Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Young Lawyers' from 1970-1982:
- Judy Pace as Pat Walters (1970-1971)
- Lee J. Cobb as Attorney David Barrett (1970-1971)
- Zalman King as Aaron Silverman (1970-1971)
- Phillip Clark as Chris Blake (1971)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Young Lawyers':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
With Walter Brooke (Dr. Schurz), Frank Converse (Dr. Vince Sabowski), Gordon Pinsent (Henry Norman), David Sheiner (Elliott Tower), Ann Summers (Judge Kingman). Law students in a Neighborhood Law Office (NLO) in Boston provide free legal assistance to those unable to pay, under the direction of an experienced attorney. The series is based on fact: Massachusetts and 13 other states allow prospective attorneys to receive experience by representing clients and pleading cases in court, under the supervision of a practicing attorney. In this episode, Aaron Silverman is assigned to defend a young intern being sued by a father whose son was injured when the intern removed him from a wrecked car.
Season 1, episode 2
With Kent Jarvis (Lawyer), Betsy Jones-Moreland (Mrs. Harris), Eric Laneuville (Jesse Crawford), John Larch (Judge Harris), Art Lewis (Cashman), Arthur Space (Judge Marley), Paul Winfield (Willis Crawford). Law students Aaron Silverman and Pat Walters are faced with bringing charges of incompetence against a famous lawyer, now a judge, to gain a new trial for a man convicted of murder.
Season 1, episode 3
With Russ Conway (Judge Conway), Joan Delaney (Louise), Virginia Vincent (Mrs. Whitley), Ellen Weston (Miss Emerson), Joy Bang, Peter Strauss. An unmarried couple, commune residents Stuart Kelsey and Louise Grafton, appeal to the Neighborhood Law Office for help when faced with losing their 4-year-old son.
Season 1, episode 4
With Kim Hunter (Miriam Hewitt), Mary Layne (Marianne Hewitt), Ford Rainey (Wycoff), Fred Beir (Dino), Gwynne Gilford (Miss Shriber), Douglas Henderson (Judge). A teenage girl runs away and calls on the NLO for help against her drunken mother and cruel stepfather.
Season 1, episode 5
With Brian Cutler (John O'Brien), Philip Kenneally (Lincoln Dexter), Jonathan Lippe (Charlie Brazo), Richard Eastham (Torrance), Johnny Haymer (Jimmy), Celia Kaye (Helen). Aaron Silverman defends his neighborhood friends against a landlord's eviction notice, and is even booked for assault.
Season 1, episode 6
With David Carson (Tony Fulton), Tim O'Connor (Lew Fulton), John Rubinstein (Dan Fulton), Marsha Hunt (Celia Fulton), Sam Melville (Gabe Thomas), Doria Cook (Eve), Lew Brown (Patrolman), Douglas Henderson (Judge). Aaron Silverman is caught between a father and son when the young man, charged with the possession of marijuana, pleads his innocence and the adamant parent insists he's guilty and suffer the consequences.
Season 1, episode 7
W: John W. Bloch
With Pete Deuel (Dom Acosta), Barbara Luna (Stella Acosta), Lonny Chapman (Fowler), Harry Townes (Harris Colby). The NLO comes to the defense of a parolee who violated regulations to take his wife, a drug addict, out of the city to a sanitarium.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Guerdon Trueblood
With Lee Bergere (Alfred Marcos), Paul Bertoya (Heller), Noah Keen (Prosecutor), Geoffrey Lewis (Scott Russell), Jim McMullan (Jack Mulvaney), Ellen Moss (Terry Mulvaney), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Pete Roberts). Aaron Silverman reluctantly agrees to defend a policeman accused of maiming a prisoner and winds up being assaulted by his client.
Season 1, episode 9
With Angela Clarke (Mrs. McGuire), Ben Hammer (Bryan Fox), Robert F. Lyons (Bill Wicks), Willard Sage (Maurice Neilson). A Vietnam veteran is accused of killing his landlord, and claims a loss of memory. A lawyer advises him to plead guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter, but David Barrett, not convinced of his guilt, offers him a choice between a "safe" plea of guilty and the gamble of pleading innocent and perhaps being sentenced to death.
Season 1, episode 10
With Sherry Lynn Diamant (Wiley Wilson), Paul Fix (Judge Benjamin), John Lupton (Robert Manley), Martin Sheen (Reverend Jimmy Haines), Don Hanmer. A young minister is accused of obstructing the law by harboring a group of homeless youngsters.
Season 1, episode 11
With Antoinette Bower (Dr. Hilary Sadler), Robert Cornthwaite (Judge Green), Oscar DeGruy (Frankie Smith), Vance Howard (Thompson), Paula Kelly (Wilma), John McLiam (Louis Luther), Simon Oakland (Stanley Karok), Fred Pinkard (Prell), Jordan Rhodes (Finley), Neil Russell (McCracken). Aaron Silverman becomes suspicious when his client, a high school basketball all star charged with assault, comes up with an alibi supplied by his coach.
