Becker may come and Kuzak may go, but there's no doubt who comes first on the McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Becker letterhead. Ever since he first peered through his wire-rims and tapped on his little black appointment book six seasons ago, Richard Dysart has maintained senior partner Leland McKenzie as the bedrock of that rockin' L.A. Law firm. Dysart's McKenzie is a gentleman, but he's no pushover; last season he fought like a son of a bitch to save the firm from a Kuzak-led coup. The widowed Leland has been pursued by a pretty law school cub and proposed to by a mature lioness. And just last season in his own office sanctum he survived the collapse of a ceiling and the yawn of an elevator shaft. But never once has he lost his dignity. Or, for that matter, removed his jacket on the job. ''From the beginning until now, I've been sort of looking over my shoulder, but so far I haven't been able to find anything wrong with this situation. It's been a marvelous experience to come along in my life,'' Dysart says. After a long career on stage and in movies (That Championship Season on Broadway, Being There with Peter Sellers, two made-for-TV movie stints as Harry Truman), the 62-year-old actor is happy to be identified as a TV attorney, and he often speaks at bar associations to encourage more pro bono legal work. ''For several years in meeting them I began to think, gee, lawyers are great-what's this bad rap they get?'' he muses. ''And it dawned on me that the lawyers who come forward and speak to me are the good guys. The bad guys are off on other projects.''
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