Mickey Haller

J. Michael Haller, Junior is a fictional character created by Michael Connelly in his 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer. Haller, a Los Angeles–based defense attorney, is the younger paternal half-brother of Connelly's best-known character, LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. The Mickey Haller series currently consists of eight published novels, with Haller also appearing as a supporting player in six Bosch novels. A film adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) starred Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. A television series adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer from David E. Kelley, Ted Humphrey, and A+E Studios, was released on Netflix in September 2022. The first season is based on the second book in the series, though it also contains elements of the first book. A second season, based on the fourth book and also containing elements of the first, was released in 2023. Mexican actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo stars as Mickey Haller, and the series explores the character's maternal Latino heritage. He follows his father in a career as a criminal defense lawyer. A third season was released in 2025 and a fourth season was released in 2026.