Blue Haired Lawyer
Mr. Burns' Lawyer, also known as "The Blue-Haired Lawyer", is voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He first appeared in the second season episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". He is Springfield's most prominent and powerful lawyer, known for his blue hair and nasal New York accent. He also occasionally appears to serve as a prosecutor. Unlike Lionel Hutz or Gil Gunderson, he is a competent though not necessarily ethical lawyer. He has served as Mr. Burns' head lawyer, helping him out with threats of the Power Plant closing down and of Burns losing his money. He is a member of the Springfield Republican Party. His clients often tend to be antagonists of the Simpsons. He also recurrently appears representing the estates of different artists who are plagiarized during the play of the episodes, with quite the same catchphrase: "I represent the estate of (some artist). I have a court order demanding an immediate halt of this unauthorized imitation". The Blue Haired Lawyer also played a very important role in Bart's emancipation in "Barting Over" and works at a law firm named "Luvum and Burnam", so it is possible (but never stated) that he is either Luvum or Burnam.
The character's demeanor, as well as Dan Castellaneta's voice for the character, are based on Roy Cohn, best known as Joe McCarthy's chief counsel during the Communist witchhunts in the 1950s. Animator Jim Reardon modeled the character's appearance on actor Charles Lane.
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