Lawrence e Kenneth Preston, rispettivamente padre e figlio, sono due avvocati difensori specializzati in casi particolarmente complessi.

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.

Serie en la que se abordan asuntos de carácter judicial. Dos abogados, padre e hijo, se ocupan de casos tan delicados como la eutanasia, el aborto, la desobediencia civil y las listas negras. La idea fue de Reginald Rose, que se encargó de escribir el guión.