In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month I’ve reviewed all the movies and TV shows involving attorneys and here is my list of the top 5 characters of Hispanic heritage:

1.                  Victor Sifuentes played by Jimmy Smits.  From LA Law.  Great closing arguments and passion.  Plus, he becomes President of the United States.

2.                  Mandrake played by Marcos Palmiero.  From Mandrake on HBO Latino.  His passions are Cigars, sleazy clients, sex, drugs, and getting paid.  Not sure if he’s really Latino because he speaks Portuguese (dubbed into Spanish) and he’s Brazilian.

3.                  Sandy Stern played by Raul Julia in Presumed Innocent.  He defends Harrison Ford who is a DA accused of killing a fellow DA; also his former lover.  I’m not sure if this counts, but this is a hard list to come up with some Hispanic lawyers on TV or in movies.  Hector Elizando played in the TV series.

4.                  And also 5…Sorry, no more Hispanic lawyers.  Thought to include the Cuban house boy who served breakfast to Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.  Maybe the Puerto Rican accused of murder in 12 Angry Men.  The Marine legal assistant in JAG?  Come to think about it, the only Hispanics in legal movies are usually the defendants.