Details

Release year: 1997

Storyline

Follow the exploits and cases of defense attorneys of a Boston law firm. Bobby Donnell is the senior defense attorney and founder of the firm.

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Cast

Dylan McDermott — Bobby Donnell
Kelli Williams — Lindsay Dole
Lara Flynn Boyle — A.D.A. Helen Gamble
Steve Harris — Eugene Young

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Awards

15 wins & 26 nominations

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Did you know

• David E. Kelley wrote this concurrently as he was writing Ally McBeal, and he won Emmys for both shows in the same year; one for best comedy and one for best drama. This has never been done before or since.

• Won the Emmy Award for either Guest Actor in a Drama Series or Guest Actress in a Drama Series every year in which it aired: (John Larroquette (1998), Edward Herrmann (1999), James Whitmore and Beah Richards (2000), Michael Emerson (2001), Charles S. Dutton (2002), Alfre Woodard (2003), William Shatner and Sharon Stone (2004).

• Lara Flynn Boyle had this to say after getting fired from the Practice (along with most of the cast) in Season 7: "We gave our heart and soul to The Practice and we were dispensed of for whatever reason there is. We didn't make any decision. We had a decision that was translated to us. ... I always think honesty and being upfront with people is the best way to be correct. In this situation, that did not happen."