Michael Connelly’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’, with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo playing the titular J. Michael “Mickey” Haller, is a must see legal drama — Manuel Garcia-Rulfo perfectly embodies Michael Connelly’s J. Michael “Mickey” Haller. The Lincoln Lawyer, based on Connelly’s The Brass Verdict, is an exceptional drama. Mickey, frequently working out of a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Continental rather than an office, is a Los Angeles based defense attorney. Garcia-Rulfo makes the character his own.