Adds Mr. Kelley: ''These people will be, depending on the episode, not always doing the morally or politically correct thing. I think that they'll be open about it, though.
''The fact is that the bulk of any criminal defense practice is defending criminals, and most criminals have committed the act they're charged with. The trick -- or the hope -- of all this is to get the audience to root for the lawyer even while vesting no sympathy in the clients or the case.''
In hopes of aiding that process Orange County criminal defense lawyer has avoided populating ''The Practice'' with the highly-paid, slick, Armani-suited legal eagles seen in ''L.A. Law'' and his mentor Steven Bochco's ''Murder One.''
Instead, the series is centered around Bobby Donnell, played by movie actor Dylan McDermott (''Home for the Holidays,'' ''Hamburger Hill,'' ''Miracle on 34th Street''), an intense, idealistic young Boston attorney who heads up a small band of likeminded practitioners.
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