The Judge 2014

The Judge

Released: 2014

Storyline:

 Hank Palmer is a trial lawyer in Chicago, acerbic and notorious for defending powerful clients he knows to be guilty. Before returning to his rural hometown of Carlinville, Indiana to attend his mother's funeral, he argues with his wife, Lisa, whom he is divorcing for infidelity.

In Carlinville, Hank reunites with his older brother Glen, a tire shop owner, and his younger brother Dale, an amateur filmmaker. Hank's father is Judge Joseph Palmer of Carlinville's criminal court, whom he calls "Judge". The two have been estranged due to the Judge's harsh treatment of Hank in his youth. When Hank was a teenager, he got into a car accident and Glen was injured, losing a chance for a baseball career. Because of this, the Judge sent Hank to juvenile detention.