List of Law & Order characters

{{Short description|Television show character list}} {{Italic title|string=Law & Order}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2009}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} The American television police procedural and legal drama ''Law & Order'' (1990–2010 and 2022–present) follows the fictional cases of a group of police detectives and prosecutors who represent the public in the criminal justice system. ''Law & Order'' is known for its revolving cast, as most of its original stars had left the show within the first five seasons.<ref name="APMercury">{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainmentheadlines/ci_10868230|title=Can 'Law & Order' outlive 'Gunsmoke'?|last=Carlson|first=Erin|date=2008-10-31|work=San Jose Mercury News|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2008-11-06}}</ref> The progression of the record for longest serving main cast members of the series is: Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004, 274 episodes), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010, 390 episodes) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 and 2022–2024, 405 episodes).

==Characters== <div style="overflow:auto; overflow-y:hidden; overflow-x:auto; white-space: nowrap; width:auto; padding: 0;"> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! scope="col" rowspan=2|Character ! scope="col" rowspan=2|Portrayed by ! scope="col" rowspan=2|Position ! scope="col" colspan=26|Seasons |- ! 1!! 2!! 3!! 4!! 5!! 6!! 7!! 8!! 9!! M!! 10!! 11!! 12!! 13!! 14!! 15!! 16!! 17!! 18!! 19!! 20!! 21!! 22!! 23 || 24 || 25

|- | Max Greevey || George Dzundza || Senior Detective Sergeant || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=25 {{cNone}} |- | Mike Logan || Chris Noth || Junior Detective || colspan=5 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=4 {{cNone}} || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=16 {{cNone}} |- | Donald Cragen || Dann Florek || Captain || colspan=3 {{cMain|Main}} || {{cNone}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=4 {{cNone}} || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=4 {{cNone}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=10 {{cNone}} |- | Ben Stone || Michael Moriarty || Executive Assistant DA || colspan=4 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=22 {{cNone}} |- | Paul Robinette || Richard Brooks || Assistant DA || colspan=3 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=2 {{cNone}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=10 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=8 {{cNone}} |- | Adam Schiff || Steven Hill || District Attorney || colspan=9 {{cMain|Main}} || {{cNone}} || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=15 {{cNone}} |- | Phil Cerreta || Paul Sorvino || Senior Detective Sergeant || {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=23 {{cNone}} |- | Lennie Briscoe || Jerry Orbach || Senior Detective || colspan=2 {{cNone}} || colspan=13 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=11 {{cNone}} |- | Anita Van Buren || S. Epatha Merkerson || Lieutenant|| colspan=3 {{cNone}} || colspan=18 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=5 {{cNone}} |- | Claire Kincaid || Jill Hennessy || Assistant DA || colspan=3 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=20 {{cNone}} |- | Jack McCoy || Sam Waterston || Executive Assistant DA Interim DA DA || colspan=4 {{cNone}} || colspan=20 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=2 {{cNone}} |- | Rey Curtis || Benjamin Bratt || Junior Detective || colspan=5 {{cNone}} || colspan=5 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=10 {{cNone}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=5 {{cNone}} |- | Jamie Ross || Carey Lowell || rowspan=2| Assistant DA || colspan=6 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=2 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=9 {{cNone}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=4 {{cNone}} |- | Abbie Carmichael || Angie Harmon || colspan=8 {{cNone}} || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=14 {{cNone}} |- | Ed Green || Jesse L. Martin || Junior Detective Senior Detective || colspan=10 {{cNone}} || colspan=9 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=7 {{cNone}} |- | Nora Lewin || Dianne Wiest || Interim District Attorney || colspan=11 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=13 {{cNone}} |- | Serena Southerlyn || Elisabeth Röhm || Assistant DA || colspan=12 {{cNone}} || colspan=4 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=10 {{cNone}} |- | Arthur Branch || Fred Thompson || District Attorney || colspan=13 {{cNone}} || colspan=5 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=8 {{cNone}} |- | Joe Fontana || Dennis Farina || Senior Detective || colspan=15 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=9 {{cNone}} |- | Nick Falco || Michael Imperioli || Junior Detective || colspan=15 {{cNone}} || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || {{CGuest|{{Abbr|G|Guest}}}} || colspan=9 {{cNone}} |- | Alexandra Borgia || Annie Parisse || Assistant DA || colspan=15 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=9 {{cNone}} |- | Nina Cassady || Milena Govich || Junior Detective || colspan=17 {{cNone}} || {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=8 {{cNone}} |- | Connie Rubirosa || Alana de la Garza || Assistant DA || colspan=17 {{cNone}} || colspan=4 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=5 {{cNone}} |- id="Cyrus Lupo" | Cyrus Lupo || Jeremy Sisto || Junior Detective Senior Detective || colspan=18 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=5 {{cNone}} |- | Michael Cutter || Linus Roache || Executive Assistant DA || colspan=18 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=5 {{cNone}} |- | Kevin Bernard || Anthony Anderson || rowspan=2| Junior Detective Senior Detective || colspan=18 {{cNone}} || colspan=4 {{cMain|Main}} || colspan=4 {{cNone}} |- | Frank Cosgrove || Jeffrey Donovan || colspan=21 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} || colspan=3 {{cNone}} |- | Kate Dixon || Camryn Manheim || Lieutenant || colspan=21 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{CMain|Main}} || colspan=2 {{cNone}} |- | Nolan Price || Hugh Dancy || Executive Assistant DA || colspan=21 {{cNone}} || colspan=5 {{CMain|Main}} |- | Samantha Maroun || Odelya Halevi || Assistant DA || colspan=21 {{cNone}} || colspan=5 {{CMain|Main}} |- | Jalen Shaw || Mehcad Brooks || rowspan=2| Junior Detective Senior Detective || colspan=22 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{CMain|Main}} || {{cNone}} |- | Vincent Riley || Reid Scott || colspan=23 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} |- | Nicholas Baxter || Tony Goldwyn || District Attorney || colspan=23 {{cNone}} || colspan=3 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} |- | Jessica Brady || Maura Tierney || Lieutenant || colspan=24 {{cNone}} || colspan=2 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} |- | Theo Walker || David Ajala || Junior Detective || colspan=25 {{cNone}} || colspan=1 {{CMain|{{Abbr|M|Main}}}} |} </div>

