Jack McCoy

**D.A. Jack McCoy** is the district attorney for the borough of Manhattan. He was formerly an Executive Assistant District Attorney.

## History

McCoy served as a member of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for over 24 years. He worked with three female ADAs and got involved with all three of them. However, McCoy stopped having relationships with his ADAs after the death of A.D.A. Claire Kincaid. After Kincaid's death, McCoy worked with A.D.A. Jamie Ross but they only had a platonic relationship. Ross left the DA's office to spend more time with her family and A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael replaced her.

After Carmichael left to work for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Carmichael was replaced by A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn, who was fired by D.A. Branch for being too sympathetic towards the defendants. McCoy then worked with A.D.A Alexandra Borgia who was kidnapped and murdered during a case. McCoy became outraged after her death and wanted to make sure that Borgia's murderers went away for the rest of their lives.

After Borgia's death, McCoy then worked with A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa until he was promoted to the District Attorney of the borough of Manhattan after Branch's resignation. McCoy then appointed E.A.D.A. Michael Cutter to work with Rubirosa. McCoy ran against Joe Chappell who was a candidate for Governor Donald Shalvoy. However, after Shalvoy's wife was arrested for arranging a murder, McCoy won the election.

In 2018, after Benjamin Stone dies, McCoy spoke at Stone's funeral where he was introduced to Stone's son, Peter Stone. After Rafael Barba was taken to court for taking a child off life support without parental permission, McCoy appointed Peter to prosecute Barba. Even though McCoy admitted that he was sympathetic towards Barba's actions, McCoy went ahead with the trial. In the end, Barba was found not guilty of murder but resigned as a result of the trauma. Stone then replaced Barba as A.D.A after being hired by McCoy.

### On *L&O Revival*

In 2022, McCoy hired E.A.D.A. Nolan Price and A.D.A. Samantha Maroun to assist the Manhattan North Homicide Squad. McCoy then assigned Price and Maroun to prosecute a woman named Nicole Bell for the murder of Henry King. When Price and Maroun visited McCoy in his office, McCoy told Price that it is okay to be the hero, as long as you win. This encouraged Price to try his best in the case. In the end, Nicole was found guilty of Henry's murder and was imprisoned.

During a murder case against a man named Colin Baker who suffered from a migraine condition, the CIA's deputy director met with McCoy. He told McCoy that they are preparing a motion to quash and asks McCoy to consider pleading out Colin. McCoy tells the deputy director that he understands but is not making any promises. McCoy discussed his conversation with the deputy director with Price and tells Price that the defense is trying to make the government take the blame and that Price could lose. Price then argues with McCoy and continues to go ahead with his idea. After Colin is found not guilty by reason of insanity, McCoy tells Price that his old boss used to say that lawyers who need to be right, lose more cases than those who don't.

McCoy gets informed by Price and Maroun about the evidence against Sirenko. McCoy tells Price and Maroun that the two murders alone are worth a life sentence. Maroun informs McCoy that three bodies were found inside the building. McCoy tells Price and Maroun to get to work. After discovering that the man Ava was recording was associated with Putin, McCoy tells Price that he doesn't see the relevance. Price also doesn't see the relevance but tells him that Sirenko wouldn't care about NATO. Price thinks another guy is calling the shots and that he might get away with it. McCoy asks Price if they can prove his theory. After McCoy sees a recording of Rublev committing criminal acts, McCoy orders for Rublev to be arrested. Rublev was arrested by Cosgrove and Shaw. Later, after Nicole moves to Toronto with another living relative, McCoy becomes angry and wants a court order to bring Nicole back to New York. Price tells McCoy that it's not that easy and that the extradition of minors can be rejected if it's not in the best interest of the child. Maroun tells McCoy and Price that she agrees with Benson and they should cut a deal with Sirenko. McCoy agrees with Maroun's idea. (L&O: "Gimme Shelter")

While McCoy holds a press conference, Rebecca stands in the back and watches him. McCoy then reunites with Rebecca, who announces that she is going to be representing Derek Quinn at his trial. Rebecca tries to defend Quinn and claim that he isn't a monster but McCoy tells Rebecca that the evidence tells another story. McCoy and Rebecca then go out for coffee where they discuss Rebecca's problems with her husband and how McCoy's grandson is studying law. Rebecca then asks McCoy to delay the arraignment so that Quinn can be evaluated but McCoy tells Rebecca that she has to talk to Price. In McCoy's office, McCoy tells Price and Maroun to go for murder one and that it doesn't matter if he was the victim of a school shooting. Price asks McCoy if he wants to take the lead on this, since Rebecca is defending Quinn. McCoy tells Price that it is just another case and Rebecca is just another lawyer. Later, after Quinn's testimony, McCoy tells Rebecca that he cannot be involved with the case. Rebecca and McCoy then get into an argument which results in Rebecca storming out. After Quinn gets convicted of murder, McCoy offers to give Rebecca a ride home but Rebecca refuses. Before Rebecca gets in the cab, Rebecca tells McCoy that Link is going to Columbia Law School.

