Peter Florrick is the disgraced former State's Attorney of Cook County Illinois and husband of Alicia Florrick, who publicly stands by him. When the series begins Peter is forced to resign in disgrace and is facing prison time on corruption charges for using state money to pay for a prostitute, Amber Madison.Peter makes what seems like sincere efforts to repair his relationship with his wife, following her lead on reconciliation and not pushing things. He is jealous of her relationship with Will Gardner, at her firm of Stern, Lockhart & Gardner, and believes they might be having an affair.Background: His lawyer on his corruption appeal is Daniel Golden. His political consultant is Eli Gold. He has two children, Zach, 14, and Grace, 13. His widowed mother is Jackie Florrick. His brother in law is Owen Cavanaugh, who is gay and publicly accuses Peter of homophobia. His political rivals are current State's Attorney Glenn Childs and an attorney in his office, Wendy Scott-Carr, then later Mike Krestiva.