==Main characters== <onlyinclude> {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Actor ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Character ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Rank/Position ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Seasons ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Notes |- ! scope="col" | Regular ! scope="col" | Guest |- | George Dzundza || Max Greevey || Senior Detective Sergeant || style="text-align:center;"|1 || || |- | Chris Noth || Mike Logan || Junior Detective || style="text-align:center;"|1–5 || || rowspan=2|Appeared in ''Exiled'' |- | Dann Florek || Donald Cragen || Captain || style="text-align:center;"|1–3 || style="text-align:center;"|5, 10, and 15 |- | Michael Moriarty || Ben Stone || Executive Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |1–4 || || |- | Richard Brooks|| Paul Robinette || Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |1–3 || style="text-align:center;"|6 and 16–17 || |- | Steven Hill || Adam Schiff || District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |1–10 || || |- | Paul Sorvino || Phil Cerreta || Senior Detective Sergeant || style="text-align:center;" |2–3 || || |- | Jerry Orbach || Lennie Briscoe || Senior Detective || style="text-align:center;"|3–14 || ||rowspan=2|Appeared in ''Exiled'' |- | S. Epatha Merkerson || Anita Van Buren || Lieutenant || style="text-align:center;" |4–20 || |- | Jill Hennessy || Claire Kincaid || Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |4–6 || || |- | Sam Waterston || Jack McCoy || Executive Assistant District Attorney, Interim District Attorney & District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |5–23 || ||rowspan=2|Appeared in ''Exiled'' |- | Benjamin Bratt || Rey Curtis || Junior Detective || style="text-align:center;" |6–9 || style="text-align:center;"|20 |- | Carey Lowell || Jamie Ross ||rowspan=2|Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |7–8 || style="text-align:center;" |10–11 and 21 || |- | Angie Harmon || Abbie Carmichael || style="text-align:center;" |9–11 || || |- | Jesse L. Martin || Ed Green || Junior Detective, Senior Detective || style="text-align:center;" |10–18 || style="text-align:center;" | || |- | Dianne Wiest || Nora Lewin || Interim District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |11–12 || || |- | Elisabeth Röhm || Serena Southerlyn || Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |12–15 || || |- | Fred Dalton Thompson || Arthur Branch || District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |13–17 || style="text-align:center;" | || |- | Dennis Farina || Joe Fontana || Senior Detective || style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|15–16 || || |- | Annie Parisse || Alexandra Borgia || Assistant District Attorney || || |- | Michael Imperioli || Nick Falco ||rowspan=2|Junior Detective || style="text-align:center;" |15 || style="text-align:center;"|16 || Temporarily assigned |- | Milena Govich || Nina Cassady || style="text-align:center;" |17 || || |- | Alana de la Garza || Connie Rubirosa || Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" |17–20 || || |- | Jeremy Sisto || Cyrus Lupo || Junior Detective, Senior Detective || style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|18–20 || || |- | Linus Roache || Michael Cutter || Executive Assistant District Attorney || || |- | Anthony Anderson || Kevin Bernard ||rowspan=2|Junior Detective, Senior Detective || style="text-align:center;" |18–21 || || |- | Jeffrey Donovan || Frank Cosgrove || style="text-align:center;" |21–22 || || |- | Camryn Manheim || Kate Dixon || Lieutenant || style="text-align:center;" |21–23 || || |- | Hugh Dancy || Nolan Price || Executive Assistant District Attorney || style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|21–present || || |- | Odelya Halevi || Samantha Maroun || Assistant District Attorney || || |- | Mehcad Brooks || Jalen Shaw || rowspan=2|Junior Detective, Senior Detective || style="text-align:center;" |22–24 || || |- | Reid Scott || Vincent Riley || style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|23–present || || |- | Tony Goldwyn || Nicholas Baxter || District Attorney || || |- | Maura Tierney || Jessica Brady || Lieutenant ||style="text-align:center;" |24–present || || |- || David Ajala || Theo Walker || Junior Detective ||style="text-align:center;" |25–present || || |} </onlyinclude>

==Police officers==

===Sergeants=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 10%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 10%"|Junior Partners ! style="width: 20%"|Notes |- | Max Greevey || George Dzundza || 1990–1991 || 23 || rowspan=2|Mike Logan || Murdered in 1991.<ref name=LA>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-20-ca-1452-story.html|publisher=LA Times|accessdate= October 25, 2023|author1=Jane Hall|title=The High Cost of Reality : Television: The producers of NBC's 'Law & Order' say filming the hourlong drama in Manhattan costs 20% more than re-creating New York on a Los Angeles back lot--but the results are worth it. |date=August 20, 1991}}</ref><ref name=Impact>{{cite news|publisher=Looper|accessdate=October 25, 2023|title=The Impact Of Greevey's Death In Law & Order|author1=Jennifer Mashuga|date=January 6, 2022|url=https://www.looper.com/726982/the-impact-of-greeveys-death-in-law-order/}}</ref><ref name="S3E03">{{Cite episode|title=Stolen|episode-link=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3)#ep3|series=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|series-link=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|network=NBC|airdate=October 12, 2001|season=3|number=3}}</ref> Note: The title card for the episode indicates his murder occurred on Friday, April 6, which would mean he was murdered in 1990.<ref>{{Citation |title=Greevey's Death - Law & Order |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSUt5s_jV88 |accessdate=2024-01-28}}</ref> |- | Phil Cerreta || Paul Sorvino || 1991–1992 || 31 || Transferred to a desk job at the 110th Precinct after being shot. |}

