Maia is the goddaughter of Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), who will appear in the spinoff.
Thats Maias longtime girlfriend, who is a lawyer herself, executive producer Robert King tells EW exclusively.
She graduated from law school a while ago.
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Now its Maias turn to graduate from law school.
Production on the spinoff began in October in New York.
The series will also star Justin Bartha and Delroy Lindo.
