Lisa Madsen is an attorney, daughter of famed Miami attorney Ben Madsen, and current partner of Sam Boyle, who took Lisa on when her father was killed. Lisa looked up to Sam with what James "Sonny" Crockett called "hero worship", learning many of Boyle's courtroom techniques and fiercely protective of him. In 1989 Boyle began defending drug dealer Roberto Enriquez, when he found an error in the search warrant obtained to search Enriquez's car and caused the entire case to be dismissed. Lisa was later used by Enriquez (under the guise of an attorney-client meeting) as a ruse to smoke out Gina Calabrese, who was working undercover, and Lisa slapped Crockett with a harassment complaint. When a young boy, Nicky, was killed by a bomb set by Enriquez meant for Gina, Crockett questioned Lisa's et