Suits Season 1 premiered on June 23, 2011, and consisted of 12 episodes. The show was created by Aaron Korsh and produced by Universal Cable Productions. The series follows the story of Harvey Specter (played by Gabriel Macht), a top lawyer at the law firm Pearson Hardman, and Mike Ross (played by Patrick J. Adams), a brilliant college dropout who lands a job at the firm despite not being a lawyer.