When Kate is asked to mediate an agreement between a hospital and the FBI over a liver transplant for a key informant, she discovers that the liver was originally promised to a much sicker patient.
Kate mediates a dispute between a fishing boat captain and his injured deckhand, that is more about a family rift than a fishing injury. Lauren begins to date again.
As Kate mediates a severance agreement between an aeronautics company and a dismissed engineer, she discovers that the company may have something to hide. Meanwhile, Lauren babysits Ben as they placate a disgruntled client.
Kate and Ben go up against Justin and the city while representing a client who claims he was the victim of police brutality. A former client accuses Lauren of committing an ethics violation.
When Kate is brought in to resolve a hunger strike at a local women's prison, she becomes obsessed with helping Lea Ferran, a prisoner who claims innocence.
While mediating a case between a nursing home and a patient, Kate discovers that the only witness who can clear an innocent nurse of negligence is also a fugitive on the lam for 20 years.
Ben and Kate travel to Lake Tahoe to settle a border dispute between two police departments at odds over the recently-discovered remains of a young woman linked to a possible murder investigation.
While mediating a case regarding two women who were fired for their sexual orientation, Kate stumbles on evidence of a cover-up and enlists the help of Ben and Lauren to get to the bottom of a dirty land deal.