John Viscardi

An Assistant District Attorney, Dan Tenofsky, is found dead in Central Park. Branch, McCoy and Southerlyn are devastated. Briscoe and Green go to Tenofsky's apartment and don't find many clues. He apparently had no family or friends but they do question his office mate who tells them he had a brother in Phoenix. They can't find his brother and something's not quite right. Tenofsky was apparently in Phoenix while enrolled at Brooklyn Law School. It turns out his real name was Jacob Dieter and he assumed the name of Daniel Tenofsky, who dropped out, so his real identity and credentials come into question.

A young Middle Eastern man is killed on camera in what appears to be a hate crime. Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) quickly learn that prior to the murder the victim had made a frantic 911 call to the Joint Terrorist Task Force and Detective Henry Paulsen (guest star John Viscardi), who joins in the investigation. Once the suspect, Ben Faoud (guest star Bernardo Pena) is apprehended, A.D.A.s Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) succeed in convincing the F.B.I. that the suspect should be tried for murder. Faoud then hires high-power defense attorney Paul Robinette (returning guest star Richard Brooks), who demands the case be thrown out. S. Epatha Merkerson and Fred Dalton Thompson also star.

Detectives Goren and Eames suspect a self-improvement guru machinated the murders of two crime figures.

Logan and Falacci investigate the strangulation death of a beautiful blonde.