Damages

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Aaron Zelman has been on staff at Damages since the first season and now serves as a writer and Co-Executive Producer. After graduating from Harvard where he majored in psychology, but spent most of his time doing theater, Zelman moved to New York City and began writing plays. His first television-writing/ producer job was a four-year stint on Law &amp; Order. Other credits include Eyes for Warner Brothers/ABC and the first two seasons of Criminal Minds for Touchstone/Paramount/ CBS. After nine years in L.A., he is happy to be back home on the East Coast working with his brother, Daniel Zelman.

Glenn Close portrays high-stakes litigator "Patty Hewes," who finds herself back in the national spotlight nine months after her triumph in the UNR case. Now, as court-appointed trustee responsible for tracking down assets swindled from investors in the largest financial fraud in U.S. history, Patty faces her most formidable adversary, the Tobin family. While her bare-knuckle tactics have earned her a top spot in the pantheon of American lawyers, Patty’s personal life may never recover.

Rose Byrne stars as "Ellen Parsons," who left Hewes &amp; Associates for a new job in the legal profession after the UNR case. Finally free from Patty Hewes and the demands of high-stakes litigation, she is able to live a more balanced life. But when Ellen realizes her new boss is more interested in locking up criminals than protecting victims, she is forced to interact with Patty Hewes and confront their shared destiny.

Tate Donovan stars as "Tom Shayes," Patty Hewes’ longtime lieutenant, who is now an equal partner in the law firm. While working on the Tobin case, Tom makes an unwelcome discovery and will stop at nothing to set things right.

Campbell Scott stars as "Joe Tobin," whose world fell apart when his father confessed that their family’s investment business was a complete fraud. Now, Joe Tobin must decide whether to lead his family forward by cooperating with Patty Hewes’ investigation or circle the wagons and fight Patty Hewes’ attempts to destroy his family’s future.

Martin Short stars as "Leonard Winstone," who has been the Tobin family’s trusted attorney and counselor for decades. Now that Patty Hewes is investigating them, the Tobins will need his support more than ever. But Winstone may have an agenda of his own.

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Zelman has been on staff at Damages since the first season and now serves as a writer and Co-Executive Producer.

Aaron Zelman | Co-Executive Producer, Writer | Damages on FX

Aaron Zelman

Todd A. Kessler

Glenn Kessler

Daniel Zelman