[1] It stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, a defense attorney in Los Angeles who often works out of a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Navigator.

Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, Angus Sampson, and Yaya DaCosta also star.

[4] Lawyer Mickey Haller works in the back of his Lincoln Navigator as he takes on cases in Los Angeles.

[11][12] On January 11, 2021, Netflix picked up the series with a 10-episode order, down from the original 13-episode plan,[11] and announced that Manuel Garcia-Rulfo would star as Haller.

[24][25] That same day, author Michael Connelly revealed on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic had previously delayed principal photography for around a year.

[34] Filming locations for season 2 included the Paseo Club in Valencia, The Cowboy Palace Saloon in Chatsworth, Sixth Street Bridge, and the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.

[36] In August 2021, A+E Studios subsidiary Frankl & Bob Films II, LLC filed a lawsuit against ViacomCBS for "millions of dollars" in losses after it decided to not move forward with the series the previous year.

In its first full week of streaming, it was the platform's most-watched English-language series globally, with over 108 million viewing hours, more than three times the second-place show.

The website's consensus reads: "David E. Kelley's adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer relies too much on quirk to paper over its lack of true novelty, but this is a reliable enough vehicle for fans of legal pulp.