Five Attorneys Discuss Law And Fine Dining In ‘Law And The City’

Hollywood & EntertainmentFive Attorneys Discuss Law And Fine Dining In ‘Law And The City’ByJoan MacDonald, Contributor

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Com Being an attorney in real life is not as glamorous as it is in TV dramas

That’s the advice lawyer Ahn Ju-Hyeong gives a new attorney in the k-drama Law In The City

He sees the hapless newcomer trying a dramatic court move that he must have seen on TV

It’s overdramatic and pointless

Ju-hyeong should know how unexciting a day in court can be

Ju-hyeong (Lee Jong-suk) has been an associate attorney for almost a decade

What he’s learned over the years is that clients can’t be trusted

They lie a lot which makes it hard to defend them

He’s beyond disillusioned

Still, he’s a good worker, meticulous and dedicated

The brightest spot in his day is having lunch with other lawyers who work in the Seokjo-dong district of Seoul

There’s talkative Chang-won, played by Kang You-seok; his kind but always late co-worker Moon-jung, plyed by Ryu Hye-young; and the group’s capitalist cheerleader Sang-ki, played by Im Seong-jae

Sang-ki runs a restaurant blog called Lawyer’s Table

Ju-hyeong’s friends tease him the succession of blind dates he goes on

They wonder why he bothers since he never s any of the candidates

At least they have each other

These friends meet to eat but also to complain what’s wrong in their s

Between mountains of cases, they don’t really have time to make any significant changes

When another friend stops working in the neighborhood they welcome a new attorney into the fold, the bright and optimistic Kang Hee-ji, played by Moon Ga-young

Hopefully she will fit in

There’s only one blem

Hee-ji and Ju-hyeong have met

Also, she’s a lot less jaded than they are

Word of warning: don’t watch this drama hungry

Since the lawyers meet to try the city’s best restaurant, there are plenty of close-ups of their meals and everything looks delicious

Stock up with snacks before tuning in

Law In the City is Lee Jong-suk’s first drama in three years

Moon Ga-young earned acclaim earlier this year for playing a former gamer in My Dearest Nemesis

Before that she appeared in The Interest of Love, Delightfully Deceitful and True Beauty

Kang You-seok can be seen in Resident Playbook and When Life Gives You Tangerines

Ryu appeared in Gangnam B-Side and can be seen this year in Nice Guy

Baeksang Award-winning actress Yum Hye-ran also plays an important role as Kim Hyung-min, a building owner

MORE FOR YOU Law In The City is directed by Park Seung-woo, who directed Adamas, Kairos and the fantasy drama W: Two Worlds Apart, which also starred Lee Jong-suk

The drama airs on Viki

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