

Details of the crime bring up uncomfortable parallels with a former case, and Haller discovers the two cases are intertwined. Haller is hired to defend the son of a wealthy Los Angeles businesswoman in an assault case. The story is adapted from the first of several novels featuring the character of Mickey Haller, who works in a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Town Car rather than an office.

The film also stars Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, Josh Lucas, William H. The film is directed by Brad Furman, with the screenplay written by John Romano, and stars Matthew McConaughey as the titular lawyer, Mickey Haller. The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 American legal thriller film adapted from the 2005 novel of the same title by Michael Connelly.
