Well, more accurate in any event. And to continue with how bone headed a comment his suggestion that my profession was or is clothed in evil is, I spent the larger portion of my career as a poverty lawyer, spent a handful of years as an advocate who protected victims of abuse, children and mothers, under the Vawa Act. And the last thing I did was keep a very old woman who had been manipulated by one of those predators and her own family from losing the home her husband had left her after dying of cancer.
I worked in an office with five attorneys, all of whom graduated from reputable schools and chose to forego financial gain to help people. My first intern was half way through her studies at Harvard. She went on to do a great deal of pro bono work and advocacy for the poor after graduation. It's not an unusual story. My state has one of the most recognized Volunteer Lawyers Association programs in the American Bar.
Lawyers formed the Constitution. Lawyers protect the innocent and safeguard due process. It is a necessary and noble profession when practiced as it should be. And a great many do.
