- - Nick Reiner’s Lawyer Alan Jackson Called Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men” an Inspiration

Angel SaundersDecember 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM

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Attorney Alan Jackson spoke highly of Rob Reiner's 1992 legal drama A Few Good Men, before representing his son, Nick Reiner

The 32-year-old is accused of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner

Jackson told Vanity Fair he was a fan of the Tom Cruise-starring classic in July

Long before Alan Jackson signed on to represent Nick Reiner for the murder of his parents, the Texas-raised attorney was a fan of Rob Reiner’s work.

On the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 16, Jackson confirmed to reporters that the 32-year-old — who is formally charged with the murders of the 78-year-old film director and his 70-year-old spouse, Michele Singer Reiner — would be his client.

However, months before the Dec. 14 slaying, Jackson told Vanity Fair he looked to one of Rob’s movies in particular when it came to his career as a defense attorney.

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“I’ve seen it so many times and it gives me such a boost,” Jackson said in July of the 1992 legal drama, A Few Good Men.

Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Cuba Gooding Jr. were among the all-star cast. The movie followed a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. It was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, the only Oscar nomination of Rob's career.

At the time of the interview, Jackson, a Pepperdine University School of Law graduate, had just earned a legal victory with Karen Read’s murder acquittal in June.

Jackson previously represented Kevin Spacey in his Massachusetts groping case, which was dismissed when the actor's accuser dropped their civil complaint.

The Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP partner was also on the team that defended Harvey Weinstein in his California criminal trial. Weinstein was convicted on rape charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Now, Jackson will represent Nick after his mother and father were found dead in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home by their 28-year-old daughter, Romy.

Nick is being held without bail at the Men's Central Jail in L.A. after police arrested him near the University of Southern California campus.

The evening before their deaths, Nick and Rob got into a heated argument at a holiday party hosted by Conan O'Brien on Saturday, Dec. 13.

"Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous,” a source told PEOPLE.

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Michele Singer Reiner and Rob Reiner at SNL50 on February 14, 2025 in New York

Rob and Michele then reportedly left the party after the argument, according to TMZ.

The late couple’s middle child previously spoke about his struggles with addiction, telling PEOPLE in 2016 that the habit led him to live a life on the streets.

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At the time, Nick told PEOPLE his life in and out of shelters came after he refused to go back to rehab: “If I wanted to do it my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless.”

In addition to A Few Good Men, Rob was also known for his role as Mike on the Norman Lear sitcom All in the Family, as well as directing This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me and The Princess Bride (1987), among other films.

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