Related Clues:

• One skilled in defense
• Courtroom VIP
• Mason or Matlock
• Suspect's right
• Court player?
• Legal expert
• Someone on the defense, perhaps
• One passing the bar
• Denny Crane, e.g.
• One with a JD
• Mason, for one
• Grisham's former occupation
• Mouthpiece
• Bar worker
• Retainer recipient