| Joey | Barr | Cullen's potential client. |
| Kyle | Benderschmidt | Chairman at Virginia Commonwealth
University. |
| Jim | Bizko | The Birmingham News reporter. |
| Tobias | Black | The renowned criminologist in San
Francisco. |
| Shasta | Brisley | One of Cullen's clients. |
| Emily | Broone | The alleged Duke's victim. |
| Forres | Burkhead | The prosecutor in Quincy's case. |
| Bill | Cannon | A trial lawyer. |
| Mark | Carter | The real rapist of Emily Broone. |
| Wink | Castle | The current sheriff. |
| Glenn | Colacurci | A senator. Distant relative of Keith Russo. |
| Gerald | Cook | A convicted man in Tully Run prison. |
| Nash | Cooley | A Miami drug lawyer. |
| Valerie | Cooper | One of the witnesses in Quincy's case. Quincy's girlfriend. |
| Skip | DiLuca | A hired killer. Aka: Mayhall. |
| Bennie | Drake | The priest. |
| Jon | Drummik | A man who killed his own grandmother. |
| Len | Duckworth | One of Cullen's clients. |
| Chad | Falwright | The Prosecutor. |
| Jimmy | Flagler | One of Cullen's clients. |
| Will | Foster | The gang victim. |
| Coral | Gables | Mickey's colleague. A convicted felon. |
| Vicki | Gourley | Cullen's boss. |
| Susan Ashley | Gross | Cullen's co-counsel. |
| Odell | Hermann | The warden. |
| Carmend | Hidalgo | A jailhouse informant. |
| Luther | Hodges | Cullen's friend. |
| Carrie | Holland | A drug addict. Aka: Carrie Pruitt. |
| Zeke | Huffey | The witness in Quincy's case. |
| Cordell | Jollie | A medical malpractice assassin. Bill's partner. |
| Lieutenant | Jordan | The fire chief. |
| Robert Earl | Lane | A man who was convicted for murder. |
| Terence | Lattimore | Cullen's client. |
| Mae | Lee | Bea's mother. |
| Judge | Marlowe | The court judge. |
| Patrick | McCutcheon | The current elected prosecutor. A Seabrook lawyer. |
| Mickey | Mercado | A criminal. Aka: Black Denim. |
| Marvis | Miller | Quincy's brother. |
| Quincy | Miller | One of Cullen's clients. |
| Dr. | Muscrove | An arson expert. |
| Agnes | Nolton | An FBI special agent. |
| Paul | Norwood | The bloodstains expert. |
| Bradley | Pfitzner | The long-time Seabrook sheriff. |
| Jerry | Plank | The court judge. |
| Brooke | Post | Cullen's wife. |
| Cullen | Post | Narrator and Protagonist. |
| Leon | Raney | Chad's predecessor. |
| Billy | Rayburn | One of Cullen's clients. |
| James | Rhoad | June's 2nd husband. |
| Lamar | Robinson | The gang Leader. |
| Steve | Rosenberg | A lawyer from Alabama. |
| James | Ruffin | Mazy's husband. |
| Mazy | Ruffin | Cullen's director of litigation. |
| Daniel | Russell | Duke's son. |
| Duke | Russell | The man in Death Row. Cullen's client in Alabama. |
| Diana | Russo | Keith's wife. Quincy's first wife. |
| Keith | Russo | The victim. |
| Tucker | Shiner | Zeke's former colleague. |
| Julie | Showalter | Lamar's lawyer. |
| Crissy | Spangler | A gang member. |
| Adam | Stone | The prison guard. |
| Kenny | Taft | The only black policeman in Seabrook. |
| Ramona | Taft | Kenny's sister. |
| Riley | Taft | Kenny's nephew. |
| Vida | Taft | Kenny's mother. |
| Francois | Tatum | Cullen's workmate. Aka: Frankie. |
| Tyler | Townsend | Quincy's lawyer. |
| Ramon | Vasquez | A drug cartel member. Diana's lover. |
| June | Walker | Quincy's ex-wife. |
| Otis | Walker | June's husband. |
| Curtis | Wallace | One of Cullen's clients. |
| Archie | | Glenn's friend. |
| Bea | | Glenn's secretary. |
| Buck | | Carrie's lover. |
| Burch | | A lawyer. |
| Chip | | Pfitzner's brother. |
| Crabtree | | The white prison guard. |
| Dip | | Pfitzner's brother. |
| Lujewski | | Agnes's colleague. |
| Max | | Kyle's colleague. A fingerprint expert. |
| Mcknatt | | The chief of police in Seabrook. |
| Mosby | | The black prison guard. |
| Thagard | | An FBI special agent. |
| Wendell | | Riley's cousin. |
