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Paul has created a new, original sitcom and written a pilot script for a
series based on his experiences as an assistant district attorney and
criminal defense trial attorney.
(The pilot script "Opening Arguments" is available to industry
representatives. Email Paul at pdangelocomic@aol.com )
For years, Attorney Paul Murphy was the popular prosecutor at the Wakefield
Heights District Court on Boston’s North Shore but, when his childhood
friend Dominic DeLorenzo lost his job at a law firm and became embroiled in
a bitter divorce, Paul offered Dom the couch at his bachelor-pad and left
the DA’s office to start-up a law-firm with his best pal.
Now, desperate to succeed in the face of cut-throat competition, the friends
are struggling to get their new business off the ground… and they’ll resort
to just about any means to do it.
After pursuing potential clients like a relentless used-car salesman, Paul
revisits his former courthouse where we are introduced to a memorable
collection of over-the-top characters that run the asylum… and sleaze rules:
devious lawyers that specialize in creative excuse-making and
blame-shifting… representing shady clients looking for easy money or a
“get-out-of-jail free” card… concocting outrageous lawsuits that offend
one’s sense of decency (yet are often based on actual cases!)… zealously
opposed by more conniving, unscrupulous attorneys … facing agonizing moral
dilemmas… arguing over questionable police work… all of them looking to bend
the rules to their advantage and exploit a local court system that’s
presided over by a cantankerous, boozing judge.
Drawn from standup comedian Paul D’Angelo’s considerable experience as an
assistant district attorney and criminal-defense trial lawyer, Murphy’s Law
is a fun-filled, tongue-in-cheek, social-satire lampooning our often
criticized, and more oft-abused, legal system. |