===Senior detectives=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 10%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 10%"|Junior Partners ! style="width: 20%"|Notes |- | Lennie Briscoe || Jerry Orbach || 1992–2004 || 273 || {{bulleted list|Mike Logan (1992–1995)|Rey Curtis (1995–1999)|Ed Green (1999–2004)}} || {{bulleted list|Retired (2004); became an investigator for the DA's office (2005)|Deceased (2005) (due to Jerry Orbach's death in December 2004).}} |- | Joe Fontana || Dennis Farina || 2004–2006 || 46 || {{bulleted list|Ed Green (2004–2006)|Nick Falco (2005)}} ||{{bulleted list | Retired (2006).}} |- | Ed Green || Jesse L. Martin || 2006–2008 || 198 || {{bulleted list|Nina Cassady (2006–2007)|Cyrus Lupo (2008)}} || {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2006).|Retired following his absolution during an IAB investigation (2008).}} |- | Cyrus Lupo || Jeremy Sisto || 2008–2010 || 63 || Kevin Bernard|| {{bulleted list|Transferred from Intelligence Division (2008). {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2008).}} |- | Kevin Bernard || Anthony Anderson || 2022 || 60 || Frank Cosgrove || {{bulleted list|Transferred from IAB (2008).|Promoted to Senior Detective (2022)}} |- | Frank Cosgrove || Jeffrey Donovan || 2022–2023 || 32 || Jalen Shaw || {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2022).|Let go by IAB (2024)}} |- | Jalen Shaw || Mehcad Brooks || 2024–2025 || 57 || Vincent Riley || {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2024).|Went back to Brooklyn to take a new position at the 88th Precinct (2025).}} |- | Vincent Riley || Reid Scott || 2025– ||TBD|| Theo Walker || | {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2025).}} |- |}

===Junior detectives=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 10%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 10%"|Senior Partners ! style="width: 20%"|Notes |- | Mike Logan || Chris Noth ||style=white-space:nowrap| 1990–1995 || 111 || {{bulleted list |Max Greevey (1990–1991)|Phil Cerreta (1991–1992)|Lennie Briscoe (1992–1995)}} ||{{bulleted list |Assigned to Staten Island from 1995 to 2005 after punching a homophobic politician.|Solved a major murder & police corruption case in ''Exiled''.|Joined One Police Plaza's Major Case Squad 2005–2008.|Retired after solving a cold case (''CI'': "Last Rites").}} |- | Rey Curtis || Benjamin Bratt || 1995–1999 || 94 || Lennie Briscoe || {{bulleted list |Took early retirement so he could care for his ill wife (1999).|Returned in 2009 to bury his deceased wife in New York.}} |- | Ed Green || Jesse L. Martin || 1999–2006 || 198 ||style=white-space:nowrap| {{bulleted list |Lennie Briscoe (1999–2004)|Joe Fontana (2004–2006)}} || {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2006).|Retired following his absolution during an IAB investigation (2008).}} |- | Nick Falco ||style=white-space:nowrap| Michael Imperioli || 2005 || 5 || Joe Fontana || {{bulleted list |Temporary replacement from Brooklyn for Ed Green, while Green was recovering from a gunshot wound.|Appears again in 2006 as a murder suspect, but was later cleared.}} |- | Nina Cassidy || Milena Govich || 2006–2007 || 22 || rowspan=2|Ed Green || {{bulleted list |Nicknamed "Detective Beauty Queen" after her involvement in a shooting that led to her promotion.|Dismissed in 2007, although no reason is given on the show.}} |- | Cyrus Lupo || Jeremy Sisto || 2008 || 63 || {{bulleted list |Transferred from Intelligence Division (2008).|Promoted to Senior Detective (2008).}} |- | Kevin Bernard || Anthony Anderson || 2008–2010 || 51 || Cyrus Lupo || {{bulleted list |Transferred from IAB (2008).|Promoted to Senior Detective (2022).|Most likely retired, resigned or transferred (2022).}} |- | Frank Cosgrove || Jeffrey Donovan || 2022 || 10 || Kevin Bernard || | {{bulleted list |Promoted to Senior Detective (2022).|Let go and jammed up by IAB (2024).}} |- | Jalen Shaw || Mehcad Brooks || 2022–2024 || 22 || Frank Cosgrove || {{bulleted list |Transferred from a different Homicide Division (2022).|Promoted to Senior Detective (2024).|Went back to Brooklyn to take a new position at the 88th Precinct (2025).}} |- | Vincent Riley || Reid Scott || 2024– || 36 || Jalen Shaw || {{bulleted list |Recruited by Lieutenant Kate Dixon (2024).|Promoted to Senior Detective (2025).}} |- | Theo Walker || David Ajala || 2025– || TBD || Vincent Riley || {{bulleted list |Transferred from Narcotics (2025).}} |}

===Supervising officers=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 12%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 12%"|Rank ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 25%"|Notes |- | Donald Cragen || Dann Florek || Captain ||style=white-space:nowrap| 1990–1993 || 66 || {{bulleted list |Transferred to the Anti-Corruption Task Force and later to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit.|Left the NYPD in 2014, taking a six month vacation that brought him up to the mandatory retirement age.|Returned briefly in 2015 to help the SVU re-examine a decades-old rape case.|Returned in 2021 via video chat to help the SVU on a case.|Returned in 2022 and 2024 to assist Stabler in Organized Crime.}} {{bulleted list|Died off screen (cause unknown), a wake was held in the 27th season premiere of SVU (2025).}} |- | Anita Van Buren ||style=white-space:nowrap|S. Epatha Merkerson || rowspan=3|Lieutenant || 1993–2010 || 390 || {{bulleted list|Possibly retired (2010).}} |- | Kate Dixon || Camryn Manheim || 2022–2024 || 45 || {{bulleted list | Tagged along with her son Patrick after he accepted a job offer in Miami (2024).}} |- | Jessica Brady || Maura Tierney || 2024– || || {{bulleted list | Transferred from the 2-9 precinct (2024).}} |}

