He was born five months after his parents wed and they wed less than two months after his father divorced his first wife. He was born from his father's second marriage. Bosch notes that the half-brother is a defense attorney and “probably born a few years ahead of Bosch”.) The elder Michael Haller was one of Los Angeles' premier criminal defense attorneys and his clients included mobster Mickey Cohen and one of the Manson girls. (However, in chapter 19 of The Black Ice, Bosch mentions just one, unnamed half-brother. When Bosch first met his father, Michael Haller Sr., Bosch was an adult but Mickey was only five years old. Haller is significantly younger than his half-brother, Bosch.

Mexican actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo stars as Mickey Haller, as the series explores the character's Latino heritage. The first season is based on the second book in the series, while a second season based on the fourth book is set to release in 2023. Kelley, Ted Humphrey, and A+E Studios, was released on Netflix in September 2022. Ī television series adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer from David E. The Mickey Haller series consists of six published novels, with the most recent published in 2020.Ī film adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller, was released in March 2011. Haller, a Los Angeles-based defense attorney, is the paternal half-brother of Connelly's best-known character, LAPD Detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch. Michael 'Mickey' Haller, Junior is a fictional character created by Michael Connelly in the 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer.

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly