EADA Ben Stone

Full Name & Title:

Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone

Played by:

Michael Moriarty

FILE STATUS: Closed - impermanent As of 5/25/1994

Resigned from the DA's office after a witness he forced to testify is executed by the Russian mob

2/21/1996 - Rumored to be traveling in Europe

Juvenile Records:

Raised in the Catholic Church

Father was an alcoholic; grandmother was Irish

Current Marital/Family Status:

Divorced, with one grown daughter

Social Interests:

Publicly pro-choice, privately pro-life on abortion issue

Admirer of Robert Kennedy

Subscribes to the New York Quarterly

Prior Bad Acts:

Convicted Wall Street financier Philip Swann of murder, without the body ever being found

Supported the ACLU until they defended Nazis in a court case

Known Associates:

Philip Swann, former Wall Street whiz kid

Lanie Steiglitz, feminist lawyer extraordinaire

DA Adam Schiff, former supervisor

ADA Paul Robinette, former assistant

ADA Claire Kincaid, former assistant

Sgt. Max Greevey

Sgt. Phil Cerreta

Det. Mike Logan

Det. Lennie Briscoe

Capt. Don Cragen

Other facts:

Had eight assistant D.A.s under him prior to Paul Robinette

Reputation as a "hard-nosed idealist"

Plays tennis; fan of the New York Mets

Notable Moments:

Prescription for Death

Dr. Auster: "When you practice medicine, Mr. Stone, sometimes the patient dies."

Stone: "And when you're a lawyer, Dr. Auster, some of the people you prosecute are convicted."

Prisoner of Love

(While executing a search warrant on the home of wealthy arts patron Elizabeth Hendrick:)

Hendrick: "It's my hope chest."

Stone (pulling S&M stuff from trunk): "What were you hoping for?"

Breeder

Debra Elkins (to Steven Shaw): "You shut your stupid mouth!"

Stone: "Miss Elkins, apparently Stupid here is going to prison for you for a long time."

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