Barry Moredock

Judge Barry Moredock
Law & Order character
First appearance	"Appearances"
Portrayed by	John Cullum
Time on show	2003–2011
Seasons	4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Credited appearances	11 episodes (total)

Barry Moredock is a fictional character on the NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by John Cullum since 2003.

Although originally portrayed as a defense attorney in the episode "Appearances", Moredock is now elevated to judgeship as of season 10. He is originally a law school professor to Alexandra Cabot. He is the attorney for the defense for only four cases while Cabot's successor, Casey Novak, serves as the ADA. His last episode as a defense attorney is "Blinded". He then becomes a judge between seasons 9 & 10 with his first episode as a judge is in the episode "Babes". Kim Greylek is the ADA at the time, shortly before she and Cabot transition in and out in the episode "Lead". In season 11 he orders temporary Executive ADA Sonya Paxton to get alcoholism treatment after she shows up drunk to court.

Moredock originally appeared as a defense attorney in the episode "Appearances", on a case in which a pornography maker is put on trial for giving instructions on how to kill via a story on his company's website.

He works on another case with Cabot in the episode "Manic", where a child kills two high school students and is given medication from his mother due to an illegal marketing campaign by the major pharmaceutical company Tauscher-Leto.

In the seventh season he works as a defense attorney on a case with Novak as ADA in the episode ""Raw", where he defended a Neo-Nazi group.

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