David E. Kelley Adds Wakefield, Seda To Legally Mad

David E. Kelley has cast 27-year-old English actress Charity Wakefield as the female lead in Legally Mad, his new quirky legal drama for NBC says The Hollywood Reporter. Jon Seda also has been cast in the project, which centers on Brady Hamm (Wakefield), a twenty-something woman who takes a job at her father’s law firm and quickly becomes the practice’s center.

Brady is deeply devoted to her father and chose to work for him despite being offered several prestigious clerkships out of law school. She is easygoing, deadpan funny and disarms with charm. Seda will play the rugged, grumpy but lovable Joe Matty, who is an equal-opportunity offender. The two join previously cast Kristin Chenoweth.