## Appearances

* Law & Order
	+ Season 5: "Second Opinion" • "Coma" • "Blue Bamboo" • "Family Values" • "White Rabbit" • "Competence" • "Precious" • "Virtue" • "Scoundrels" • "House Counsel" • "Guardian" • "Progeny" • "Rage" • "Performance" • "Seed" • "Wannabe" • "Act of God" • "Privileged" • "Cruel and Unusual" • "Bad Faith" • "Purple Heart" • "Switch" • "Pride"
	+ Season 6: "Bitter Fruit" • "Rebels" • "Savages" • "Jeopardy" • "Hot Pursuit" • "Paranoia" • "Humiliation" • "Angel" • "Blood Libel" • "Remand" • "Corpus Delicti" • "Trophy" • "Charm City" • "Custody" • "Encore" • "Savior" • "Deceit" • "Atonement" • "Slave" • "Girlfriends" • "Pro Se" • "Homesick" • "Aftershock"
	+ Season 7: "Causa Mortis" • "I.D." • "Good Girl" • "Survivor" • "Corruption" • "Double Blind" • "Deadbeat" • "Family Business" • "Entrapment" • "Legacy" • "Menace" • "Barter" • "Matrimony" • "Working Mom" • "D-Girl" • "Turnaround" • "Showtime" • "Mad Dog" • "Double Down" • "We Like Mike" • "Passion" • "Past Imperfect" • "Terminal"
	+ Season 8: "Thrill" • "Denial" • "Navy Blues" • "Harvest" • "Nullification" • "Baby, It's You" • "Blood" • "Shadow" • "Burned" • "Ritual" • "Under the Influence" • "Expert" • "Castoff" • "Grief" • "Faccia a Faccia" • "Divorce" • "Carrier" • "Stalker" • "Disappeared" • "Burden" • "Bad Girl" • "Damaged" • "Tabloid" • "Monster"
	+ Season 9: "Cherished" • "DWB" • "Bait" • "Flight" • "Agony" • "Scrambled" • "Venom" • "Punk" • "True North" • "Hate" • "Ramparts" • "Haven" • "Hunters" • "Sideshow" • "Disciple" • "Harm" • "Shield" • "Juvenile" • "Tabula Rasa" • "Empire" • "Ambitious" • "Admissions" • "Refuge (1)" • "Refuge (2)"
	+ Season 10: "Gunshow" • "Killerz" • "DNR" • "Merger" • "Justice" • "Marathon" • "Patsy" • "Blood Money" • "Sundown" • "Loco Parentis" • "Collision" • "Mother's Milk" • "Panic" • "Entitled" • "Fools For Love" • "Trade This" • "Black, White and Blue" • "Mega" • "Surrender Dorothy" • "Untitled" • "Narcosis" • "High & Low" • "Stiff" • "Vaya Con Dios"
	+ Season 11: "Endurance" • "Turnstile Justice" • "Dissonance" • "Standoff" • "Return" • "Burn, Baby, Burn" • "Amends" • "Thin Ice" • "Hubris" • "Whose Monkey is it Anyway?" • "Sunday in the Park with Jorge" • "Teenage Wasteland" • "Phobia" • "A Losing Season" • "Swept Away - A Very Special Episode" • "Bronx Cheer" • "Ego" • "White Lie" • "Whiplash" • "All My Children" • "Brother's Keeper" • "School Daze" • "Judge Dread" • "Deep Vote"
	+ Season 12: "Who Let the Dogs Out?" • "Armed Forces" • "For Love or Money" • "Soldier of Fortune" • "Possession" • "Formerly Famous" • "Myth of Fingerprints" • "The Fire This Time" • "3 Dawg Night" • "Prejudice" • "The Collar" • "Undercovered" • "DR 1-102" • "Missing" • "Access Nation" • "Born Again" • "Girl Most Likely" • "Equal Rights" • "Slaughter" • "Dazzled" • "Foul Play" • "Attorney Client" • "Oxymoron" • "Patriot"
	+ Season 13: "American Jihad" • "Shangri-La" • "True Crime" • "Tragedy on Rye" • "The Ring" • "Hitman" • "Open Season" • "Asterisk" • "The Wheel" • "Mother's Day" • "Chosen" • "Under God" • "Absentia" • "Star Crossed" • "Bitch" • "Suicide Box" • "Genius" • "Maritime" • "Seer" • "Kid Pro Quo" • "House Calls" • "Sheltered" • "Couples" • "Smoke"
