Hyper-Chicken

A simple Hyper-chicken from a backwoods asteroid, is the most frequently seen lawyer in Futurama. He is a father and has often defended and accused members of Planet Express crew. Despite being incompetent, he often manages to win his cases and if he doesn't, he usually tells his clients to plead insanity. He seems to be a successful lawyer and handles large cases such as the destruction of DOOP's headquarters.

Defended

 * Bender of spilling oil on Pluto.
 * Bender and Fry of robbing a bank.

Accused

 * Zapp Brannigan of blowing up DOOP headquarters.
 * Santa (really Bender) of being Santa.
 * Dr. John Zoidberg of eating the Earth flag.

Trivia

 * The Hyper-Chicken is modeled on Academy Award-nominated portrayal of lawyer Paul Biegler in '. Trying a murder case in a small town, Biegler wins over the sceptical jury by repeatedly comparing himself, "a simple country lawyer", to the high-powered prosecutor, Claude Dancer (George C. Scott). The "simple country lawyer" became a model for many following portrayals, notably the entire show '.
 * In a deleted scene, Amy once admitted to sleeping with Bender's lawyer. The scene may have been deleted because they remembered that this is his lawyer.


 * The Hyper-Chicken advertises on buses, the ads simply read "ACCIDENTES! (800)λλλ-λλλλ".
 * In a deleted scene on Into the Wild Green Yonder, Zapp Brannigan calls him 'Matcluck'.