David E. Kelley: "My beacon, my friend" Steve Bochco gave me my first TV writing job

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Kelley was a practicing attorney in 1986 when Bochco hired him to write for L.A. Law based on a legal thriller movie screenplay. Kelley and Bochco would go on to co-create Doogie Howser, M.D. “A devastating loss. For television,” Kelley said of Bochco's death. “For those who loved him and were loved by him. My beacon, my friend. The ground feels different now.”