Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and Nixon were very capable lawyers.
`Nixon, The Education of A Politician 1913-1962 by Stephen Ambrose, Simon and Shuster, p.88
Nixon was a hard worker but screwed the pooch so badly on his first civil trial that his client sued his firm, Winger and Bewley.
Nixon’s firm settled by paying the plaintiff $4,800, and keep in mind that this was in 1938. Bewley later forgave Nixon to the point of saying that he didn’t remember Nixon ever losing a case.
He must have gotten better, so you’re probably right. He got off to a rocky start.
But at p. 88 it looks like Nixon failed at a business venture, leaving investors stranded, as Bewley notes, then opened up his own office in the back of a lumber store (like Jack McGill AKA `Saul Goodman’) and almost starved to death before deciding to give politics a whirl.
But he didn’t have a rich daddy like the Kennedys or Trump, so it is what it is ....
...Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and Nixon were very capable lawyers...
No disputing that. 20 of the 44 Presidents were lawyers. Some very capable and great, some average, and some terrible like BHO.