Ally McBeal News
A new lawyer: Portia de Rossi joins the cast as Nell Porter, a new lawyer at Cage-Fish Associates. Series executive producer David E. Kelley describes her as "yet another young, ambitious attorney" whose personality won't immediately gel with the others in the firm. "It will give us an opportunity to sample a little friction in the office place and maybe create another contrast to last year's harmony in terms of the working population."
