Rosalind Shays returns with an equally ruthless and manipulative lawyer, Jack Sollers, to sue the firm for sexual discrimination. Markowitz suffers a heart attack during the trial and is put on leave. Meanwhile, Kuzak faces Darron Holloway, an angry, civil-rights black activist inciting the press and the public while he takes the case of defending Brian Chisolm, a white policeman accused of shooting a black youth. Also, Roxanne has more problems with her father, Murray, when she tells him that he has Alzheimer's Disease.

The Rosalind Shays lawsuit continues with Grace and Victor springing a surprise witness against Rosalind when her own daughter Susan Raab testifies against her, embarrassing Rosalind. But the case continues to go badly when Kelsey, Becker and even McKenzie himself are racked over on the witness stand with damaging incidents from their pasts, which makes matters worse when the troublesome and senile Murray begins inciting reporters about the case. Meanwhile, Kuzak faces off against a biased judge on the Chisolm case who's trying to appease Holloway and the angry black masses protesting for a conviction, while Kuzak tries to get a very reluctant Rollins to help him sit co-counsel for the case. Markowitz and Kelsey agree to a sexual hiatus, and Douglas decides to end his relationship with his sex surrogate, Marilyn Hopkins, after finding out of her other weird clients.

Abby takes on the sad case of a couple trying to return their violent and mentally unstable adopted, seven-year-old son to the orphanage. Meanwhile, Gwen Taylor, Becker's former temp and final fling before his marriage to Corrinne, comes back to work at the firm full-time as Markowitz's secretary and Becker tries to keep distant to her at any cost. While Kuzak and Rollins debate on their handling of the Chisolm case, Grace asks the no-nonsense Judge Richard Armand to take over as judge for the case, while Holloway finds a witness for the prosecution.

Rollins and Kuzak begin the Chisolm trial and dealing with the media circus and biased protesters, which takes a turn when Rollins puts Holloway on the witness stand. Meanwhile, Cara Jean "C.J." Lamb, a feisty, British-born attorney for a plaintive suing one of their wealthy clients for illegal re-zoning, outfoxes McKenzie, Brackman and Markowitz's counter-suit against her and receives a lucrative job offer by McKenzie in return for her aggression. Victor represents Martin Lowens, a professor suing a candid camera show who lifted his toupee on the air, while becoming aware of his feelings for Grace, who's now involved in a romance with Jack Sollers.

A worried Kelsey goes to McKenzie and Kuzak to try to get Markowitz removed from a stressful tax case while at the same time, she represents a gay man suing the parents of his terminally ill lover who's dying from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis for visitation rights. Meanwhile, Becker and Abby try to retrieve the money Benny donated to a questionable religious order. Grace debates a marriage proposal from Sollers. Murray paints the mens room and later moves in with Benny, and Brackman gets burned in an unusual place after smoking on a turpentine-filled toilet in the newly painted mens room.

While representing a couple suing a hospital that gave the woman an unnecessary hysterectomy, Victor rashly counsels the couple to refuse a settlement that would keep the hospital's malpractice a secret. Meanwhile, Markowitz goes to federal court to represent Upton Weeks, a long-term client and tax rebel. Zoey becomes stressed out in dealing with two cases simultaneously which involve trying to prosecute two gang members who accidentally killed a woman's child in a drive-by shooting, and a mugger who robbed an elderly man. Grace discovers that she is pregnant with Victor's baby. After an after hours meeting with McKenzie, Rosalind accidentally steps into an empty elevator shaft and falls to her death.

Kuzak strikes back at the firm with a vengeance by trying to drain it of all its financial assets as well as trying to lure away Grace, Victor, Abby and Rollins to help form his own law firm, prompting McKenzie and Brackman to file a lawsuit against him. But Kuzak counters by filing a suit against the firm to be put in receivership. Mullaney defends a Christian Science couple accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of their son. Jack Sollers is hired by McKenzie and Brackman as their new head litigator for a two month period. Meanwhile, C.J. travels with Zoey to Palm Springs to help teach a class of law to a group of foreign lawyers, in an unorthodox way.

Dave Meyer comes back to the firm as a receiver and has some drastic recommendations to keep the firm solvent. Meanwhile, Brackman takes a rare litigation case of representing Susan Convers, a transsexual model who was fired after her sex change operation was discovered. Mullaney represents the family of a deceased college football player suing the university because he was allegedly made suicidal by steroid usage. Benny suffers a depression-related breakdown after witnessing the verbal fighting at the firm in which Kuzak drops his lawsuit. At the end, Kuzak, Grace and Victor leave the firm for good and Abby and Rollins come back, where Abby asks C.J. out on a date.

Zoey must deal with Judge Adam Biel, her former law school professor, who appears to be losing control of his mental faculties during a trial. Meanwhile, Rollins allows his personal experiences to color his defense of a fearful black man who led the police on a high-speed car chase after seeing a videotape of the police beating of Rodney King. Becker tries to help Benny recover from his mental breakdown. Abby seeks advice on relationships while deciding whether or not to pursue one with the bisexual C.J. Arnie is reluctant to open up to his therapist and eventually sees his self-destructiveness stemming from his own troubled childhood from his parents. McKenzie re-assumes his role as senior partner and firm is formally renamed 'McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Becker' to reflect the absence of Michael Kuzak.

Kelsey and Sollers represent Suzanne Hamil, an obsessive woman charged with murdering her married lover, in which both her and Sollers resort to drastic measures to get their client acquitted by placing suspicion on the widow. Meanwhile, C.J. tries to defend a retiree accused of licking his Cane toad to get high. Also, McKenzie becomes a part-time arbitration judge to rule on a blues singer's lawsuit against his manager.

Kelsey faces disbarment for revealing knowledge of her former client Suzanne Hamil's murder obtained through attorney-client privilege. Victor, now an independent lawyer, is representing his old friend Mark Gilliam, an AIDS-stricken lawyer, suing an insurer for not providing coverage for his medical needs, while he and Grace finally marry. Meanwhile, Becker tells Roxanne that he has feelings for her and they end up falling through the ceiling while engaged in a little romp. Abby is finally made a partner, and McKenzie inherits Rosalind Shays' estate.