==Prosecutors==

===Executive Assistant District Attorneys=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 12%"|Name ! style="width: 10%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 10%"|Partners ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 20%"|Notes |- |Benjamin Stone ||style=white-space:nowrap| Michael Moriarty ||style=white-space:nowrap| 1990–1994 || Paul Robinette, Claire Kincaid || 88 || {{bulleted list | Resigns due to his feelings of guilt over the death of a witness whose safety he tried to guarantee.|In 1996, Adam Schiff informs Jack McCoy that Stone is travelling in Europe.|In 2018, an episode of ''Law & Order: SVU'' discusses his death, and shows his funeral.}} |- | Jack McCoy || Sam Waterston || 1994–2007 ||style=white-space:nowrap| Claire Kincaid, Jamie Ross, Abbie Carmichael, Serena Southerlyn, Alexandra Borgia, Connie Rubirosa || 405 || {{bulleted list | Promoted to interim New York County District Attorney (2008)| Begins his campaign to be elected as Manhattan DA in 2009, with support from Adam Schiff}} |- | Michael Cutter || Linus Roache || 2008–2010 || Connie Rubirosa || 63 || {{bulleted list |Promoted to Bureau Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's office (2011).}} |- | Nolan Price || Hugh Dancy || 2022– || Samantha Maroun || TBD || |}

===Assistant District Attorneys=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 12%"|Name ! style="width: 10%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 10%"|Partners ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 20%"|Notes |- | Paul Robinette || Richard Brooks || 1990–1993 || Ben Stone || 66 || {{bulleted list |Resigns to pursue private practice in 1993.| Appears in three subsequent episodes as a defense attorney between 1996 and 2005.}} |- | Claire Kincaid || Jill Hennessy || 1993–1996 || Ben Stone, Jack McCoy || 68 || {{bulleted list |Dies in a car crash in 1996.}} |- | Jamie Ross || Carey Lowell || 1996–1998 || rowspan=4|Jack McCoy || 48 || {{bulleted list |Former defense attorney who graduated from Columbia Law School|Resigns to pursue private practice and to spend more time with her daughter (1998), whom she had a bitter custody battle for with her ex.| Initially supported the death penalty, but eventually became an opponent. | Reappears as a defense attorney in 1999 and 2001.| Reappears as a judge in two episodes of ''Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' (2005).|Reappears in season 21 episode "The Right Thing" (2022).}} |- | Abbie Carmichael || Angie Harmon || 1998–2001 || 72 || {{bulleted list |Resigns to accept a job at the United States Attorney General's Office (2001).}} |- | Serena Southerlyn ||style=white-space:nowrap| Elisabeth Röhm || 2001–2005 || 85 || {{bulleted list |Fired by Arthur Branch for being inappropriately sympathetic towards a defendant she was prosecuting (2005).}} |- | Alexandra Borgia || Annie Parisse || 2005–2006 || 34 || {{bulleted list |Dies after being kidnapped and beaten during a murder trial (2006).}} |- | Connie Rubirosa || Alana de la Garza || 2006–2010 || Jack McCoy, Michael Cutter || 85 || {{bulleted list |Moves to Los Angeles and joins the DA's office there as a DDA (2011).|Later appears in ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as a federal prosecutor leading an investigation into an underage sex trafficking operation (2014).}} |- | Samantha Maroun || Odelya Halevi || 2022– || Nolan Price || TBD || |}

*In the 1997 season 7 episode "We Like Mike", Caleb Duff is listed as Assistant District Attorney beneath Adam Schiff as District Attorney and John J. McCoy as Executive Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney's Office, though he never appears on screen.

===Manhattan District Attorneys=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" |- ! style="width: 12%"|Name ! style="width: 10%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Terms ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes ! style="width: 25%"|Notes |- | Alfred Wentworth ||style=white-space:nowrap| Roy Thinnes || 1988 || 1 || {{bulleted list |Only appears in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"}} |- | Adam Schiff|| Steven Hill ||style=white-space:nowrap| 1990–2000 || 228 || {{bulleted list |Leaves office to work overseas for The Holocaust Project with Simon Wiesenthal and to investigate Swiss banks (2000).|Went with former President Jimmy Carter as part of a delegation to Zimbabwe (2008).}} |- | Nora Lewin ||style=white-space:nowrap| Dianne Wiest || 2000–2002 || 48 || {{bulleted list |Prior to her appointment as interim DA by the Governor of New York, she was a law professor (2000), which often provoked her critics to dismiss her as a detached academic with no practical experience.<ref name="endurance">{{Cite episode|title=Endurance|series=Law & Order|series-link=Law & Order|network=NBC|airdate=October 18, 2000|season=11|number=1}}</ref>|Chooses not to run for election following her interim term (2002)|The first woman in the program's history to hold the position of New York County District Attorney.}} |- | Arthur Branch || Fred Thompson || 2002–2007 || 116 || {{bulleted list |Branch's departure, the reason for which was never specified on the series, occurred after Thompson announced his campaign for the Republican Party's 2008 nomination for President.}} |- | Jack McCoy || Sam Waterston || 2007–2010 & 2022–2024 || 405 || {{bulleted list | Appointed Interim DA after Branch's departure in 2007.| Begins his election campaign to become DA in 2009, winning the election that year.}} |- | Nicholas Baxter || Tony Goldwyn||2024–|| TBD ||{{bulleted list |Appointed District Attorney after the departure of Jack McCoy.}} |}

==Recurring characters==

===Medical===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;" |- ! style="width: 25%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Olivet || Carolyn McCormick || 1991–1997, 1999 & 2002–2009 || 87 |- | Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers || Leslie Hendrix || 1992–2010 || 139 |- | Psychiatrist Dr. Emil Skoda || J. K. Simmons || 1997–2004 & 2010 || 44 |}

===NYPD officials===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;" |- ! style="width: 30%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Chief of Detectives Laird || James Biberi || 2008–2010 || 3 |- | Borough Detective Commander Joseph Strudevant || Dan Lauria || 2000–2001 || 2 |- | Borough Chief Commander James Dietz || Michael Cullen || 1998–1999 || 3 |- |}

