Romo Lampkin

Romo Lampkin
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Colony	Probably Caprica
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Birth Name	Romo Lampkin
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Introduced	The Son Also Rises
Death
Parents	Described as "missing"
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Marital Status	Previously married
Family Tree	View
Role	Public Defender
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Portrayed by	Mark Sheppard
Romo Lampkin is a Cylon
Romo Lampkin is a Final Five Cylon
Romo Lampkin is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Romo Lampkin is an Original Series Cylon
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Romo Lampkin is a highly capable, though ethically questionable, lawyer in the Fleet, as well as a kleptomaniac with tendencies of deception and psychological lying, who was an understudy of Joseph Adama, a man who he hates, yet respects.

Prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, he worked in the public litigation office on Caprica, where he likely met and studied under Adama. His parents were robbed and murdered when he was nine. He was previously married for a period of 10 years, his only remaining possession he has from the marriage is a cat whom he claims to dislike, but the cat does not "scratch or bite like she did".

Lampkin is assigned as Gaius Baltar's lawyer, after the previous lawyer, Alan Hughes, is killed in a bombing of Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson's Raptor. He claims to take the case because of fame and glory and, despite questions raised about his previous experience, appears insufferably self-confident and pompous.

Amongst his behaviors, Lampkin claims that interrogation rooms give him "stage fright". He also tends to channel his kleptomania by stealing objects he believes are important from a psychological perspective, for instance he steals Laura Roslin's glasses, believing that it would make her appear less serious during the trial. As a psychological trick, Romo Lampkin typically wears a pair of sunglasses, which he takes off or lowers when he wants his subject to look him in his uncovered eyes. It is inconclusive as to whether or not he speaks the truth when he makes eye contact with his subjects without his glasses on.

As Lampkin is Baltar's lawyer, he is also a target of two attacks carried out by Captain Aaron Kelly, with Lampkin being injured in the last, after the door to his room was wired with an explosive device. Consequently Lampkin walks with a cane (The Son Also Rises).

When the prosecuting lawyer, Cassidy, presents a haunting account of mankind's dwindling numbers, Lampkin changes Baltar's plea to "guilty". In another controversial and unusual move, he gets Lee Adama, who joined Lampkin after having a falling out with his father, to take the stand and testify on Baltar's behalf. Adama delivers a speech about the Fleet's ways to let people off the hook and the reasons why Baltar is tried nonetheless, which plays a key role in his subsequent acquittal. As Lampkin takes his leave of Adama after the trial, he leaves back his cane and walks without a limp; thus showing how he manipulated Adama and the court (Crossroads, Part I and Part II).

Notes

• The name "Romo" comes from the first two letters of Ronald D. Moore's first and last names, although David Eick believes that the name is a nod to Dallas Cowboy's starring quarterback Tony Romo.
• Romo Lampkin was originally envisioned as a "55-year old Alan Dershowitz character".