Felicity Huffman Is Set for a TV Comeback: Everything We Know

Felicity Huffman is heading back to the courtroom. 

The actress is set to appear in ABC’s The Good Lawyer, a spinoff of The Good Doctor, according to Deadline, which marks Felicity’s first acting role since serving 11 days in jail in 2019 for her role in the infamous college admissions scandal.

The Good Lawyer will star Nancy Drew‘s Kennedy McMann as Joni DeGroot, a promising young lawyer with obsessive compulsive disorder, who is sought by The Good Doctor‘s Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) for legal representation. 

Huffman will play Janet Stewart, Deadline reports, “a highly regarded attorney and partner at the law firm with a fierce intellect and dry wit,” who also has a connection to The Good Doctor. 

“Janet has represented Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) in several legal matters over the years,” according to the outlet, “so he turns to her to represent his beloved protégé. But when Shaun declares that he wants Joni to represent him, Janet is forced to let Joni take lead on the case.”