===27th Precinct support detectives=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;" |- ! style="width: 25%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Detective Tony Profaci || John Fiore || 1990–1998 || 53 and ''Exiled'' |- | Detective Gia || Gia Galeano || 1994, 1995–1997 || 11 |- | Detective Morris LeMotte || Larry Clarke || 1998–2000 || 20 |- | Detective Byrne || Thomas Lyons || 2000–2001 || 3 |- | Detective Reina Perez || Nancy Ticotin || 2001 || 6 |- | Detective Ana Cordova || Andrea Navedo || 2001–2004 || 24 |- | Sergeant Martinez || Joe Gonzalez || 2002–2004 || 7 |- | Detective Mariluz Rivera || Selenis Leyva || 2004–2006 || 18 |- | Detective Joe Cormack || Joe Forbrich || 2008–2009 || 17 |- | Sergeant Royce || Tijuana Ricks || 2009–2010 || 5 |- | Detective Dani Vertiz || Shayvawn Webster || 2022 || 9 |- | Detective Violet Yee || Connie Shi || 2022–present || TBD |- | Detective Arielle Lehane || Nicole Orabona || 2023–2026 || 3 |}

===Crime Scene Unit Investigators / Crime Lab Technicians=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%;" |- ! style="width: 30%"|Name ! style="width: 15%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Forensic Technician Medill || Donald Corren || rowspan=2|1992–1999 || 17 |- | Forensic Technician Arlene Shrier || Christine Farrell || 16 |- | CSU Technician Jessica Reed || Liz Larsen || 1998–2006 || 12 |- | CSU Technician Julian Beck || John Cariani || 2002–2006 || 26 |- | Computer Forensic Technician Myra Camp || Megan Byrne || 2003–2004 || 6 |- | CSU Technician Lisa Santoro || Abigail Lopez || 2004–2005 || 3 |- |}

===Assistant Medical Examiners=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 50%;" |- ! style="width: 12%"|Name ! style="width: 12%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Borak || Josh Pais || 1990–2002 || 15 |- | Brody || Richard Hirschfeld || 2002–2006 || 12 |- | Dr. Karen Waxman || Angel Desai || 2003–2005 || 4 |- | Anskel || Baron Vaughn || 2008–2009 || 2 |- | Cho Shen || Sonnie Brown || 2008–2010 || 4 |- | Peter Thomas || David Shih || 2024–2026 || 2 |}

===Defense attorneys=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%;" |- ! style="width: 15%"|Name ! style="width: 20%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Danielle Melnick || Tovah Feldshuh || 1991–2007 || 13 |- | Norman Rothenberg || Jeffrey DeMunn || 1993–2008 || rowspan=2|8 |- | Sanford Remz || Dylan Baker || 2004–2006 & 2022–2025 |- | Shambala Green || Lorraine Toussaint || 1990–1994 & 2003 || rowspan=3|7 |- | Larry Weaver || Bob Dishy || 1994–2002 |- | James Granick || Ned Eisenberg || 1997–2009 |- | Nick Margolis || Ben Shenkman || 1999–2009 || rowspan=5|6 |- | Bill Patton || Bill Moor || 1991–2000 |- | Helen Brolin || Maria Tucci || 1993–2003 |- | Peter Behrens || Tom O'Rourke || 1996–2001 |- | Arthur Gold || George Grizzard || 1992–2000 |- | Al Archer || Dennis Boutsikaris || 1996–2004 || rowspan=4|5 |- | Charles Garnett || James Rebhorn || 1995–2001 |- | Douglas Greer || Richard Venture || 1991–2000 |- | Anne Paulsen || Glynnis O'Connor || 1998–2004 |- | Sally Bell || Edie Falco || 1993–1998 || rowspan=9|4 |- | Stan Gillum || Gerry Bamman || 1996–2001 |- | Mr. Axtell || Jack Gilpin || 1997–2001 |- | Daniel Metzler || John Cunningham || 1997–2008 |- | Barry Kaufer || Lee Shepherd || 1998–2002 |- | Charlotte Swan || Helen Carey || 1999–2005 |- | Winters || Ruben Santiago-Hudson || 1999–2001, 2008 & 2025 |- | Leon Chiles || Joe Morton || 2000–2005 |- | Aaron Solomon || John Benjamin Hickey || 2002–2006 |- | Gordon Schell || Philip Bosco || 1990–1994 || rowspan=16|3 |- | Deirdre Powell || Joanna Merlin || 1994–1998 |- | Max Hellman || Ron Orbach || 1994 & 2002 |- | James Linde || Joe Grifasi || 1996–2001 |- | Paul Robinette || Richard Brooks || 1996, 2005 & 2006 |- | Linda Walsh || Caitlin Clarke || 1997–2000 |- | Kusevitsky || William Hill || 1998–2001 |- | Stephen Olson || Spencer Garrett || 2000–2004 |- | Brad Feldman || Bruce Altman || 2000–2009 |- | Erica Gardner || Kate Burton || 2001–2004 |- | Jessica Sheets || Susan Floyd || 2002–2006 |- | Randy Dworkin || Peter Jacobson || rowspan=2|2003–2006 |- | Vanessa Galiano || Roma Maffia |- | Madeline Myers || Kate Miller || 2003–2007 |- | Dave Seaver || Michael Boatman || 2003–2007, 2022 |- | Rodney Fallon || Giancarlo Esposito || 2004–2005 |- | Gary Lowenthal || Eric Bogosian || 1992–1993 || rowspan=9|2 |- | Lanie Stieglitz|| Elaine Stritch || 1992 & 1997 |- | Ruth Miller || Patti LuPone || 1996–1997 |- | Stan Shatenstein || Sig Libowitz || 1997 & 2005 |- | Morgana Palmer || Jennifer Van Dyck || 1999 & 2002 |- | Bernie Adler || Ron Silver || 2004–2007 |- | Danvers || Eisa Davis || 2007–2009 |- | Grubman || Elizabeth Marvel || 2008–2009 |- | Marcus Woll || Jonathan Cake || 2009 |}

