As Brayden's newly appointed defense attorney, Jax and the team dive in, gearing up for a preliminary hearing. Lewis and Jax come together to help Naima. Damon and Jax decide to be friends after she helps him with a problem.

Jax and the team focus on jury selection. When Jax's dad comes into town, Jax turns to Lewis for help, but finds relief from a new friend.

16 years earlier, we meet a bright-eyed Jax in her public defender days when she meets Damon for the first time.

We follow Lewis as he juggles single parenthood and the separation. The prosecution rests on Brayden's case.

With Paul in the hospital, we flashback to teenage Jax and gain a deeper understanding of her past trauma and how it informs the present. The defense rests in Brayden’s case as Jax has a revelation about the case.

With the jury out to deliberate, Jax is kidnapped. She must figure out her future as a new case close to home comes to light.

Jax and Damon’s relationship goes to another level. But Jax is focused in on the start of Brayden’s trail as she senses Brayden may be withholding crucial information.

Jax has to decide whether or not to take on a high-profile murder case for a client who rejected her services. Meanwhile, Jax and Lewis are still adjusting to their new situation as Damon reemerges into the outside world.

Jax Stewart, the most brilliant and fearless private defense attorney in Los Angeles, juggles work, family, friends, and a complicated personal life while bucking the justice system at every chance she gets as she’s faced with a potential high-profile client and the ghosts of her past.

Jax brings in a new lawyer to help with Shanelle's case; however, when they disagree on tactics, Jax goes behind his back, a move that backfires in an unexpected way.

Jax and Corey must work together to find Shanelle before it's too late. Meanwhile, Shanelle's actions lead to a riff in Sally's marriage.

Jax confronts Shanelle on her new theory about the case while Corey reveals to the partners at the firm his frustrations with Jax. In the meantime, Terrence helps Lewis navigate a new problem.

After receiving terrible news from a close friend, Jax Stewart returns to work sooner than she expected causing her to feel pressure from work, her friends and Lewis.

Shanelle get interviewed from jail causing Jax's panic attacks to return as we take a look back on JT and Shanelle's relationship. Meanwhile, Lewis learns of Spenser's new interests at school.

As the defense begins their case, Jax is forced to face a new normal with Lewis. Meanwhile, Lucy struggles to keep her ex-husband out of her life.

Jax has found herself in a dangerous situation once again, while Lucy's past resurfaces. Adrian takes the stand revealing new secrets as Lewis struggles to keep one of his own.

The verdict for Shanelle's case comes back. Jax and Lewis have to figure out what their future looks like.

Jax and Lewis are at an impasse while things get heated at the office with Corey. The prosecution rests on Shanelle's case.

After her failed performance on the stand, Sally is hanging by a thread making Jax suspicious. However, Jax and Corey prep Shanelle to take the stand before Jax realizes the truth about JT's murder.