Originally set up with CBS for a series commitment in 2020 it was cancelled right before filming of the first episode due to COVID. This has now been picked up by Netflix for a 10 episode first season based on the second Mickey Haller book "The Brass Verdict".
The Lincoln Lawyer series takes place in the same universe as Michael Connelly's other series about LAPD Det. Harry Bosch (featured in Bosch (2014) on Amazon and Bosch: Legacy (2022) on Freevee). Mickey Haller and Bosch are half-brothers and the characters intersect in a few books.
Despite the same name as the eponymous novel, the series is based on author Michael Connelly's second Mickey Haller novel, "The Brass Verdict" (2008), not to be mistaken with the 2011 movie of the same name that starred Matthew McConaughey and was adapted from a different novel by the same author.
The Los Angeles area map in the opening credits dates from somewhere between 1960 and 1962. It shows a portion of the San Diego Freeway under construction. Construction began in 1960 and was completed at the end of 1962. Originally signed as Route 7 (as shown on the map) it is now Interstate 405.
This series is based on Michael Connolly's second book in the Lincoln Lawyer novels whereas the movie of the same name a decade earlier is based on novel one. The series also introduces another of his famous creations, Harry Bosch, who happens to be a relative of the Lincoln Lawyer.