===Judges===

====Arraignment Court Judges==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%;" |- ! style="width: 25%"|Name ! style="width: 20%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Arraignment Court Judge Morris Torledsky || David Lipman || 1992–2005 || 26 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Harriet Doremus || Barbara Spiegel || 1991–2005 || rowspan=2|12 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Janice Goldberg (also spelled ''Janis Goldberg'') || Fran Lebowitz || 2001–2007 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Ian Feist || Merwin Goldsmith || 1993–2005 || rowspan=2|11 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Colin Fraser (also S. Fraser<ref name="burden">{{Cite episode|title=Burden|series=Law & Order|series-link=Law & Order|network=NBC|airdate=24 April 1998|season=8|number=20}}</ref>) || Larry Sherman || 1994–2004 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Alan Berman || David Rosenbaum || 1992–2004 || 10 |- | Arraignment Court Judge William Koehler || Mark Kenneth Smaltz || 2002–2007 || rowspan=1|8 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Joseph Flint|| Doug Stender || 2000–2005 || rowspan=2|6 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Anna Shiro || Karen Shallo || 2001–2005 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Janis Silver || Francine Beers || 1991–1997 || rowspan=2|5 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Phillip Franks || Vince O'Brien || 1993–1996 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Randall Welch || Mark Hammer || 1991–2003 || rowspan=2|4 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Jean Bryant || Judy Frank || 1995–1999 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Howard Gillman || Charles Blackwell || 1992–2005 || rowspan=6|3 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Maria Gance || DeAnn Mears || 1995-1999 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Joyce Randall || Lynette DuPree (credited by ''Lynette DuPre'') || 1998-1999 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Antonia Mellon || Marylou Mellace (also credited by ''Mary Lou Mellace'') || 1999–2003 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Lisa Cutler || Kathleen Chalfant || 2001–2009 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Lawrence McNeil || Helmar Augustus Cooper || 2003-2006 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Harper || Brian Smiar|| rowspan=2|1990 || rowspan=8|2 |- | Arraignment Court Judge M. Kleinman || Jack Ryland |- | Arraignment Court Judge Rosalyn Lenz || Tanya Berezin || 1991–2001 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Harvey Sirkin || Sully Boyar || 1992–1993 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Irwin Reisman || Bernie Grant || 1994-1996 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Bernard Kelman || Bob Kaliban || 1994-1997 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Elizabeth Mizener || Lynn Cohen || 2000-2003 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Harrison Taylor || Michael Mulheren || 2001–2002 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Barrie J. Marton || Doris Belack || 1990 || rowspan=19|1 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Herman Mooney || Ben Hammer || rowspan=2|1991 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Stanley Gollub || Merwin Goldsmith |- | Arraignment Court Judge Douglas Spivak || Victor Truro || 1992 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Lisa Pongracic || Charlotte Colavin || rowspan=2|1993 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Walter Schreiber || John Ramsey |- | Arraignment Court Judge Andrew Barsky || Fred J. Scollay || rowspan=2|1996 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Ari Waxman || Kurt Knudson |- | Arraignment Court Judge Gerald Mowat || Stephen Henderson || rowspan=5|1997 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Laura Tisdale || Marge Redmond |- | Arraignment Court Judge Lloyd Williams || John McLoughlin |- | Arraignment Court Judge Mark Burns || Jack Ryland |- | Arraignment Court Judge Pamela Jensen || Norma Fire |- | Arraignment Court Judge David Weintraub || Stephen Berger || rowspan=3|2001 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Douglas Venturelli (also ''David Venturelli'') || Vince Pacimeo |- | Arraignment Court Judge Pamela Merrick || Sharon Hope |- | Arraignment Court Judge Deborah Burke (also spelled ''Deborah Bourke'') || Donna Hanover || 2004 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Muriel Gilden || Billie Jean King || 2007 |- | Arraignment Court Judge Walter Bradley || Peter McRobbie || 2008 |}

