A defence lawyer who runs her won law firm sets out to defend a friend who has been charged with a jewellry theft. The first in a series of films with Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the lawyer and single mother. There is a lot about the the vrious relationship with her mother (Wendie Malick), daughter (Lilah Fitzgerald) and the local District Attorney (Tom Cavanagh) as well as solving the actual case.