CRAIG BIERKO JOINS THE CAST OF ABC'S "BOSTON LEGAL" THIS SEASON

Katey Sagal, Constance Zimmer and Tyler Labine Guest Star in Multi-episode Arc

Craig Bierko ("Cinderella Man," "Scary Movie 4") will join the cast of ABC's critically acclaimed, award-winning drama series "Boston Legal" this season. Bierko will play Jeffrey Coho, an intense, grandiose criminal defense attorney as comfortable with making enemies as he is making friends.

Bierko makes his debut as a series regular this season in the first of a multiple episode story arc in which Coho takes on a new client, Scott Little, who has been accused of murdering a judge. Taking on this high profile case his first day at the office, Coho immediately makes a splash at Crane Poole & Schmidt.

Other guest cast appearing throughout the arc include Katey Sagal ("Lost," "8 Simple Rules," "Married with Children") as Barbara Little, mother of the murder suspect; Constance Zimmer ("Good Morning Miami") as Claire Simms, a new lawyer in the Boston office of Crane, Pool & Schmidt; Anthony Heald ("Boston Public") as Judge Harvey Cooper, Tyler Labine ("Invasion") as Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Winant and Ashton Holmes ("A History of Violence") as Scott Little.

"Boston Legal" stars James Spader as Alan Shore, Julie Bowen as Denise Bauer, Mark Valley as Brad Chase, Rene Auberjonois as Paul Lewiston and Craig Bierko as Jeffrey Coho, with Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt and William Shatner as Denny Crane.

"Boston Legal" was created by David E. Kelley. Kelley, Bill D'Elia and Janet Leahy are executive producers. The series is produced by David E. Kelley Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, and premiered October 3, 2004.