• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Country of origin United States Original language(s) English No. Of seasons 8 No. Of episodes 168 () Production Executive producer(s) Running time 44 minutes Production company(s) Distributor Release Original network Original release March 4, 1997 ( 1997-03-04) – May 16, 2004 ( 2004-05-16) Chronology Followed by Related shows The Practice is an American created by centering on the partners and associates at a. Running for eight seasons on ABC from March 4, 1997, to May 16, 2004, the show won the in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the series, which ran for five more seasons, from 2004 to 2008.

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The Practice focused on the law firm of Robert Donnell and Associates (later known as Donnell, Young, Dole & Frutt; Donnell, Young & Frutt; and ultimately Young, Frutt & Berluti). Plots typically featured the firm's involvement in various high-profile criminal and civil cases that often mirror current events. Conflict between and personal morality was a recurring theme with light comedy being occasionally present. Kelley claimed that he conceived the show as something of a rebuttal to (for which he wrote) and its romanticized treatment of the American legal system and legal proceedings. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] At the start of the series, attorney employs, (who joined Bobby's practice seven years earlier),, and receptionist/ Rebecca Washington (with whom Bobby started his practice). By the fourth episode, Bobby's friend Jimmy Berluti is hired as an associate.

Before that, Jimmy is an attorney working as a loan officer. When he falsifies loan documents to help Bobby's struggling practice, he loses his job, and Bobby hires him. Bobby originally opens his practice with idealistic dreams of protecting the innocent; but, during the firm's early days of financial struggle, Bobby quickly learns that drug dealers and other undeniably guilty clients tend to be the ones who provide the business that keep the firm running. Bobby maintains sole control over the firm until an ultimatum by Lindsay motivates him to name Ellenor, Eugene, Lindsay, and Rebecca as junior.

To maintain control over the firm, Bobby writes into the charter that each partner received one vote in partnership meetings, while Bobby would get two. While this decision prevents Lindsay's power play from becoming ugly, it temporarily causes some tension when Bobby and Lindsay later become romantically involved, potentially creating a. The also initially alienates Jimmy who feels insulted that he was the only one on staff not named a partner. This is exacerbated by the fact that Rebecca is made partner despite her being the receptionist and not an attorney.

Rebecca earns her law degree in Season 3, and Jimmy is eventually made partner at the end of Season 7. Bobby and his associates all share a friendship with Helen Gamble, who even shares a brief romance with Bobby – all highly unusual, considering how often Helen's job places her in opposition to the firm. A recurring strategy used by the practice – especially Eugene – is informally known as the 'United States of America defense,' an that emphasizes the rights of their client as Constitutional priorities that must be upheld by the jury.