Most lawyers are simply your run of the mill career criminals, but dressed in $3000 silk suits.
That may be your opinion,or your ACLU experience, but I have not found that to be a fact. The lawyers I know are hard working individuals, self employed and dedicated to their clients. Those I am related to would rather pay off their college loans than buy a $3,000 suit. You have been watching too much TV where lawyer shows concentrate on a fantasy life which makes for good entertainment but whose characters would be in an asylum or jail in real life.