====Supreme Court Judges==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%;" |- ! style="width: 25%"|Name ! style="width: 25%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Supreme Court Judge Lisa Pongracic || Charlotte Colavin || 1992–2006 || rowspan=2|13 |- | Supreme Court Judge Walter Bradley || Peter McRobbie || 2001–2010 |- | Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Mizener || Lynn Cohen || 1993–2006 || 10 |- | Supreme Court Judge Margaret Barry || Doris Belack || 1991–2001 || rowspan=2|9 |- | Supreme Court Judge Walter Schreiber || John Ramsey || 1992–2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Michael Callahan || Bernie McInerney || 1991–2001 || rowspan=8|8 |- | Supreme Court Judge Rebecca Stein || Joan Copeland || 1991–2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Rebecca Steinman || Susan Blommaert || 1991–2004 |- | Supreme Court Judge Henry Fillmore || William Severs || 1991–2004 |- | Supreme Court Judge Robert Quinn || Roger Serbagi || 1992–1999 |- | Supreme Court Judge Herman Mooney || Ben Hammer || 1992–2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Lawrence McNeil || Helmar Augustus Cooper || 1997-2004 |- | Supreme Court Judge Donald Karan || Jordan Charney || 2000–2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge Grace Larkin || Rochelle Oliver || 1993–2003 || rowspan=6|7 |- | Supreme Court Judge Daniel Scarletti || Ted Kazanoff || 1995–2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Carla Solomon (also spelled ''Carla Soloman'') || Lauren Klein || 1999–2005 |- | Supreme Court Judge Harrison Taylor || Michael Mulheren || 1999–2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge Barbara Lusky || Iris Little Thomas (also credited by ''Iris Little-Thomas'') || 1999–2009 |- | Supreme Court Judge Shirley Taylor || Connie Winston || 2001-2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge Eric Caffey || John Newton || 1991–1998 || rowspan=7|6 |- | Supreme Court Judge Joseph Rivera || Shawn Elliott || 1994–2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Marc Kramer || Stephen Henderson || 1995–2010 |- | Supreme Court Judge Deborah Burke (also spelled ''Deborah Bourke'') || Donna Hanover || 1997–2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Antonia Mellon || Marylou Mellace (also credited by ''Mary Lou Mellace'') || 2001–2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge Nathan Murphy || Mark Zimmerman || 2003–2008 |- | Supreme Court Judge Rochelle Desmond || Patricia R. Floyd || 2006–2009 |- | Supreme Court Judge Delano Burns || Mike Hodge || 1991–2006 || rowspan=4|5 |- | Supreme Court Judge Andrew Barsky || Fred J. Scollay || 1992–1996 |- | Supreme Court Judge Roberta Hines || Angel Desai || 2022–2024 |- | Supreme Court Judge Leanne Dreben || Milica Govich || 2022–2025 |- | Supreme Court Judge Manuel Leon || Sam Gray || 1990–1994 || rowspan=11|4 |- | Supreme Court Judge Ari Waxman || Kurt Knudson || 1991–1997 |- | Supreme Court Judge Rosalyn Lenz || Tanya Berezin || 1991–2000 |- | Supreme Court Judge Alan Berman || David Rosenbaum || 1992–2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Aldo Ianello (also ''Michael Ianello''<ref name="seed">{{cite episode|title=Seed|series=Law & Order|series-link=Law & Order|network=NBC|airdate=15 February 1995|season=5|number=15}}</ref>) || Ron Frazier || 1994–1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge William Wright || Ron McLarty || 1998–2000 |- | Supreme Court Judge William Koehler || Mark Kenneth Smaltz || 1998–2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Warren Busey|| Brian Davies || 2000-2004 |- | Supreme Court Judge Hugo Bright || Robert J. Hogan || 2003–2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge Michael Schneider|| David Little|| 2004–2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge John Laramie || Peter Francis James || 2008–2010 |- | Supreme Court Judge Sally Goldman || Rosemary De Angelis || 1992-1997 || rowspan=14|3 |- | Supreme Court Judge Eric Bertram || George Murdock || 1992–1999 |- | Supreme Court Judge Elayne Link || Maggie Burke || 1993–2003 |- | Supreme Court Judge Douglas Spivak || Victor Truro || rowspan=2|1993-2007 |- | Supreme Court Judge Janine Pate || Tanya Berezin |- | Supreme Court Judge Maria Gance (also spelled ''Maria Ganz'') || DeAnn Mears || 1995-1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge Ida Boucher || Lynne Thigpen || 1995-1999 |- | Supreme Court Judge Gary Feldman || Cliff Gorman || 1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge Douglas Venturelli (also ''David Venturelli''<ref name="ring">{{cite episode|title=The Ring|series=Law & Order|series-link=Law & Order|network=NBC|airdate=6 November 2002|season=13|number=5}}</ref>) || Vince Pacimeo || 1998–2000 |- | Supreme Court Judge Joseph Flint|| Doug Stender || 1999–2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Derek Hafner || David Wolos-Fonteno || 2001–2009 |- | Supreme Court Judge Arlene Brewer || Elizabeth Norment || 2002–2008 |- | Supreme Court Judge Norman Barclay || Wayne Duvall || 2004–2010 |- | Supreme Court Judge Ida Zeller || Polly Adams || 2009 |- | Supreme Court Judge Warren Pursley || Fred J. Scollay || 1991-1992 || rowspan=19|2 |- | Supreme Court Judge Eli Link || Matthew Lewis || 1991-1994 |- | Supreme Court Judge Irwin Reisman || Bernie Grant || 1992-1993 |- | Supreme Court Judge Alice Conners || Madeline Lee || 1994-1995 |- | Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Yee || Kitty Chen || 1994-1997 |- | Supreme Court Judge Jay Derrick || Jack Ryland || 1994-1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge Pamela Jensen || Norma Fire || 1994–2000 |- | Supreme Court Judge Paul Kaylin || Dominic Chianese || 1995-1997 |- | Supreme Court Judge Harold Rockwell || Tom Stechschulte || 1996-1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge Jean Bryant || Judy Frank || 1996–2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Barry McLellan || Dan Frazer || 1997 |- | Supreme Court Judge Allen Denham || Bruce Katzman || 1997-1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge Lillian Barone || Keely Eastley || 1997-1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge J. Van Ness (in L.A. Superior Court) || John Carter || 1997-2000 |- | Supreme Court Judge Joan Vesey (also spelled ''Joan Veysey'') || Toni James || 1998-2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Bonnie Shields || Laurie Kennedy || 1998-2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Colin Fraser || Larry Sherman || 2001–2005 |- | Supreme Court Judge Keith Fischer || Tom Mardirosian || 2004–2006 |- | Supreme Court Judge Linda Taft || Jenna Stern || 2009–2010 |- | Supreme Court Judge Milton Erdheim || Louis Zorich || 1990 || rowspan=59| 1 |- | Supreme Court Judge Harvey Sirkin || Sully Boyar || 1991 |- | Supreme Court Judge Stewart || rowspan=1|Jim Moody || 1993 |- | Supreme Court Judge Meg Sanderson || Yvette Hawkins || 1994 |- | Supreme Court Judge Albert Parsons || Leon B. Stevens || rowspan=10|1995 |- | Supreme Court Judge Carol Bonelli || Claiborne Cary |- | Supreme Court Judge Edgar Hynes || Louis Zorich |- | Supreme Court Judge Ellen Dreiser || Barbara Spiegel |- | Supreme Court Judge Harlan Newfield || John Carter |- | Supreme Court Judge Jerome Novak || Bill Marcus |- | Supreme Court Judge Louise Lessing || Nance Williamson |- | Supreme Court Judge Luis Rodriguez || Jose Serrano |- | Supreme Court Judge Morris Birch || Herb Downer |- | Supreme Court Judge Simon Mikelson || Allan Miller |- | Supreme Court Judge Annette Connors || Madeline Lee || rowspan=15|1996 |- | Supreme Court Judge Beth Krieger (also spelled ''Beth Kreiger'') || Rosemary De Angelis |- | Supreme Court Judge Cyrus Metcalfe || Hal Miller (as Harold Miller) |- | Supreme Court Emma Reynolds (in indictment hearing) || Hope Clarke |- | Supreme Court Judge Fred Naughton || W.T. Martin |- | Chief Administrative Judge George (last name not mentioned) || Alan Manson |- | Supreme Court Judge Harold Kaiser || Greg S. Ryan |- | Supreme Court Judge Horace Busey || Mike Mearian |- | Supreme Court Judge Kyle Gaines || Linda Atkinson |- | Supreme Court Judge Lawrence Hellman (as leader of the Hellman Commission against corruption) || Josef Sommer |- | Supreme Court Judge Mallory (in a case from 1965) || Arthur Anderson |- | Supreme Court Judge Nathan Marks || Jerry Adler |- | Supreme Court Judge Robin Ingles || Stephen Berger |- | Supreme Court Judge Taryn Brent (at the family court) || Lucy Martin |- | Supreme Court Judge Walter Crackhan || Gibby Brand |- | Supreme Court Judge Dominic Santos|| Shawn Elliott || rowspan=14|1997 |- | Supreme Court Judge Edna Shields|| Laurie Kennedy |- | Supreme Court Judge Gavin Mickerson|| Nick Wyman |- | Supreme Court Judge Horace Barclay|| Michael P. Moran |- | Supreme Court Judge Ivan Hopper|| Ira Wheeler |- | Supreme Court Judge Jane Simons|| Anne Jackson |- | Supreme Court Judge Jefferson Russo || Michael Marcus |- | Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Heiser || Philip Price |- | Supreme Court Judge Louise Castillo || Olga Merediz |- | Supreme Court Judge Nathan Murray || Mark Zimmerman |- | Supreme Court Judge Patrick O'Hara|| Ed Setrakian |- | Supreme Court Judge Rita Haines|| Patti Karr |- | Supreme Court Judge R.L. Webber || Becky London |- | Supreme Court Judge Selma Davis|| Nancy Addison |- | Supreme Court Judge Alvin Hoyt || David Spielberg || rowspan=7|1998 |- | Supreme Court Judge Barbara Kaplan || Audrie Neenan |- | Supreme Court Judge Carl Samuel || Gene Saks |- | Supreme Court Judge Dennis Murphy || Matthew Lewis |- | Supreme Court Judge Henry Fisk || David B. McConeghey |- | Supreme Court Judge Joanne Franklin (also spelled ''Joannie Franklin'') || Robin Groves |- | Supreme Court Judge Langlois ||   |- | Supreme Court Judge Elaine Schepps|| Judith Roberts || rowspan=2|2000 |- | Civil Court Judge Janet Shiro || Karen Shallo |- | Supreme Court Judge Adam Milgram || Larry Paulsen || rowspan=4|2001 |- | Supreme Court Judge Alan Kiley || Roscoe Orman |- | Supreme Court Judge Albert Scholl || Robert Hogan |- | Supreme Court Judge Linda Karlin || Roxanne Hart |- | Supreme Court Judge Nathaniel Berger || Stephen Berger || 2002 |- | Supreme Court Judge Thomas Huce || Stephen Berger || 2004 |- | Supreme Court Judge Anna Shiro || Karen Shallo || rowspan=1|2005 |}

