David E. Kelley's formerly untitled legal reality series now has both a name and a star. Now creatively dubbed "The Law Firm," the eight-episode series will star trial attorney Roy Black as "The Managing Partner."

Black is familiar to NBC viewers from his long run as a legal analyst for NBC News, a gig that has included regular appearances on "The Today Show" and across the network's cable siblings. A partner in the Miami-based law firm of Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A., Black's clients have included William Kennedy Smith, Rush Limbaugh and artist Peter Max. He's also been listed in five consecutive editions of the tome "The Best Lawyers in America," which is apparently a larger honor than making it to "Who's Who of American High School Students."

For the past 30 years, Black has taught at the University of Miami School of Law.

On "The Law Firm," Black will be responsible for choosing which of 12 legal hot shots will be eliminated on a weekly basis after the contestants try a variety of cases ranging from First Amendment issues to wrongful death cases. Each week verdicts will be rendered by a distinguished judge, sometimes with the help of a jury.

The top attorney will receive $250,000.

Kelley ("The Practice"), a frequent mocker of unscripted programming, will executive produce "The Law Firm" along with David Garfinkle and Jay Renfroe ("Blind Date") and Jonathan Pontell ("Boston Public").