<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Claire Kincaid </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Abbie Carmichael </Td> </Tr> <P> Jamie Ross is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order, created by Rene Balcer and portrayed by Carey Lowell from 1996 to 1998 . She also appears in the short - lived Law & Order spin - off Law & Order: Trial by Jury, by which time the character has become a judge . She appeared in 52 episodes (49 episodes of Law & Order, one episode of Homicide: Life on the Street, and two episodes of Law & Order: Trial by Jury) </P> <P> The character was introduced in 1996 as a former defense attorney who graduated from law school at Columbia University . She enters the Manhattan District Attorney's office as an Assistant District Attorney, replacing Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy), who had been killed in a car accident in the previous episode . She initially has a rocky relationship with her superior Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) because his penchant for bending trial rules goes against her liberal idealism and sense of legal ethics . While the two never see perfectly eye - to - eye, they eventually grow to be close friends . </P>

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