'The Lincoln Lawyer' Season 4: Everything We Know

Netflix's hit legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer, based on Michael Connelly's mystery-thriller book series, has become an underrated cult-loved series over the years. Fans simply can't get enough of Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and his associates's engrossing cases and the nuanced characters that make up the ensemble (not to mention the fashion inspiration Lorna provides).

Season 3 wrapped up a major mystery, but introduced the show's biggest cliffhanger to date, leaving fans clamoring for news about season 4. Read on for everything we know about The Lincoln Lawyer season 4 so far.

Has 'The Lincoln Lawyer' been renewed for season 4?

Yes! On January 22, 2025, Netflix confirmed that The Lincoln Lawyer will return for a fourth season, much to the delight of the legal drama's dedicated fanbase.

"We’re in the hands of the audience," he said. "We’re quietly optimistic about it, but obviously, with Netflix, it always depends on how the current season goes. And so I would say to our fans and viewers of the show, if you want a fourth season, which we very much want to bring you a fourth season, then by all means watch and tell your friends."

When will 'The Lincoln Lawyer' season 4 come out?

The Lincoln Lawyer is one of Netflix's few series that follows a traditional yearly release schedule, compared to series with multi-year hiatuses like Bridgerton, Wednesday, and Stranger Things. Season 3 arrived later than usual, in fall rather than late spring/early summer, after filming took place from January to June 2024.

Luckily for fans, season 4 is right on schedule! In a mid-December 2025 press release, Netflix confirmed season 4 will premiere on Thursday, February 5.

Who in the 'The Lincoln Lawyer' cast will return for season 4?

All of the series's beloved main cast, including Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Mickey Haller), Becki Newton (Lorna), Angus Sampson (Cisco), and Jazz Raycole (Izzy), will return for season 4. Upon its renewal, Netflix confirmed that Neve Campbell (Maggie McPherson) would return "for all episodes of the new season," after the Scream star only held a supporting role in seasons 2 and 3.

Months later, Deadline confirmed that fan-favorite Elliott Gould would be back as David “Legal” Siegel, and Krista Warner would reprise her role as Mickey and Maggie's daughter Hayley Haller.

However, one familiar face will not return. TVLine has reported that Yaya DaCosta won't reprise her role of Andrea Freeman, since the character does not appear in season 4's source novel, The Law of Innocence.

While characters from previous seasons have been known to pop up in later episodes, it's unknown whether Devon Graye, who plays Julian La Cosse, as well as Wolé Parks, who plays his partner David, will ever be back after riding off into the sunset in the season 3 finale.

Which new cast members are joining 'The Lincoln Lawyer' season 4?

We now know who'll play the prosecutor trying to keep Mickey behind bars. Netflix announced that Constance Zimmer had joined the series for a 10-episode guest arc. The Emmy nominee and UnREAL alum will play Dana Berg, "a colleague of Maggie’s from her days in the L.A. district attorney’s office," per Tudum.

She's been described as, "Dana, a relentless prosecutor who will let nothing stand in the way of a guilty verdict, has a single-mindedness that earned her the nickname 'Death Row Dana.' A fierce and ruthless adversary who bends the rules to her advantage, she’s the last person Mickey wants to go up against in what will be the trial of his life."

Zimmer isn't the only new cast member joining season 4. In April, Deadline confirmed several more newcomers to the ensemble, including one of the Real Housewives(!). RHOBH star Kyle Richards's latest acting role will be on the Netflix hit, playing "Celeste," who is said to be a "Beverly Hills fabulous who comes to Haller & Associates looking to hire Lorna as a divorce attorney after being referred by a previous satisfied client."

Aside from Richards, other guest stars include Jason Butler Harner (Ozark) and Scott Lawrence (Paradise). According to Deadline, Butler Harner's role is as Det. Drucker, "a seasoned Robbery Homicide detective with many years of investigations under his belt. He proves to be an especially determined adversary for Mickey." Lawrence will also be involved with the case, as he'll be playing "Judge Stone, a former prosecutor known for his prickly attitude and tough sentencing." He's said to be "intimidating and impatient, but ultimately, his rulings seek to treat both sides equally."

Several other guests were confirmed one month later in May. We'll see Emmanuelle Chriqui (Superman & Lois) as Jeanine Ferrigno, the "girlfriend of a local gangster who finds herself mixed up in a criminal enterprise, giving her information pivotal to Mickey’s defense;" Jason O'Mara (Fire Country) as Jack Gilroy, Maggie's new boyfriend and an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine; Javon Johnson (The Oval) as Carter Gates, "a decent, hardworking business owner who’d turned his life around after legal troubles in his youth and now finds himself accused of murder;" and real-life chef Nancy Silverton as herself in a cameo role.

What will 'The Lincoln Lawyer' season 4 be about?

Netflix has released an official synopsis: "Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia Rulfo) faces his toughest case yet as he and his team work tirelessly to prove his innocence in the murder of a former client, Sam Scales. To clear his name, they must unravel Sam’s final scam, forcing them to go head-to-head with the DA’s office, the FBI, and ghosts from Mickey’s own past."

As fans may remember, season 3 followed author Michael Connelly's The Gods of Guilt, and by the end of the installment, Mickey finds closure about the death of his former client and friend, Glory Days (previously played by Fiona Rene). He was able to successfully defend Julian La Cosse, who was wrongfully accused of her murder, and even gets true justice for her death, helping to take down the DEA conspiracy that led to her murder. However, this sets up Mickey getting the rug pulled from under him when the bloody corpse of con man Sam Scales (Christopher Thornton) is found in his Lincoln's trunk.

This sets up the upcoming episodes to be based on the novel The Law of Innocence. The showrunners spoke to this in an interview with Variety, saying, "The only way to up the stakes on this season was to make Mickey the client, which clearly was the idea Michael had in the books as well."

In a Tudum interview from season 4's set, co-showrunner Ted Humphrey hinted at the new season's arc. "Well, the biggest cliffhanger of all is 'What is going to happen to Mickey?' and that one certainly plays out across the whole season in the form of his trial. But in the first episode, you’ll understand at least the broad strokes of what specifically has happened and what charges—and adversaries—Mickey is facing," he revealed. "This is going to be the biggest and most personal challenge Mickey has ever faced, and also the biggest roller coaster we’ve yet taken our audience on. And of course, our other characters will be dealing not only with Mickey’s case but with a slew of challenges they’re facing as well.”

Humphrey added, "All the advice he’s given clients over the years, now he has to give himself—and he realizes how hollow some of it sounds when you’re the one it’s bouncing off of. He’s got to deal with how this impacts not just him but also his family and loved ones, not to mention his business! But don’t worry—he’s going to have help from some of the people our audience loves the most, as well as some familiar faces who will be cropping up along the way—some helpfully…some perhaps not so helpfully, and a few new ones as well."