Was it feelings of guilt that drove you away?
Frankly most of the lawyers I know are honest hard working people. There are some bad eggs, but you'll find that in EVERY profession, even farming. If you think that lawyers are any worse than salesmen or college professors or anyone else, then you are naieve. We are all sinners and we are made righteous not through our own goodness, but through the sacrifice of our Lord.
Apparently you are not so divorced from being a lawyer that you would not brag it up on your second day on Free Republic. If you were that divorced from it, you wouldn't have mentioned it.
I enjoy being an attorney. To me it is a noble undertaking. I don't know what area of the law you practiced in, but if most of the attorneys that you knew in your practice were dishonest and greedy and you practiced for 14 years, then I'd have to conclude that you would be numbered among them.