====Appellate Court Judges==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%;" |- ! style="width: 25%"|Name ! style="width: 20%"|Portrayed by ! style="width: 10%"|Year ! style="width: 5%"|Episodes |- | Appellate Court Judge Pamela Jensen || Norma Fire || 1993–2004 || rowspan=1| 5 |- | Appellate Court Judge Shawn MacNamara || George Bartenieff || 1993–1999 || rowspan=1| 4 |- | Appellate Court Judge Barry Marton || Graham Brown || rowspan=2|1991–1993 || rowspan=8|2 |- | Appellate Court Judge Bloom || Ira Wheeler |- | Appellate Court Judge Lewis Getman || Leslie Barrett || 1993–1995 |- | Appellate Court Judge Wayne Humphrey || Chester A. Sims II || 1995–1996 |- | Appellate Court Judge Meg Sanderson || Yvette Hawkins || 1995–1996 |- | Appellate Court Judge Harlan Newfield || John Carter || 1995–2001 |- | Appellate Court Judge John Sierra || Emilio Del Pozo || 1996 |- | Appellate Court Judge P. Slattery || Julian Gamble || 1996-1998 |- | Appellate Court Judge Gordon Humphrey || Chester A. Sims II || 1993 || rowspan=10|1 |- | Appellate Court Judge Douglas Spivak || Victor Truro || rowspan=3|1995 |- | Appellate Court Judge Lawrence McNeil || Helmar Augustus Cooper |- | Appellate Court Judge Martha Kershan || Lydia Bruce |- | Appellate Court Judge Barry Abrams || Patrick Tovatt || rowspan=4|1998 |- | Appellate Court Judge Howard Jefferson ||   |- | Appellate Judge Jean Bryant || Norma Fire |- | Appellate Court Judge Ronald Acevedo ||   |- | Appellate Court Judge Marilyn Haynes || Audrie Neenan || 2001 |- | Appellate Court Judge Justice Connolly || John Carter || 2004 |}

==Guest characters== ===Defense attorneys=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! '''Name''' !! '''Portrayed by''' !! '''Year''' !! '''Episodes''' |- | Clay Bollock || Xander Berkeley || 2005 || "Fluency" |- | Depago || Vyto Ruginis || 2006 || "Public Service Homicide" |- | Leslie Drake || Dan Hedaya || 1997 || "Baby, It's You" |- | Paul Kopell || Ron Leibman || 1995 || "House Counsel" |- | Harold Morton || Victor Raider-Wexler || 1991 || "Mushrooms" |- | Bill Wendyll || Robert LuPone || 1994 || "Breeder" |- | Evan Braun || Michael Kostroff || 2022 || "Gimme Shelter - Part Three" |- | Patricia Kaplan || Selenis Leyva || 2024 || "In God We Trust" |}

==References== <references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Law and Order characters}} Category:Lists of Law & Order characters Category:Law & Order (franchise) Category:Lists of American crime television series characters Category:Lists of American drama television series characters