, when it was her grandson who was selling the drugs.
    
4. 24 Mar 06 Indebted
   Nick Potter (Jordan Bridges) goes on a ride along with two ghetto cops, landing Potter in a meeting with Internal Affairs; Jessica Rossi (Milena Govich) prosecutes a wife beater, while wrestling with the same problem at home, when her mother tells her she's leaving her father for being abusive, and Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson) gets caught up in a case with a spoiled diplomat's son and a strip club.
    
5. 31 Mar 06 Savasana
   Against direct orders from his boss, Potter (Jordan Bridges) does not settle a case but wins the case anyway; Desmond (J. August Richards) continues his undefeated winning streak at work and has a one night stand with a woman who works at the courthouse, and Steele (Anson Mount) cancels a date with Rossi (Milena Govich) and gets intimate with Cabot (Stephanie March), right before she makes a stunning announcement.
    
6. 7 Apr 06 Madness
   Brian Peluso (Eric Balfour) gets pressure from his recently reunited girlfriend; Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson), who is light on case work, is loaned out to a hard-driving, nasty prosecutor; Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) feels the pressure to hire an image consultant; Nick Potter (Jordan Bridges) fills in for Desmond on a bail reduction case that has tragic consequences, and Jessica Rossi (Milena Govich) finds herself in the middle of a family battle when prosecuting a deaf girl's boyfriend for stabbing the girl's father.
    
7. 11 Apr 06 True Love
   Brian Peluso (Eric Balfour) gets ready to move in with his girlfriend until he learns of her infidelity; Jessica Rossi's (Milena Govich) uncertain case involves a model who claims she was beaten and raped by a high-profile professional; Jim Steele's (Anson Mount) case involves a gay couple who recently broke up and the "suicide" of one is questioned when his former partner is charged with murder and Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson) meets a hot doctor when he becomes her star witness for a case.
    
8. 14 Apr 06 Downhill
   ADA Jessica Rossi (Milena Govich) is close to getting a conviction on a rape case until Bureau Chief Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) steals away her defendant for her own insurance fraud prosecution; while ADA Billy Desmond (J. August Richards) decides to network with an exclusive group of upwardly mobile black men, but the high powered connections come with a price, and his colleague Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson) gets caught in a landlord/tenant lawsuit.
    
9. 28 Apr 06 The Wall
   ADA Brian Peluso (Eric Balfour) faces a 'wall of blue' when prosecuting a cop-shooter; Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson) and her colleague ADA Nick Potter (Jordan Bridges) have been summoned to Bureau Chief Alexandra Cabot's (Stephanie March) office where she sends them to acting class to improve their court appearance, and ADA Jessica Rossi (Milena Govich) has to contend with her dysfunctional family.
    
10. 5 May 06 Deliverance
    A respected female attorney (guest star Amber McDonald) kills her husband, and goes head-to-head against Jim Steele (Anson Mount) when she decides to defend herself in the courtroom.
     
11. 12 May 06 Indiscretion
    ADA Nick Potter (Jordan Bridges) takes over an easy drug case from colleague Jessica Rossi (Milena Govich) but bungles it badly; ADA Billy Desmond (J. August Richards) has to deal with an Upper West Side couple and a wacky fortune teller; Bureau Chief Alexander Cabot (Stephanie March) has an elegant engagement party, and ADAs Christina Finn (Julianne Nicholson) and Brian Peluso (Eric Balfour) have an "almost" date.
     
12. 19 May 06 180.80 (Part 1)
    The bouncer at the bar is the prime suspect in the case; while a wild shoot-out in the courthouse finds members of the ADA office in a tense and emotional hostage situation.
     
13. 19 May 06 Hostage (Part 2)
    The bouncer at the bar is the prime suspect in the case; while a wild shoot-out in the courthouse finds members of the ADA office in a tense and emotional hostage situation.