The judge drawn for the Axelrod case is Leonard Edward Funt. This is the same name of a fake college applicant in the movie How I Got Into College. The initials are L. E. Funt, or "elephant."
Judge DiGulio (Rob Morrow) greets Chuck with "Why aren't you Charlie?" Rob previously starred on NUMB3RS as FBI agent Don Eppes whose brother is Charlie, played by David Krumholtz.