Roman J. Israel, Esq.

The underbelly of the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. A driven, idealistic defense attorney’s life is upended when his mentor, a civil rights icon, dies. When he is recruited to join a firm led by one of the legendary man’s former students – the ambitious lawyer George Pierce – and begins a friendship with a young champion of equal rights, a turbulent series of events ensues that will put the activism that has defined Roman’s career to the test.