	+ Season 14: "Bodies" • "Bounty" • "Patient Zero" • "Shrunk" • "Blaze" • "Identity" • "Floater" • "Embedded" • "Compassion" • "Ill-Conceived" • "Darwinian" • "Payback" • "Married with Children" • "City Hall" • "Veteran's Day" • "Can I Get a Witness?" • "Hands Free" • "Evil Breeds" • "Nowhere Man" • "Everybody Loves Raimondo's" • "Vendetta" • "Gaijin" • "Caviar Emptor" • "C.O.D."
	+ Season 15: "Paradigm" • "The Dead Wives Club" • "The Brotherhood" • "Coming Down Hard" • "Gunplay" • "Cut" • "Gov Love" • "Cry Wolf" • "All in the Family" • "Enemy" • "Fixed" • "Mammon" • "Ain't No Love" • "Fluency" • "Obsession" • "The Sixth Man" • "License to Kill" • "Dining Out" • "Sects" • "Tombstone" • "Publish and Perish" • "Sport of Kings" • "In God We Trust" • "Locomotion"
	+ Season 16: "Red Ball" • "Flaw" • "Ghosts" • "Age of Innocence" • "Life Line" • "Birthright" • "House of Cards" • "New York Minute" • "Criminal Law" • "Acid" • "Bible Story" • "Family Friend" • "Heart of Darkness" • "Magnet" • "Choice of Evils" • "Cost of Capital" • "America, Inc." • "Thinking Makes It So" • "Positive" • "Kingmaker" • "Hindsight" • "Invaders"
	+ Season 17: "Fame" • "Avatar" • "Home Sweet" • "Fear America" • "Public Service Homicide" • "Profiteer" • "In Vino Veritas" • "Release" • "Deadlock" • "Corner Office" • "Remains of the Day" • "Charity Case" • "Talking Points" • "Church" • "Melting Pot" • "Murder Book" • "Good Faith" • "Bling" • "Fallout" • "Captive" • "Over Here" • "The Family Hour"
	+ Season 18: "Called Home" • "Darkness" • "Misbegotten" • "Bottomless" • "Driven" • "Political Animal" • "Quit Claim" • "Illegal" • "Executioner" • "Tango" • "Betrayal" • "Submission" • "Angelgrove" • "Burn Card" • "Bogeyman" • "Strike" • "Personae Non Gratae" • "Excalibur"
	+ Season 19: "Rumble" • "Challenged" • "Lost Boys" • "Falling" • "Knock Off" • "Sweetie" • "Zero" • "Chattel" • "By Perjury" • "Pledge" • "Illegitimate" • "Crimebusters" • "Rapture" • "Bailout" • "Take-Out" • "Anchors Away" • "Promote This!" • "All New" • "Exchange" • "Skate or Die" • "The Drowned and the Saved"
	+ Season 20: "Memo From The Dark Side" • "Just a Girl in the World" • "Great Satan" • "Reality Bites" • "Dignity" • "Human Flesh Search Engine" • "Boy Gone Astray" • "Doped" • "For the Defense" • "Shotgun" • "Fed" • "Blackmail" • "Steel-Eyed Death" • "Boy on Fire" • "Brilliant Disguise" • "Innocence" • "Four Cops Shot" • "Brazil" • "Crashers" • "The Taxman Cometh" • "Immortal" • "Love Eternal" • "Rubber Room"
	+ Season 21: "The Right Thing" • "Impossible Dream" • "Filtered Life" • "Fault Lines" • "Free Speech" • "Wicked Game" • "Legacy" • "Severance" • "The Great Pretender" • "Black and Blue"
	+ Season 22: "Gimme Shelter" • "Battle Lines" • "Camouflage" • "Benefit Of The Doubt" • "12 Seconds" • "Vicious Cycle" • "Only The Lonely" • "Chain of Command" • "The System" • "Land of Opportunity" • "Second Chance" • "Almost Famous" • "Mammon" • "Heroes" • "Fear and Loathing" • "Deadline" • "Bias" • "Collateral Damage" • "Private Lives" • "Class Retreat" • "Appraisal" • "Open Wounds"
	+ Season 23: “Freedom Of Expression” • “Human Innovations” • “Unintended Consequences” • "Turn The Page"
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	+ Season 1: "Entitled"
	+ Season 9: "Blinded"
	+ Season 11: "Torch"
	+ Season 19: "The Undiscovered Country"
* Homicide: Life On The Street
	+ Season 6: "Baby It's You (2)"
	+ Season 7: "Sideshow (2)"
* Law & Order: Trial By Jury
	+ Season 1: "The Abominable Showman" • "Skeleton"
* Exiled: A Law & Order Movie