boston legal stars james spader as a lawyer
the series  starring james spader  with candice bergen  and william shatner  is a spinoff of the longrunning kelley series the practice  following the exploits of former practice character alan shore at the legal firm of crane  poole  schmidt
his bestknown television roles are those of attorney alan shore in the practice and its spinoff boston legal lrb for which he won three emmy awards rrb  and robert california in the comedymockumentary the office