Andre Braugher is in negotiations for a recurring role on Law & Order: SVU.

The Emmy winner would play an attorney for the underprivileged who may get close to Mariska Hargitay’s Det. Benson.

This marks Braugher’s most significant stint on a crime drama since his Homicide days and his first TV gig since the cancelation of his critically praised TNT drama Men Of a Certain Age.