| Chip | | Day laborer looking for work |
| Andy | Carpenter | Defense lawyer, also runs the Tara Foundation, a dog rescue organization |
| Martha | Boyer | Woman who fosters abandoned dogs, fighting a zoning board complaint about her dogs, aka Pups |
| Jake | Boyer | Martha's deceased husband, killed in a drive-by shooting 1 ½ years ago |
| Willie | Miller | Former client & Andy's partner in the dog rescue organization |
| Fred | Brandenberger | Manager of the Passaic County animal shelter |
| Stanley | Wade | Head of the Passaic County zoning board |
| Irene | Hough | Judge presiding over the arraignment |
| Vince | Sanders | Editor of the local newspaper, friend of Andy |
| Hike | Lynch | Andy's law partner |
| Jonathan | Wickens | Lawyer for the city |
| Randy | Hennessey | Pups' new neighbor who filed the complaint, murder victim |
| Laurie | Collins | Andy's wife, former cop |
| Ricky | Diaz | Andy & Laurie's adopted son |
| Tara | | Andy's golden retriever |
| Sebastian | | Andy's basset hound |
| Pete | Stanton | Police captain, friend of Andy |
| Luther | Crenshaw | Police detective in charge of Pups' case |
| Sondra | Miller | Willie's wife, also works for the Tara Foundation |
| Alan | Silver | Police sergeant |
| Puddles | | Pups' miniature poodle |
| Dr. | Sonaya | Physician who treated Pups at the hospital |
| Jason | Ridgeway | South Dakota town councilman elected to state senator, appointed to the Environ-mental & Natural Resources Committee |
| | Caffey | Meets Ridgeway in Las Vegas, blackmails him with an incriminating video |
| Rita | Gordon | Passaic County courthouse clerk |
| Harrison | Chambers | Presiding judge in Pups' trial |
| Dan | Tressel | Ambitious young prosecutor in Pups' trial |
| Charlie's | | Sports bar Andy frequents |
| David | Barnett | Business associate of Jake Boyer, real estate investor, was with Jake the night he was killed |
| Raymond | Parker | Local gang member, aka "Little Tiny" |
| Sam | Willis | Andy's accountant & computer whiz |
| Edna | | Andy's "less than hardworking" assistant |
| Marcus | Clark | Investigator on Andy's team, the "muscle" of the group |
| Micaela | Reasoner | Teenager helping take care of Puddles |
| Jerry | Koosman | Left-handed pitcher for the Mets |
| Doc | Gooden | Promising right-handed pitcher who ruined his career & life with drugs |
| Walter | Tillman | Local attorney handling the Boyer's legal, financial & real estate matters |
| Teresa | Hennessey | Randy Hennessey's wife, a nurse |
| Big Tiny | Parker | Little Tiny's brother, gang leader |
| Mary | Dixon | Neighbor of Pups |
| Hank | Boyer | Jake Boyer's long-missing son, now a blackjack dealer in Deadwood, S.D. |
| Kyle | Holt | Prospective dog adopter |
| Jimmy | Rollins | Andy's bookmaker in New Jersey |
| Sharon | Boyer | Hank's wife |
| Debra | Ridgeway | Jason Ridgeway's wife |
| Frankie | Calderone | Small-time hood who was in touch with Hennessey |
| Hilda & Eli | Mandelbaum | In Sam's YMCA computer class for seniors |
| Morris | Fishman | In Sam's YMCA computer class for seniors |
| Leon | Goldberg | In Sam's YMCA computer class for seniors |
| Curtis | Hayslett | Detective in charge of the murder investigation of Jake & Little Tiny's deaths |
| Mr. | Wentz | Police commissioner |
| Nolan | Weisler | Hank Boyer's lawyer |
| Katie | Nyland | Sister of one of Pups' neighbors, witness in the trial |
| Juanita | Torres | Court reporter, documented the hearing dealing with Hennessey's complaint |
| Linda | Devereaux | Witness who testifies she had an affair with Jake Boyer |
| Dr. Cynthia | Herrera | Pups' oncologist at Sloane Kettering |
| Nicholas | Summers | Detective who led police search for Barnett |
| Dierdre | Malone | Pups' best friend |
| Floyd | Reynolds | Criminal masquerading as Hank Boyer |
