He’s very well known down here in Georgia. No one would consider him a nutball. Particularly not Nicholas Sandmann and Richard Jewell.
Well known and respected lawyers can have their cheese slid off their cracker.
See Tom Girardi
And an even better one is the Judge who coined the ham sandwich indictment phrase
He ended up in prison. How much did his cheese slide off the cracker?
Used condom to a 14 year old daughter of an ex lover. Threatened to kidnap daughter. Dressed up as a cowboy to deliver threatening notes.
So yes, well respected lawyers can go round the bend...