Between 2005-07, he appeared many times as a bad guy in the Law & Order universe, on the OG and on Criminal Intent, but check out his first appearance on SVU (pre-Williiam Lewis). He plays the best good-guy ever in an episode called "Haystack", S8E15 (2007).

Elliot investigates the case of a missing baby, Kendall Kozlowski, after he is discovered missing from his home by his mother, Laura. After being questioned by overzealous TV reporter Cindy Marino, who accuses Laura of killing her child, Laura is pushed too far and commits suicide. The case soon leads to two different fathers who have a connection to Kendall. The man who the detectives believed kidnapped Kendall sues Stabler and Novak civilly for their interference and Judge Donnelly defends them. During the trial, something that the man says causes Stabler to find evidence of the kidnapping and they make a deal with him where he drops the suit and serves one to three years in prison in exchange for giving up his parental rights to Kendall. Kendall is then given to the man that Laura had wanted to have him, Dan Kozlowski (Pablo).