The role of Perry Mason in this ongoing series is largely played by GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders).

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You never saw a lawyer represent clients who had sent Perry Mason death threats via email attempt to assert that Mr. Mason was the one being unreasonable.

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When I was a little girl, I used to watch Perry Mason with my grandfather on TBS. That constituted my entire legal experience before entering law school.

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He was the prosecutor who always lost to Perry Mason.

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You see, on TV, none of the lawyers lied to Perry Mason over the phone about being amenable to a continuance and then told the Clerk of Court differently.

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When her saga is completed in a decade or so with the letter Z, Ms. Millhone may well join such classic snoops as Sherlock Holmes, Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, Miss Marple and a handful of others in mystery immortality.

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