Michael "Mike" Cutter is an Executive Assistant District Attorney working for District Attorney Jack McCoy. He is later promoted to Bureau Chief ADA of the Special Victims Bureau. Cutter, like his predecessor Jack McCoy, is willing to bend the rules to prosecute and convict criminals. In one episode, he nearly commits perjury to allow Detectives Ed Green and Cyrus Lupo to search a store where a victim is hidden. Cutter is willing to use questionable methods to procure guilty charges, such as using a juror's infatuation with Connie Rubirosa to find a guilty plea.