When Kevin Smith contacted his agent and requested to appear in an episode of Law & Order (1990), he was asked if he wanted to be a suspect or defense attorney. Smith said that he simply wanted to play "the guy who leads them to the guy who leads him to the guy who leads them to the suspect." Smith later talked about it in further detail in An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006).
This was Michael O'Hare's final acting role before his death on September 28, 2012, at the age of 60.
The late Earl Hindman (Mr. Riley) was best known as Wilson Wilson Jr., the neighbor whose face was always obscured in the TV sitcom Home Improvement (1991).
Jamie Tirelli has portrayed four different characters over the course of the series:
- Episode 1.12 Life Choice (1991) - CSU Rivera.
- Episode 3.22 Benevolence (1993) - Chick Sullivan.
- Episode 4.17 Mayhem (1994) - Santana.
- Episode 10.17 Black, White and Blue (2000) - Sgt. Palacio.