Season 1, episode 12
With Peter Donat (D.A. Lew Foley), Peter Jason (Dave Baumgartner), Tim McIntire (Charlie Turner), David Sheiner (Elliott Turner), Charlotte Stewart (Tammie Turner). Aaron Silverman sees another side of the law when, temporarily attached to the district attorney's office, he must prosecute a mentally unstable man charged with assault.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Joyce Perry, Ed Waters
With Flora Plumb (Chris Gately), Whit Bissell (James Carlton), Larry Linville (Bud Morton), Carl Reindel (Ernie Blake), Arch Johnson (Sgt. Dimascio). Social activists Chris Gately and her brother Ernie are charged with attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon by a city official, a man they claim they discovered burglarizing her office.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Mel Goldberg D: John Newland
With Carmen Argenziano (Hank Smith), Jess Walton (Clara Smith), Dabbs Greer (Jacobi), Alan Vint (Williams), Edmond O'Brien (MacGillicuddy). A cantankerous old man comes to Aaron Silverman for aid when he's faced with eviction and a storm of lawsuits.
Season 1, episode 15
With Brenda Scott (Jennie Stevens), Robert Webber (Sergeant Fielder), John Kerr (Rogers), Devra Korwin (Mrs. Rogers). Aaron Silverman's defense of a maid acused of theft appears doomed when it's learned she pawned some of the missing jewelry.
Season 1, episode 16
With Victor Holchak (Daniel Morse), Lynn Loring (Bonnie De Palma), Peter Mark Richman (Jerome Lacey), Eli Wallach (James Johnson Scott), Ford Rainey (Judge Salke). A famed trial lawyer hires Aaron to assist in the defense of a couple charged with murder.
Season 1, episode 17
With Pat Hingle (Benjamin Whitfield), Scott Glenn (Nick), Kelly Jean Peters (Terry), Douglas Henderson, Doreen Lang. An attorney blames Aaron Silverman for his son's death when he refuses to allow a defense witness to testify. The youth hangs himself in his cell.
Season 1, episode 18
With Heidi Vaughn (Leora Donner), Martha Hyer (Mrs. Donner), Tol Avery (Judge), Meredith Baxter (Gloria), David Lewis (Mulloy), Paul Ryan (Tim), Michael Strong (Kingman), Gary Tigerman (Josh). Chris Blake, one of the young students in the Neighborhood Law Office, is charged with raping a teenage girl. He pleads innocent, but his landlady's testimony lends support to the girl's accusation.
Season 1, episode 19
With John Beck (Mark Bradbury), Janet Margolin (Celia Bradbury), Russell Johnson (Bonelli), Robert Cornthwaite (Judge). Silverman falls in love with the woman he's representing in a divorce action, and her husband threatens to bring a countersuit naming him as corespondent.
Season 1, episode 20
With Julie Adams (Alice Graham), Katherine Cannon (Penny Graham), Ray Danton (Josh Ferris), D'Urville Martin (Mitch Cole), Nan Martin (Elsa Novak), Ron Masak (F.P. Expert). Barrett is hired to defend a girl charged with murder. She confesses to the crime. However the victim, a has-been singer, was seen by a witness alive and unhurt after the girl fired at him.
Season 1, episode 21
With Lane Bradbury (Charlene Neiley), Richard Dreyfuss (Mike Chester), Jon Lormer (Dean Stewart), Eve Bruce (Laverne), Paul Stevens (Kelman), Tom Drake (Markham), Voltaire Perkins (Judge), Paul Stewart. Aaron's client is charged with stealing the car he claims he bought, and a used-car salesman backs up his story.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Harlan Ellison
With Allen Garfield (Bernie Yoakum), Susan Strasberg (Hallie Benda), June Dayton (Judge Kate Knight). Silverman's former girlfriend, who has become a drug addict with an extensive police record, is bailed out of jail but she fails to appear for her arraignment.
Season 1, episode 23
With Kristoffer Tabori (Conrad Pierce), Elizabeth Allen (Doris Pierce), Steve Ihnat (Pete Pierce), Gwynne Gilford (Ellen Schriber), Karl Lukas (Mechanic). Silverman befriends a youth who lies and steals in an attempt to bring his divorced parents together.
Season 1, episode 24
With Karen Huston (Clove Edwards), Gary Lockwood (Billy Walden), Warren Anderson (Van Dalgren), Bruce Kimmel (Walter), Fredd Wayne (Kimber). A radio talk show host is fired for expressing antiwar sentiments on his program. Silverman prepares his defense based on simple breach of contract by the station management, but discovers he made a mistake in judgment. (Last show of the series.)