Allen Braddock and Marcus Jackson are two attorneys with very different views on the law. After getting fired from his father's prestigious firm for employing questionable tactics, Allen (Kelsey Grammer) is forced to team up with Marcus (Martin Lawrence), a self-made man always willing to fight for the people of his neighborhood, even if it doesn't mean collecting a check. When the two partner up, they take on cases that challenge their moral, personal, and ethical boundaries, but always manage to find common ground.
After Allen (Kelsey Grammer), a blue-blood Chicago lawyer, is fired from his father's law firm, he is brought down to this courthouse to be punished; there he runs into Marcus (Martin Lawrence), a man-of-the-people community lawyer.
When Allen and Marcus suspect a high-end wedding planner is taking advantage of same-sex couples, Marcus sees this is an opportunity to help a young couple. While Allen sees the lucrative potential in cornering the market on future same-sex divorces.
As Allen carefully assembles the jury for their next case against an old rival, Marcus dives back into the dating scene for the first time since his divorce.
When one of Allen's former colleagues wants to divorce his wife over an ugly baby he can't believe he fathered, the guys investigate a fertility clinic to uncover the sticky truth.
When Allen brings Marcus to his prestigious law school reunion, Allen finds himself sidelined by his friends and unexpectedly outshined by his partner.